Article: West Virginia Center for the Book announces state writing awards

The following students are winners in the West Virginia Letters About Literature program. State winners will advance for national competition Bayan Misaghi, an eighth-grade student at John Adams Middle School, and Mashal Sheikh, a ninth-grade student from Charleston, took top honors in this years West Virginia Letters About Literature writing contest. Misaghis letter to Lois Lowry, author of The Giver, was selected as the first-place winner in Level II competition for children in grades seven through eight and Sheikhs letter to Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, was selected as first- place winner for competition level III (grades nine through 12). All first-place essays advanced to ...

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