Bryan L. Knapp New Work Series
YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS’ CONTEST & FESTIVAL — Winning Entries

3-4th grade

Samantha Lynn Bakke
Poughkeepsie, New York
Noxon Road Elementary School, grade 4
“Popular Or Not”

Shannon Jane Salem
Hopewell Junction, New York
Noxon Road Elementary, grade 4
“Essay”

5-6th Grade

Cassandra Case
Housatonic, Massachusetts
Monument Valley Middle School, grade 5
“Fortune: A Pug In History”

Kristine Klein
Bridgewater, Connecticut
Burnham Elementary School, grade 5
“The May Man”

7-8th Grade

Monica Weigel Chin
Lakeville, Connecticut
Salisbury Central School, grade 7
“Pyramus, Thisbe, and the Curse of the 2008 Election”

Samuel Clements O’Brient
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Home School, grade 7
“The Ballad of Stevie Win-Write”

9-12th Grade

Eric James LaRocca
Kent, Connecticut
Housatonic Valley Regional High School, grade 9
“In A Lonely Place”

Kristin M. Miller
Thomaston, Connecticut
Waterbury Arts Magnet School, grade 11
“Invincible"