Blue Ridge PBS announces winners of PBS Kids Go! 2013 writing contest
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Blue Ridge PBS has announced that eight of its young viewers are winners of the 2013 PBS Kids Go! Writers Contest. The station has directed a regional children’s writing and illustration contest for nearly 18 years. This year’s four first-place winners will now compete in the national level contest.
First Place Winners:
- Kindergarten: “Lucy and Her Pet Rabbit” by Lauren Claud, Roanoke, VA
- First Grade: “Camille’s Guinea Pig” by Camille DeBoer, Rocky Mount, VA
- Second Grade: “The Day My Cat Turned Human!” by Carina Aquilo, Salem, VA
- Third Grade: “Water Travels in a Cycle—It Does?” by Ainsley Dunning, Bristol, VA
Second Place Winners:
- Kindergarten: “Michael Phelps—The World’s Greatest Olympian” by Chase Noel, Tazewell, VA
- First Grade: “The Frog Who Didn’t Want to be a Frog” by Arya Kamath, Roanoke, VA
- Second Grade: “Joe Bear Gets Lost” by Sophia Mishoe, Bland, VA
- Third Grade: “Running Away” by Karen Villanueva, Blacksburg, VA
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