Children from kindergarten to third grade are encouraged to write and illustrate their own stories and enter them in the Fourteenth Annual Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest. These stories will be judged locally and the winners submitted to the national contest.

 

Children who enter will receive a Certificate of Achievement signed by Levar Burton! Winners compete for the national prizes of a flat-screen TV and DVD player; a digital camera; or an MP3 player.

Kindergarten

• 1st - Joseph Gallegos, Age 6,
  “Crazy Hair” Edgewood, NM.
• 2nd - Joyce Elise Medina, Age 6,
  “Opposite World” Albuquerque
• 3rd - Zachary Byers, Age 6,
  “Viper vs. Barracuda”, Albuquerque

First Grade:

• 1st - Joseph Cecco, Age 71/2,
  “Moni’s Amazing Adventure” Albuquerque
• 2nd - Diego Lucero, Age 6,
  “Nate” Albuquerque
• 3rd - Elijah Vigil, Age 6,
  “The Cell Phone Monster” Las Vegas, NM

Second Grade:

• 1st - Joaquin Emilio Madrid Larrañaga, Age 7,
  “The Little White Dog” Albuquerque
• 2nd - James Morris, Age 8,
  “Professor Onions & The Cells That Went Mad” Albuquerque
• 3rd - Addison Key, Age 7,
  “Hillary’s Fashion Dilemma” Albuquerque
• Honorable Mention: Daniel Ward, Age 7,
  “The Raindrops Vacation” Albuquerque

Third Grade:

• 1st - Noah Burton, Age 8,
  “My Family Stinks!” Los Lunas, NM.
• 2nd - Ruby Selvage, Age 8,
  “The Knot Story” Los Alamos, NM.
• 3rd - Sequoyah Adams-Rice, Age 9,
  “Quiet On Set!” Los Alamos, NM.
• Honorable Mention: Lillawah Andes, Age 9, “My Life as Solomon the Dog”, Santa Fe