OPSB.net - 2009-10 Young Authors' Contest Winners

Congratulations and thanks to all students who submitted an entry in the Ouachita Parish Young Authors’ Contest. We appreciate the teachers who took that extra time to inspire, supervise, and assist these young authors in submitting their entries.

First place winners whose entries are being judged in the regional Northeast Louisiana Reading Council contest are listed below. Good luck on the next round of competition!

Fiction
Tanner Young, The Rabbit, 1st Grade – Claiborne
Zane McFarland, Stuck in the Sea, 2nd Grade – Claiborne
Grant Talley, The Legend, 3rd Grade – Swartz Upper
Logan Kemp, Horror Ride, 4th Grade – A. L. Smith
Raegan Wilson, The Hidden Package, 5th Grade – Claiborne
Carrington Merrell, Diva to the Max, 6th Grade – Good Hope
Summer Johnson, Life is Hard, 8th Grade – Calhoun
Taylor Wolff, Distant Relations, 10th Grade – Sterlington

Nonfiction
Mattie Jones, Penguins, 1st Grade – Claiborne
Cayden Pierce, Things at Kiroli Park, 2nd Grade – Kiroli
Zachary Babin, LA Gold Swim Team, 3rd Grade – Kiroli
Tucker Allen, Flower Reproduction, 4th Grade – A. L. Smith
Lexie Kahmann, Family, 5th Grade – Claiborne
Charlie Bordelon, The Worst Sister Ever, 6th Grade – Swartz Upper
Lark Walker, The Best Dog, 8th Grade – Ouachita
Joan Perez, Within, 12th Grade – West Monroe

Poetry
Lacey Tripp, Christmas, Kindergarten – Calhoun
Kade Pittard, I Love the World, 1st Grade – Claiborne
Emily Weaver, Christmas, 2nd Grade – Calhoun
Brandon Cox, The Starry Night, 3rd Grade – Kiroli
Gerald Perkins, The Duck Can Not Fly, 3rd Grade – Robinson
Ryan Ailshie, College Man, 4th Grade – Claiborne
Luke Guidry, Hank, 4th Grade – Woodlawn
Reagan McCrary, Autumn Days, 5th Grade – Claiborne
Hannah Cottrell, My Cocoon, 6th Grade – Good Hope
Sherran Morehead, I Thank You, Soldiers, 7th Grade – Ouachita
Eric Hopkins, Cell Phones, 7th Grade – Good Hope
Keandrick Wilson, An Event That Changed My Life, 8th Grade – Ouachita
Nikole Steinman, Christmas is Coming, 10th Grade – Sterlington