STORYMAKERS WINNING STORIES ANNOUNCED!
The winners of the StoryMakers Short Story Contest for middle schoolers have been selected! Rocky Mountain PBS received more than 750 entries from middle school students all over Colorado.
The first, second and third place winners in each grade benefited from a one-day "Write To Publish" workshop the first weekend in December.
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The winners are:
6th Grade:
1st Eli Humphrey, Denver, Denver School of the Arts. Patris Arbor
2nd Katherine Pottinger, Denver, Denver School of the Arts. Dancing With the Devil
3rd Samantha Einspahr, Lakewood, Bethlehem Lutheran School. The Missing Money Mystery
Finalists
Ana Fairbanks-Mahnke, The Witch Doctor's Dilemma
Ellie Lochhead, The Last Unicorn
Caroline McLeod, Tommy the Tomato Plant
Derek Pansze, The First Day of the Ski Season
Tali Valentine, Forgotten Joy
7th Grade:
1st Elizabeth Stevinson, Littleton, St. Mary's of Littleton. Shadow
2nd Lauren Sides, Westminster, Mandalay Middle School. June
3rd Chaye Gutierrez, Westminster, Mandalay Middle School. Home Sweet Home
Finalists
Caitlyn Booco, The Missing
Janelle Goldberg, My Best Friend
Derek Haase, Friends, Fire, and Fruit Loops
Amitav Rahman, My Hooded Sweatshirt
Christopher Zheng, Rebirth of Trees in Life's Forest
8th Grade:
1st Katie Grace-Shamburek, Denver, The Logan School for Creative Learning. Into the Rising Sun
2nd Hannah Litschewski, Centennial, Laredo Middle School. The Discovery
3rd Golda Abramson, Denver, Logan School for Creative Learning. Bird Man
Finalists
Andrew Coca, How Earth United
Raigan Holgate, Fixing My Fate
Hillary Lutkus, The Debonair Death
Martina Pansze, Pandora's Box
Margo Warnock, Lily Lee's Amazing, Incredible, and Sometimes Awful Life
Rocky Mountain PBS and the Qwest Foundation encourage teenagers to keep reading and writing.
Thanks to everyone who entered, and to our major sponsor, the Qwest Foundation.
