Darke County Writing Contest Entries
Students in grades 4-8 have submitted entries in the categories of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry for the writing contest.
Judges from around the county will meet to score the entries and choose winners.
The top two winners at each grade level, in each category, will move on to compete at the Central Ohio Writing Contest.
Winning Entries
4th Grade
Fiction First Place: The Runaway Present, Lissa Siler
Fiction Second Place: The Magic Tree, Addie Miller
Fiction Third Place: The First Candy Cane, Abbi Lipps
Nonfiction First Place: Putting Up the Christmas Tree, Courtney Runkel
Nonfiction Second Place: Christmas Day, Victoria Meyers
Poetry First Place: 10 Days of Christmas, Dalton Cockerham
5th Grade
Fiction First Place: FBI Investigations, Elijah Driver
6th Grade
Fiction First Place: The Hidden Door, Sarah Riley
Fiction Second Place: The Lost Princess, Amber Barga
Fiction Third Place: Wolf Mountain, Allie Null
Nonfiction First Place: The Passing, Paige Waterbury
Poetry First Place: Shore Lullaby, Lauren Durham
Poetry Second Place: Nature's Betrayal, Tessa Tyo
Poetry Third Place (tie): T'was the Night Before Thanksgiving, Mara Wetzel & Tractors, Sean Besecker
7th Grade
Fiction First Place: Woven Together, Cassidy Clark
Fiction Second Place: The Gargoyle's Collection, Kane Kimmel
Fiction Third Place: Jack-O-Lantern, Katelyn Warner
Nonfiction First Place: How We Are Proud of Our Country, Dylan Kennedy
Nonfiction Second Place: History of Ohio, Robert Christman
Nonfiction Third Place: I'm Proud of My Country, Madison Stachler
Poetry First Place: A Forgotten Promise, Sarah Murphy
Poetry Second Place: You + Me, Libby Price
Poetry Third Place: The Home Farm, Heath Barga
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