Contests and Awards

2013 Writers Contest

MPB encouraged children in kindergarten through 3^rd grade to create their own stories as part of the 2013 PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest.  Children celebrated the power of creating stories and illustrations by submitting their own original pieces to MPB.  The Contest was a huge success this year with over 424 entries total. Internal and external judging was conducted to select our 2013 winners.  Winners for our 2013 Contest are as follows:

Kindergarten:    

1^st  Mylie Nelson   “ My Trip to the Beach”

2^nd  Indigo Stockton   “The Adventure to the Crystal Castale”

3^rd  Annika Smith   “How the Girl Met the Dragon”

First Grade:        

1^st  Brett Killingsworth   “Adventures at Shark Tooth Island”

2^nd  Margaret Adlakha   “Giraffe’s Big Decision”

3^rd  Marissa Wingerter   “The Little Panda”

Second Grade:    

1^st  Ky Hoang   “The Lost Little Dragon”

2^nd  Emiah Sanders   “The Genie”

3^rd  Sarah Hoxie   “The Big Beach Party”

Third Grade:         

1^st  Jocelynn Sengsiry  "Teeth Facts of Life" 

2^nd  Jackson Lancaster  “Franky and Bob the Crazy Chicken Brothers”

3^rd Oliver Young   “Door-to-Door Danger”

For some fun facts about this years’ PBS GO! Writers Contest! Click Here >>

National winners will be notified in June 2013.  Each national winner’s story will be posted on the contest website at http://pbskids.org/writerscontest/.

Want to look at past entries?

• 2012 Entries