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2025 PBS KIDS Writers Contest Winners
Congratulations to our 2025 PBS KIDS Writers Contest winners! Explore their stories below.
2025 WVPB Reader’s Choice Awards
Fifth Grade
1st Place : Pickle Pete 2: A Curious Quest by Lilly Stubbs of Monongalia County
2nd Place : Marble Run by Theresa ‘Reese’ McGowan of Ohio County
3rd Place : Nora and Ultima vs. The Ice Witch by Emma Gladwell of Cabell County
Fourth Grade
1st Place : The Adventure at The Eastern Blue River by Ryman Dennison of Hardy County
2nd Place : Duckbilled by Jonah Neil of Wayne County
3rd Place : We Have a Problem: How NASA (Accidentally) Launched the First Cat into Space by Elise Silber of Kanawha County
Third Grade
1st Place : Ella and the Typewriter by Avonlea Cooper of Wood County
2nd Place : The Absence of Life by Isaiah David Umbel of Taylor County**CONTENT GUIDANCE: This story explores themes of mortality/existence that may be distressing for young readers.
3rd Place : Total Solar Eclipse by Francesca Briar Shangler of Cabell County
Second Grade
1st Place : A Hungry Little Donkey Travels the World by Helina Goodwin of Marion County
2nd Place : Ms. Pickle Toes by Rowan Bailey of Greenbrier County
3rd Place : Toto and His Friends by Zean-Ying Eugene Thong of Kanawha County
First Grade
1st Place : Cabby’s Great Adventure by Hazel Hagler of Kanawha County
2nd Place : The Best Boy by Bowen Groves of Harrison County
3rd Place : The Family Vacation by Maggie Stackhouse of Monongalia County
Kindergarten
1st Place : Haymes the Knight by Caelum Groves of Harrison County
2nd Place : Lazy Fruits by Cole McAvoy of Brooke County
3rd Place : Beau Finds a Family” by Luca Cassiadoro of Hancock County