More than 6,200 sixth graders across Georgia participated in GMA's“If I Were Mayors, I Would . . .” essay contest. This is the 10th year GMA has sponsored the contest.
The winners from the 2010 contest are:
District 1:
Devon Bishop from Scoggins Middle School in Dallas
District 2:
Kala Stiles from Liberty Middle School in Cumming
District 3:
Brian Cochran from King’s Ridge Middle School in Milton
District 4:
Jerylin Cruz from Temple Middle School in Temple
District 5:
Zoe Radford from Jefferson Middle School in Jefferson
District 6:
Allie Benenhaley from Mossey Creek Middle School in Warner Robins
District 7:
Chris Mathis from T. J. Elder Middle School in Sandersville
District 8:
Robbie Snipes of Blackmon Road Middle School in Columbus
District 9:
Wil Chambliss of Toombs County Middle School in Lyons
District 10:
Alex Kimbler from McIntyre Park Middle School in Thomasville
District 11:
Seth Shuman from Valdosta Middle School
District 12:
Braxton Brinson of Bulloch Academy in Statesboro
City officials who are also involved in education serve as the judges to choose one winner from each of GMA’s 12 districts. Each winner receives a $250 savings bond and other small prizes. The students, their teachers, parents and mayors will be honored at an awards luncheon in Atlanta in April.
According to contest rules, every essay must begin with the sentence, “If I were mayor, I would” and essays may not be longer than 350 words. They can be either typed or hand written, but must be legible and have the student’s name and school on them.