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2010 Young Writers and Illustrators
Contest Winners

HoustonPBS Presents the 2010 PBS KIDS GO!

Congratulations to 1st grade winner, Evan Kerr of Baytown, for placing 3rd place nationally from over 25,000 entries! Evan won an iPod nano that he will receive at a celebration on Friday, August 6, 2 pm, at the Sterling Municipal Library in Baytown, Texas. Evan will read his award –winning story, My Next Door Neighbors, that was inspired by the Baytown Nature Center. The Baytown Nature Center will have a display at the celebration and Whataburger will provide milk and cookies.

For directions: http://baytownlibrary.org/
 

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Read the 2010 1st place stories below and see the list of authors who were recognized as honorable finalists.

FIRST PLACE WINNERS

Click on the pictures to read the stories.


Story Kindergarten
 Loreli Gillett, Katy
Story First Grade
Evan Kerr, Baytown
Story Second Grade
Kaeta Gillett, Katy
Story Third Grade
Aditi Mahesh, Houston

Kindergarten Honorable Finalists

Sasha Bailey (Bellaire)
Mia Fuller (Cove)
Sophia Hernandez (Katy)
Sitaara Naquin (The Woodlands)
Lyla Mae Price (Houston)
Reagan Richard (Anahuac)
Aaroh Sharma (Sugar Land)
Yahya Sohail (Houston)
Kimberly Wiegert (Spring)

First Grade Honorable Finalists

Isabela Cardenas (Houston)
Elizabeth Charkalis (Sugar Land)
Anosha Dhakwala (Sugar Land)
Kendall Dragotta (Bellaire)
Garrett Gay (Kingwood)
Imaan Khan (Sugar Land)
Nour-Addeen Mansour (Sugar Land)
Amani Marshall-Sulayman (Richmond)
Thalia Pullin (Houston)
Zain Rizvi (Spring)
Wendy Wood (Spring)


Second Grade Honorable Finalists

Noor Ayoubi (Houston)
Nathaniel Fernandes (Houston)
Rushda Iffat (Houston)
Charles Kennedy (Kingwood)
Cheryl Lim (Houston)
Madison Mueller (Houston)
J.J. Nelson (Houston)
Lilac Nolan (Humble)
Arial Pinion (Crosby)
Trinity Grace Rourke (Dickinson)
Annie Rule (Missouri City)
Crystal Qing Scott (The Woodlands)
Akash Shah (Sugar Land)
Neeharika Venuturupalli (Houston)

Third Grade Honorable Finalists

Max Bell (Kingwood)
Antonio Brunel (Houston)
Audrey Dial (Pearland)
Amanda Gorham (Houston)
Unity Haq (The Woodlands)
Julia Harter (Spring)
James Hedrick (Kingwood)
Morgan Morris (Kingwood)
Nicole Mut (Houston)
Amara Okoye (Houston)
Devon Walter (Kingwood)
Christina Zhang (Richmond)

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