2024 KidsWrite! Winners

At long last we have our winners for the KidsWrite! Childrens Writing Contest for 2024. As always, the submissions were full of talent and heart. I feel honored and humbled to have been able to read, judge, and lead KidsWrite! for the third and final year of my term. The kids have shown me a window to our future and left me feeling hopeful.

THANK YOU to all who submitted. Thank you to the teachers, parents, and mentors who supported the kids on this journey. If you don’t see your name on this list, please please please submit again next year! We loved reading your submissions and hope to see more of your words.

Thank you to our incredible team of judges listed below. This contest would not have been possible without your diligent time and attention.

Thanks to the generosity of our donors (also listed below), we can run this program and award prizes to our winners. We appreciate our donors for recognizing the importance of our mission to elevate children’s voices!

Please join us at the KidsWrite! awards ceremony at the San Diego Writers Festival on April 6th at 9:30am! Details are below. Your certificates and prizes will be awarded there.

Without further ado, please see below the contest winners for 2024, writing/ drawing to the theme, If You Get Lost, based on the book by Nikki Loftin:

Congratulations to all of you! Please join us at the KidsWrite Awards Ceremony to receive your awards and prizes on April 6th, 2024 from 9:30am to 10:30am at Coronado High School, 650 D Ave, Coronado, CA 92118. The ceremony will be in room 400, the Multi Purpose Room. There will be signage and Festival volunteers in blue shirts to direct you.

Please arrive early to account for the time it takes to park and walk to the venue. We will start on time because the room is needed for the San Diego Writers Festival directly after the ceremony. I recommend you stay and walk around the festival to see some of the famous authors and creators who will be there. Here is the full festival schedule to peruse.

Street parking as well as two parking lots will be available. Please look at this map to see the lots near the library and event spaces.

Huge thanks to our illustrious team of judges. We are so grateful for your time and attention to KidsWrite!

We are so appreciative of the financial support provided by the generous donors above. Their generosity allows us to award prizes to our winning writers!

If you have questions, please email me at lindseysalatka@gmail.com. I look forward to seeing you on April 6th!

Sincerely,

Lindsey Salatka Director, KidsWrite! Childrens Writing Contest