39th Annual Young Author & Illustrator Winners

Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2024 Young Author & Illustrator Competition (listed below). Last names and teachers are omitted from this posting to protect the identities of the children.

All placing stories are kept at the library until after recognitions and hardbound orders are made. Families will be notified when they are able to pick up the original story from their home library. Non-placing stories are returned to classrooms or mailed home. All first-place winning stories are hardbound and kept in the library’s permanent collection for everyone to check out and enjoy.

Illustration from “Once Upon A Birthday”

1st Grade Winners

Winners Name	Book Title	Grade	Place
Samantha B.	Once Upon A Birthday	1st	1st

2nd Grade Winners

Winners Name	Book Title	Grade	Place
Ethan B.	Stuffies go to a Dinosaur Aquarium in the Everglades	2nd	1st
Allie S.	The Color Bandit	2nd	2nd
Willow P.	Oaklin Mae Rode a Bee	2nd	3rd
Ronan F.	The Best Weekend Ever	2nd	Honorable Mention
Aurora H.	My Cats When I Am Not At Home	2nd	Honorable Mention

Illustration from "The Color Bandit"

Illustration from "Oaklin Mae Rode a Bee"

Illustration from "The Best Weekend Ever"

Illustration from "Stuffies go to a Dinosaur Aquarium in the Everglades"

Illustration from "The Shark and the Fish"

Illustration from "The Brave Tiger"

Illustration from "Bluestar and Graystripe"

Illustration from "The Football Kid"

3rd Grade Winners

Winners Name	Book Title	Grade	Place
William G.	The Shark and the Fish	3rd	1st
Jeremiah C.	The Brave Tiger	3rd	2nd
Callie R.	Bluestar and Graystripe	3rd	3rd
Luke R.	The Football Kid	3rd	Honorable Mention
Kate H.	Penny	3rd	Honorable Mention

4th Grade Winners

Winners Name	Book Title	Grade	Place
Emma M. and Avery S.	The Adventures of Alex and Alyssa	4th	1st
Leila A. and Eland K.	The Quest to Find Jenifer	4th	2nd
Knox W. and Abigail P.	Unleashed	4th	3rd
Evelyn W.	The Rabbit That Had a Dream	4th	Honorable Mention
Elli P.	The Cheetah and the Lion	4th	Honorable Mention

Illustration from "The Adventures of Alex and Alyssa"

Illustration from "The Quest to Find Jennifer"

Illustration from "Unleashed"

Illustration from "The Rabbit that had a Dream"

Illustration from "The Cheetah and the Lion"

Illustration from "Portal Escape!"

Illustration from "The School Chronicles"

5th Grade Winners

Winners Name	Book Title	Grade	Place
Coraline M.	The Art of Surrender	5th	1st
Cedric K.	The School Chronicles	5th	2nd
Jessica M. and Callie S.	Portal Escape	5th	3rd
Liam R. and Dallas G.	The Broken Soldier	5th	Honorable Mention
Olivia L.	How to Write a Book in a Small Amount of Time	5th	Honorable Mention

6th Grade Winners

Winners Name	Book Title	Grade	Place
Elizabeth P.	Dying Ember	6th	1st
Lucy R.	Sitting in Orange	6th	2nd
Hadley P.	The Bridge In Between	6th	3rd
Alayna D. and Hannah F.	Comeback	6th	Honorable Mention
Garret R.	Eerie Blackout Poems	6th	Honorable Mention

Illustration from "Comeback"

Page from "Eerie Blackout Poems"

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