Four Black Knights Earn Honors in the WSKG Student Writing Challenge

Three Windsor Central High School students and a Black Knight 6th grader earned honors in the WSKG Student Writing Challenge. The competition invited schools across the Southern Tier to submit works of fiction or nonfiction. Of the 470 entries, WSKG recognized 42 winners across the categories of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
6th grader Connor Thompson won third place in the grade 6-8 fiction category with his story, One Day it All Changed. He wrote about how his dog, a chocolate lab named Maple, pulled him onto the woods where he found a mysterious key.

He was among the winners invited to a celebration at the WSKG studio.

“It was pretty cool, I got a couple of gifts, and the food was better than I thought. It was cool walking though the news station,” said Thompson.

Three WCHS students submitted nonfiction essays they completed in Mrs. Brey’s SUNY Albany Writing and Critical Inquiry for the Humanities class.

Caroline Chacon Roos won third place with her fictional work, 5th Avenue Station. Izzy Whitman won 2nd place in non-fiction with her poem, Drowning. Asia Alexis Quinn won the top spot in that category with her work, Perfectionism, about how being a perfectionist kept her from wanting to work on an art piece because of how it was turning out.

“I was really proud because I really liked the essay that I wrote. I’ve won writing stuff in the past but getting the experience of writing in a competition and winning was really emotional for me because I really like writing,” said Quinn.

“I was kind of surprised, I guess. It caught me a little off guard. I think that the poem got the attention it deserved, but at the end of the day it’s a journal thought. You never expect it to leave your journal,” said Whitman.

“It was a good experience. This program helps students who like to write. It’s a good opportunity to open your mind,” said Chacon Roos.