The time has finally come and we are able to announce the winners of the 2011 Candy Palace Writing Contest!!
The response to the contest was fantastic! We received stories from students at eight participating schools. The decision was tough! Every student’s name and school was removed from their story before it was sent to our editorial board, consisting of professional authors from around the country, for review. Each story was ranked, and the scores were tallied. There were so many wonderful, creative, fun stories that it took our editorial board most of the summer to carefully review and choose a winning story.
The 2011 Candy Palace Writing Contest award winners are…(Drum Roll Please!)…
Outstanding Award
Moose goes to the Market
Written by
Laurel Smith
Katie Weaver
Alexandra Zalewski
School: St. Margaret’s Episcopal
The three authors have started working through the editorial process (just like every book on the market) where they are incorporating the notes and comments from the editorial board and beginning to develop their story further until it is ready to come to life through illustrations. 100% of the proceeds from their completed book with benefit the Second Harvest Food Bank of Orange County!
Award of Excellence
Free to be Me
Written by
Sammy Pickell
School: Harbor Day
and
Oh No No No!
Written by
Shelby Nicholas
School: St. Margaret’s Episcopal
The two winners have begun the editorial process for their stories to become e-books. Their books will be sold on itunes.com and amazon.com, will all proceeds benefiting the Kid’s Cafe Program of the Second Harvest Food Bank.
Merit Award
The Little Narwahl
Written by
Carlee DiNicola
and
Emilie Marcinkowski
School: St. Mary’s
Honorable Mention Award
True Colors
Written by
Michaela Xu
School: Carl Hankey K-8