It is our pleasure to announce the 2012 winners of the Alabama PBS KIDS GO! Young Writer’s contest!
Kindergarten Division
1st Place
“All About My dog Shelly”
by Ben James of Athens
2nd Place
“Monster Sports”
by Holly Davenport of Gadsden
1st Grade Division
1st Place
“John and Betsy: The Missing Cat”
by Evelyn Carswell of Franklin
2nd Place – “A Magical Adventure”
by Maddie Errett of Cullman
2nd Grade Division
1st Place
“Aly’s Great Adventures”
by Cheryl Marshall of Birmingham
2nd Place
“Tricky Tom and the Tooth Fairy”
by Pete Talalight of Owens Crossroads
3rd Grade Division
1st Place
“The Bear Parade”
by Hannah Willcutt of Fayette
2nd Place
“Nick the Spider Gets a Pet”
by Jackson Baggett of Cullman
Congratulations to all of the young writers! Your stories were excellent, and you faced a LOT of stiff competition.
In conjunction with the BIRMINGHAM READS celebration, we will be hosting an awards ceremony for the winners of the contest on Saturday, April 21, 2:00pm, at the Books-a-Million store in Colonial Brookwood Village (780 Brookwood Village, Birmingham, AL).
The Young Writers and their families are invited to attend. The Young Writers will receive their prize packages at the event. The Young Writers will also be invited to read their stories to the assembled guests. (If the Young Writer is a little shy and doesn’t want to read it, someone from APT will gladly step in.)
2012 Important Contest Dates |
January 1 |
Alabama PBS Kids Go! Young Writers contest Opens |
March 15 |
Last Date To Submit Your Story to APT |
April 6 |
Judging Completed and Alabama Winners Announced |
| April 21 |
PBS Kids Go! Young Writers at the Literacy Festival at Brookwood Mall, Birmingham |
| April 25 |
First Place Entries submitted to the National PBS Kids Go! Young Writers contest Contest |
| May |
National Judging Begins |
| June |
National Winners Are Announced |
| July |
National Prizes are presented to winners |
