2017 Creative Writing Contest Winners

The following Hawthorn students were named the “best of the best” in the Cook Memorial Public Library District Creative Writing Contest for 2017. A reception for the award winners is scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, May 7 at the Aspen Drive Library. Over 100 entries were considered.

The following were named winners from Hawthorn:

4th Grade
Makayla Bolling
“A Cat in the Hat”
Hawthorn Elementary South

Reva Malhotra
“Casper Overcomes his Fears”
Hawthorn Aspen Elementary

5th Grade
Colette Kopfstein
“Luna’s Legacy”
Hawthorn Aspen Elementary School

Kandarp Vadia
“The Book Plague-Part 1”
Hawthorn Elementary South

6th Grade
Jacklyn Pak
“Art”
Hawthorn Middle North

Elsa Lundberg
“Seasons Change”
Hawthorn Middle North

Kailee Irvin
“Hiding a Witch’s Broomstick”
Hawthorn Middle South

Mark Mitkovetsky
“Where the Wind Goes is Where the Wind Blows”
Hawthorn Middle School South

Sydney Straetz
“The Taken”
Hawthorn Middle North

Erica Montegrande
“Maniac Magee Epilogue”
Hawthorn Middle North

7th Grade
Spencer Barrus
“Sleepwalker”
Hawthorn Middle School South

Swathi Sureshmoorthy
“Beauty in Difference”
Hawthorn Middle South

 8th Grade
Alyssa Eric
“My Life with Diabetes”
Hawthorn Middle South