Art Contest: 5 to 7 category

First place: "Sweet Dream Pie" - North Graff





Second place: "Mystery of the Circus Clown" - Sarah Merklin

Third place: "Paddington Takes to TV" - Augie Hawk



Honorable Mention: "The King's Taster" - Esther Cull-Kahn

We now present...the 2011 contest winners!

It has been a week of close reading, intense discussions, and a few good laughs, but we have reached our decisions for our art and writing contest!

Art Contest

5 to 7
First place: North Graff - "Sweet Dream Pie"
Second place: Sarah Merklin - "The Mystery of the Circus Clown"
Third place: Augie Hawk - "Paddington Takes to TV"
Honorable Mention: Esther Cull-Kahn - "The King's Taster"

8 to 10
First place: Nayeon Chung - "George's Marvelous Medicine"
Second place: Bennett Graff - "DK Visual Encyclopedia of Science"
Third place: Cassie Schierer - "Princess and the Pea"
Honorable Mention: Kyle Sampson - "Curious George goes to the Aquarium"

11 to 13
First place: Nicholas Ornstein - "Duke Ellington"
Second place: Charlotte Holt - "Queen of Hearts"
Third place: Sophie Mark-Na - "Same Stuff As Stars"
Honorable Mention: Sara (from Newton) - "Violet Comes to Stay"


Writing Contest

5 to 7
First place: Nalani Jones - "Compiss"
Second place: Macy Rhie - "Super Girl Saves the Day"
Third place: Calla Walsh - series of poems
Honorable Mention: Baylor Diamond - "Tiny Coffee Cup"

8 to 10
First place: Jeremy Ornstein - "Dynasty of the Blue-Eyed Feathers"
Second place: Emmet Lewis-Hoeber - "Black Willow"
Third place: Robert Shapiro - "I Have 9 Lives"
Honorable Mention: Grace Valaskovic - "(I'm) A Work in Progress"

11 to 13
First place: Alexandra Domeshek - "Clock"
Second place: Jordan Lee - "Silk Road"
Third place: John Vernaglia - "Porky Poem"
Honorable Mention: Jacob Abrams - "The Book of Animal Transformations"

Congratulations to the winners! Thank you to all who bravely submitted their work, and the families and teachers who helped make it all happen.

Within a few days we will have scanned all the art and writing to post on this blog, and the art contest winners will be displayed in our store's windows.

Our building and nearby sidewalk are currently undergoing construction, so everything is now on our ground floor. As such, our selection of merchandise and books, while still painstakingly chosen, is smaller than in previous years. We recommend coming in sooner rather than later to pick up and redeem your gift certificates. (First through third places receive levels of gift certificates, honorable mentions do not).

Guidelines for this year's contest

It is early spring, and you know what that means - our annual art and writing contests are kicking off! All kids (excepting relatives of Curious George employees) between the ages of 5 and 13 are eligible. Each contest will be subdivided into age categories: 5 to 7, 8 to 10, and 11 to 13.

Art Contest

Illustrate your favorite fairy tale, poem, short story, or book. Label your artwork with the author and title of the story you're illustrating.

Writing Contest

Write an original story, poem, or essay. Please limit your submissions to 3 pages.


Entering both contests means illustrating your favorite story as well as writing an original story. We love reading stories you have illustrated, only tell us which contest you would prefer us to judge it for!


With all entries, please include our submission form that tells us your name, address, phone number, school and age. This submission form, which you can pick up in the store or download from our blogs, enables us to contact the winners. You can right click on the image above to download and print the entry form, or download it from the bar on the left of this webpage.


Winning artwork will be on display in the store, and winning writing will be posted here on our contest blog. Winners will also receive store gift certificates!

The deadline for entries is Friday, May 13th. Winners will be announced the following Friday the 20th.

It's almost that time again...

Our annual art and writing contest is almost here again. In the next few weeks we'll be posting the guidelines and submission form, so get your masterpieces ready!

Art winners, 8 to 10

1st Place
Title: "National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fishes of North America"
Artist: Ben Graff

2nd Place
Title: "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate"
Artist: Valerie Dubinsky

3rd Place

Title: "If You Give a Pig a Pancake"
Artist: Irene Wu

Honorable Mention
Title: "Yummers"
Artist: Lena Rhie

Art winners, 11 to 13

1st Place
Title: "100 Dresses"
Artist: Charlotte Holt

2nd Place
Title: "Indigo's Star"
Artist: Kay Goodhart

3rd Place
Title: "Silent Pond"

Artist: Sara Mittelmeier Curtis

Honorable Mention:
Title: "Highwire 66"
Artist: Abigail Dickson

Art winners, 5 to 7

1st Place

Title: Dragons of Wayward Crescent

Artist: Augie Oppenheimer

2nd Place

Title: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus

Artist: Ben Pratt

3rd Place

Title: Arthur Writes a Story

Artist: Piper Larin

Honorable Mention

Title: The Old Meadow

Artist: Julia Rasmussen