WINNERS OF NHPTV-PBS KIDS GO! WRITERS CONTEST ANNOUNCED
Wyatt Dodd from Dunbarton is a Winner in the NHPTV-PBS KIDS GO! WRITERS CONTEST
– Over 300 Students in K – Third Grade Submitted Stories –
(Dunbarton, May 3, 2012) — Wyatt Dodd’s story The Worldwide Food Fair was selected as a 2nd Place winner for 3rd Grade in this year’s New Hampshire Public Television – PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest. Wyatt’s story takes you on an adventure learning about how important it is to appreciate and be thankful for the things we have at home. For this past school year, he embarked on a lengthy study of US Geography and all the wonderful facts and figures about each state. He incorporated that love into his story highlighting the foods he discovered that represent each state. He thought it would be fun to pair up foods from other countries outside the US. In his story, a fun-filled Worldwide Food Fair kicks off on a cruise ship at sea and he concludes that the foods and traits of his own home are pretty terrific. He also enjoyed studying the different symbols and what they represent on the flags for several countries around the world that came to the food fair.
The NHPTV-PBS KIDS GO! WRITERS CONTEST encourages children in K – 3rd grade to explore the power of creativity by writing and illustrating their own stories, and promotes reading skills through hands-on, active learning. This is the 18th year NHPTV has hosted a writing and illustrating contest for children. There were 320 entries this year; more than 10,000 children have participated over the years.
NHPTV’s first-place winners will compete against the winners from 62 other public television stations in the national PBS KIDS GO! Writers Contest. The first-, second-, and third-place winners in the four grade categories will be recognized at the NHPTV-PBS KIDS GO! WRITERS CONTEST awards ceremony June 2nd at NHPTV Family Day at Story Land in Glen, NH. Award-winning children’s author Kathy Brodsky, whose books include A Horse Named Special, Stover, The Inside Story, and The Winner Is…, will speak at the ceremony.
“We’re so pleased to offer this opportunity to celebrate young writers. The entries we received were very impressive, and demonstrate the impact of NHPTV’s and PBS KIDS’ commitment to opening up worlds of words for children,” said Dawn DeAngelis, NHPTV's Chief Content Officer.
The NHPTV-PBS KIDS GO! WRITERS CONTEST is part of NHPTV's commitment to promoting literacy and a love of reading, writing and creative expression in children. The contest aligns with New Hampshire writing and reading standards, and is made possible with support from NEA-NH.
This year's NHPTV winners were chosen by a panel of judges including local educators and librarians. Winning stories can be read on the NHPTV-PBS KIDS GO! WRITERS CONTEST website www.nhptv.org/kidswrite.
Starting as the READING RAINBOW YOUNG WRITERS AND ILLUSTRATORS CONTEST in 1994, the contest became the NHPTV-PBS KIDS GO! WRITERS CONTEST in 2010.


























































