GR young authors receive awards

Several hundred Green River students submitted stories and poems in this year’s Young Authors Awards Competition.

Fredrick Schwartz, Sweetwater County School District No. 2’s Young Authors coordinator, said just one school alone submitted more than 300 entries, which made for a pretty tough competition.

Schwartz said each elementary school judges their own entries and then send him the first-place winners. In a second round of judging, it was narrowed down to 77 entries that placed first through third.

“I would say that this year is on par with the last two years for entries,” Schwa...