Literary Contest
Elementary, Individual

First place: “Where’s the Beef,” by Emily Robinson, Bald Creek High Flying Eagles, Bald Creek Elementary School, Burnsville, Patti McLean, Teena McCurry, and Christel McFarland, advisers.


Second place: “Lighthouse,” by Dana McLaughlin, Pepsi-Cola Kids Club, The Epiphany School, New Bern, Cille Griffith, adviser.


Third place: “Tobacco,” by Lacy Elkins, Bald Creek Soaring Eagles, Bald Creek Elementary School, Burnsville, Patti McLean, Teena McCurry, and Christel McFarland, advisers.


Elementary, Group

First place: “Stagville Stories,” by Freaks of History, Moms of Stonehenge, Raleigh, Sally Bloom, adviser.


Second place: “Caleb Bradham,” by WHY? (What Happened Yesterday?), Trent Park Elementary School, New Bern, Jupp Rice, adviser.


Third place: “A–Z History: New Bern’s Past,” by Pepsi-Cola Kids Club, The Epiphany School, New Bern, Cille Griffith, adviser.


Secondary, Individual

First place: “Kitty Hawk, Thursday, December 17, 1903,” by Bailey Austin, The Trailblazers, Christian Homeschool Association of Rocky Mount, Elm City, Jim Hartsell, adviser.


Second place: “Archibald DeBow Murphey,” by Kyle Jurek, Blackbeard’s Brigade, Carnage Middle School, Raleigh, Carrie Kincaid, adviser.


Third place: “The Diary of Eleanor Dare,” by Michael Schulte, Blackbeard’s Brigade, Carnage Middle School, Raleigh, Carrie Kincaid, adviser.


Secondary, Group

First place: “One Generation: Giving Their All,” by Homeschoolers Unfolding History, Public Library of Johnston County and Smithfield, Smithfield, Elaine Forman, adviser.


Second place: “Brown Mountain Lights,” by Blackbeard’s Brigade, Carnage Middle School, Raleigh, Carrie Kincaid, adviser.


Third place: No project recognized.