WSKG Student Writing Challenge 2026

Poetry

Grade K-1

1. BUS by Marcus C.

2. The Very Old Frog by Luca Q.

3. Girl and the Sea by Alya O.

Grade 2-3

1. A Summer Backyard by Rachel M.

2. Out My Window by Joanna G.

3. My Favorite Bird by Mordecai S.

Grade 4-5

1. The Stuff in My Bag by Lillian L.

2. The Dragon by Claire B.

3. Scope by Maxwell D.

Grade 6-8

1. The Bridge by Ella P.

2. Who is She? by Zohar F.

3. Technapocalypse by Stephen H.

Grade 9-12

1. Sonata in G Major by Grace M.

2. Borders Between Us by Elizabeth H.

3. I Will Always Have These Bones by Nicole H.

Fiction

Grade K-1

1. The Case of the Missing Sandwich by Louis M.

2. The Train Who Wanted to in the Three Little Pigs by Michael B. H.

3. The Land Made of Fruit by Ronan L.

Grade 2-3

1. Wolfie-Corn's First Fight by Julia Eve F.

2. Mikayla's Easter by Mikayla P.

3. Rudy and Wax on their 6th Adventure: A New Farm by Ari P.

Grade 4-5

1. Trouble Cat by Clover H.

2. Jacob's Time Travel: The Second Adventure by Jonah K.

3. The In-Between by Miriam E.

Grade 6-8

1. The Perfect World by McKenna M.

2. School Story! Due Thursday! by Jolina G.

3. One Day It All Changed by Connor T.

Grade 9-12

1. The Animatronic by Alyssa W.

2. A Day on the River Seine by Abigail L.

3. 5th Avenue Station by Caroline C.

Non-Fiction

Grade K-1

1. Sasa's Sweet Moments by Saphira C.

Grade 2-3

1. My Favorite Teacher, Mrs. Lozzi by Yumna A.

2. Dream Big by Charlotte A.

Grade 4-5

1. Moon and the Art of Riding Bareback by Leigh M.

2. Turtles in New York by Camden B..

3. The Power of Yet by Hannah W.

Grade 6-8

1. Coming to America by Sultan K.

2. A Life of My Pets Featuring Mr. Whiskers by Sky Y.

3. Overthinking by Abigail K.

Grade 9-12

1. Perfectionism: A Plague by Asia Alexis Q.

2. Drowning by Izabell W.

3. Go Ask the Dolphins by Ruby S.

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