Astronomy selects 2012 Youth Essay Contest winner
Twelve-year-old Jenna Elliott of Sanford, North Carolina, wins a trip to the Northeast Astronomy Forum & Telescope Show with her entry for Astronomy’s 2012 Youth Essay Contest.
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January 11, 2012 Jenna Elliott, winner of the 2012 Youth Essay Contest
Photo by Jim Elliot The editors of Astronomy magazine selected 12-year-old Jenna Elliott from Sanford, North Carolina, as the winner of Astronomy’s 2012 Youth Essay Contest. For her entry on what she loves best about astronomy, Jenna will receive an all-expenses-paid trip for her and her father to the Northeast Astronomy Forum & Telescope Show (NEAF), one of the world's premier astronomy expos.
Jenna caught the Astronomy staff's attention with a touching essay about how much it means to her to share the night sky with another astronomy enthusiast in her family, her father, Jim Elliott. “I love to look up at the skies and see the magic of our universe unfold,” she wrote. “One of the things that is even more magical is the bond shared between [my dad and I] because of astronomy. My dad has shown me things no one in the world could replicate.”
Learn more about this year's winner at Astronomy.com/news. |