2012 Bookwriting Contest Winners

2nd Best Story:  Pierce Sammons
   “War Ninja”
   Norwood Fontbonne

1st Most Creative: Anne Kitching
   St. Philip Neri
   “The Pig Who Wouldn’t Go to Sleep”
  
2nd Most Creative:  Devin Loome, Gretta Maguire, Alexis Ventresca
   Norwood Fontbonne Academy
   “Snow”

2nd Grade

1st Place Best Story: Grace Cheeseman
   Epiphany
   “The Jealous Jellybean”

2nd Place Best Story: Thomas Convey
   St. Philip Neri
   “Tommy’s Great Adventure”

1st Most Creative: Brendan Dylan Costello
   St. Genevieve
   “Gooey Stuff Like Gravy”

2nd Most Creative:   Maya Gloria Garcia
   Conshohocken Catholic
   “Best Friends”

2nd Most Creative: Kaia McTigue And Amanda Cooney
   Springside Chestnut Hill Academy
   “The Most Legendary Battle of Epic Good and Evil”

Honorable Mention (for humor & originality):
   Justin Eney, Owen Valinis, Seamus Leonard
   Norwood Fontbonne
   “The Adventures of Socky”

3rd Grade:

1st Best Story:  Anna Maria Maloney
   Whitemarsh Elementary
   “The Fight”

1st Best Characters: Mae Nagel
   Germantown Academy
“Abracadabra”

2nd Best Characters: Jemma Mines
   “Banana Makes a Friend”
   Miquon

1st Most Creative: Sophie Gronczewski 
   “Stranded on Dolphin Island”
   St. Philip Neri

2nd Most Creative: Charlotte DiLello
   “Just Be Yourself: A Chameleon’s Adventure to Find His True Colors”
   St. Philip Neri
   

4th Grade

1st Best Plot:  Lauren Kelly Ewell
   William Penn Charter 
   “Time in a Box”  

2nd Best Plot:  Julien Vongvixay
   Germantown Academy
   “All on Foot”

1st Best Characters: Ella Henry
   “Just One Glingxberry”
   Germantown Academy

2nd Best Characters:   Megan Dowling and Erin Dalton
   “The Joke”
   St. Philip Neri

1st Most Creative: Sarah Dilello
   “This Teacher Has Class”
   St. Philip Neri

2nd Most Creative: Natalie Kamieniecki
   “A Penguin’s Day: A Story in Pictures”
   Colonial Elementary School

5th Grade

 1st Best Plot:  Katherine Christen
   Norwood Fontbonne – Mrs. Hosmer’s class
   “The Five Golden Cups”
   
2nd Best Plot:  Phoebe Barr and Haley Joyce
   William Penn Charter
   “Falling to Ruins”

1st Place Best Char.: Kendra Tse
   Miquon
   “It’s Alright”

2nd Place Best Char:  Aman Gill
   Germantown Academy
   “Mocha, An Adventurous Dog”  

1st Most Creative: Olivia Malen
   Norwood Fontbonne – Mrs. Hosmer
   “The Five Golden Cups”

2nd Most Creative: Priya Dudhat and Fiona Tran
   Germantown Academy
   “Payton’s Quest for Love Hate”

6th grade

1st  Best story:  Ben Swanson
   Colonial Elementary School
   “Dear Ethan,”

2nd Best story:  Savanna Goldstein
   “A New Way of Life”
   Colonial Elementary

1st Best Characters: Matthew Harkins
   “S.A.A. Secret Assassins of America”
   Norwood Fontbonne

2nd Best characters: Kyrie Lewis
   Homeschooled
   “Empress of Tepipia”

1st Most Creative: Kelly Gibson
   Colonial Middle School
   “A Wonderful World of Colors”

2nd Most Creative: Lauren Fuhrmeister
   “Lenny the Lonely Apple”
   Colonial Middle School