The annual Youth Contest Awards were presented this year at the Kansas Book Festival at Washburn University in Topeka on September 28. We had a great turnout this year, both in youth entries, and in ceremony attendees. Many thanks to Tim Bascom and the Kansas Book Festival committee for collaborating with us to celebrate our young writers.
Also thanks to POD Print in Wichita for providing our winners with copies of the awards book!
Here are the 2024 results:
Fiction: Grades 3-4
1st – Avishi Roy, “The Brake”
2nd – Taksh Pidara, “Captain Color Volume 1”
3rd – Micah Jay, “The Dog and the Man”
HM – Aaruthrai Balaji, “The Haunted House”
Fiction: Grades 5-6
1st – Jason Lion Chaithonh, “Twilight Through Igulent”
2nd – Myra Upadhyay, “Revenge of the Shadow”
3rd – Avyukta Bhavnani, “The Three Queens”
HM – Sophia Powell, “The Story of Layla the Witch”
HM – Samila Chan, “Eyes in the Forest”
Fiction: Grades 7-8
1st – Aubrey Nelson, “Courage”
2nd – Addison Buck, “Something Important”
3rd – Harper Lynne Falls, “That Day”
HM – Avery Cao, “My Life Ruined”
HM – Avery Cao, “Runner”
Fiction: Grades 9-12
1st – Arielle Li, “the sun and i”
2nd – Prisha Dalal, “Not a Single Word”
3rd – Feynman Cox, “Life Fulfilled”
HM – Brielie Hogan, “The Photographer”
HM – Madeline Male, “The Death Diamond”
Nonfiction: Grades 3-4
1st – Ivy Sun, “Solar Eclipse”
2nd – Ivy Sun, “The Great Pyramid of Giza”
3rd – Vihaan Mohan, “The Watergate Scandal”
HM – Kamryn Roberts, “Union Station Christmas Lights”
HM – Kamryn Roberts, “All About France”
Nonfiction: Grades 5-6
1st – Vikram Kapoor, “A.I.”
2nd – Fawaz Khan, “Revolutionary War”
3rd – Avyukta Bhavnani, “The Start to the American Revolution”
HM – Camilla Daraiseh, “The Continental vs the British Army”
HM – Corbin Barney, “The Correlation Between Student Sleep and Success”
Nonfiction: Grades 7-8
1st – Maanya Mohan, “Should Middle School Have Recess?”
2nd – Maanya Mohan, “The Ferris Wheel”
3rd – Adain Smith, “Who Owns the Art?”
HM – Poppy Muzzy, “Luminous Life”
HM – Adain Smith, “Why you shouldn’t have coffee before bed”
Nonfiction: Grades 9-12
1st – Maggie Hahn, “Prairie Fire”
2nd – Arielle Li, “Change is Inevitable”
3rd – Michelle Blackburn, “Forensics for All”
HM – Prisha Dalal, “वरह”
Hm – Loren Reiske, “We Were”
Poetry: Grades 3-4
1st – Liam Andre Brichet, “The Rain or La Pluie”
2nd (tied) – Kendall Paige Falls, “Lake of the Ozarks”
2nd (tied) – Kendall Paige Falls, “Colorado”
3rd – Amelia Ellis, “Rivers”
HM – Kamryn Roberts, “Sleeping”
HM – Amelia Ellis, “We Are Playing Music”
HM – Asa Patton, “Chicken”
Poetry: Grades 5-6
First place – Corbin Barney, “The Awakening of Spring”
Second place – Adeline Alaniz, “Music Shapes the World”
Third place – Ember Bowman, “Nature’s Melody”
HM – Avyukta Bhavnani, “The Little Bud”
HM – Jason Lion Chaithonh, “My Haikus”
Poetry: Grades 7-8
First place – Adain Smith, “Pearl, the Paper Dog”
Second place – Sofia Stalnaker, “Twain Loves Poetry”
Third place – Poppy Muzzy, “Clocked Out”
HM – Harper Lynn Falls, “Blue”
HM – Kylie Dodd, “Circulation”
Poetry: Grades 9-12
1st – Feynman Cox, “Glass and Gravel”
2nd – Brielie Hogan, “The Call to War”
3rd – Madeline Male, “A Poem at the Pond”
HM – Maggie Hahn, “Man’s Search for Meaning”
HM – Hannah Christian, “Over the Rainbow Bridge”
Bajaj Youth Writer of the Year: Adain Smith
Thank you to POD Print for sponsoring our Youth Contest. POD gifted a copy of the youth awards book to each child who placed in the contest
Also thanks to POD Print in Wichita for providing our winners with copies of the awards book!
Here are the 2024 results:
Fiction: Grades 3-4
1st – Avishi Roy, “The Brake”
2nd – Taksh Pidara, “Captain Color Volume 1”
3rd – Micah Jay, “The Dog and the Man”
HM – Aaruthrai Balaji, “The Haunted House”
Fiction: Grades 5-6
1st – Jason Lion Chaithonh, “Twilight Through Igulent”
2nd – Myra Upadhyay, “Revenge of the Shadow”
3rd – Avyukta Bhavnani, “The Three Queens”
HM – Sophia Powell, “The Story of Layla the Witch”
HM – Samila Chan, “Eyes in the Forest”
Fiction: Grades 7-8
1st – Aubrey Nelson, “Courage”
2nd – Addison Buck, “Something Important”
3rd – Harper Lynne Falls, “That Day”
HM – Avery Cao, “My Life Ruined”
HM – Avery Cao, “Runner”
Fiction: Grades 9-12
1st – Arielle Li, “the sun and i”
2nd – Prisha Dalal, “Not a Single Word”
3rd – Feynman Cox, “Life Fulfilled”
HM – Brielie Hogan, “The Photographer”
HM – Madeline Male, “The Death Diamond”
Nonfiction: Grades 3-4
1st – Ivy Sun, “Solar Eclipse”
2nd – Ivy Sun, “The Great Pyramid of Giza”
3rd – Vihaan Mohan, “The Watergate Scandal”
HM – Kamryn Roberts, “Union Station Christmas Lights”
HM – Kamryn Roberts, “All About France”
Nonfiction: Grades 5-6
1st – Vikram Kapoor, “A.I.”
2nd – Fawaz Khan, “Revolutionary War”
3rd – Avyukta Bhavnani, “The Start to the American Revolution”
HM – Camilla Daraiseh, “The Continental vs the British Army”
HM – Corbin Barney, “The Correlation Between Student Sleep and Success”
Nonfiction: Grades 7-8
1st – Maanya Mohan, “Should Middle School Have Recess?”
2nd – Maanya Mohan, “The Ferris Wheel”
3rd – Adain Smith, “Who Owns the Art?”
HM – Poppy Muzzy, “Luminous Life”
HM – Adain Smith, “Why you shouldn’t have coffee before bed”
Nonfiction: Grades 9-12
1st – Maggie Hahn, “Prairie Fire”
2nd – Arielle Li, “Change is Inevitable”
3rd – Michelle Blackburn, “Forensics for All”
HM – Prisha Dalal, “वरह”
Hm – Loren Reiske, “We Were”
Poetry: Grades 3-4
1st – Liam Andre Brichet, “The Rain or La Pluie”
2nd (tied) – Kendall Paige Falls, “Lake of the Ozarks”
2nd (tied) – Kendall Paige Falls, “Colorado”
3rd – Amelia Ellis, “Rivers”
HM – Kamryn Roberts, “Sleeping”
HM – Amelia Ellis, “We Are Playing Music”
HM – Asa Patton, “Chicken”
Poetry: Grades 5-6
First place – Corbin Barney, “The Awakening of Spring”
Second place – Adeline Alaniz, “Music Shapes the World”
Third place – Ember Bowman, “Nature’s Melody”
HM – Avyukta Bhavnani, “The Little Bud”
HM – Jason Lion Chaithonh, “My Haikus”
Poetry: Grades 7-8
First place – Adain Smith, “Pearl, the Paper Dog”
Second place – Sofia Stalnaker, “Twain Loves Poetry”
Third place – Poppy Muzzy, “Clocked Out”
HM – Harper Lynn Falls, “Blue”
HM – Kylie Dodd, “Circulation”
Poetry: Grades 9-12
1st – Feynman Cox, “Glass and Gravel”
2nd – Brielie Hogan, “The Call to War”
3rd – Madeline Male, “A Poem at the Pond”
HM – Maggie Hahn, “Man’s Search for Meaning”
HM – Hannah Christian, “Over the Rainbow Bridge”
Bajaj Youth Writer of the Year: Adain Smith
Thank you to POD Print for sponsoring our Youth Contest. POD gifted a copy of the youth awards book to each child who placed in the contest
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