Buffalo Toronto Public Media - BTPM PBS KIDS Writers Contest

Fund the next BTPM PBS KIDS Writers Contest, our K-3 storyteller contest.

Why Donate:

Since the founding of Buffalo Toronto Public Media, education has been at the core of our mission. We believe in encouraging children’s imagination, creativity, insight, and providing an audience for young storytellers. The BTPM PBS KIDS Writers Contest fosters children’s creativity by encouraging participants in grades K-3 to write and illustrate stories.

Storytelling, self-expression, self-confidence, and communication skills are foundational skills developed and introduced in this contest. Writing contests provide opportunities for children to share their stories with an audience and gain exposure to the ideas of deadlines, word count and subject matter boundaries. Creative writing helps power children’s brains and boosts results in other academic subjects including math, science, and languages.

Children in grades kindergarten through third, from our Western New York and Southern Ontario viewing areas, are encouraged to write and illustrate stories and submit them to Buffalo Toronto Public Media, who will select winners and award prizes.

Quotes from past Writers Contest participants

“It [The Contest] has given her the confidence and the belief that she can do great things and achieve her dream of being an author. I thought the whole process was easy. It was a wonderful experience for both of my students who entered.”

- Julie G., Teacher

“This contest has inspired my daughter and given her confidence that she is a writer. She loves writing now. Reading used to be a struggle, but after preparing for and reading her very own story to an audience, she has gained needed confidence in her reading abilities. The kindle was the perfect prize. She loves reading on it. This contest has done so much to transform her view of her reading & writing abilities. I am so grateful for this positive change.”

- Rachel, Parent

Any donation of $60 or more includes BTPM PBS Passport, our on-demand streaming service with thousands of hours of your favorite programs, including full seasons of many current and past series.

BTPM PBS, BTPM NPR, BTPM Classical, BTPM The Bridge, BTPM PBS KIDS, and BTPM Create have been serving our binational communities with quality public media for decades.

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