2012 HoustonPBS PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest Winners Announced!
Thanks to all of the talented Kindergarten, 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade authors that participated in this year’s contest. We had over 400 entries! Your stories were wonderfully creative and beautifully illustrated. The judges were very impressed with all of the entries and we consider everyone “a winner” for taking the time to write and illustrate their very own masterpiece. Information for the 2013 contest will be on the HoustonPBS website January 2013 with a entry deadline of mid-March. Remember to keep writing and illustrating!
Read the 2012 1st place stories below and see the list of additional authors who were honored for their great contest entries.
First Place Stories | |||
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Kindergarten |
1st Grade |
2nd Grade |
3rd Grade |
Kindergarten 1st Place Winner: Ty Quentin Bell (Kingwood)
| Molly Grace Day (Houston) | Emily Escarela Ebelt (Houston) | Abdullah Hashmi (Sugar Land) |
| Shahmeer Khan (Sugar Land) | Isabella Koosh (Houston) | Haider Mahdi (Richmond) |
| Tate Marler (Huffman) | Palash Pawar (The Woodlands) | Hannah Sampson (Houston) |
| Nikhita Sridhar (Sugar Land) |
First Grade 1st Place Winner: Learsi Buford (New Caney)
| Yusuf Anwar (Tomball) | Maia Brown (Houston) | Alysia Galvan (Pasadena) |
| Mahdiya Iqbal (Houston) | Avery Kerr (Baytown) | Rafay Khan (Sugar Land) |
| Lillian Marler (Huffman) | Veronica Ortiz (The Woodlands) | Taryn Rickett (Lake Jackson) |
| Krish Shah (Houston) | Emaan Yusuf (Sugar Land) |
Second Grade 1st Place Winner: Ethan Cooper (Pearland)
| Timothy Anderson (Kirbyville) | Sarahi Garcia (Houston) | Loreli Gillett (Katy) |
| Jed Hafle (Katy) | Rajiv Iyer (Woodlands) | Aubrey Lemaire (Spring) |
| Rachel Morris (Kingwood) | Seth Owen (Kingwood) | Amogha Pokkulandra (Sugar Land) |
| Jackson Rozowski (Bellaire) | Mehar Sharma (Galveston) | Jade Torres (Deer Park) |
| Devlyn Williams (Houston) |
Third Grade 1st Place Winner: Esha Ramanan (Sugar Land)
| Thaily Alvarez (Houston) | Jonathan Chang (Sugar Land) | Isaiah DeLeon (Houston) |
| John Harter (Spring) | Aditya Kasture (Katy) | Isaiah DeLeon (Houston) |
| Isabel Lan (Houston) | Luke Langley (Kingwood) | Luc Lemaire (Spring) |
| Andrei L. Llamido (Houston) | Rachel Marsh (Houston) | Sean Stepanik (Houston) |
| SPECIAL THANKS | The 2012 Writers Contest Needs... Partners, Supporters, Sponsors |
| Families | Contact: Karen Vine kvine@houstonpbs.org |
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Community Supporters |
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| Brazoria County Library System Fort Bend County Public Library Harris County Public Libraries Houston Area Library System Houston Public Libraries Montgomery County Libraries |
