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Congratulations to All of the Winners of the Moore County Writers’ Competition!

Thank you to all those who took part and to our judges!

On March 12 at 2:00 PM, please come celebrate the winners who will be awarded certificates and cash prizes for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction works submitted by writers in five different age groups. Winners will read a selection of their winning entries. If you would like to come, please register below.

GRADE 1-3 GRADE 4-6 GRADE 7-9 GRADE 10-12 ADULT
1st Prize Moonlight by Nylah Johnson A Thought by Abigail Schupp What Is It To Be A Woman by Addison Donathan The Girl Down the Street by Jada Mason The Old Mountain Home by Carlin B. Corsino
2nd Prize Freedom by Mason Bradlee Williams From the Gate by Phineas Alexander Crews A Melody Still by Leah Johnson Beauty by Rayna Smith Puddles by Jennifer A. Hebert
3rd Prize The Pond by Seth Roberts Just Me by Aimy Sarahy Rubio Pantaleon The Marching Band Show by Colton Freeman Belong by Renee Whitmore
Honorable Mention Tacos by Lucas Jackson

Spider Poem by Vera Black

The Color Red by Hailey May Richardson

Mirror by Kaitlyn Carter

Alone by Dreeonna Mandville

Locked Away In A Chest by Cinthia Pulido

Just Once by Belvie Jenkins

GRADE 1-3

1st Prize

Moonlight by Nylah Johnson

2nd Prize

Freedom by Mason Bradlee Williams

GRADE 4-6

1st Prize

A Thought by Abigail Schupp

2nd Prize

From the Gate by Phineas Alexander Crews

3rd Prize

The Pond by Seth Roberts

Honorable Mention

Tacos by Lucas Jackson
Spider Poem by Vera Black

GRADE 7-9

1st Prize

What Is It To Be A Woman by Addison Donathan

2nd Prize

A Melody Still by Leah Johnson

3rd Prize

Just Me by Aimy Sarahy Rubio Pantaleon

Honorable Mention

The Color Red by Hailey May Richardson
Mirror by Kaitlyn Carter

GRADE 10-12

1st Prize

The Girl Down the Street by Jada Mason

2nd Prize

Beauty by Rayna Smith

3rd Prize

The Marching Band Show by Colton Freeman

Honorable Mention

Alone by Dreeonna Mandville
Locked Away In A Chest by Cinthia Pulido

ADULT

1st Prize

The Old Mountain Home by Carlin B. Corsino

2nd Prize

Puddles by Jennifer A. Hebert

3rd Prize

Belong by Renee Whitmore

Honorable Mention

Just Once by Belvie Jenkins

GRADE 1-3 GRADE 4-6 GRADE 7-9 GRADE 10-12 ADULT
1st Prize The Animal Feast by Dantzel Asmus The Storyteller by Logan Demeyere Dream World by Matthew Walter The Girl Without a Name by Wendy M. Asmus A New Leeds Minute by Matthew Foster
2nd Prize Witches Great Escape by Anderson Summers BleeBloe’s First Day of School by Naomi Saige Guenther Autumn Magic by Hudson Asmus The Truth by Grayce Castellanos The Maybe, Sort of, Kind of, Could Be Story of How the Duck Got It’s Quack by Stephen Murphy
3rd Prize The Baseball Tiger by David McLeran Stella by Vera Black Elements of Power and Peace by Leah Mullennix The Miss Ellie Winchester Spying Case of 1949 by Sandra Fischer
Honorable Mention One Dicey Decagon by Achilles Dituro

Donut Man by Ford Kuester

Fox by Grace Chabalko

The New Girl by Nasya Diaz Lopez Colorful Conscience by Danielle Hall

GRADE 1-3

1st Prize

The Animal Feast by Dantzel Asmus

2nd Prize

Witches Great Escape by Anderson Summers

3rd Prize

The Baseball Tiger by David McLeran

GRADE 4-6

1st Prize

The Storyteller by Logan Demeyere

2nd Prize

BleeBloe’s First Day of School by Naomi Saige Guenther

3rd Prize

Stella by Vera Black

Honorable Mention

One Dicey Decagon by Achilles Dituro
Donut Man by Ford Kuester
Fox by Grace Chabalko

GRADE 7-9

1st Prize

Dream World by Matthew Walter

2nd Prize

Autumn Magic by Hudson Asmus

3rd Prize

Elements of Power and Peace by Leah Mullennix

Honorable Mention

The New Girl by Nasya Diaz Lopez

GRADE 10-12

1st Prize

The Girl Without a Name by Wendy M. Asmus

2nd Prize

The Truth by Grayce Castellanos

ADULT

1st Prize

A New Leeds Minute by Matthew Foster

2nd Prize

The Maybe, Sort of, Kind of, Could Be Story of How the Duck Got It’s Quack by Stephen Murphy

3rd Prize

The Miss Ellie Winchester Spying Case of 1949 by Sandra Fischer

Honorable Mention

Colorful Conscience by Danielle Hall

GRADE 1-3 GRADE 4-6 GRADE 7-9 GRADE 10-12 ADULT
1st Prize The Siblings by Ryan Kirby The Perpetua Story by Vera Black To My Mother by Rosemary Morales Abella Family: The Best Gift by Eliana Asmus The Guest Star by Ashlen Renner
2nd Prize Cats by Vera McLeran The Great Depression by Grip Goldstein The King Has Returned from Overseas by Joel Willardson Halloween by Marcus Xiong Ode to My Daddy by Sonja Murdock
3rd Prize A Little Sister’s Payback by Eva Marie Bloom Cancer, the Dangerous Disease by Abigail Schupp Manatees by Claire Kirby Miss Beulah by Sandra Fischer
Honorable Mention Dr. Pepper by Thomas Bloom

GRADE 1-3

1st Prize

The Siblings by Ryan Kirby

2nd Prize

Cats by Vera McLeran

3rd Prize

A Little Sister’s Payback by Eva Marie Bloom

Honorable Mention

Dr. Pepper by Thomas Bloom

GRADE 4-6

1st Prize

The Perpetua Story by Vera Black

2nd Prize

The Great Depression by Grip Goldstein

3rd Prize

Cancer, the Dangerous Disease by Abigail Schupp

GRADE 7-9

1st Prize

To My Mother by Rosemary Morales Abella

2nd Prize

The King Has Returned from Overseas by Joel Willardson

3rd Prize

Manatees by Claire Kirby

GRADE 10-12

1st Prize

Family: The Best Gift by Eliana Asmus

2nd Prize

Halloween by Marcus Xiong

ADULT

1st Prize

The Guest Star by Ashlen Renner

2nd Prize

Ode to My Daddy by Sonja Murdock

3rd Prize

Miss Beulah by Sandra Fischer

Thank you for your assistance in making this writing competition a success! If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Weymouth Center front office, at 910-692-6261 or email: marianna@weymouthcenter.org.

The Moore County Writers’ Competition is underwritten by the Donald and Elizabeth Cooke Foundation.

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