Chesterfield Public Library

Read the winning entries of this year's Authors Contest,

sponsored by the Friends of Chesterfield Library:

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Entries Part 1

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Entries Part 2

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Entries Part 3

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And here are the winners:

 

Adult Poetry

1st Place – Ode to a Young Dogwood – Karen Rodden

 

Grade 2 Poetry

1st Place – The Wolf in the Woods – Betty Herstad

 

Grade 3  Fiction

1st Place – Emily’s Teddy – Imogen Perrin

2nd Place – One Summer Morning at School – Ryan Kopcha

3rd Place – The Donkey and the Horse - Hailey Coleman

 

Grade 3 Non Fiction

1st Place - What I Learned About Birds – Kaydin Garon

2nd Place - When I Went to a Gymnastics Meet - Lilly Vitters

3rd Place - Weekend News – TJ Nagle

 

Grade 4/5 Poetry

1st Place - A Day in December – Christopher Tustin

2nd Place – A Very Deep Poem – Josephine Couble

 

Grade 4  Fiction

1st Place – The Chicken and the Hose – Karissa Burns

2nd Place – Camp Nowhere – Tatum DiLegge

3rd Place – My Puppy – Elise Pratt

Honorable Mention – Friends of Jinx – Maddy Adams

Honorable Mention – The Robots and the Aliens – Silas Copeland

 

Grade 4  Non Fiction

1st Place – The Most Amazing Deal – Karissa Burns

2nd Place – Me, My Friends, and I – Maddy Adams

3rd Place – Rhode Island – Rohan Kalke

 

Grade 6  Fiction

1st Place – Blueberry Creek – Tori Prah

2nd Place – Jimmy – Junya Komura

3rd Place – Rebecca’s Challenge – Khyra Lounder

Honorable Mention -  Lucy’s Story – Abigayle Hills

Honorable Mention – Our Life Turnaround – Trinity Williamson

 

Grade 7  Fiction

1st Place – Unexpected Murder – Chloe Faucher

2nd Place – 13 Losses – Tierney Gruber

3rd Place – The Haunted House – Khloe Wheeler