Winners announced in Arkansas PBS KIDS Writers Contest

CONWAY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — Arkansas PBS has introduced the winners of the 2022 Arkansas PBS KIDS Writers Contest.

In response to a press launch, college students in grades Okay-3 throughout Arkansas submitted 93 entries for this yr’s contest, and all 14 profitable tales can be found to learn on-line at myarpbs.org/writerscontest.

Contest winners embrace:

• Kindergarten – First place, Religion Ford of Luxora for “Love Makes All the pieces Higher”; second place, Harper Porter of Bentonville for “The Child Who Ate Timber”; and third place, Penelope Posadas of Rogers for “As soon as Upon a Dino Birthday Shock.”
• First grade – First place, Abigail Wharton of Conway for “The Playful Pony and the Swimming Swordfish”; tied for second place, Sadie Montgomery of Rison for “The Lonely Big” and Emerson Gitz of Batesville for “Peppa and Emmy’s Huge Journey”; and third place, Beau Corley of Malvern for “The Blue Twister and the Aliens.”
• Second grade – First place, Elijah Smith of Benton for “The Droid 8E8 and the Big House Worm”; second place, Henley Ritchie of Mountain House for “The Woman Who Loves Books”; and third place, Bennett Yochum of Rogers for “The Tenting Buds.”
• Third grade – First place, Isabella Posadas of Rogers for “Mendacity Lizzy”; second place, Charlotte Granderson of Fayetteville for “Sammy Salamander”; and tied for third place, Gunner Duck of Omaha for “Ninja Pet in China” and David Archer McKnight of Sherwood for “The Badger and the Telekinetic Kangaroo.”

Along with being printed to the Arkansas PBS web site, these younger authors may have the chance to learn their tales for particular segments throughout “Rise and Shine,” a six-week summer time studying broadcast sequence produced by Arkansas PBS and the Arkansas Division of Training starting July 6.

Entries have been judged on originality, inventive expression, storytelling and integration of textual content and illustrations. Every winner will obtain an Arkansas PBS prize pack. As well as, first place winners will obtain a PBS KIDS Playtime Pad, which comes preloaded with academic video games, music and movies.

The Arkansas PBS KIDS Writers Contest is designed to advertise the development of youngsters’s literacy expertise by way of hands-on, lively studying. The competition “empowers kids in kindergarten by way of third grades to have a good time creativity and construct literacy expertise by writing and illustrating their very own tales.”