Louisiana Reading Association – Young Authors Contest
Name / Place / Category / Title / School / Teacher / CouncilKINDERGARTEN
Serenity DeJongh / 1st / F / Rosie’s Dream / Varnado Elementary / Linda Bourg / Washington Parish Reading Council
DeShaun Noel / 2nd / F / The Cookie Machine / A.A. Songy Kindergarten Center / Pamela Wadkins / St. Charles Reading Council
Jordan Keean / 3rd / F / A New Friend / Stockwell Elementary / Susan Fine / Northwestern Reading Council
Caleb Stokes / 1st / N-F / Just Like Reggie / Varnado Elementary / Melissa Kennedy / Washington parish Reading Council
Patrick Clarkston, Jr. / 2nd / N-F / Vacation / Sugarland Elementary / Christine Mayard / Acadiana Reading Council
Beau Nunez / 3rd / N-F / My Puppy Honey / Joseph J. Davies Elementary / Tonya Lambert / St. Bernard Reading Council
Archer Coates / 1st / P / The Night Before Christmas / Cypress Cove Elementary / Phyllis Vines / Northshore Reading Council
Andrue McMillan / 2nd / P / My Dog Ike / Varnado Elementary / Linda Bourg / Washington Parish Reading Council
Judge Boudreaux / 3rd / P / Snowmen / Converse School / Becky Cooper / Sabine Reading Council
FIRST GRADE
Destiny Meshell / 1st / F / Bob the Duck / Converse School / Hope Rascoe / Sabine Reading Council
Chase Farrell / 2nd / F / Why Santa is so Fat / St. Rose Elementary / Kelley Toups / St. Charles Reading Council
Jada Hayes / 3rd / F / If I was Santa Claus / St. Genevieve School / Charlotte McBride / Acadiana Reading Council
Bethany Boyd / 1st / N-F / My Fishing Trip / Varnado Elementary / Patsy Breland / Washington Reading Council
Garrett Sepulvado / 2nd / N-F / Under My Christmas Tree / Shreve Island Elementary / Cheryl Hackney / Northwestern Reading Council
Carly Fricken / 3rd / N-F / Who Won? / Mimosa Park Elementary / Melissa Landry / St. Charles Reading Council
Kade Pittard / 1st / P / I Love the World / Claiborne Elementary / Faith Gremillion / Northeast Reading Council
Keaton Suren / 2nd / P / Skateboarding / New Sarpy Elementary / Jill Stradley / St. Charles Reading Council
Tristan Zeigler / 3rd / P / My Shadow / W. T. Lewis Elementary / Kristi Pilkinton / Northwestern Reading Council
SECOND GRADE
Kelsey Broussard / 1st / F / Princess Rose and the Putootu Plant / St. John Elementary / Melanie Lubrano / Calcasieu Parish Reading Council
Brayton Brown / 2nd / F / The Present / Pleasant Hill High School / Linda Eason / Sabine Reading Council
Kayja Chitman / 3rd / F / The Homeless People Find Food / Bossier Elementary / Dana Pierre / Northwestern Reading Council
Larrah Springer / 1st / N-F / A Trip to Montana / Columbia Elementary / Carla Warner / Northeast Reading Council
Coleman Green / 2nd / N-F / A Family Vacation / Bowling Green School / Bonnie G. Pope / Washington Parish Reading Council
Kevin Friloux / 3rd / N-F / Broken / Mimosa Park Elementary / Andrea Champagne / St. Charles Reading Council
Karley Voges / 1st / P / Horses / New Sarpy Elementary / Michelle Miranda / St. Charles Reading Council
Shaw Corcoran / 2nd / P / I Wish it had Snowed / Magnolia Trace Elementary / Ada McBryde / Northshore Reading Council
Kaytie Stephenson / 3rd / P / Bugs! / Start Elementary / Kym Trisler / Northeast Reading Council
THIRD GRADE
Barrett Meshell / 1st / F / Haunted Bike Ride / Bossier Elementary / Rachel Lowry / Northwestern Reading Council
Paul Adams / 2nd / F / The Lesson Teacher / R. J. Vial School / Kristin Tabb / St. Charles Reading Council
Grant Thomas / 3rd / F / A Griffon in my Basement / Bowling Green Elementary / Kathy Knight / Washington Parish Reading Council
Alaina Kennedy / 1st / N-F / My Sister’s Cancer / Varnado Elementary / Anna Temples / Washington Parish Reading Council
Raeghan Buckalew / 2nd / N-F / The Wait if Finally Over / Grayson Elementary / Courtney Watts / Northeast Reading Council
Cameron Corley / 3rd / N-F / Beach Trip / Florien Elementary / Mandy Withers / Sabine Reading Council
Miranda Pool / 1st / P / I’m Sorry Louisiana / Shreve Island Elementary / Shonnee Brooks / Northwestern Reading Council
Sarah Tumilson / 2nd / P / Mosquitoes, Mosquitoes / Start Elementary / Lucille Wade / Northeast Reading Council
Kelsey Champagne / 3rd / P / The Mean Boy / Cane View / Susan Andrus / Acadiana Reading Council
FOURTH GRADE
Hunter Temples / 1st / F / The Adventures of Woody Wood Roach / Varnado Elementary / Angela Kennedy / Washington Reading Council
Sofia Rivera / 2nd / F / I Have Become… / Pine View Middle School / Nancy Lilly / Northshore Reading Council
Katelyn Guin / 3rd / F / Be Careful What You Wish For / Barett Padeia Academy / Nicole Stewart / Northwestern Reading Council
Katherine Gatti / 1st / N-F / My Sister, Rebecca / Stockwell Elementary / Carolyn Goodwin / Northwestern Reading Council
Justin Gunnell / 2nd / N-F / The Spaghetti Incident / Varnado Elementary / Angela Kennedy / Washington Reading Council
Tucker Allen / 3rd / N-F / Flower Reproduction / A. L. Smith Elementary / Martha Buffington / Northeast Reading Council
Rebecca Thompson / 1st / P / My Favorite Color / W. T. Lewis Elementary / Brooke Nolte / Northwestern Reading Council
Ryan Ailshie / 2nd / P / College Man / Claiborne Elementary / Irene Standill / Northeast Reading Council
Kayla Martinez / 3rd / P / The Greatest Gift of All / Tchefancte Middle School / Madeline Gill / Northshore Reading Council
FIFTH GRADE
Lance Washington / 1st / F / My Childhood Diary / St. Rose Elementary / Katie Fitzsimmons / St. Charles Reading Council
Emily Mayatte / 2nd / F / Trick or Treat? / Madisonville Junior High / Celeste Muller / Northshore Reading Council
Raegan Wilson / 3rd / F / The Hidden Passage / Claiborne Elementary / Melissa Hawthorne / Northeast Reading Council
Shauna Clinton / 1st / N-F / Christmas Soldier / Curtis Elementary / Susan McKee / Northwestern Reading Council
Auston Trahan / 2nd / N-F / A Day That Changed My Life / Maltrait Memorial Catholic School / Dawn Camel / Acadian Reading Council
Rebecca Armijo / 3rd / N-F / Stitch / Mandeville Middle School / Beth Watzke / Northshore Reading Council
Zach Nawas / 1st / P / 13.1 Miles – The Marathon / Stockwell Elementary / Bill Byers / Northwestern Reading Council
Roshard Hooper / 2nd / P / I Am / W. Smith School / Laura Navarro / St. Bernard Reading Council
Madison Dial / 3rd / P / Beauty Is / Little Oak Middle / Joyce Cuevas / Northshore Reading Council
SIXTH GRADE
Meagan McCaa / 1st / F / Letter Z / Columbia Elementary / Kim Broussard / Northeast Reading Council
Dalton Adams / 2nd / F / Determination / Lee Road Jr. High School / Cheryl Hymel / Northshore Reading Council
Collin Miller / 3rd / F / Wraithvon / Paul Breaux Middle School / Brenda Reamer / Acadiana Reading Council
Dakota Murry / 1st / N-F / Mother Nature / Elm Grove Middle School / Mary Caplis / Northwestern Reading Council
Riley Robertson / 2nd / N-F / Batman the Ride / Bowling Green School / Elizabeth Ard / Washington Parish Reading Council
Zoe Vittur / 3rd / N-F / The Surprise / R. K. Smith / Emily Landry / St. Charles Reading Council
Destiney Smith / 1st / P / I Am / Newton Smith Visual and Performing Arts Middle School / Hilary Schaff / Northwestern Reading Council
Tyisha Newkirk / 2nd / P / When I Read / Angie Jr. High / Amanda Newsom / Washington Reading Council
Michael Swiger / 3rd / P / True Beauty / Tchefuncte Middle / Charisse Jiles / Northshore Reading Council
SEVENTH GRADE
Meredith K. Law / 1st / F / Hot Pink / Slidell Junior High / David Sykes / Northshore Reading Council
Reagan Moody / 2nd / F / Blind Love / Bowling Green School / Kim Burris / Washington Reading Council
Nicholas Bonin / 3rd / F / Destiny Stone / Catholic High School / Heidi Dueitt / Acadiana Reading Council
Kynnedie Maloz / 1st / N-F / My Grandma / St. Genevieve Middle School / Irene Gauthier / Acadiana Reading Council
DeVante Payton / 2nd / N-F / My Thanksgiving / Delta Junior High School / Anetra Moser / Northeast Reading Council
Stephanie Ridgel / 3rd / N-F / Live Life to the Fullest / Nesom Middle School / Shana Puma / Southeast Reading Council
Megan Hurt / 1st / P / The Black Plague / Elm Grove Middle School / Shelly Halbrook / Northwestern Reading Council
Lily Sammour / 2nd / P / R.I.P. / N. P. Trist Middle / Lindsey Bush / St. Bernard Reading Council
Ashlyn Frahm / 3rd / P / I Am From / Harry Hurst Middle School / Allison Feaheny / St. Charles Reading Council
EIGHTH GRADE
Caleb Hempel / 1st / F / Reflected / Harry Hurst Middle / Leigh Baltazar / St. Charles Reading Council
Tahira Alexander / 2nd / F / Yes! / Cope Middle School / Terri Robertson / Northwestern Reading Council
Brent Didier / 3rd / F / The Handicapped Man / Rayne Catholic Elementary / Marquerite Hoskin / Acadiana Reading Council
Kaleigh Key / 1st / N-F / Once in a Lazy Day / Benton Middle School / Nancy Vogler / Northwestern Reading Council
Paris Moore / 2nd / N-F / For Love of a Father / St. Genevieve Middle School / Irene Gauthier / Acadiana Reading Council
Wil Gilmore / 3rd / N-F / The Security of Home / Harry Hurst Middle School / Allison Feaheny / St. Charles Reading Council
Desmond Saucedo / 1st / P / Memories / Elm Grove Middle School / Courtney Moak / Northwestern Reading Council
Tyler Jenkins / 2nd / P / War & Peace / Franklinton Jr. High / Rhonda Perea / Washington Reading Council
Derricka Royal / 3rd / P / Solitaire / Albert Cammon Middle / Vicky Hempel / St. Charles Reading Council
NINTH GRADE
Kaci Cazenave / 1st / F / Losing Ambrosias / Hahnville High School / Amy Walker / St. Charles Reading Council
Danielle Bass / 2nd / F / Life, Lessons and Feat / Florien High School / Susan Ryals / Sabine Reading Council
Katelyn Dean / 3rd / F / The Pack / Catholic High School / Timothy Url / Acadiana Reading Council
Chase Courville / 1st / N-F / Dachau / Airline High School / Bonnie Cox / Northwestern Reading Council
Brian Hines / 2nd / N-F / What Bass Fishing Means to Me / Franklinton High School / Sharon Mullings / Washington Reading Council
Kristen Danna / 3rd / N-F / Clean Music, Clean Mind / Destrehan High School / Lynn Thompson / St. Charles Reading Council
Michelle Binder / 1st / P / Chelsea Smile / Chalmette High School / Jill Granberry / St. Bernard Reading Council
Whittney Plunkett / 2nd / P / You Can See / Benton High School / Linda Robinson / Northwestern Reading Council
Sara Atchison / 3rd / P / Done! / Franklinton High School / Sharon Mullings / Washington Reading Council
TENTH GRADE
Emily Johnson / 1st / F / Red Riding Hood / Mangham High School / Christi Reeves / Northeast Reading Council
Ana Marquez / 2nd / F / My Perfect Nightmare / Destrehan High School / Elaine Ardeneaux / St. Charles Reading Council
Eleanor Legaspi / 3rd / F / Ink, A Love Story / Florien High School / Nancy Spiller / Sabine Reading Council
Jessy Barton / 1st / N-F / Looking For Laughter / Caldwell Parish High School / Molly Folds / Northeast Reading Council
Adrian Oudomrath / 2nd / N-F / I Am A Piece of Grass / Westgate High School / Stephanie Judice / Acadiana Reading Council
Heather Bergeron / 3rd / N-F / Tickle Me Pink / Hahnville High School / Deborah Unger / St. Charles Reading Council
Austin Knight / 1st / P / We Must / Mt. Hermon School / Elise Knight / Washington Reading Council
Lea Trusty / 2nd / P / The Sun Glowed / Destrehan High School / Lynn Thompson / St. Charles Reading Council
Morgan Bulliard / 3rd / P / I Long to Be With You / Westgate High School / Stephanie Judice / Acadiana Reading Council
ELEVENTH GRADE
Dalton Adger / 1st / F / Reign of Anarchy / North Caddo Magnet High School / Debra Spearman / Northwestern Reading Council
Aaron Easterling / 2nd / F / If Only in Your Dreams / Pine High School / Lyn Taylor / Washington Reading Council
Paige Hewrtin / 3rd / F / Million Dollar Loser / Hahnville High School / Amanda Baudot / St. Charles Reading Council
Catherine Ledet / 1st / N-F / Forever A Sisterhood / St. Thomas More Catholic High School / Sharon Guillory / Acadian Reading Council
Lauren Smith / 2nd / N-F / More Than Just My Memories / Hahnville High School / Carrie Sirmon / St. Charles Reading Council
Caleb Funderburk / 3rd / N-F / I Surrendered All / Florien High School / Susan Ryals / Sabine Reading Council
Kelly Knezerich / 1st / P / Hide and Seek / Hahnville High School / Amanda Baudot / St. Charles Reading Council
Jordee Coates / 2nd / P / Camouflage Hero / Mangham High School / Jennifer Taylor / Northeast Reading Council
Courtney Howard / 3rd / P / Contemplations of a Grown Lass / Many High School / Sandra Heard / Sabine Reading Council
TWELVETH GRADE
Mary Kate Colligan / 1st / F / Waiting for the Rain / Church Point High / Jessica Stalraker / Acadiana Reading Council
Madeline Gibson / 2nd / F / A Victorious Fatality / Sulphur High School / Wendy Turner / Calcasieu Reading Council
Kelsa Pellettiere / 3rd / F / Confessions of s Gleeful Dog / Franklinton High School / Kenita Nicoulin / Washington Reading Council
Maddie Layton / 1st / N-F / Envelopes / C. E. Byrd High School / Kathy O’Neal / Northwestern Reading Council
Andrea Kleven / 2nd / N-F / Today’s Heroes / Florien High School / Nancy Spiller / Sabine Reading Council
Courtney Rome / 3rd / N-F / Living Satisfied / Destrehan high School / Lynn Thompson / St. Charles Reading Council
Andrea Kleven / 1st / P / Lady of the Night / Florien High School / Nancy Spiller / Sabine Reading Council
Destiny Garcia / 2nd / P / Growing / Destrehan High School / Lynn Thompson / St. Charles Reading Council
Claire Tunstall / 3rd / P / The Forgotten / Mandeville High School / Tamara Short / Northshore Reading Council