To infinity and beyond, or at least to the Milky Way - this year’s Fair Bear Writing Competition sponsored by the Georgia National Fair has Fair Bear being launched into space.  This annual writing contest open to fourth, fifth, and sixth graders in Georgia, allows students to submit a creative writing essay based on the theme of the contest.  

Fourth-grader Henry McInnis’s entry was selected as first-place.  His writing will be forwarded to the Georgia National Fair for the state-wide competition. Devin Claiborne ‘s entry was second place, and Amanda Trautman’s entry was third.