VALDOSTA — An elementary school student won a state writing award.

Madison Newman, a third grader at Dewar Elementary School, entered a writing piece entitled “Me and My Feet.”

The essay won first place for third grade in her school. It was then entered in the Lowndes County contest and placed first in the system, according to a county school system press release.

The system submitted her entry to the Regional Coastal Plains RESA contest where she again placed first. Coastal Plains RESA sent her writing piece to the Georgia Council of Teachers of English where she was selected as the state winner for third grade.

Madison’s writing will be posted on the Georgia Council of Teachers of English, and she will be invited to attend the Superintendent’s Spring Recognition ceremony, May 10.