For this year's contest, there were almost 400 entries from 41 different schools. Overall, the quality of writing of entries was INCREDIBLE, causing OKWP's writing judges to work overtime on trying to determine the winners. The competition was extremely close. Congratulations to all the teachers and students who entered this year's contest. We hope that you will write again next year!
2020 WRITE TO WIN CONTEST WINNERS, OKLAHOMA WRITING PROJECTowpwritingcontest@gmail.com
Primary Poem
1st Place
“Kissed by the Sun” Lakelan Hill, Grade 1 Grace Academy
Felicia Campbell, Teacher
2nd Place
“Washed Away”
Eddie Campbell, Kindergarten Grace Academy, Enid
Felicia Campbell, Teacher
3rd Place
“Benji”
Peyton Glover, Grade 2 Cordell Elementary Blaire Wall, Teacher
Primary Short Story
Winner
“Fluff is Lost!” Dakota Ivey, Grade 2 Cordell Elementary Blaire Wall, Teacher
Personal Narrative
Winner
“A Frightening Day” Khloe Vanderpol, Grade 2 Cordell Elementary
Blaire Wall, Teacher
Primary Descriptive Paragraph
Winner
“Show Life”
Cassie Ray, Grade 2 Cordell Elementary Blaire Wall, Teacher
Honorable Mention
“Unity is the Delicacy” Blaison Jones, Grade 1 Grace Academy, Enid LaToya Campbell, Teacher
Primary Writing across the Curriculum
Winner
“Polar Bears”
Emma Garrette, Grade 1 Midwest City Elementary School Abby Hernandez Garcia, Teacher
Primary Essay
Winner
“Unity Is the Need of the Hour” Eddie Campbell, Kindergarten Grace Academy, Enid
Felicia Campbell, Teacher INTERMEDIATE
Intermediate Poetry
Winner
“Last night I Dreamed of Monkeys” Addison Finley, Grade 5 Whitebead School, Pauls Valley Sandi Hebert, Teacher
Intermediate Descriptive Paragraph
Winner
“My Grandma”
Lexi Johnson, Grade 5 Fairland Public school Jennifer Johnson, Teacher
Intermediate Flash Fiction
Winner
“My Lost Turtle” Easton Green, Grade 3 Dale Public Schools
Tamee Daniel, Teacher
Intermediate Short Story
Winner
“The Dream Void” Ainsley Meason, Grade 4 Cyril Elementary School Crystal Reed Teacher
Honorable Mention
“The Three Little Wolves” And the Big, Bad Shark Shelby Haysmer, Grade 3 Tamee Daniel, Teacher
“Lego World”
Sophia Anderson, Grade 5 Independence Elementary, Yukon Keri Smith, Teacher
“Hidden in the Forest Glade” Sailor Lee, Grade 5
McKinley Elementary School, Norman Leann Ludwig, Teacher
Intermediate Writing across the Curriculum
Winner
“Thanksgiving and Christmas” Jacob Jesse, Grade 3
Dale Public Schools Tamee Daniel, Teacher
Intermediate Essay
Winner
“Strength in Unity” Carlos Robinson, Grade 5 Grace Academy
Felicia Campbell, Teacher
Intermediate Sentences
Winner
“Wisdom”
Logan Burkhalter, Grade 4 Independence Elementary, Yukon Keri Smith, Teacher
Winner
It’s Silly
Jasmine Lagunas, Grade 5 Independence Elementary, Yukon Keri Smith, Teacher
Honorable Mention “Looking Down” Erin Filler, Grade 5
Independence Elementary Keri Smith, Teacher
Middle School Poetry
1st Place
“Waves”
Emma Collins, Grade 8 Dale Middle School
Michelle Edmonson, Teacher
2nd Place
“There's a Lake Inside Me” Zellie Nagle, Grade 6 Weatherford Middle School Pat Lightfoot, Teacher
3rd Place
“Tales Unknown” Natalie Johnson, Grade 7 Owasso 7th Grade Center Andrea Friend, Teacher
Honorable Mentions
“Fear”
Katie Kreizenbeck, Grade 6 Weatherford Middle School Pat Lightfoot, Teacher
“Hungry”
Sheridan Bailey, Grade 8 Commerce Middle School Michele Martin, Teacher
Middle School Essay
Winner
“Biased Rules Make for Biased People” Brookelan Russell, Grade 7
Whitebead Elementary Shelby Blackwood, Teacher
Middle School Short Story
1st Place
“Prehistoric Battle” Mavis Talley, Grade 6
Irving Middle School, Norman Kelsey Friesen, Teacher
2nd Place
“Master Shift”
Natalie Boyer, Grade 6 Fisher Elementary, Moore Adrianna Cook, Teacher
3rd Place
“Hacked”
Liberty Rogers, Grade 8 Dale Middle School
Michelle Edmonson, Teacher Honorable Mentions
“Three Musketeers” Anna Hamilton, Grade 8
Whitebead School, Pauls Valley Kimberly Pool, Teacher
“The Seven Chairs: The Exposition” Gage Anderson, Grade 8
Whittier Middle School, Norman Leah Esker, Teacher
Middle School Personal Narrative
1st Place
“Mom and the Frog” Brooklyn Landrum, Grade 8
Highland East Junior High, Moore Kelly Brack, Teacher
2nd Place
“Tornado on the Ground” Joe Black, Grade 8
Highland East Junior High, Moore Kelly Brack, Teacher
3rd Place
“A Duet of Noise and Steam” April Stewart, Grade 8
Highland East Junior High, Moore Kelly Brack, Teacher
Middle School Descriptive Paragraph
1st Place
“Depression”
Natalie Arroyo, Grade 6 Whitebead Elementary School Shelby Blackwood, Teacher
2nd place
“Fall”
Ada Hartnett, Grade 7 Weatherford Middle School Krystal Moses, Teacher
3rd Place
“My Cat Oreo”
Natalie Boyer, Grade 6 Fisher Elementary, Moore Adrianna Cook, Teacher
Middle School Flash Fiction
1st Place
“The Beast and the Bird” Isabella Carranza, Grade 6 Fisher Elementary, Moore Adrianna Cook, Teacher
2nd Place
“The Deep Dark Forest” Julianne Hoang, Grade 6 Fisher Elementary, Moore Adrianna Cook, Teacher
3rd Place
“The Masks” Matthew Le, Grade 6
Fisher Elementary, Moore Adrianna Cook, Teacher
Honorable Mention “Yesterday in the House” Joshua Abdelhalim, Grade 6
ASTEC Charter Schools, Oklahoma City Dillyn Sprecher, Teacher
Honorable Mention
“Unknown Love”
Laysha Gramajo-Monterosso, Grade 6 ASTEC Charter Schools, Oklahoma City Dillyn Sprecher, Teacher
Middle School Sentence
Winner
“Family of Clouds” Gina King, Grade 6
Fisher Elementary, Moore Adrianna Cook, Teacher
Winner
“Colors”
Ada Hartnett, Grade 7 Weatherford Middle School Krystal Moses, Teacher
Winner
“Strawberries”
Ava Foster, Grade 8 Weatherford Middle School Krystal Moses, Teacher
High School Poetry
1st Place
“She Flew for the Nation’s Powwow” Donna Sage, Grade 10
Calumet High School Sarah Lippencott, Teacher
2nd Place
“World Without End” Price Welch, Grade 10 Cristo Rey OKC
Amy Treadwell, Teacher
3rd Place
“Poets”
Hannah Moua, Grade 11 Oolagah High School Jennifer Denslow, Teacher
High School Essay
Winner Punctuation
Tiffany Taylor, Grade 10 Altus High School
Rhonda Garrison, Teacher
High School Short Story
1st Place
“The Lost Queen” Abbee Mann, Grade 10 Leedey High School Morgan Lady, Teacher
Honorable Mention
“Cereal”
Palmer Strubhar, Grade 11 Piedmont High School
Joy Ruiz, Teacher
High School Personal Narrative
“Death Rides a Pale Dolphin” Cassandra Diehl, Grade 11 Norman High School
Sara Doolittle, Teacher
“Couleur Additive”
Juliana Giusti Cavallin, Grade 12 Norman High School
Sara Doolittle, Teacher
High School Descriptive Paragraph
Winner
“Luminous Sky”
Benadett Douglass, Grade 9 School
Amy Treadway, Teacher
Honorable Mention
“Moonbeam”
Grace Mapes, Grade 9 Mustang High School Lauren Thacker, Teacher
High School Flash Fiction
Winner
“Sleepless Dreams” Ave Bordner, Grade 10 Taloga High School Chism Sander, Teacher
High School Sentence
Winner
“Visage”
Harper Jones, Grade 9 Mustang High School Lauren Thacker, Teacher
Winner
“Regret
Zac Krablin, Grade 10
Heritage Hall High School, OKC Rebecca Clemens, Teacher
Teacher Poetry
Winner “Scars” Maren Elison
Irving Middle School, Norman
Teacher Flash Fiction
Winner
“Stormy Reckoning” Chelsea Neighbors
Holy Trinity Catholic School, Okarche
Teacher Personal Narrative
Winner
“Seeing down Under”
Rebecca Clemens
Heritage Hall High School, Oklahoma City
Honorable Mention “The Chicken” Glendia Ray
Middle School of Piedmont
Teacher Short Story
Winner
“Gibson Guitar Plays His Last Note”
Kimberly Pool
Whitebead School, Pauls Valley
Teacher Descriptive Paragraph
Winner
“The Student Writers” Morgan Lady
Leedey High School
Teacher Sentence
Winner
“The Pathway” Chism Sander Taloga HighSchool
Honorable Mention “Archeology of Grief” Rebecca Clemens
Heritage Hall High School, Oklahoma City
Primary Poem
1st Place
“Kissed by the Sun” Lakelan Hill, Grade 1 Grace Academy
Felicia Campbell, Teacher
2nd Place
“Washed Away”
Eddie Campbell, Kindergarten Grace Academy, Enid
Felicia Campbell, Teacher
3rd Place
“Benji”
Peyton Glover, Grade 2 Cordell Elementary Blaire Wall, Teacher
Primary Short Story
Winner
“Fluff is Lost!” Dakota Ivey, Grade 2 Cordell Elementary Blaire Wall, Teacher
Personal Narrative
Winner
“A Frightening Day” Khloe Vanderpol, Grade 2 Cordell Elementary
Blaire Wall, Teacher
Primary Descriptive Paragraph
Winner
“Show Life”
Cassie Ray, Grade 2 Cordell Elementary Blaire Wall, Teacher
Honorable Mention
“Unity is the Delicacy” Blaison Jones, Grade 1 Grace Academy, Enid LaToya Campbell, Teacher
Primary Writing across the Curriculum
Winner
“Polar Bears”
Emma Garrette, Grade 1 Midwest City Elementary School Abby Hernandez Garcia, Teacher
Primary Essay
Winner
“Unity Is the Need of the Hour” Eddie Campbell, Kindergarten Grace Academy, Enid
Felicia Campbell, Teacher INTERMEDIATE
Intermediate Poetry
Winner
“Last night I Dreamed of Monkeys” Addison Finley, Grade 5 Whitebead School, Pauls Valley Sandi Hebert, Teacher
Intermediate Descriptive Paragraph
Winner
“My Grandma”
Lexi Johnson, Grade 5 Fairland Public school Jennifer Johnson, Teacher
Intermediate Flash Fiction
Winner
“My Lost Turtle” Easton Green, Grade 3 Dale Public Schools
Tamee Daniel, Teacher
Intermediate Short Story
Winner
“The Dream Void” Ainsley Meason, Grade 4 Cyril Elementary School Crystal Reed Teacher
Honorable Mention
“The Three Little Wolves” And the Big, Bad Shark Shelby Haysmer, Grade 3 Tamee Daniel, Teacher
“Lego World”
Sophia Anderson, Grade 5 Independence Elementary, Yukon Keri Smith, Teacher
“Hidden in the Forest Glade” Sailor Lee, Grade 5
McKinley Elementary School, Norman Leann Ludwig, Teacher
Intermediate Writing across the Curriculum
Winner
“Thanksgiving and Christmas” Jacob Jesse, Grade 3
Dale Public Schools Tamee Daniel, Teacher
Intermediate Essay
Winner
“Strength in Unity” Carlos Robinson, Grade 5 Grace Academy
Felicia Campbell, Teacher
Intermediate Sentences
Winner
“Wisdom”
Logan Burkhalter, Grade 4 Independence Elementary, Yukon Keri Smith, Teacher
Winner
It’s Silly
Jasmine Lagunas, Grade 5 Independence Elementary, Yukon Keri Smith, Teacher
Honorable Mention “Looking Down” Erin Filler, Grade 5
Independence Elementary Keri Smith, Teacher
Middle School Poetry
1st Place
“Waves”
Emma Collins, Grade 8 Dale Middle School
Michelle Edmonson, Teacher
2nd Place
“There's a Lake Inside Me” Zellie Nagle, Grade 6 Weatherford Middle School Pat Lightfoot, Teacher
3rd Place
“Tales Unknown” Natalie Johnson, Grade 7 Owasso 7th Grade Center Andrea Friend, Teacher
Honorable Mentions
“Fear”
Katie Kreizenbeck, Grade 6 Weatherford Middle School Pat Lightfoot, Teacher
“Hungry”
Sheridan Bailey, Grade 8 Commerce Middle School Michele Martin, Teacher
Middle School Essay
Winner
“Biased Rules Make for Biased People” Brookelan Russell, Grade 7
Whitebead Elementary Shelby Blackwood, Teacher
Middle School Short Story
1st Place
“Prehistoric Battle” Mavis Talley, Grade 6
Irving Middle School, Norman Kelsey Friesen, Teacher
2nd Place
“Master Shift”
Natalie Boyer, Grade 6 Fisher Elementary, Moore Adrianna Cook, Teacher
3rd Place
“Hacked”
Liberty Rogers, Grade 8 Dale Middle School
Michelle Edmonson, Teacher Honorable Mentions
“Three Musketeers” Anna Hamilton, Grade 8
Whitebead School, Pauls Valley Kimberly Pool, Teacher
“The Seven Chairs: The Exposition” Gage Anderson, Grade 8
Whittier Middle School, Norman Leah Esker, Teacher
Middle School Personal Narrative
1st Place
“Mom and the Frog” Brooklyn Landrum, Grade 8
Highland East Junior High, Moore Kelly Brack, Teacher
2nd Place
“Tornado on the Ground” Joe Black, Grade 8
Highland East Junior High, Moore Kelly Brack, Teacher
3rd Place
“A Duet of Noise and Steam” April Stewart, Grade 8
Highland East Junior High, Moore Kelly Brack, Teacher
Middle School Descriptive Paragraph
1st Place
“Depression”
Natalie Arroyo, Grade 6 Whitebead Elementary School Shelby Blackwood, Teacher
2nd place
“Fall”
Ada Hartnett, Grade 7 Weatherford Middle School Krystal Moses, Teacher
3rd Place
“My Cat Oreo”
Natalie Boyer, Grade 6 Fisher Elementary, Moore Adrianna Cook, Teacher
Middle School Flash Fiction
1st Place
“The Beast and the Bird” Isabella Carranza, Grade 6 Fisher Elementary, Moore Adrianna Cook, Teacher
2nd Place
“The Deep Dark Forest” Julianne Hoang, Grade 6 Fisher Elementary, Moore Adrianna Cook, Teacher
3rd Place
“The Masks” Matthew Le, Grade 6
Fisher Elementary, Moore Adrianna Cook, Teacher
Honorable Mention “Yesterday in the House” Joshua Abdelhalim, Grade 6
ASTEC Charter Schools, Oklahoma City Dillyn Sprecher, Teacher
Honorable Mention
“Unknown Love”
Laysha Gramajo-Monterosso, Grade 6 ASTEC Charter Schools, Oklahoma City Dillyn Sprecher, Teacher
Middle School Sentence
Winner
“Family of Clouds” Gina King, Grade 6
Fisher Elementary, Moore Adrianna Cook, Teacher
Winner
“Colors”
Ada Hartnett, Grade 7 Weatherford Middle School Krystal Moses, Teacher
Winner
“Strawberries”
Ava Foster, Grade 8 Weatherford Middle School Krystal Moses, Teacher
High School Poetry
1st Place
“She Flew for the Nation’s Powwow” Donna Sage, Grade 10
Calumet High School Sarah Lippencott, Teacher
2nd Place
“World Without End” Price Welch, Grade 10 Cristo Rey OKC
Amy Treadwell, Teacher
3rd Place
“Poets”
Hannah Moua, Grade 11 Oolagah High School Jennifer Denslow, Teacher
High School Essay
Winner Punctuation
Tiffany Taylor, Grade 10 Altus High School
Rhonda Garrison, Teacher
High School Short Story
1st Place
“The Lost Queen” Abbee Mann, Grade 10 Leedey High School Morgan Lady, Teacher
Honorable Mention
“Cereal”
Palmer Strubhar, Grade 11 Piedmont High School
Joy Ruiz, Teacher
High School Personal Narrative
“Death Rides a Pale Dolphin” Cassandra Diehl, Grade 11 Norman High School
Sara Doolittle, Teacher
“Couleur Additive”
Juliana Giusti Cavallin, Grade 12 Norman High School
Sara Doolittle, Teacher
High School Descriptive Paragraph
Winner
“Luminous Sky”
Benadett Douglass, Grade 9 School
Amy Treadway, Teacher
Honorable Mention
“Moonbeam”
Grace Mapes, Grade 9 Mustang High School Lauren Thacker, Teacher
High School Flash Fiction
Winner
“Sleepless Dreams” Ave Bordner, Grade 10 Taloga High School Chism Sander, Teacher
High School Sentence
Winner
“Visage”
Harper Jones, Grade 9 Mustang High School Lauren Thacker, Teacher
Winner
“Regret
Zac Krablin, Grade 10
Heritage Hall High School, OKC Rebecca Clemens, Teacher
Teacher Poetry
Winner “Scars” Maren Elison
Irving Middle School, Norman
Teacher Flash Fiction
Winner
“Stormy Reckoning” Chelsea Neighbors
Holy Trinity Catholic School, Okarche
Teacher Personal Narrative
Winner
“Seeing down Under”
Rebecca Clemens
Heritage Hall High School, Oklahoma City
Honorable Mention “The Chicken” Glendia Ray
Middle School of Piedmont
Teacher Short Story
Winner
“Gibson Guitar Plays His Last Note”
Kimberly Pool
Whitebead School, Pauls Valley
Teacher Descriptive Paragraph
Winner
“The Student Writers” Morgan Lady
Leedey High School
Teacher Sentence
Winner
“The Pathway” Chism Sander Taloga HighSchool
Honorable Mention “Archeology of Grief” Rebecca Clemens
Heritage Hall High School, Oklahoma City