New Hanover County Schools' Students Win State Young Authors Contest

Sixteen New Hanover County Schools' students were selected from thousands of participants as state winners of North Carolina Reading Association's (NCRA) 2013 Young Authors Project. These students, along with their families, will be honored at the NCRA Young Authors Celebration on March 9th at the Civic Center in Raleigh.

This year's topic, "Play that Game," provided students the opportunity to write about games that matter to them using different genres, including poetry and prose, for a wide audience. Each winning entry will be included in the 2013 Young Authors' Anthology publication.

The following winners were selected from NHCS:

Bellamy Elementary
Lily Bryson, 4th Grade
Raegan McGowan, 5th Grade

Blair Elementary
Zoya Bandukwala, 1st Grade
Carter Tanner, 4th Grade

Castle Hayne Elementary
Savanah Wright, 4th Grade

Codington Elementary
Tanner Buck, 2nd Grade
Gage Summers, 3rd Grade
Hoke Pollock, 4th Grade

Holly Shelter Middle
Marley Fanning, 7th Grade
Hailey Lewis, 7th Grade
Madeline Nemmers, 7th Grade

Noble Middle
Isabella Bailey, 8th Grade*
Courtney Loughran, 8th Grade

Pine Valley Elementary
Skylar Price, 1st Grade

Roland-Grise Middle
John Poteat, 6th Grade
Ryan Church, 7th Grade

*The local New Hanover Reading Council selected Isabella Bailey's entry entitled, "Summer," for the Council's Choice Award.

For more information on the Young Authors Project, visit the NCRA on http://ncreading.org/page11.html.

Posted: 02/27/2013