40th Annual Young Author & Illustrator Winners

Congratulations to all of the winners of the 2025 Young Author & Illustrator Competition (listed below). Last names and teachers are omitted from this posting to protect the identities of the children.

All placing stories are kept at the library until after recognitions and hardbound orders are made. Families will be notified when they are able to pick up the original story from their home library. Non-placing stories are returned to classrooms. Homeschool families are asked to pick up nonplacing stories at their home library. All first-place winning stories are hardbound and kept in the library’s permanent collection for everyone to check out and enjoy.

Illustration from "The World With One Rule"

Illustration from "The Scary Titanic"

Illustration from "Happy Music Every Day"

Illustration from "The T-Rex Battle"

Illustration from "The Day I Rode a Tiger"

1st Grade Winners

Winners Name	Book Title	Grade	Place
Bruce S.	The World With One Rule	1st	1st
Jade M.	The Scary Titanic	1st	2nd
Grace D.	Happy Music Every Day	1st	3rd
Jack S.	The T-Rex Battle	1st	Honorable Mention
Emma D.	The Day I Rode a Tiger	1st	Honorable Mention

2nd Grade Winners

Winners Name	Book Title	Grade	Place
Parker P.	The Adventures of Park, Calvin, and Rocco: The Brothers of Infinity	2nd	1st
Nathan S.	Titan Tundra	2nd	2nd
Esther M. and Hannah F.	Vivian's Big Adventure	2nd	3rd
Kennedi B. and Cora H.	Buster the Puppy	2nd	Honorable Mention
Annabelle Y.	Tony and Bugsy	2nd	Honorable Mention

Illustration from "The Adventures of Park, Calvin, and Rocco: The Brothers of Infinity"

Illustration from "Titan Tundra"

Illustration from "Vivian's Big Adventure"

Illustration from "Buster the Puppy"

Illustration from "Tony and Bugsy"

Second page of "Bill and Bert"

Illustration from "Lost"

Illustration from "Further and Beyond"

Illustration from "The Squirrel, Chipmunk, and Mouse"

Illustration from "The Funny Puppy"

Illustration from "The Magical Boat"

3rd Grade Winners

Winners Name	Book Title	Grade	Place
Lila M.	Bill and Bert	3rd	1st
Isabella D.	Lost	3rd	2nd
Cecelia L. and Charlotte P.	Further and Beyond	3rd	3rd
Tripp W. and Jayce Y.	The Squirrel, Chipmunk, and Mouse	3rd	Honorable Mention
Savannah M. and Sadie B.	The Funny Puppy	3rd	Honorable Mention
Amelie B.	The Magical Boat	3rd	Honorable Mention

4th Grade Winners

Winners Name	Book Title	Grade	Place
Kateri H.	Adelle's Story	4th	1st
Lily G. and Leddi L.	Dragon Riders	4th	2nd
Karina T.	The Dance Competition	4th	3rd
Lily I.	Kalahari Madness	4th	Honorable Mention

A page of "Adelle's Story"

Illustration from "Dragon Riders"

Illustration from "The Dance Competition"

Illustration from "Kalahari Madness"

Illustration from "Misty's Way Home"

Illustration from "Keep Up"

Page from "The Alien"

Illustration from "#MermaidDrama"

Illustration from "Lost in the Labyrinth"

5th Grade Winners

Winners Name	Book Title	Grade	Place
Amelia W. and Sylvia B.	Misty's Way Home	5th	1st
Quinn P. and Anna C.	Keep Up	5th	2nd
Nora P.	The Alien	5th	3rd
Marin M. and Navy B.	#Mermaid Drama	5th	Honorable Mention
Elias O. and Zachary K.	Lost in the Labyrinth	5th	Honorable Mention

6th Grade Winners

Winners Name	Book Title	Grade	Place
Charlotte S. and Emmerson I.	Elements of Friendship	6th	1st
Jessica M.	The Great Kitkatastraphe	6th	2nd
Addie M.	Stranded	6th	3rd
Emma C.	The Four Seasons	6th	Honorable Mention
Kylie M.	Carl and the Sour Grape	6th	Honorable Mention