Winners Announced for Kennesaw Pig Tales Writing Competition

Mayor Mark Mathews presented awards to the winners of the Pig Tales Writing Competition at the city’s Pigs & Peaches Festival on August 24. 

The competition was open to all students rising in grades K-8 attending any public, private or home school in Cobb County. 

Winners were chosen in three grade categories: K-2, 3-5, and 6-8. 

Abigail Terantino, Lily Grace Marton and Steve Joy were announced as the first, second and third place winners respectively in the Grades K-2 category. 

Kate Kennedy, Amy Bush and Sarah Alicehajic were announced as the first, second and third place winners respectively in the Grades 3-5 category. 

Logan Mosser, Stephanie Wiedman and Gabrielle Carter were announced as the first, second and third place winners respectively in the Grades 6-8 category.

Submissions could be an original short story or essay of 750 words or less. Entries were judged on creativity, presentation and correspondence to the theme, "parks, picnics and summertime fun."  

Entries were judged by a committee of professional educators, sponsors, and City of Kennesaw staff. 

Abigail, Kate and Logan each won a bicycle, along with other prizes including movie tickets, Georgia Aquarium passes, Atlanta Hawks tickets, barbeque meal tickets, a t-shirts, a goodie bag and one year's supply of a Johnsonville sausage product. Second and third place winners won similar prizes. 

"We are so excited to have received almost 100 entries for the first year. The judges had a hard time selecting the winners from such a great group of creative authors," remarked Sheri Brante, Executive Director of the Cobb County Public Schools Educational Foundation. 

"The kids all did a fantastic job! We look forward to hearing more summer time stories next year."

This was the first year for the competition, organized by the Kennesaw Parks & Recreation Department in cooperation with the Cobb County Public Schools Educational Foundation. 

The competition's presenting sponsor was SCANA Energy.   

For more information about the competition, visit www.pigsandpeaches.com/pigtales.