2023 PBS KIDS Writers Contest Winners

Congratulations to our 2023 PBS KIDS Writers Contest winners! Explore their stories below.

2023 WVPB Reader’s Choice Awards

“The Spring Keeper” by Sophia Lacocque
“Detective Rabbit and the Lost Diamond of Doom” by Boone Schneeberger

Fifth Grade

First Place: Treacherous Treasure by Colton Baisden

Second Place: The Alien World War by Rhys Clum

Third Place: The Monster by Lily Gard

Fourth Grade

First Place: Detective Rabbit and the Lost Diamond of Doom by Boone Schneeberger

Second Place: A Way Back Home by Rylee Erdlitz

Third Place: Princess of Flynslewoken by Lucille Rice

Third Grade

First Place: The Missing Treasure by Carly Osburn

Second Place: Snow! by Isaiah Fitts

Third Place: The Spring Keeper by Sophia Lacocque

Second Grade

First Place: Dragon Lives by Lilianna Quinn Shaw Lawson

Second Place: Mia’s Out of this World Adventure by Elise Silber

Third Place: One Strange Sister by Aubree Miles

First Grade

First Place: Avonlea’s Beach Adventure by Avonlea Cooper

Second Place: Pencil Girl and Ink Guy by Francesca Shangler

Third Place: Angel Kitty by Arianna Thornhill

Kindergarten

First Place: The Magic Fox by Elias Cooper

Second Place: Fred the Dinosaur by Grayson Walton

Third Place: Lena and Una by Lena Martinez