2019 Youth Writing Contest Winners

Winners of First Annual Maine Sportsman Youth Writing Contest

Maine – Junior Category

Winner
·        Nolan Raymond, 8^th grade (Hermon) – “Sebago Solitude”

Honorable Mentions
·        Shamus Morrison, 7^th grade (Windham) – “Morrison Moose Hunt 2018”
·        Emma MacFarlane, 8^th grade (Dixfield) – “My Third Deer – a 3-Pointer”
·        Braiden Ramsdell, 6^th grade (Skowhegan) – “My First Deer”
·        Derek Harding, 8^th grade (Augusta) – Sighting In my Compound Bow”
·        Carly Turgeon, 8^th grade (Shapleigh) – Harpswell Photo Essay

Maine – Senior Category

Winner
·        Delaney Woods, 9^th grade (Dirigo) – “Opening Day”

Honorable Mention
·        Kyle Graffam, 9^th grade (Harpswell) – “First Time Out”

New England – Senior Category

Winner
·        Isabella Milazzo, 11^th grade (Poultney, Vermont) – “Hunter’s Lottery”

New England – Junior Category

Winner
·        Emilie Rich, 8^th grade (Lincoln, New Hampshire) – “Bird of My Dreams”

Honorable Mentions
·        Kaya Vlocovsky, 7^th grade (Concord, MA) – “Steps You Can Take to Conserve the Environment”
·        Nicole Jennings, 7^th grade (Marshfield, MA) – “Hunting”

“Connected to Maine Sportsman” category

Special Recognition Awards
·        Ethan Vose, 7^th grade (Augusta, ME) – “Two Brothers – Two Turkeys”
·        Aiden Vose, 6^th grade (Augusta, ME) – “Katahdin”