A first-grader who was born without hands has won a national penmanship award, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
Annie Clark, a 7-year-old at Wilson Christian Academy in West Mifflin, Pa., got a trophy and $1,000 as one of two national winners of the Nicholas Maxim Special Award for Excellent Penmanship from the Zaner-Bloser language arts and reading company.
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Annie writes by wedging a pencil between her arms, the same way she feeds herself and even paints her toenails, the newspaper reports.
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