BUCKHANNON — Upshur County Schools recently announced the county-level winners of the 2024 West Virginia Young Writers Contest. The nominees were selected by their respective teachers based on rigorous criteria and spanned across six levels, ranging from first to 12th grade.
The winners for each level are as follows:
- Grades 1-2: Ravenus Fultz from Rock Cave Elementary School for their piece titled “Christmas Eve.”
- Grades 3-4: Audra Casella from Buckhannon Academy Elementary School for their piece titled “The Hopeless Elf.”
- Grades 5-6: Will Webb from Buckhannon Academy Elementary School for their piece titled “Taste of Victory.”
- Grades 7-8: Roman Cuppari from Buckhannon Upshur Middle School for their piece titled “Brass.”
- Grades 9-10: Alayna Spotloe from Buckhannon-Upshur High School for their piece titled “A Valentine of Goodbyes.”
- Grades 11-12: Christ Wetzel from Buckhannon-Upshur High School for their piece titled “Beneath the Surface.”
These students’ pieces are set to be submitted to the state level. First-place county winners from each of the six categories will receive a commemorative certificate and be enrolled in workshops with published authors/presenters on WV Young Writers Day. State-level winners in each of the six categories will receive monetary prizes.
The West Virginia Young Writers Contest has been held since 1984 and is supported by the State of West Virginia with funds allocated to the Central West Virginia Writing Project (CWVWP) at Marshall University. The CWVWP, located at Marshall University’s South Charleston campus, organizes the contest in collaboration with the West Virginia Department of Education.
