Young Writers

🌟 Celebrating Young Writers in Calhoun! 🌟

Since 1984, the West Virginia Young Writers Contest has been a platform for celebrating student creativity and expression across the state. 📝✨  A total of  14 stories were submitted to the Calhoun County Young Writers Contest, across six divisions.  

Special thanks to our judges who loved all the creativity and storytelling abilities of our young writers. The competition was tough and no easy task in deciding the entries to be submitted to the WV Young Writers Contest.    

🏆 County Winners 🏆 listed below, will move to the next level of competition of judging by the Central West Virginia Writing Project (CWVWP) at Marshall University. 📝

🌟 Congratulations students and best of luck! 🌟


Division

Title

School

Author 

Grades 1/2

The Magical Forest

AES

Lydia Hill

Grades 3/4

A Lost Baby Chick

PHE

Brenton Slider

Grades5/6

The Ivy Springs Killer

CCMHS

Reagan Morgan

Grades 7/8

Greatest Show on Dirt

CCMHS

Trinity Probasco

Grades 9/10

Crows Nest

LKVCS

Madison Cunningham

Grades 11/12

My Weeping Cherry Tree

CCMHS

Mackenzie Bailey