Washington Co. students named writing finalists
Two students at St. Louise de Marillac, Upper St. Clair, have been named finalists of the 2018 PBS KIDS Writers Contest. Second-grader Rocco Romano of Venetia and third-grader Leo Muffi of Eighty Four are among 26 finalists chosen from more than 1,000 stories received from Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Maryland and Delaware.
Through Friday, the public is invited to vote for the “Reader’s Choice Winner.” All finalists’ stories are available to read and listen to via WQED’s Writers Contest page at www.writeonkids.org.
Winners of WQED’s Writers Contest will be announced at the Winners Celebration Saturday at WQED’s Fred Rogers Studio and awarded prizes including the opportunity to record their winning story. Their recordings will be broadcast on iQKidsRadio.org and featured on Saturday Light Brigade Radio in the summer. Winners’ stories will also be made into an original puppet play, which will be performed at the Celebration by Pittsburgh Puppet Works.
To learn more about the contest, visit pbskids.org/writerscontest.