18th Annual 2024 Celebrate the Arts Writing Contest- Winners!
The Arts Council of Westerville is honored to announce the winners of the 2024 Celebrate the Arts Writing Contest. This is the 18th year for the contest and we received submissions by 203 writers. We salute them, acknowledge their hard work, and encourage them to continue writing. We congratulate the winners and are proud to post the writings by the first-place contestants. Thank you to the Westerville Public Library and the Friends of the Library for their help with sponsoring the contest, and to the writers who shared their writing talents. The book “Celebrate the Arts Writing Contest 2024” containing all submissions to the contest may be ordered online below. A copy of the book is also available for checkout at the Westerville Public Library with your library card.
2024 Winners
Category: Grades K-2
1 st Place: We Found Her! Gabriela Gusching
2 nd Place: Catstronaut Stella Lee
3 rd Place: Super Yoshi Classic Owen Deighton
Honorable Mention: The Adventures of the Cat Family Natalie Livingston
Category: Grades 3-5
1 st Place: Just a Normal Summer Day in Rome Lincoln Korodi
2 nd Place: Carnival Surprise Milena Bring
3 rd Place: My Arthritis Story Harrison Strader
Honorable Mention: Storm Harper Paquet
Category: Grades 6-8
1 st Place: Dandelions Lucy Elliott
2 nd Place: The Day the World Stopped Spinning Hannah Garcia
3 rd Place: What If? Gabriel Rose-Billingsley
Honorable Mention: The Wests of Brooklyn Luke Kaminski
Category: Grades 9-12
1 st Place: Wishing on an Eyelash Allison English
2 nd Place: Phone Art Ava Amlin
3 rd Place: Wayward Mission Shira Baumann
Honorable Mention: A Different Perspective Mia Anderson
Category: Adults Ages 18 & up
1 st Place: Rose of Jericho J.V. Sadler
2 nd Place: Aksel Ensom Matthew Husband
3 rd Place: Meteor Shower Michelle Failla
Honorable Mention: Postpartum Ellen Janzen
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