GPB's 2020 KIDS Writers Contest opens January 13. Check back for details!
Congratulations to our 2019 Writers Contest finalists! To explore a story, click on an illustration below to watch the video.
Kindergarten Winners
Inside My Mommy's Body by David Gomez
The Firefighter and the Doctor by Damia Williams
When the Crocodile Got Eaten by Emily Anand
My Snow Day by Varsha Nataraj
First Grade Winners
The Mystery of the Missing High Heels by Ella Graddy
The Confused One by Orrin Maggiano
Casey's Mission by Mina Bella Scruggs
The Tarantula and Leaf-Cutter Ants by Vikhyat Konchada
Second Grade Winners
Amber and the Cherry Disaster by Maanya Agarwal
Adventures of Squirrel Lady and Nut Boy: Pumpkin's Revenge by Matthew JuBeark
The Girl, a Witch and a Unicorn by Summer Sapp
Kit's Discovery by Riya Nambiar
Third Grade Winners
The Space Adventure by Timothy Makaroff
The Number Zero by Randson Thompson
Where Did the Palm Trees Go? by Craig Collier
Ferrous' Big Adventure by Elijah Paulus
Meet the 2019 Winners
Kindergarten Awards: (L to R) Damia Williams (Stone Mountain), David Gomez (Fayetteville), Emily Anand (Decatur)
First Grade Awards: (L to R) Ella Graddy (Atlanta), Mina Bella Scruggs (Harlem), Orrin Maggiano (Carrollton)
Second Grade Awards: (L to R) Summer Sapp (Mableton), Maanya Agarwal (Cumming), Matthew JuBeark (Macon)
Third Grade Awards: (L to R) Craig Collier (Atlanta), Timothy Makaroff (Fayetteville), Randson Thompson (Lincolnton)
STEAM Awards: (L to R) Vikhyat Konchada (Suwanee), Varsha Nataraj (Dunwoody), Riya Nambiar (Cumming), Elijah Paulus (Braselton)
Watch the 2019 Awards Ceremony
Writers Contest Activity Packet
This packet contains a series of resources to help your students break down the process of story writing. It includes a teacher’s guide with printable documents to help students with brainstorming, revising, illustrating and caption-writing. Let the story writing begin!