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Our Writing and Illustrating Contest for students pre-K through high school. Here is a list our our past winners

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CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR WINNERS!

Presenting the 17th Annual Writing & Illustrating Contest Winners. Thank you to every brave writer & illustrator who entered. (Thank you, too, to the teachers and parents who enThe judges thoroughly enjoyed all your stories! Below is a list of our 2023-2024 Winners. Scroll further down for links to the winning entries.

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Winners TK - 4th Grade

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Winners 5th Grade - High School

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View TK - 4th Grade Winning Entries

  

TK_Ocean Seashell Song (pdf)Download
TK_Low Tide Friends (pdf)Download
Kindergarten_Orangey's Best Snack (pdf)Download
Kindergarten_Ella and the Special Fairy (pdf)Download
1st Grade_David and the Crabs (pdf)Download
2nd Grade_A Magical Day (pdf)Download
2nd Grade_Globe Traveler (pdf)Download
2nd Grade_A Helping Hand (pdf)Download
3rd Grade_Leo (pdf)Download
3rd Grade_The Coral Kingdom (pdf)Download
3rd Grade_Lola and the Marvelous Day (pdf)Download
3rd Grade_The Beach Disaster (pdf)Download
3rd Grade_The World's Most Amazing Beach Discovery (pdf)Download
4th Grade_The Whale in the Ocean (pdf)Download
4th Grade_The Lost Book (pdf)Download

View winning entries - Grades 5 - 7

5th Grade_The Goblin Beneath the Sand (pdf)Download
5th Grade_A Time Warp (pdf)Download
5th Grade_The Mailbox of Questions (pdf)Download
5th Grade_Mr. Boogle Bumble Mans Discovery (pdf)Download
6th Grade_Claude the Cognitive Crustacean (pdf)Download
6th Grade_Inside the SeaShell (pdf)Download
6th Grade_The Lucida Stella Medicamentum (pdf)Download
6th Grade_Finding Atlantis (pdf)Download
6th Grade_The Egg-Venture (pdf)Download
7th Grade_A Reality Reboot (pdf)Download
7th Grade_Just Go to the Beach (pdf)Download
7th Grade_The Pocket Watch (pdf)Download
7th Grade_The Changing Tides (pdf)Download

Winning Entries, Grades 8 & High School

8th Grade_Study Guides for Dummies (pdf)Download
8th Grade_Adventure in a Bottle (pdf)Download
8th Grade_Chekhov's Gun (pdf)Download
8th Grade_The Perfect Day at the Beach (pdf)Download
8th Grade_Flounder in Society (pdf)Download
8th Grade_The Umbral Lamp (pdf)Download
HS_The Cursed Treasure (pdf)Download
HS_Driftwood (pdf)Download
HS_In the Seam (pdf)Download

View entries (4th Grade Continued)

4th Grade_War of Cats & Pigs (pdf)Download
4th Grade_A Beach Discovery (pdf)Download

16th Annual Writing & Illustrating Contest. Thank you to every brave writer & illustrator who entered. The judges thoroughly enjoyed all your stories!

View 2022 Pre-K - 4th Grade Winning Entries

Pre K Pinkys First Trip (pdf)Download
1st Grade_If You were going to dinosaur time (pdf)Download
1st Grade_Underwater Adventure (pdf)Download
2nd Grade_Portals to a Secret World (pdf)Download
2nd Grade_The Great Chocolate Portal (pdf)Download
2nd Grade_The Portal _ Illustration (pdf)Download
3rd Grade_A Magical World (pdf)Download
3rd Grade_Anna's Secret Adventure (pdf)Download
3rd Grade_The Three Portals (pdf)Download
4th Grade James Portable Portal (pdf)Download
4th Grade_Daisy's Discovery (pdf)Download
4th Grade_Freedom (pdf)Download
4th Grade_The Chose Two (pdf)Download
4th Grade_The Planets Portal (pdf)Download
4th Grade_The Tornado of Right and Wrong (pdf)Download

View our 2022 5th & 6th Grade Winning Entries

 


5th Grade The Bathroom Emergency (pdf)Download
5th Grade_3 Different Dimensions (pdf)Download
5th Grade_A Fun Adventure (pdf)Download
5th Grade_A Portal with a side of fries (pdf)Download
5th Grade_Lost in Fantasyland (pdf)Download
5th Grade_Mesozoic period (pdf)Download
5th Grade_Portal to Madness (pdf)Download
6th Grade_3 Portals (pdf)Download
6th Grade_Radioactive_1 (pdf)Download
6th Grade_The Guardian (pdf)Download
6th Grade_The Library Portal (pdf)Download
6th Grade_Unchanged (pdf)Download
6th Grade_Loophole (pdf)Download

View our 2022 7th & 8th Grade Winning Entries

7th Grade_Capture the Flag (pdf)Download
7th Grade_Trip to the Portals (pdf)Download
7th Grade_Two Secret Portals (pdf)Download
7th Grade_Portals (pdf)Download
8th Grade_The Quiet Unknown (pdf)Download
8th Grade_Whale Bone White_1 (pdf)Download
8th Grade_A Portal to the Future (pdf)Download
8th Grade_The Mystery (pdf)Download

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