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AETN announces Arkansas winners in PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest. Children K-3 wrote, illustrated winning stories; four entered in national contest.

Posted 29 May 2012

CONWAY, Ark. (AETN) — The Arkansas PBS (AETN) congratulates the more than 500 students across Arkansas who participated in this year’s PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest. Stories such as “The Horse That has Talent” and “The Dingo and the Sparrow” were two of 12 stories named first, second or third place in the K-3 contest. All 12 winning stories can be viewed online. 

All first place Arkansas winners have been entered into the national PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest where they will compete against area winners from across the country. National winners will be announced in July.

AETN’s first place winners include:
• Kindergarten – Frida Campos of Danville.
• First grade – Shreenidhi Dhileep of Bentonville.
• Second grade – Araceli Balbuena of Rogers.
• Third grade – Nicholas Stone of Harrison.
AETN’s second place winners include:
• Kindergarten – Addey Wright of Danville.
• First grade – Byron Sawrie of Mount Vernon.
• Second grade – Francisco Garcia of Rogers.
• Third grade – Heather Rollins of Bryant.
AETN’s third place winners include:
• Kindergarten – Chloe Caffey of Mayflower.
• First grade – Clark McElrath of Havana.
• Second grade – Cynthia Wilson of Rogers.
• Third grade – Tiffany Phayboun of Danville.

Building on the success of the 15-year Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest, the PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest was launched last year in an effort to continue to encourage young children in kindergarten through third grades across the country to illustrate and write their own stories.

The local-national contest is designed to promote the advancement of children’s reading skills through hands-on, active learning. AETN was one of 63 public television stations across the country that participated in this year’s contest. AETN is pleased to congratulate the Arkansas winners and share PBS KIDS’ commitment to opening up worlds of words for all young children across the state and the nation.