5th Annual Red Wheelbarrow Creative Writing Contest - Results

THANK YOU to everyone for your participation!

"The Winning Collection," which lists all the winners and honorable mentions, and reprints the first-place stories, is available at the Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore at cost for 6 euros

Thank you to all the writers who participated in this year's contest, and the parents and teachers who supported them. Special thanks to École Massillon for hosting the Awards Party; Lene Scharling of the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators (SCBWI) for her graphics work; the SCBWI for funding the Contest; the Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore for providing the prizes, and Judith House of HarperCollins UK for donating the first-place Book Journals. Many thanks also to all of the judges for their hard work, to Pedro de Alcantara for emceeing the Awards Party again this year, and to Erzsi Deàk for her expertise and patience as Contest Consultant. Congratulations to all the participants on a delightfully creative story year!

Magda Schmit, Contest Coordinator

There were many fine stories submitted in most categories (360 stories!). Below is a listing of the First Prize and Honorable Mention stories. For those of you who were unable to attend the Awards Party, please note that there is a participation certificate for every student who submitted a story, and all certificates (as well as prizes for the winners) that were not collected at the party are available for pick-up at The Red Wheelbarrow Bookstore.


Second Place Winner Yann Vajda: The Revenge of the Green Peas	First Place Winner Danaë Petsimeris: The Pink Dragon	Third Place Winner Iokàsti Petsimeris: The Yellow Fairy

Third Place Winner Amalie Gassmann: The Potion	Second Place Winner Alessandra Durkin: Mei Li and the Dragon	Students from Ecole Massillon, Paris

First Prize and Honorable Mention Stories

Grande Section – Kindergarten

No awards in this category were given this year.

CP – First Grade

First Place: The Secret Passage by Alexei Zabotto Devitt (Ecole Massillon, Paris)
Second Place: Wolf Star by Béatrice Penot (Ecole Massillon, Paris)
Third Place: The Yellow Fairy by Iokàsti Petsimeris (Ecole Massillon, Paris)
Honorable Mention: The Switch by Sofia Rose (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)

CE1 – Second Grade

First Place: The Twin Chipmunks by Lara Worthington (Lennen Bilingual School, Paris)
Second Place: The Wacky Story by Jamie Lanyon (International School of Paris, Paris)
No Third Place award was given this year in this category.
Honorable Mention: Baby Bear by Georgia Bounds (Lennen Bilingual School, Paris)
Honorable Mention: The Film by Adam Souami (The Roaming Schoolhouse, Paris)
Honorable Mention: How I Became Real by Samuel Rose (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Honorable Mention: The Party of the King by Charles Brossier (Lennen Bilingual School, Paris)
Honorable Mention: The Story of the Second Grade by Helena Bloch (Lennen Bilingual School, Paris)
Honorable Mention: The Three Brothers in the Zoo by Maxime Afrazmanech (The Roaming Schoolhouse, Paris)
Honorable Mention: The Witch of Massillon School by Cristèle Saric (Ecole Massillon, Paris)

CE2 – Third Grade

First Place: The Pink Dragon by Danaë Petsimeris (Ecole Massillon, Paris)
Second Place: Mei Li and the Dragon by Alessandra Durkin (Ecole Massillon, Paris)
Third Place: The Magic Boat by Gabriel Rousseau (L'Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel, Paris)
Honorable Mention: A New Mystery for Marta Daffodil by Sarah Nocquet (Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel, Paris)
Honorable Mention: The Substitute by Kyle Henry (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Honorable Mention: The Train by Camille Baillargeat (Ecole Massillon, Paris)

CM1 – Fourth Grade

First Place: The Creative Truth of How I Made It by Emile Ravenet (Lennen Bilingual School, Paris)
Second Place: Milly and Lily by Tess Galunic (Léonard De Vinci International School, Fontainebleau)
Third Place: The Hip-Hop Dance by Jeremy Kelly (Léonard De Vinci International School, Fontainebleau)
Honorable Mention: The Adventure of Charles and the Giants by Maddie Jacks (Lennen Bilingual School, Paris)
Honorable Mention: Angel Eyes by Natasha Lodhi (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Honorable Mention: Katchakali Adventure by Elizabeth Keeley (International School of Paris, Paris)
Honorable Mention: Love Potion Number 9 by Victor LaCour (Léonard De Vinci International School, Fontainebleau)
Honorable Mention: Malfunction by Oliver Smith (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Honorable Mention: Shiko's Story by Nicholas Campbell-Kruger (Léonard De Vinci International School, Fontainebleau)
Honorable Mention: Western Horse Ranch by Cassia Halabi (School for Today, Paris)

CM2 – Fifth Grade

First Place: Light by Anne-Laure de Percin (Ecole Schnapper, Saint-Germain-en-Laye)
Second Place: Dodo Island by Annabelle Loustric (Léonard De Vinci International School, Fontainebleau)
Third Place: The Potion by Amalie Gassmann (School for Today, Paris)
Honorable Mention: Camille and the Pirates by Maximilien Solon (School for Today, Paris)
Honorable Mention: Debate Around the World by Amélia Garczynski (Léonard De Vinci International School, Fontainebleau)
Honorable Mention: A Difficult Time by Ellen Soberman (Léonard De Vinci International School, Fontainebleau)
Honorable Mention: Finding Yourself by Alison Whitwam (International School of Paris, Paris)
Honorable Mention: Linda's Story by Loïs Underwood (School for Today, Paris)

6ème - Sixth Grade

First Place: The Heart of the Forest by Sonalika Jain (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Second Place: The Revenge of the Green Peas by Yann Vajda (Ecole Massillon, Paris)
Third Place: Black Spots by Joachim Charbit (Ecole Alsacienne, Paris)
Honorable Mention: Just My Luck by Christopher Kulmayer (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Honorable Mention: Legendia by Daylen Dozier (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Honorable Mention: Prophecy Girl by Olivia Ainsworth (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Honorable Mention: Racing for Life by Sophia Ecker (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)

5ème – Seventh Grade

First Place: Sneak In! by Allyson Kulmayer (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Second Place: Lightning Eyes by Valeria Rotella (American School of Paris, Paris)
Third Place: Short Black Hair by Rebecca Slade (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Honorable Mention: The Angel by Evan Leonard (American School of Paris, Paris)
Honorable Mention: From Bosnia to Paris by Alex Hakim (American School of Paris, Paris)
Honorable Mention: The Lonely Gargoyle by Rebecca Rantanen (American School of Paris, Paris)
Honorable Mention: The Short Sentence by Natasha Lazareff (Ecole Alsacienne, Paris)

4ème – Eighth Grade

First Place: Feared Memories by Laura Cavaciuti (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Second Place: A New Detective Story by Guillaume Julian (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Third Place: Pub Night by Cian Donohoe (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)
Honorable Mention: The End of a War, the Beginning of a New Life by Nick Lengyel (Marymount International School of Paris, Neuilly-sur-Seine)

3ème – Ninth Grade

No awards in this category were given this year.

2nde – Tenth Grade

Honorable Mention: Spreading My Wings by Christopher Roth (Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel, Paris)

1ère – Eleventh Grade

First Place: The Best Crabs in the State by Liz Watson (American School of Paris, Paris)
Second Place: How Was School Created? by Natacha Crooks (Ecole Alsacienne, Paris)
Third Place: Carpe Diem by Alexia Kaas (Ecole Active Bilingue Jeannine Manuel, Paris)

Terminale – Twelfth Grade

Honorable Mention: 'Na by Anna-Katharina Johannsen (Ecole Massillon, Paris)

Judging

Judging was based on originality/creativity of ideas and story line; clarity and organization (beginning, middle, and end); authenticity of voice; attention to Contest Guidelines (formatting, word length, etc.).

Last Year's Contest

View the results of the 2006 4th Annual Red Wheelbarrow Creative Writing Contest.

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