Pendleton County Schools has released the following winners of the county’s young writers contest.
Grades 1-2 — Bethany Teagarden, The Alligator Family that Changed, Brandywine Elementary School, first, Lucas Cruz, The Best Pap, BES, second, and Cailee Armstrong, Me and My Bestie, BES, third;
Grades 3-4 — Connor Raines, Nazi Invasion of Poland, Franklin Elementary School, first, Harper Marsh, Fred’s Mystery, BES, second, and Deken Somerville, Preadatorus, FES, third;
Grades 5-6 — Jacob Thompson, The Mysterious Door, North Fork Elementary School, first, Ava Sherman, The Little Girl at the Door, NFES, second and Ava Davis, The State Competition, BES, third; and
Grades 7-8 — Ava Bowers, Adventures at the Greenbrier, Pendleton County Middle School, first, and Dylan Eye, Pawing at the Past, PCMS, second.
The writings of the first place winners in each category will be submitted to the state competition.
