WILL Press Room
Reading Rainbow Winners
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
WILL-TV has announced local winners of the 2008 Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest.
Winners are:Kindergarten: Paige Olson, Springfield.
1st Grade: T.J. Ross, St. Joseph.
2nd Grade: Ruth Zielke, Champaign.
3rd Grade: Gabriel Berti, Urbana.
Honorable mention winners are:
Kindergarten: Erin Boyle, Bloomington; Calista Clark, Lovington; Nick Phalen, Springfield.
1st Grade: Lacey Edwards, Mt. Pulaski; Alyanna Marie Posadas, Mahomet; Annie Taber, Mahomet.
2nd Grade: William Kieffer, Mahomet; Jani Massey, Watseka; Kimberly Dillman, Urbana.
3rd Grade: Katie Jo Simpson, Hoopeston; Emily Gibson, Champaign; Neha Verma, Forsyth.
More than 300 central Illinois children in kindergarten through 3rd grade created original stories and illustrations for the contest. Their entries were judged for originality, creative expression, storytelling, integration of story and drawings and an interesting plot. All of the children who entered were invited to a Reading Rainbow celebration at WILL’s Campbell Hall. The contest and celebration were supported locally by State Farm Insurance. Barnes and Noble held a special story-signing event for the winning authors.