CET is pleased to announce the local winners of the Fifteenth Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest. CET thanks The Wohlgemuth Herschede Foundation for their generous support of this year's contest. Nearly 120 entries were submitted by children in the Greater Cincinnati area. After carefully considering the many creative and entertaining original stories and illustrations, the following stories were selected as our winners.
Kindergarten
1st Place
Larry the Apple Seed by Logan Japikse
Honorable Mention
The Ballerina by Megan Roell
The Apple Tree by Jefferson Snedegar
First Grade
1st Place
A Berry Fairy Tale by Maria Luiso
Honorable Mention
On the Swing by Tanvi Sumit
My Special Friend by Emily Jean Crouch
Second Grade
1st Place
Tommy's Story by Danielle Nissen
Honorable Mention
Halloween Costumes by Stephen Fatuzzo
My Best Friend by Star Hampton
Third Grade
1st Place
Nick the ''Bully'' Shark by Evan Pfeffer
Honorable Mention
The Magnificent Snow Day by Sara M. Roell
The Dinosaur Hunters by Shane Murphy
The four local 1st Place winning stories will be featured in a video on CETconnect.org in June and will also go on to compete at the national level.
CET congratulates these budding young local authors!
We would like to thank the following teachers for bringing us into your schools and making the Fifteenth Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers & Illustrators Contest a part of classroom assignments:
Kaye Schlosser Becker, Elementary School
Jane Wolf, Boyd E Smith
Debbie Volker, St. John the Baptist School
Lisa Burke, Summerside Elementary
Mary Ann Porter, Ripley Union Lewis Huntington Elementary
Linda Phillips, St. Elizbeth Seton School
Linda Rumpf, Honeybee Homeschool
Karen Gately Schiel, Priamary School
Donna G. Prues, Sherwood Elementary School
Wendy McIver, Bethany School
Annmarie Morrow, Quebec Heights
Heidi Botkin, Botkin Homeschool
Cheryl Adams, Lockland Elementary School
Watch Time Warner Cable channel 17 at 12:30 PM each weekday for Reading Rainbow.