Talented kids win cash in Rhinelander GFWC Woman’s Club’s K-12 writing contest

The Rhinelander GFWC Woman’s Club held an awards ceremony for an area-wide K-12 writing contest featuring 82 submissions last month.

Over 100 people were in attendance to witness 23 students receive over $300 in cash prizes for their poems and/or short stories. The remaining students each received food tokens compliments of Culver’s.

Monetary awards were given to:

• Class 1 Poetry: 1-Noah Williams, 2-Everett Baumann, 3-Kalia Davidson.

• Class 1 Short Story: 1-Kalia Davidson, 2-Wesley F. Hoekstra, 3-Ellie Scheuermann, Honorable Mention-Simon Ory.

• Class 2 Poetry: 1-Nolan Scholten, 2-Charlie Touchette, 3-Ariel Sharon, HM-Samuel Beuning.

• Class 2 Short Story: 1-Olivia Ory, 2-Brecken Hoekstra, 3-Finley Sheppard, HM-Zane Zielke, Special Recognition-August Davidson.

• Class 3 Poetry: 1-Stanley White, 2-Elise Williams, 3-Calvin White.

• Class 3 Short Story: 1-Avril Rittenhouse, 2-Isabel Welch, 3-Helen Beuning, HM-Aubrey Robinson.

• Class 4 Poetry: 1-Emmie Vander Galien.