RAEF Sponsors Writing Contest

A creative writing competition for Rudyard Middle School students included participants Amanda Baldwin, Ashlee Bonnee, Katie Carr, Kayla Coffey, Rita DeVoy, Hannah Gravelle, Brandon Mason, Caroline Neal, Ilsa Salo, Cris Tolliver, and Alex Traynor. The competition was sponsored by the Rudyard Area Education Fund.

First, second, and third places for fiction went to Ilsa Salo, Alex Traynor, and Katie Carr, respectively. Amanda Baldwin was recognized for her poetry.

Each writer received a complimentary copy of "Alive and Free in the EUP," a book by Larry Flanders, an Education Fund board member. There were also cash awards for the winners in prose and poetry categories.

Funding for the project was provided by the sale of Mr. Flanders' book.