PBS Kids Go! Writers Contest 2012

Contest Results

KLRU winners have been selected!

KLRU celebrated all our local winners on Saturday, April 28th at the Austin Public Library Southeast Community Branch. Our winners read their stories to their family and friends, received prizes along with a certificate and snacked on refreshments. Congratulations winners!

UPDATE: The week of May 21st, the first round of national judging was completed in Buffalo, and they now have 46 of the best national stories moving forward for the finals today, June 7^th, at PBS. Stay tuned for more information in the next couple of weeks!

Full set of photos from the event available on Flickr

KLRU’s 2012 PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest Local Winners

Kindergarten

1^st Place winner
Katherine Bong
Blackland Prairie Elementary
Round Rock ISD
“Kiwi and the Family”(pdf)

2^nd Place winner
Neve Chachanashvili
Doss Elementary School
Austin ISD
“Lunch with Coco”(pdf)

3^rd Place winner
Caroline Sauer
Bridge Point Elementary
Eanes ISD
“Kaleb and the Tea Party”(pdf)

3^rd Place winner
Satvik Agarwal
Brushy Creek Elementary
Round Rock ISD
“The Universe”(pdf)

First Grade

1^st Place winner
Gage Mayhew
Lago Vista Elementary
Lago Vista ISD
“Armstrong and Gatorade”(pdf)

2^nd Place winner
Rebecca Wallace
Veritas Academy
Austin, TX
“KC Saves 1000 Aliens”(pdf)

3^rd Place winner
Isabela Sloane
Brushy Creek Elementary
Round Rock ISD
“Pepa”(pdf)

3^rd Place winner
Clara Schutz
Whitestone Elementary
Leander ISD
“The Violin”(pdf)

Second Grade

1^st Place winner
Ashni Guneratne
Caldwell Heights Elementary
Round Rock ISD
“The Stray Cat”(pdf)

2^nd Place winner
Andrew C. Jiang
Spicewood Elementary
Round Rock ISD
“The Rainbow on the Ground”(pdf)

3^rd Place winner
Bethany Kwan [won 1^st Place 2011]
Hill Country Christian School of Austin
Austin, TX
“The Kingdom of Um-Um Am-Am”(pdf)

Third Grade

1^st Place winner
Amelia Jane Tsering [won 1^st Place 2011, 1^st Place 2010, 2^nd Place 2009]
Prairie Rose Academy
Georgetown, TX
“Sagnu and the Momo Fame”(pdf)