Elizabeth Layman
Elizabeth Layman, sixth-grade student at Rock Ridge Elementary
School in Castle Rock, was the second-place winner in the Colorado
Council of the International Reading Association’s annual Young
Writers’ Award contest.
Layman’s story, “Abigail,” was selected from entries submitted
in the intermediate, fifth- and sixth-grade writers category. She
was honored at the Young Writers’ Luncheon in conjunction with the
organization’s state conference Feb. 9 in Denver.