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Fourteenth Annual Reading Rainbow Contest
Here are some fun facts about the 14th Annual Reading Rainbow Contest!
Most Stories Ever!
We had 1008 entries this year, a 45% increase over last year. Here's how the entries break down by grade:
Kindergarten - 118 entries
First Grade - 156 entries
Second Grade - 206 entries
Third Grade - 259 entries
Fourth Grade - 166 entries
Fifth Grade - 103 entries |
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 Girls Rule!
604 girls entered the contest.
398 boys entered the contest.
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 To the Top
If all of the children who entered the contest stood on each other's shoulders, they would reach the top of Cannon Mountain!
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 If Only!
If we had a dollar for every word written in all the stories submitted, we would have $206,000! |
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 Picture Perfect
If we wanted to hang all of the pictures created for the contest, we would need 6,175 picture frames! |
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Here, There and Everywhere!
Where did the stories come from?
848 stories from New Hampshire children.
120 stories from Massachusetts children.
21 stories from Maine children.
7 stories from Vermont children.
8 stories from Michigan children.
2 stories from New York children.
1 story from a child from New Mexico.
1 story from a child from Minnesota.
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 Here are the top 10 cities by number of stories submitted:
1. Bedford, NH - 65 entries, 6 winning stories
2. Andover, MA - 53 entries, 6 winning stories
2. Milton NH - 53 entries, 2 winning stories
3. Manchester, NH - 49 entries, 9 winning stories
4. Fremont, NH - 48 entries, 1 winning story
5. Marblehead, MA - 41 entries, 5 winning stories
6. Dover, NH - 40 entries, 0 winning stories
7. Barrington, NH - 31 entries, 3 winning stories
7. Rochester, NH - 31 entries, 1 winning story
8. Concord, NH - 27 entries, 2 winning stories
9. Moultonborough - 26 entries, 1 winning story
10. Nashua - 25 entries, 1 winning story
11.Litchfield - 20 entries, 1 winning story
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What Should I Write About?
Here are the top 10 topics for submitted stories:
1. Adventure Stories - 87 entries
2. Friends - 50 entries
3. Dogs - 45 entries
4. Cats - 33 entries
5. Mysteries - 30 entries
6. Animals - 25 entries
7. Princesses, Monsters - 17 entries
8. Horses - 14 entries
9. Aliens, Birds, Dragons, Vacations - 13 entries
10. Magic - 11 entries
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What's in a Name?
Who entered the contest? Here are the top names of the young writers and illustrators who created stories.
1. 21 children named Hanna/Hannah
2. 16 children named Sara/Sarah
3. 13 children named Emilie/Emily, Matthew
4. 10 children named Meagan/Meeghan/Megan/Meghan, Olivia
5. 9 children named Andrew, Jacob/Jakob, Julia, Madison
6. 8 children named Nicholas, Emma, Hailey/Haley/Halle, Joshua, Kyle, Nicholas, Tayler/Taylor
9. 7. children named Brianna, Caroline, Chloe, Erin, Isabel/Isabelle, Lauren, Ryan
10. 6. children named Adam, Caitlin/Caitlyn, Cameron, Ian, Jack, Jessica, Joseph, Micaela/Michaela/Mikayla, Mollie/Molly, Nicole, Rachel, Samantha
>> More Names!
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