NCTE Promising Young Writers

Promising Young Writers 2011
A Writing Contest for Eighth Graders
(Winners Announced 15 May 2011)

Nominations Closed. Deadline was 10 February 2011

Watch this page for information about the 2012 award.

To encourage eighth grade students in their writing and to recognize publicly some of the best student writers in the nation, the National Council of Teachers of English gives achievement awards in writing to students nominated and cited as excellent writers by judges. Nominees must be students who are enrolled in the eighth grade.

Congratulations to the 2009 Kentucky Winners

• Emily Hines, Danville Christian Academy (Danville)
• Max Abner, St. Francis School (Goshen)

Congratulations to the 2008 Kentucky Winners

• Maggie Baucom, St. Francis School
  Nominating Teacher: Patrick Donovan
• Katlyn Estep, Harlan Middle School
  Nominating Teacher: Kim Sears
• Laura Flynn, Anderson Middle School
  Nominating Teacher: Cornelia Herbert
• Lauren Moore, East Oldham Middle School
  Nominating Teacher: Susan Rose
• Gemyni Turner, Anderson Middle School
  Nominating Teacher: Cornelia Herbert
• Callie Whorf, East Oldham Middle School
  Nominating Teacher: Susan Rose

Congratulations to the 2007 Kentucky Winner

• Cooper Burton, St. Francis School (Goshen)

Congratulations to the 2006 Kentucky Winners

• Ayna Lorenzo, Anderson Middle School (Lawrenceburg)
  Nominating Teacher: Corky Herbert
• Christin Sifuentes, Bardstown Middle (Bardstown)
  Nominating Teacher: Carrie Hahn
• Jacob Maus, Beechwood High School (Ft. Mitchell)
  Nominating Teacher: Peggy Burnett
• Stephen Howard, Glasgow Middle School (Glasgow)
  Nominating Teacher: Sharon Nation
• Rebecca Saylor, Winburn Middle School (Fayette)
  Nominating Teacher: Hannah Campbell
• Nicole Schladt, Winburn Middle School (Fayette)
  Nominating Teacher: Hannah Campbell
• Cooper Burton, St. Francis School, Goshen (Private)
  Nominating Teacher: Patrick Donovan

Congratulations to the 2005 Kentucky Winners

• Lauren Glenn, Grayson County Middle (Leitchfield)
  Nominating Teacher: Varnessa Drake & Stacy Pierce
• Brittany Hall, Grayson County Middle School (Leitchfield)
  Nominating Teacher: Varnessa Drake & Stacy Pierce
• Roy Higdon, Grayson County Middle School (Leitchfield)
  Nominating Teacher: Varnessa Drake & Stacy Pierce
• Katie Johnson, Grayson County Middle School (Leitchfield)
  Nominating Teacher: Varnessa Drake & Stacy Pierce
• Rebecca Matthews, Beechwood High School (Ft. Mitchell)
  Nominating Teacher: Peggy Burnet

Congratulations to the 2004 Kentucky Winners

• Andrea Clark, Drakes Creek Middle School (Bowling Green)
  Nominating Teacher: Donna Denney
• Austyn Gaffney, Drakes Creek Middle School (Bowling Green)
  Nominating Teacher: Donna Denney
• Emily Greenwell, Talton K. Stone Middle School (Elizabethtown)
  Nominating Teacher: Wanda Brakebill
• Joseph Groom, Drakes Creek Middle School (Bowling Green)
  Nominating Teacher: Donna Denney
• Claire Lipe, Mother of Good Counsel (Louisville)
  Nominating Teacher: David Trueblood
• Jeanne Shearer, Glasgow Middle School (Glasgow)
  Nominating Teacher: Sharon S. Nation

Congratulations to the 2003 Kentucky Winner

• Anna Middleton, St. Francis School
  Nominating Teacher: Francis O'Connor

Congratulations to the 2002 Kentucky Winners

• Kelli Higginbotham, Glasgow Middle School (Glasgow)
  Nominating Teacher: Sharon Nation
• Sam Lee, Anderson Middle School (Lawrenceburg)
  Nominating Teacher: Corky Herbert
• Anna Mauer, Anderson Middle School (Lawrenceburg)
  Nominating Teacher: Corky Herbert
• Elizabeth Shaw, Mother of Good Counsel School (Louisville)
  Nominating Teacher: David Trueblood
• Whitney Shirley, Glasgow Middle School (Glasgow)
  Nominating Teacher: Sharon Nation
• Kim Simmons, Mayfield Middle School (Mayfield)
  Nominating Teacher: Debbie Sloan

Congratulations to the 2001 Kentucky Winners

• Lindsey Honaker, West Hardin Middle School (Cecilia)
  Nominating Teacher: Marci Rodriguez
• Meagan Lawson, James T. Alton Middle (Vine Grove)
  Nominating Teacher: Donna Miller
• Elizabeth Leet, St. Francis School (Goshen)
  Nominating Teacher: Frances O'Connor
• Caroline Quino, Mother of Good Counsel School (Louisville)
  Nominating Teacher: David Trueblood
• Dustin Snyder, James T. Alton Middle School (Vine Grove)
  Nominating Teacher: Donna Miller
• Lacey Steele, Franklin-Simpson Middle School (Franklin)
  Nominating Teacher: Denise Reetzke

Share the joy of being recognized with your student(s) in May.