8th Annual Young Writers & Illustrators Contest
National Winners

Kindergarten
Grand Prize
Harmonica Family by Sarah K. Bush
WCTE - Cookeville, TN (Contest Coordinators Reggie Brown & Cindy Putman)
Second Place
The Three Little Pigs Have A Pajama Party by Cammie Lonsway
WGTE - Toledo, OH (Contest Coordinator Maureen Davis)
Honorable Mention
Ballerina by Madeline Hintz
Milwaukee PTV - Milwaukee, WI (Contest Coordinator Darlyne Haertlein)

First Grade
Grand Prize
Ridiculous Animals by Natalie Cervantes
KERA - Dallas, TX (Contest Coordinator Lisa Pittman)
Second Place
How The Rose Bush Got Its Thorns by Alison Mickadeit
KCTS - Seattle, WA (Contest Coordinator Stefanie Malone)
Honorable Mention
Alone on the Bus by Emma Sapat
Maine PBS - Lewiston, ME (Contest Coordinator France Shea)

Second Grade
Grand Prize
I Wished I Had A Sister by Hayley Suzanne Stewart
Alabama PTV - Birmingham, AL (Contest Coordinator Michael McKenzie)
Second Place
The Kitten Coupon by Ariel Lopez-Santillana
KCTS - Seattle, WA (Contest Coordinator Stefanie Malone)
Honorable Mention
The World When Grandpa Was My Age by Jacob Peter Hartges
WKAR - East Lansing, MI (Contest Coordinator Jeanie Croope)

Third Grade
Grand Prize
2000 Shoes To Go by Raechel D. Conine
WKAR - East Lansing, MI (Contest Coordinator Jeanie Croope)
Second Place
The Adventures of Abby the Airedale by Jonathan Whitlow
KPTS - Wichita, KS (Contest Coordinator Stefanie Gisick)
Honorable Mention
The Origami Bird by Blake P. Smith
WOUB/WOUC - Athens, OH (Contest Coordinator Denise Birchfield)