2023 George Putz Memorial Student Writing Contest Winners

Congratulations to all our winners! Fiction                                   1-2 1st Place – Leviyon Meverden 2nd Place – William Schlais 3rd Place – Decker Scholl H. M. – Sawyer Huntington H.M. – Ella Schmidt                                3-4 1st Place – Zach Curran 2nd Place – Elizabeth Schlais 3rd Place – Skewnik Waukechon-Reiter H.M – Charlotte Johnson H.M. –…

2022 Student Contest Winners

Winning Students in the 2022 George Putz Memorial Student Writing Contest                                                          Fiction                                                            1-2 Grade Group First Place – Kayleigh Withrow for, “A Haunted House Tour.” Second Place – Wesley Rush for, “Tour of a Haunted House in Florida.” Third Place – Kanen Oreskovic-Cotter for, “Tour of a Haunted House on a Sunday Night.”…

First Scholarship Recipient Awarded

Shawano Area Writers began sponsoring a scholarship program in 2018 for high school seniors planning to attend college and earn a degree in journalism, creative writing or a similar field. Our first recipient was Morgan Fregien, who was presented with a check for $1,000 at a luncheon in her honor on Thursday, June 21st. Morgan…

2018 writing contest winners

Poetry 1-4 Grade Group First Place – Nora Bushman – Wittenberg Elementary School Second Place – Jonas Bushman – Wittenberg Elementary School Third Place – Wyatt Bratz – Bowler Elementary School Honorable Mention – Laney Rich – Olga Brener Intermediate School Honorable Mention – Jonas Bushman – Wittenberg Elementary School 5-8 Grade Group First Place…

Award-winning author to keynote 2017 George Putz Memorial Student Writing Contest awards ceremony April 29 at the Mielke Arts Center

Shawano Area Writers are pleased to announce that Alicia Rades, whose debut novel Fire in Frost has been downloaded by more than 100,000 readers, is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the 2017 George Putz Memorial Student Writing Contest awards ceremony. Fire in Frost won a B.R.A.G. Medallion award and in 2015 was one…