OPSB.net - REGIONAL YOUNG AUTHORS' CONTEST RESULTS

Congratulations to our Ouachita Parish students who submitted an entry in the 2006-2007 Northeast Louisiana Reading Council’s Young Authors’ Contest. All of our parish winners placed in the regional competition! First Place regional winners will now be judged at the state level.

First Place Regional Winners:
Connor James Wiedemeier - Kiroli Elementary
Sarah Stanley - Kiroli Elementary
D. J. Smead - Calhoun Middle
Deanne King - West Ridge Middle
La’Krystal Kelly - Richwood High School

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2006-2007 Northeast Louisiana Reading Council’s Young Authors’ Contest results:

KINDERGARTEN - NONFICTION: Me and My Family by Connor James Wiedemeier - FIRST PLACE

FIRST GRADE - NONFICTION: A Butterfly’s Life Cycle by Courtney Cavender - THIRD PLACE

FIRST GRADE - FICTION: The Wishing Tree by Mary Grace Batson - HONORABLE MENTION

FIRST GRADE - POETRY: Wind by Tommie McCarty - SECOND PLACE

SECOND GRADE - NONFICTION: How Jesus Was Born by Cade Hunter - HONORABLE MENTION

SECOND GRADE - FICTION: Silly Christmas by Caitlyn Hilliard - HONORABLE MENTION

SECOND GRADE - POETRY: My Birds by Katie Langford - THIRD PLACE

THIRD GRADE - NONFICTION: A Book about Sharks by Hayden Aldridge - THIRD PLACE

THIRD GRADE - FICTION: The Mystery of the Christmas Trees by Anne Bishop - HONORABLE MENTION

THIRD GRADE - POETRY: Looking Up by Sarah Stanley - FIRST PLACE

FOURTH GRADE - NONFICTION: Pepper by Rachel Dolecheck - HONORABLE MENTION

FOURTH GRADE - FICTION: Santa’s Lost Elf by Ryan Kepper - HONORABLE MENTION

FOURTH GRADE - POETRY: Christmas by Caylie Nordan - HONORABLE MENTION

FIFTH/SIXTH GRADE - NONFICTION: My Christmas Without Electricity by Ashlyn Jackson - THIRD PLACE

FIFTH/SIXTH GRADE - FICTION: Johnson Homes and the Case of the Missing President by Jeremy Sisk - HONORABLE MENTION

FIFTH/SIXTH GRADE - POETRY: The Kentucky Wildcats Night Before Christmas by Austin Knies SECOND PLACE

SEVENTH/EIGHTH GRADE - NONFICTION: How to Scare a Deer to Death by D. J. Smead - FIRST PLACE

SEVENTH/EIGHTH GRADE - FICTION: Long Way from Home by Brittany Walker - HONORABLE MENTION

SEVENTH/EIGHTH GRADE - POETRY: Family by Deanne King - FIRST PLACE; The Mirror by Madi Viola - HONORABLE MENTION

ELEVENTH/TWELFTH GRADE - POETRY: What Is It about You? by La’Krystal Kelly - FIRST PLACE