Swope wins writing contest

Edgewood Elementary student Reed Swope was the third place winner in an expressive writing contest sponsored by the HOAR Program Management/ Go-Daddy.com Bowl Learning Through Reading Program.

Reed’s writing was selected from 8,000 submissions. As third place winner, he was awarded a $1,500 savings bond.

The program asked fifth graders from across Alabama and the Gulf Coast areas of Mississippi and Florida to submit book reports of 250 words. The top 10 of those reports were selected as finalists, and the student authors traveled to Mobile to write another report for the final competition. Finalists were assigned a book to read by contest organizers. In December, Reed and his parents traveled to Mobile, where he and the other finalists composed an essay from their assigned reading.