Dexter, Missouri - Fourth and fifth grade students at Central Elementary recently participated in the Katherine Hinchey Cochran Writing Achievement Awards sponsored by Southeast Missouri State University.

Central teachers evaluated writing submitted by students and chose two building winners from each division of the competition - Narrative Writing, Essay, and Poetry.

The winning writing samples from Central will go on to compete with the work of other fourth through sixth grade students in the area.

Pictured are Central's winning writers. From left to right: Addie Medley and Alexis Bennett, - Essay winners; Kate Churchill and Brooklyn Link, -  Narrative Writing; Marie Fees and Kelbey Rodgers for Poetry.