The Duke University Talent Identification Program (Duke TIP) has named the winners of its 2017 Writing Contest, held annually for participants in the TIP 4th–6th Grade Talent Search. This year, students were asked to write a story about a dog that has escaped from an animal control officer, from the dog’s point of view. Over eight hundred stories were submitted. Entries included wild adventures and poignant reflections on individuals’ relationships with their pets, and there were seven different states represented among the winners.
