Tharrrr Be Winners!
We are happy to announce the winners of our first annual Pirate’s Quest Contest! Thanks to all who entered. It was a really tough choice, and all your entries really brightened our day. We laughed. We smiled. We yelled “Yarrrrrrr!” And it was all because of your entries.
The Johnson Family Pirates
The winner of the Family Heirloom Story category is Makayla Johnson, Ms. Rodriguez’s Class, F.J. O’Neill School. Her story “The Johnson Family Pirates” was well-written, had clever character names and even alluded to a sequel story. Plus, it had crabs, monkeys, hidden treasure and secret keys. We also really liked the effort she made to print the story on paper that looked like an old map, with hand-torn edges and a pirate-esque font. To read her winning story “The Johnson Family Pirates,” click here.
The winner of the Pirates and Nature Drawings category is Andre Henrius, Ms. Modson’s Third Grade Class, F.J. O’Neill School. We really liked the variety of animals, as well as the effort to show animal behavior.
Pirate and Animals
The snake isn’t just in the grass – it is hanging off of a tree as if looking at the pirate. The ants have an entire burrow system, showing their different chambers they live in. They bird is actually pulling a worm out of the ground. The pirate is actually reacting to a large bird next to him. There is also a duck-billed platypus. When we film animals and when our artist created the drawings for A Pirate’s Quest, he drew animals interesting body positions that showed the animal’s normal behavior, and we think Andre did this in his drawing. To see Andre’s drawing, click here.
The winners will each receive an autographed copy of A Pirate’s Quest and The Riddle in a Bottle, as well as their own official pirate certificate.
We also chose several finalists, who don’t win prizes, but they do win a chance to be seen on our web site! I know you will enjoy them. Click on a link below to see their fabulous, funny, pirate-filed entries:
Family Generation, by Keyri Contreras
One Day I Lost My Family’s Heirloom Cannon Ball
Journey For My Family’s Heirloom
Picture by Karen Yanes, 4th Grade
Pirate Drawing Finalist from Karen Yanes, 4th Grade
Pirate Drawing by Rhianna Mulcahy, 3rd Grade
Pirate Drawing Finalist, by Rhianna Mulcahy, Third Grade
Pirate Drawing Finalist Drawing, by Tiffany Billups, 1st Grade
Pirate Drawing Finalist, by Tiffany Billups, First Grade
THANK YOU FOR CHOOSING MY STORY FOR THE WINNER!The names from the story are actaully inspired by my bro, Kingston Carter and my sis, Kaylin Summer. My brothers room is jungle themed with lots of monkeys so it seemed appropiate to make him a monkey. We had just visted our grocery store where they had live blue crabs for sale and my aunt and I were playing with them. It was really fun to write. thanks again, Kayla
Makaya Johnson
October 1st, 2009
you gus are asome I wish you could come to my house
garrett.oliver.davidson
February 3rd, 2010