Four South County Students Take Top Honors in Young Author Contest
February 20, 2013 
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The Anne Arundel County Reading Council has announced the 2013 winners of their annual “Young Authors Contest.” The council reported that they received more than 1,000 entries. The deadline to submit an essay, short story or poem was Dec. 14, 2013. Since then, members of the council have been reading and judging the entries.
An elementary and middle school Young Authors reception for the winners (listed below) will be held at the College Parkway Baptist Church at 10 a.m. on April 27. The High School Young Author’s reception for the winners (also listed below) will be held from 4 to 5:30 p.m. on Feb. 21 at the Phoenix Academy in Annapolis.
The contest was open to any student in public or private school. Some teachers use the contest as an assignment, but that is at the discretion of the teacher. Some teachers just provide contest details and offer it to students as an extracurricular or writing club activity. That is why participation varies. In the end, some schools will submit scores of entries, while others schools may send a few entries and still others may not participate at all.
The essay contest was open to all students in the county.
The students whose work placed first or second in the Anne Arundel County competition will move on to the state’s Maryland Young Author’s contest.
We pulled the South County winners out of the winner lists below. They are all in the poetry category:
- Logan Clay, 1st place for “The Best Day.” Clay is in 2nd grade.
- Deven Bowman, 1st place for “Frankenstorm.” Bowman is in 5th grade.
- Avery Wilder took 2nd place for “Scared.” Wilder is in 3rd grade.
- Coleman Campbell, 1st place, 6th grade
Countywide winners are listed by grade below. If you can’t read the table, check out the winner lists on the AACRC page.
Elementary School Winners
Grade |
Category |
Place |
Student |
School |
Title |
Teacher |
Second |
Poetry |
First |
Logan Clay |
Central |
The Best Day |
Ms. Gibson |
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Second |
Vivian Maneval |
South Shore |
Sniffles |
Mrs. Balestreire |
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Short Story |
First |
Reagan McCoy |
Rippling Woods |
Journal Ramblings of the Frequently Punished |
Mrs. Mozdzen |
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Second |
Kali Gaestel |
Rippling Woods |
Brooke’s Books |
Mrs. Earley |
Third |
Poetry |
First |
Sophia Rose Facciponti |
Cape St. Claire |
Sandy Strikes |
Mrs. DeMarco |
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Second |
Avery Wilder |
Mayo |
Scared |
Ms. McCoy |
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Short Story |
First |
Sophia Edillon |
Hillsmere |
How Sarah Changed |
Mrs. Ferrer |
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Second |
Erin McCulloch |
Four Seasons |
Princess Marissa’s Quest for the Staff, Emerald |
Mrs. Armstrong |
Fourth
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Poetry |
First |
Anagha Chundury |
Crofton Meadows |
Rush |
Mrs. Olivier |
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Second |
Camden Buckley |
Four Seasons |
Geronimo |
Mr. Mankin |
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Short Story |
First |
Audre Cadd |
Linthicum |
The Adventure of Earth Girl: Recycling Hero |
Mrs.Miller |
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Second |
Abigail McFarland |
Lake Shore |
The Dismount |
Mrs. Kelly |
| Fifth |
Poetry |
First |
Deven Bowman |
Central |
Franken Storm |
Mrs. Davis |
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Second |
Divine Mitchell |
Brooklyn Park |
I Love Basketball |
Mr. Clapper |
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Short Story |
First |
ElizabethIsakov |
Benfield |
The Great Escape |
Mrs. Skallos |
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Second |
Emma Miller |
St. Martin’s Lutheran School |
Grammie Rosa |
Ms. Doyle |
Middle School Winners
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Grade |
Category
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Place
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Student
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School
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6
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Poetry
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First
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Coleman Campbell
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Southern MS
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Second
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Chris Cooley
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Crofton MS
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Third
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Maggie Strandquist
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Severn River MS
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Short Story
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First
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Brook Lesikar
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Magothy River MS
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Second
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Ben Barrett
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Chesapeake Bay MS
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Third
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Claire Auth
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Bates MS
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7
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Poetry
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First
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Margaret Russell
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Severn River MS
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Second
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Jacob Sell
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Magothy River MS
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Third
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Maggie Campbell
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Magothy River MS
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Short Story
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First
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Rachel Heller
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Crofton MS
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Second
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Olivia Behrens
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Chesapeake Bay MS
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Third
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Megan Jackson
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Bates MS
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8
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Poetry
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First
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Christine Parkent
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Chesapeake Bay MS
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Second
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Keith Walker, Jr.
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J. Albert Adams Academy
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Third
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Catherine Sigler
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Crofton MS
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Short Story
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First
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Christine Parkent
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Chesapeake Bay MS
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Second
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William Morgan
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Magothy River MS
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Third
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Catherine Supko
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Arundel MS
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High School Winners
|
Grade |
Poem |
Essay |
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9th |
1st Place: Kelsey Stalnaker, ‘Friend to Friend’, Northeast HS2nd Place: Sarah Givens, ‘Untitled’, Broadneck HS 3rd Place: Hailey Wilberger, ‘A Familiar Mystery’, Broadneck HS | 1st Place: Alexis Pecknay, ‘Finding Peace’, Broadneck HS2nd Place: Abby Brown, ‘Lost’, Broadneck HS3rd Place: Paul Greene, Jr., ‘My First Carnival Gone Wrong’, Broadneck HS |
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10th |
1st Place: Josie Wolfe, ‘Field Hockey’, North County HS 2nd Place: Tiffany Dorbert, ‘My 2nd Birthday Present’, North County HS 3rd Place: Elizabeth Willard, ‘The Mask’, Broadneck HS | 1st Place: Tiffany Dorbert, ‘This Could Be My Home’, North County HS 2nd Place: Meredith Hale, ‘You Can’t Even Imagine’, North County HS 3rd Place: Briana Hubbard, ‘The Golden Gates’, North County HS |
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11th |
1st Place: Sara Hirshon, ‘Poem Writing’, Broadneck HS 2nd Place: Amanda Turner, ‘Dancing With Distance’, North County HS 3rd Place: Anderson Bamaca, ‘The Artist’, North County HS | 1st Place: Sara Schulke, ‘Voice of the Past’, Broadneck HS 2nd Place: Faye Gruzinski, ’27 Degrees Up Top, 20 On The Bottom’, North County HS 3rd Place: Amanda Turner, ‘Just Because I Owe You’, North County HS |
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12th |
1st Place: Tori Marsh, ‘Black Dahila’, Broadneck HS 2nd Place: Bradley Gilmore, ‘Night of the Hunter’, North County HS 3rd Place: Mackenzie Williams, ‘Way of Life, Broadneck HS | 1st Place: Drew Crandall, ‘Voice of the Past’, Broadneck HS 2nd Place: Rachel Willison, ‘Neighbor’, Broadneck HS |
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