WHYY would like to congratulate all the winners from this year’s Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest.

Thank you to all who took the time to create imaginative and unique stories. We would also like to thank our generous sponsor Wegmans Food Market and our community partner The Free Library of Philadelphia.

All first place winners have been entered in the national Reading Rainbow contest.

Third Grade Winners

Kyle Dupuis - 1st place winner - Howell, NJ
The Elephant that Lived on a Farm

Daniella Ignacio- 2nd place winner - Roseland, NJ
The Adventures of Toothpaste Man and Floss Girl

Second Grade Winners

Josephine Funaro- 1st place winner - Pottstown, PA
No More Shrimp!

Audrey Yeung - 2nd place winner - Cherry Hill, NJ
A Reminder of Friends

First Grade Winners

Alerea Roberts- 1st place winner - Newark, Delaware
I Can

Ashley Svendsen- 2nd place winner - Flemington, NJ
My Message to the Ocean

Kindergarten Winners

Adiah Siler- 1st place winner - Whitehall, PA
Me and My Imagination

ElizabethAnn D'Angelo- 2nd place winner - Philadelphia, PA
The Rainbow and the Balloon

Keep reading, writing and imagining!