2007 Winners:

Grades K-1

First Place: Heaven V. Carter, My Family, Arts Based Elementary School

Second Place: Ian Ross Simpson, The Unhitched Trailer, King Elementary School

Third Place: Ron Spencer Jr., It's Time to Take Your Medicine, Jamestown Elementary School

Grades 2-3

First Place: Julia Anne Cash, Miranda's First Adventure, Mount Olive Elementary

Second Place: Mary-Kate Appanaitis, If I Left The Water Running, Lewisville Elementary

Third Place: Sara Garmon, My Trip to Candy Land, Davidson Academy

Grades 4-5

First Place: Tekla Gaspar, Where's Joey?, Brunson Elementary

Second Place: Grace Marlow, The 5th Path, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Third Place: Elizabeth Johnson , Bella's Special Christmas, Sedge Garden Elementary School

Grades 6-8

First Place: Alex Marvin, Woody's New Friends, Jefferson Middle School

Second Place: Elizabeth Reavis, Lonely Lenny Longlegs, Jefferson Middle School

Third Place: Nikki Bevilacqua, The Bunny and the Toads, Jefferson Middle School

2007 Entries:

Name, Book Title, School

(winners are highlighted within the list)

Diana Daubert, The Camping Nightmare

Graham Fleming, Lost in the Middle of Nowhere

Nicholas Tastet, The Dark Depths of the American Jungle

Cory Matherly, Allie the Alligator,

Mikayla Statan, Sweet N' Sour and Wonka Town, Jefferson Middle School

Dathan Leggett, A Monster Named Dathan, Homeschool

Cale Sink, The Funny Accent

Grades K-1

Brandon Davis Speight, Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! Happy Bugs and Mad Bugs, GSO Montessori School

Sierra Decker, Sierra Superhero Spider, Jefferson Elem.

Adorah Robbins, My Best Fried Berry, Northwood Elem.

Cynthia Willis, Fairy Dust, Cash Elem.

Hailey Durland, Cute Monkey, Our Lady of Grace Catholic School

Jawkhlan Beasley, The Sun is Sick, King Elementary School

Micah,Leggett, King Micah, Ward Elementary

Juan Garcia Willie Valadez Jr., "God, Please Send Me a Daddy", Homeschool

Cami Craver, Rainbow Sky With Butterflies, Calvary Baptist Day School

Roma Spera, I Want a Dog, Forsyth Country Day School

Zachary N'diaye, I Like …, Piney Grove Elementary

First Place: Heaven V. Carter, My Family, Arts Based Elementary School

Alisyn Ronk, The Happy Zoo Day, Maranatha Academy

Posey Lester-Niles, I Am Going to Write About Opposites, The Downtown School

Jonathan Andrew Seibert, The Mummy Meets the T-Rex, Southwest Elem.

Hannah Phillips, The Cat Had the Hat, Blessed Hope Academy

Ethan Kinter, "Adventures of Drew, Marylou and FireBooHoo", Summerfield Academy

Ivy Madeline Jones, Ivy, Homeschool

Second Place: Ian Ross Simpson, The Unhitched Trailer, King Elementary School

Alyssa Sharma, White Spot, Southwest Elem.

Avery Nard, My Puppies, Forsyth Country Day School

McKenzie Williams, The Magic Swing, Phoenix Academy

Anna Ronk, Willie and His Big Adentures, Maranatha Academy

Third Place: Ron Spencer Jr., It's Time to Take Your Medicine, Jamestown Elementary School

Jada Jones, My Family, The Arts Based Elementary School

Bennett Christopher Seibert, The Monsters at Night, Southwest Elem.

Abby Seibert, Hot Air Balloon, Southwest Elem.

Grades 2-3

Majesty Grace Drumwright, The Angel Looks Down From Heaven, Shining Light Academy Garrett Hubbard, If You Give a Beagle a Brownie, Clemmons Elem.

Carissa Lynn Fleck, My Family, Carolina Christian Academy

Alen Izic, Machines, Davidson Academy

Jarrett Whitley, Carbonite Saves Our Town, Davidson Academy

Madeline Stanfield, The Money Machine, Davidson Academy

Rachel Skinner, A Story About A Tiger, Davidson Academy

Third Place: Sara Garmon, My Trip to Candy Land, Davidson Academy

Sarabeth Skeen, The Sandcastle, Davidson Academy

Nathan Shanahan, "The Mysterious, Ultimate, Most Exciting Spy Adventure Ever", Forest View Elementary

Lee Sophia Isabela M., Unicorn Kingdom, Southfork Elementary School

Finn Lester-Niles, The Red Pearl, Downtown Elementary School

Logan Welborn, Hansel + Gretel = A Good Story, Forsyth Country Day School

Leigh Loughman, The Three Bears and Goldilocks, Forsyth Country Day School

Emma Slater, Adventures of Milly Tilly, Bolton Elementary

Alivia Bargoil, Pumpkin, Bolton Elementary

David A. Garrett, The Attack Donkey - a True Story, General Greene Elementary

Second Place: Mary-Kate Appanaitis, If I Left The Water Running, Lewisville Elementary

Syrus Sadler, Syrus' Big Move, Ashley Elementary

Jasemine Basley, Why Am I Lost?, Petree Elem.

TraShawn Cooper, It is About Nick and CJ That is Me, Petree Elem.

James Mason, JuinB, Petree Elem.

Aaron Devore, The Bully, Petree Elem.

Jaylen Lowery, Man Eatting Spiders, Petree Elem.

Fernanda Revelo, Bad Esmeralda, Petree Elem.

DaJion Alley, Kiss of Night and Kiss of Hert, Petree Elem.

Quasia Brown, Gumdrops, Petree Elem.

Nicholas Fonville, The Fantastic, Petree Elem.

Myla Robbins, From a Seed Into a Plant, Northwood Elem.

Benjamin Phillips, Colonial War Stuff, Blessed Hope Academy

Hannah Hyatt, White Boy the Dog, Ibraham Elementary School

First Place: Julia Anne Cash, Miranda's First Adventure, Mount Olive Elementary

Ian Privette, King Rainn and the Stone, Privette Liberty Academy

Alexandra Adamick, Animal Tales, Live and Learn Academy

Carmen Bollman, Creepy Creatures, Mount Olive Elementary

Madelyn Barber, Excited Bowling Pins, Mount Olive Elementary

Michelle* Essick, ABC Book, Mount Olive Elementary

Allison* Pridgen, ABC Book, Mount Olive Elementary

Grades 4-5

Katie Currey, Lucy The Fibbing Frog, Millennium Charter Academy

Briana Coad, The Three Little Princesses, Millennium Charter Academy

Jackson Martin, Mars, Millennium Charter Academy

Madeline Gammons, Winter, Millennium Charter Academy

Daniel Ellis, The Pencil, Millennium Charter Academy

Dana Erickson, Fairy Tale Princess, Millennium Charter Academy

Hailey Jessup, The Day I Talked With My Dog, Millennium Charter Academy

Kendall Jane Vaughan, A Beautiful Place, Millennium Charter Academy

Abigail Shepherd, The True Story of Cinderella, Millennium Charter Academy

Jared Pendleton, The Animal Gang, Millennium Charter Academy

Chase Vaught, My Dog, Millennium Charter Academy

Carolina Jessup, The Tail of Peanut, Greensboro Day School

Skye Jones, The Jade Tree, Homeschool

Nonnie Egbuna, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun!, Downtown Elementary School

Kennedy Neiderer, The Puddle, Sedge Garden Elementary School

First Place: Tekla Gaspar, Where's Joey?, Brunson Elementary

Lathan Verwoerdt, A Wild Night, Forsyth Country Day School

William Verwoerdt, The Artist's Mannequin, Forsyth Country Day School

Garrison Hurd, The Snowboarding Experience, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Joelle Boyd, Extra Extra, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Sean Mulherin, "Get Ready, Get Set, Go!", Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Benjamin, The Lost Boy, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Jennifer Ha, Beware of the Woods!, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Hannah Levesque, The Wonderful Carnival, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Logan Herb, The Lost Adventure, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Alana Mazyck, Imagination Treehouse, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Liyah Watson, The Great! Adventure, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Mia Graves, Waterfall Adventure!, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Jake Boswell, The Strange Noise!, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Robby Phipps, The Campout, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Aaron Spivey, The Forbidden Woods, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Blake Gilbert, We're Lost!, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Lorena Ornelas, The Strange Bird, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Second Place: Grace Marlow, The 5th Path, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Kennedy Bridges, Finding Harmony in Social Studies, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Rachel Park, Horse on the Run, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Trequon Rowland, The The Day That I Got To Atlanta Georgia, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Hwik Hwing, I Came To America, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Ashwani Patel, The Mountains, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Kathryn Douglass, Halloween Fun, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Emily Collins, Birthday Surprise, Jesse Wharton Elem. School

Mallory Baise, Best Friends, Triad Academy

Jessica Green, Snowed in at School, Vienna Elementary

Jacob Whitney, The Pirate's Search for Magic Rings, Sedge Garden Elementary School

Third Place: Elizabeth Johnson , Bella's Special Christmas, Sedge Garden Elementary School

Grades 6-8

Zachary LaBranche, Mack the Cat Goes to San Diego, B'nai Shalom Day School

Russell Gross, Harry and the Elevator, B'nai Shalom Day School

Evan Semon, Rex's Dream, B'nai Shalom Day School

Jennie Davidowitz, Where Did My Bone Go?, B'nai Shalom Day School

Kendall Marks, Ghost in the Closet, B'nai Shalom Day School

Matthew Petrinitz, A Place in the World, B'nai Shalom Day School

Chase Daniels, Trouble With Red, B'nai Shalom Day School

Dash Sperling, The Green Sheep, B'nai Shalom Day School

Avery Higgins, Timmy's Great Adventure, St. John's Lutheran School

Spencer Kirk, The Powerful Pelican, St. John's Lutheran School

Annie Hudspethe, Flathead, Triad Academy

Adam Kent, Melvin the Lost Walrus, St. John's Lutheran School

Henry Black, What Do You Want to be When You Grow Up, St. John's Lutheran School

Seth Hunt, The Tiger That Lost His Teeth, St. John's Lutheran School

Trenton Lambeth, Trucks, St. John's Lutheran School

Alex Rosenberger, The Broken Window, St. John's Lutheran School

Ashelynn Stone, The Cheetah Who Lost His Spots, St. John's Lutheran School

Jackson Witner, Barry Bat and the Big Homerun, St. John's Lutheran School

Stephen Mininni, Santas Little Helper, St. John's Lutheran School

Jade Gray, The Daisy That Didn't Bloom, St. John's Lutheran School

Alisha Patel, Melvin Who Wanted to Fly, St. John's Lutheran School

William Brown, A Fish That Can't Swim, St. John's Lutheran School

Leah Jones, Conner in the Kitchen, St. John's Lutheran School

Anna Collins, Fillmore the Penguin, St. John's Lutheran School

Caitlyn Yates, The Lion Who Hated Meat!, St. John's Lutheran School

Leah Wilkerson, Imaginary Spaceship, St. John's Lutheran School

Summer Hutchens, The Dog With No Friends, St. John's Lutheran School

Sarah Beck, Olly the Armadillo, St. John's Lutheran School

Abigail Clark, The Thanksgiving Play, Bethania Christian Academy

Dania Hatch, The Baby Horse Named Rachel, Triad Academy

Maggie Freedman, Friends For Life, Triad Academy

Candace Ann Auger, Flower's Birthday Party, Chestnut Grove Middle School

Leroy Anderson III, Lily Pad Pond, Jefferson Middle School

Ashley Piper, The Tadpole Tale, Jefferson Middle School

Kristen Ruszkowski, Sarah's New School, Jefferson Middle School

Michaela Hoelldobler, Chippy's Story, Jefferson Middle School

Taylor McGuirt, Bad Dog!, Jefferson Middle School

Ibukun Ademoyero, Jimmy Neutron's First Day, Jefferson Middle School

T'yanna Hairston, To Be Different Like Me, Jefferson Middle School

Sean Buitendorp, Tales From Numberville, Jefferson Middle School

Annie Proctor, Cuddles the Blue Teddy Bear, Jefferson Middle School

Tess Bray, Jack-o-Boo, Jefferson Middle School

Michael Walters, There's a New Puppy in Class, Jefferson Middle School

Gabby Andrade, Blobby & Blobina, Jefferson Middle School

Megan Stack, Lily Goes to School, Jefferson Middle School

Caroline Skinner, Bella the Butterfly, Jefferson Middle School

Arthur Christakos, Robbie's Got Wheels, Jefferson Middle School

Samantha Munker, Buzz the Bee, Jefferson Middle School

Tom Welborn, The Smallest Monster Truck, Jefferson Middle School

Hannah Hauber, Sandfall Saves the Day, Jefferson Middle School

Fernando Bandy, A Tale of a Sleeve, Jefferson Middle School

Ali Harris, The Cat With No Whiskers, Jefferson Middle School

Rachel Lerner, Wings Alone, Jefferson Middle School

Third Place: Nikki Bevilacqua, The Bunny and the Toads, Jefferson Middle School

Grant Dawson, The Football's First Day of School, Jefferson Middle School

Tori Murphy, The Fabulous Four, Jefferson Middle School

First Place: Alex Marvin, Woody's New Friends, Jefferson Middle School

Daniel Everhart, The Friendship, Jefferson Middle School

Seth Gatto, Marty The First Red Jay, Jefferson Middle School

Rachel Crespi, Frank, Jefferson Middle School

Caleb Anthony, The New Kid, Jefferson Middle School

Kayla Belvin, Buster's New Friends, Jefferson Middle School

Jordan Gross, Benny's Bi Dilema, Jefferson Middle School

Meredith Hastings, The One and Only, Jefferson Middle School

Allison McHugh, Alphabet Buddies!, Jefferson Middle School

Tanner Somerville, The Devil and the Rams, Jefferson Middle School

Mimi Miller, Big Nosed and Big Feet, Jefferson Middle School

Claire Chambers, Working Together, Jefferson Middle School

Rebecca Edmonds, Billy is Playing Basketball, Jefferson Middle School

Deanna Nolte, The Little Girl, Jefferson Middle School

Jake Hobson, The Fruitilicious Adventures of Moe the Melson, Jefferson Middle School

Gyovanni Boston-Crompton, Spotty the Spotted, Jefferson Middle School

Kelsie Cummings, Beatrice and the Bracelet, Jefferson Middle School

Second Place: Elizabeth Reavis, Lonely Lenny Longlegs, Jefferson Middle School

Madeline Hamrick, The Surprise Dancer, Jefferson Middle School

Alex Anderson, Squeaky's Tail, Jefferson Middle School

Capri Powers, Callie and the Bus Rider, Jefferson Middle School

Victoria Woodcock, Chocolate Chip, Jefferson Middle School

Mackenzie LeMay, Birdie Becomes Cool, Jefferson Middle School

Eliana Fishbeyn, Anya's First Trip the Forest, B'nai Shalom Day School

Jake Semon, Rex and the Missing Bone, B'nai Shalom Day School

Shiva Chandler, In the Land of Daisies, B'nai Shalom Day School

Isaac Kaplan, Monsterland, B'nai Shalom Day School

Alina Gabitov, Secret of the Woods, B'nai Shalom Day School

Allison McKane, Lucky Charm, B'nai Shalom Day School

Jessica Papler, Princess Bridget and the Pirates, B'nai Shalom Day School

Noa Havivi, Kandy Shop Kids, B'nai Shalom Day School

Alli Lindenberg, North of Crème Town, B'nai Shalom Day School

Paige Feldman, The Perfect Pet, B'nai Shalom Day School

Micah Lasovsky, The Magic Matzah Ball, B'nai Shalom Day School

Rachel Jones, The Ship-Wrecked Kitten, St. John's Lutheran School

Tate Patterson, Bubble Gum, St. John's Lutheran School

Christopher Smith, The Bunny That Couldn't Hop, St. John's Lutheran School

Grayson Jones, The Person Within, St. John's Lutheran School

Michael McMahan, The Penguin That Doesn't Like Water, St. John's Lutheran School

Gabriela Borzachini, The Ladybug Queen, St. John's Lutheran School

Tanner Poindexter, Cheese the Baby Turtle, St. John's Lutheran School

Thane Rogers, The Boy Who Loved Basketball, St. John's Lutheran School

Rachel Webb, Fishy the Fish, St. John's Lutheran School

Natasha Peting, A Christmas Wish, St. John's Lutheran School

Jenna Wells, The Bear With No Tail, St. John's Lutheran School

Samantha Griffin, Sophia's Wish, St. John's Lutheran School

John Nelson, Tyler the Bat, St. John's Lutheran School

Kelsey Holcomb, The Perfect Pet, St. John's Lutheran School

Cody Yates, Jeffrey's Birthday, St. John's Lutheran School

Hayley Danch, But I'm a Duck, St. John's Lutheran School

Chris Armistead, The Chicken Who Couldn't Lay Eggs, St. John's Lutheran School

Kristofer King, Jimmy the Blob, St. John's Lutheran School

Scott Armistead, When Chocolate Bars Fight Back, St. John's Lutheran School

Brealynn Jarrett, The Legend of Curly Tails, St. John's Lutheran School

Hailee Garren, The Monster That Couldn't Scare, St. John's Lutheran School

Sara Springer, Billy Beaver Makes a New Friend, Carolina Christian Academy

Ian Simmons, The Deer Who Had No Antlers, St. John's Lutheran School

Danner Washburn, Rupert Saves the Day, St. John's Lutheran School

Ally Davis, Tulip the Flower, St. John's Lutheran School

Sarah Dixon, "Boots, the Cat", St. John's Lutheran School

Daniel Ludwig, Peep the Dragon, St. John's Lutheran School

Angel Joel, Santa Claus, St. John's Lutheran School

Amber Baldwin, Audrina the Ballerina, St. John's Lutheran School

Windsor Dalton, The Magic Carpet, St. John's Lutheran School

Meredith Macy, Squeaky Learns to Share, St. John's Lutheran School

Gregory Mininni, Betsy the Cow, St. John's Lutheran School

Chloe Lackey, Indie and Vanille and the Reluctant Romp, Clemmons Middle School

Dylan Denton, Fred the Fish, St. John's Lutheran School

Audrey Katie Davis, The Old Happy Grouch, St. John's Lutheran School

Katie Baronowski, Our Teacher is a Monkey, St. John's Lutheran School

Chandler Morris, The Bird That Couldn't Fly, St. John's Lutheran School

Jaimish Patel, The Otter Who Didn't Know How to Swim, St. John's Lutheran School

Micah Wells, The Tale of the Tailess Aligator, St. John's Lutheran School

Sean Gartley, Jeremy and the King, St. John's Lutheran School

Meghan George, The Adventures of Beam & Dream, St. John's Lutheran School

Adriana Mendoza, The Owl That Could Not See, St. John's Lutheran School

Meredith Johnson , Never I Repeat Never, St. John's Lutheran School

William Witner, Frank the Frog, St. John's Lutheran School

Hosanna Gourley, Mommy's Mother Day Surprise, Salem Academy

* Allison was the illustrator. Michelle was the writer.