Haverford School Lower School writers receive 32 of 62 awards in Junior Author Contest

Students from nine local schools submitted 480 entries for The
Gladwyne Library League's 44th Annual Junior Author Contest. First-
through fifth-graders competed in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. The
Haverford School writers won 32 of the 62 awards – 18 nonfiction, 7
poetry, and 7 fiction! Each winner received a book supplied by
Children's Book World in Haverford and will have their work bound and
housed in the Gladwyne Free Library.

First-grade winners
Fiction
1st place – Keane Smith, "The Boy Who Didn't Like Vegetables"
2nd place – Amir Brown, "The Boy Who Got Stuck in a Tree"
3rd place – Theodore Berkman, "Dimensions"
Nonfiction
1st place – Christopher Li, "Skiing"
2nd place – Grayson Steele, "My First Triathlon"
3rd place – Cal Sullivan, "My Big Adventure in Cohasset"
Honorable Mention – Colt McDevitt, "I Went Fishing"
Poetry
2nd place – Harrison Hengst, "Chihuahua, Chihuahua"

Second-grade winners
Fiction
3rd place – Drew Nudy, "The Mystery Cake"
Honorable Mention – Marcus O'Rourke, "Sea Journey"
Nonfiction
1st place – Mookie Dombar, "Ski Camp"
2nd place – Lukas Messick, "Roger Roberts The Robot"
3rd place – Fraser Brown, "On Christmas Morning"
Honorable Mention – Henry McDade, "Basketball Facts"

Third-grade winners
Fiction
3rd place – Grayson Morgan, "Puggers, the Keypad and the 3 Monsters"

Nonfiction
1st place – Daniel Adibi, "The Meaningful Walk"
3rd place – Nicky Nemo, "Devil Gumball"
Honorable Mention – Brooks Brewington, "The Accident in Virginia"
Poetry
3rd place – Anthony Costa, "The Pride of the Try"
Honorable Mention – John Randolph, "A Day at the Beach"

Fourth-grade winners
Fiction
2nd place – Braden Cross, "The Mystery of the Museum"
Nonfiction
1st place – Ian Rosenzweig, "Capsized"
2nd place – Aaron Bonaparte, "The Cousins"
Honorable Mention – Connor Dalton, "The Removal"
Honorable Mention – Declan Bonner, "Pablo Picasso"
Poetry
2nd place – Nicholas Ciongoli, "The Hawk, the Fox and the Mouse"
3rd place – Liam French, "Guardian's Eyes"

Fifth-grade winners
Nonfiction
2nd place – Thacher McCoy, "The Icy Stope"
3rd place – Banks Young, "The Best Feeling Ever"
Honorable Mention – William Walker, "Gorgie"
Poetry
1st place – Chase Shatzman, "Good Summer/Bad Summer"
2nd place – Tate Conklin, "Christmas Day"