Writing Contest Winners List, 2007 Convention, Kansas Authors Club

2007 Youth Writing Contest Results Contest Manager —Mary-Lane Kamberg The 2007 KAC Youth Contest had 195 entries in three categories: Poetry, Fiction and Nonfiction. Entrants entered their grade level as of April 2007. See also: Youth Writing Contest Winners Photos
1-2 grade Poetry
1	Anthony Oshakuade	Benton
2	Tom Teeter	Topeka
3	Grace Chisholm	Fairway
3-4 grade Poetry
1	Jessica Henson	Galena
2	Audrey Phillips	Overland Park
3	Catherine DeVillier	Wellsville
HM	Caitlyn Hussong	Galena
HM	Cecilia Potts-Moore	Manhattan
5-6 grade Poetry
1	Lauren Griffen	Olathe
2	Elissa Failes	El Dorado
3	Julia Marquez-Uppman	Overland Park
HM	Janel Crist	Overbrook
HM	Taylor Bickel	Overland Park
7-8 grade Poetry
1	Carrie Remillard	Overland Park
2	Ann Wallsmith	Baldwin City
3	Jack McGroder	Lenexa
HM	Sam Teeter	Topeka
HM	Prudence Wild	North Newton
9-12 grade Poetry
1	Connie Hu	Olathe
2	Ashley Hopkins	Columbus
3	Kristen Remillard	Overland Park
HM	Alexis Taylor-Butler	Kansas City
HM	Deborah Wild	North Newton
1-2 grade Fiction
1	Ryan Harra	Olathe
2	Erin Williams	Tonganoxie
3	Chandler Caldwell	Tonganoxie
3-4 grade Fiction
1	Hunter Williams	Princeton
2	Dylan Ginther	Olathe
3	Taylor Boots	Olathe
HM	Amanda Harra	Olathe
5-6 grade Fiction
1	Alex Gabrielli	Shawnee
2	Gideon Wild	North Newton
3	Chelsey Haden	Eudora
HM	Scott LaMunyon	Towanda
HM	Kent Willmeth	Senecca
7-8 grade Fiction
1	Prudence Wild	North Newton
2	Beth Ekis	Overland Park
3	Rachel Bryant	Mission
HM	Carrie Remillard	Overland Park
9-12 grade Fiction
1	Jordyn Giddens	Wichita
2	Yang-Hee Yun	Valley Center
3	Sydney Stallbaumer	Linwood
1-2 grade Nonfiction
1	Lydia Jeong	Wichita
2	Zachary Postovit	Benton
3	Ben Whitney	Olathe
3-4 grade Nonfiction
1	Katie Buhler	Pratt
2	Amanda Harra	Olathe
3	Hunter Williams	Princeton
HM	Sarah Smith	Shawnee
5-6 grade Nonfiction
1	Patrick Oshakuade	Benton
2	Lauren Gantt	Lenexa
3	Alan Longshaw	Towanda
7-8 grade Nonfiction
1	Renata Herrmann	Towanda
2	Carrie Remillard	Overland Park
3	Ann Wallsmith	Baldwin City
9-12 grade Nonfiction
1	Deborah Wild	North Newton
2	Connor Terrill	Leawood
3	Connie Hu	Olathe

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2007 Youth Judges

Poetry judge Sally Jadlow is author of the poetry collection Sonflower Petals and the historical novel The Late Sooner.

Fiction judge Chalise MIner is author of Rainforest Girl.

Nonfiction judge Pat Clothier is author of the memoir Beneath the Window: Early Ranch Life in the Big Bend Country.

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