Three Rivers Council held a Young Writers Celebration to honor local student writers Monday night.
The contest recognizes students for longer prose or poetry and encourages them to keep writing.
Brenda Nugteren with the Three Rivers Reading Council tells KNIA/KRLS News developing communication skills in young people is vital.
“This is an opportunity for kids to take those written words and to just become wordsmiths and to enjoy what words can do,” Nugteren says.
Students from Pella Christian and Pella from grades K-12 showcased their written pieces to an audience by reading them out loud at Pella Christian Grade School.
The following is how students placed in the Three River Council concert:
WRITING:
Grade 1
#1 “Where is the Chick?” Lillian Knapp
#2 “Cheerleaders” Cameron Smith
Grade 2
#1 “Pam’s New Friend” Ally Gryskiewicz
Grade 3
#1 “Faith’s Day of Fun” Kytilin Plate
Grade 4
#1 “The Future” Zeb Kanis
#2 “A Dream Come True” Alexa Klein
#3 “Fighting Cancer” Emily Blom
Grade 5 Co-Authors
#1 “Relationships” Cheyne Plants and Sophie Warren
#2 “The Message” Norma Spiker and Elisabeth Pumphrey
#3 “My Cinderella Story” Jasmine Underwood and Payton Lyons
Grade 5
#1 “The To-Do List” Ella Bandstra
#2 “The Tale of Two Sisters” Tricia Lundy
#3 “Macy and the Crew” Janae Vande Noord
Grade 6
#1 “Ordinary” Luci Laidlaw
#2 “The Day I Concluded My Best Friend Would be the Death of Me.” Emily Buckingham
#3 “The Shadows” Hannah Nedder
Grade 9
#1 “The Gift” Natasha Smith
#2 “Goodbye” Abby Te Grotenhuis
Grade 11
#1 “The Replacement of Love” Scott Haveman
#2 “Price of Change” Mandolin Holmes
Grade 12
#1 “Not Even The Snow” Cara Theune
#2 “The Monster” Candace Mitchel
Back row: Luci Laidlaw, Natasha Smith, Cara Theune
middle row: Cheyne Plants, Sophie Warren, Ella Bandstra
front row: Lillian Knapp, Ally Gryskiewicz, Kytilin Plate
not pictured: Scott Haveman
POETRY
Grade 4
#1 “Amazing Is” M’lynn De Ronde
#2 “Triangles” Isaiah Breems
#3 “Amazing Is” Rachel Lanferman
Co-Author
#1 “Friends” Tess Paulsen and Faith Vandenberg
Grade 5
#1 “Ghost Dad” Drew Van Kooten
#2 “PIE” Kaden Van Wyngarden
#3 “Love Like Raspberries” Janae Vande Noord
Grade 6
#1 “Little Brothers” Jovi Vander Beek
#2 “I Won’t Forget” Macy Van Gorp
#3 “Little Girl” Brooke Roby
Co-Authors
#1 “That Creaky Door” Kyra Blauw and Hayley Hanson
Grade 8
#1 “Where I’m From” Abigail Gosselink
#2 “Legend Locked Away” Jocelyn Gritters
#3 “My Super Hero” Sydney Hooyer
Co-Authors
#1 “The Ups and Downs of Turning Ten” Isaiah Critters, Bryant Agre
#2 “Goodbye Childhood” Emma Pleima, Anna VanZee
#3 “Proud and Beautiful” Mason Donelson, Molly Bolt
Grade 9
#1 “Slaves” Abby Ambrosan
#2 “Ode to Trust” Beth Spencer
Co-Authors
#1 “The Beginning of Friendship” Siera White, Zara Pippel
Grade 10
#1 “Draft Messages” Kennedy Landgrebe
#2 “Opening Up” Alexis De Vries
#3 “Fire” Jordan DeArmond
Grade 11
#1 “Girl ” Mandolin Holmes
back row: Isaiah Gritters, Bryant Agre, Sierra White, Zara Pippel
middle row: Luci Laidlaw, Kyra Blauw, Abigail Gosselink
front row: M’lynn De Ronde, Faith Vandenberg, Drew Van Kooten, Jovi Vander Beek
Not pictured: Tess Paulsen, Hayley Hanson, Abby Ambrosan, Kennedy Landgrebe, Mandolin Holmes
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