SOUTH BERWICK –
Noah Quater’s story “Joe the Dragon” was selected as a 3rd
place winner for Kindergarten in this year’s New Hampshire Public Television –
PBS Kids Go! Writers Contest. Noah’s story features a water-breathing
dragon named Joe, who has a hard time making friends with the fire-breathing
dragons at school. That all changes when Joe's water saves the day!
Noah lives in South Berwick.
The 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 awards ceremony June 2nd at NHPTV Family
Day at Story Land in Glen, New Hamspshire. Award-winning children’s
author Kathy Brodsky, whose books include “A Horse Named Special,” “Stover,”
and “The Inside Story,” will speak at the ceremony.
“We’re so pleased to offer this opportunity to celebrate
young writers. The entries we received were very impressive,” said Dawn
DeAngelis, NHPTV's chief content officer.
The 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-New Hampshire.
This year's NHPTV winners were chosen by a panel of judges
including local educators and librarians. Winning stories can be read on the
website www.nhptv.org/kidswrite.
Starting as the Reading Rainbow Young Writers and
Illustrators Contest in1994, the contest became the NHPTV– PBS Kids Go! Writers
Contest in 2010. Six local children have been recognized for their work with
national awards.
