GROVE CITY — The Grove City College Education Department and education honorary Kappa Delta Pi recently honored 50 winners of the annual

Grove City College story-writing contest. The contest, which commemorates National Children's Book Week, had more than 400 entries from 12 school districts and homeschooled students this year.Winners were honored at a ceremony in the Grove City College Henry Buhl Library and received a certificate honoring their story-writing excellence, an award-winning selection of literature, a personalized bookmark, a thesaurus and an anthology containing all winning stories. Students also had the opportunity to share their winning stories with those in attendance. Members of Kappa Delta Pi judged the entries, which were evaluated for ideas and content, style and creativity, organization and mechanics.This year marked the first time the "Awesome Author" award was given for the story with outstanding content and illustrations. The English department assisted with the selection of the award, which was given to

Sarah Dublin, a homeschooled student affiliated with Slippery Rock School District. Winners are listed by school below:

Molly Maggio, grade 4<B>Butler Junior High</B>Ryan Randall Stalmaker, grade 7Kayley Thomas, grade 7<B>Dassa McKinney School</B>Hope Bremiller, grade 5Zachary Marino, grade 5<B>Grove City Christian</B>Madeline VanTil, grade 4Carolyn Webster, grade 4Logan Cummings, grade 5Morgan Davis, grade 6Jonathan Hardisky, grade 8Amy Mohr, grade 8<B>Hillview Intermediate</B>Emily Krofcheck, grade 4Spencer Marnich, grade 4Larissa Lewis, grade 5Anna Stillwagon, grade 6<B>Home schoolers</B>Katryna Marvel, Butler School DistrictSarah Dublin, Slippery Rock School District<B>McQuistion Elementary</B>Mackenzie Harris, grade 4Ron Matson, grade 4Daniel Braun, grade 5Alexandra Wheeler, grade 5<B>Moraine Elementary</B>Ashley Raine, grade 4<B>Oakland Elementary</B>Rachel Rebmann, grade 4Samantha Schiebel, grade 4<B>Penn Christian</B>Jordan Beyer, grade 4Rachel Shaffer, grade 4<B>Slippery Rock Middle School</B>Emma Brown, grade 6Joel Fierschnaller, grade 6Dylan Parson, grade 7Overall division winners included <B>Ron Matson</B> of McQuistion Elementary School in the grade 4 division, <B>Emma Brown</B> of Slippery Rock Middle School in the grades 5 and 6 division and <B>Dylan Parson</B> of Slippery Rock Middle School, and <B>Amy Mohr</B> of Grove City Christian Academy in the grades 7 and 8 division.