Hart Charter School Students Win Regional Young Georgia Author Competition

Two Hart County Charter System students have been named winners in the regional Young Georgia Author competition.

This year’s winners are Hart County High School 10th grade student Trinati Pinkston and 7th grader Katherine Ripley who attends Hart County Middle School.

Charter system spokesman Grayson Williams tells WLHR News this is a huge accomplishment for these students as they were selected as winners from the 15 different school systems in the Pioneer RESA region, and will now move on to the state competition.

Katherine Ripley’s winning submission was a science fiction piece titled “The Experiment” about a girl whose mom is a research director.

Aside from writing, Katherine participates in the Hart County Community Theatre and loves to read.

Taking a turn from fiction, Trinati Pinkston’s contest submission, titled “I Chose Her”, is a personal biography of what it is like to be biracial.

She writes about growing up with a white mother and Hispanic relatives and not feeling like you fit in with either.

When she’s not writing award-winning pieces, Trinati participates in the Hart County High School Marching Band Auxiliary.

The prestigious Young Georgia Author competition has been engaging Georgia students for more than two decades and is open to any student currently enrolled in Georgia public schools, grades K-12.

The competition is sponsored by the Georgia Language Arts Supervisors (GLAS) and the Georgia RESA Network with support from the Georgia Department of Education.