2020 Betty Field Memorial Youth Writing Contest Winners

The results are in! The Betty Field Youth Memorial Writing Contest, sponsored by the Friends of Pikes Peak Library District, is writing contest for youth in grades 6-12 that focuses on mystery stories. This year, 90 students submitted stories to the contest. These submissions were judged anonymously by volunteers from the Friends of the Library and Pikes Peak Library District staff, who entered over 400 scores for the stories!

6^th Grade:

• 1^st place: "Pluto Found Missing" by Madalynn Moorhead
• 2^nd place: "Friend or Foe?" by Tristan Kumar
• 3^rd place: "The Girl Erased from Time" by Hudson Sheperd

7^th Grade:

• 1^st place: "Scootered" by Jace Baehman
• 2^nd place: "The Dissociative Killer" by Raina Seybert
• 3^rd place: "The Case of the Cullinan Diamond" Daniel Bloomfield

8^th Grade:

• 1^st place: "Buried Memories" by Isabelle McNett
• 2^nd place: "A Walk in the Woods" by Marian Griffiths
• 3^rd place: "A Hole in the Roof" by Cannon Lockburner

9^th and 10^th Grade:

• 1^st place: "Provocation" by Elaine Zou
• 2^nd place: "Blue Girls and Zombie Kits" by Riley Ferl
• 3^rd place: "The Ridge" by Angel Jimenez

11^th and 12^th Grade:

• 1^st place: "The Puppetmaster" by Sierra Montgomery
• 2^nd place: "Mystery of the Missing Happiness" by Evelyn Peake
• 3^rd place: "An Odious Case" by Christian Alvis

Winners will be contacted via email with information about their prizes.