Westerville Writing Contest 4-26

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2012 Celebrate the Arts Writing Contest winners To recognize and encourage the talents of literary artists, the Arts Council of Westerville, Westerville Public Library and the Westerville News & Public Opinion invited writers of all ages to be a part of the 2012 Celebrate the Arts Writing Contest. The contest, in addition to calling upon writers to share their works, was conceived as a new dimension to the monthlong celebration of the arts in Westerville during April. This is the sixth year for the collaborative event which originally launched in January 2007. Writers submitted their entries according in categories arranged by age or grade in school. The submissions were required to be original works of 800 words or less. Any genre was welcome: poetry, free verse, short story and others. The winning entries follow. A collection of all the entries also has been published and is available for checkout in the library collection, as well as online at Lulu.com. Writers, their families and fans gathered for congratulations, refreshments and the opportunity to read from their work at the Reception for Writers held at the library April 14. (NOTE: No edits were made the writers’ entries for punctuation or spelling.)

1st Place Category: Grades K-2 Tatum’s Winter Fun By Tatum Hubble I love many things about winter. Sledding is fun because my dog tries to bite the sled when my brother and I sled down the driveway. Building a snowman is something I like to do with my daddy. He likes to make the snowman bottom big. I like to put on the carrot nose. My family and I enjoy making snow forts and having a snowball fight. Maximus, my dog, loves when I make snow angels. He attacks me when I am on the ground. He also has fun trying to bite our gloves. One of my favorite winter foods is flavored snowflakes. My mom and I use our imagination by sticking out our tongues and catching the snowflakes. We yell what flavor we caught. My real favorite winter food is hot cocoa. I drink it when I come in from playing in the snow. There are lots of things I love about winter!


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