"It's All Write!" Congratulations
by Bertha
During the Ann Arbor Book Festival, teen author, Ron Koertge spoke to finalists of the short story writing contest with humor and insightful advice. And the winners are. . .(click "read more" below)
Middle School Winners:
1st Ben DeVries - "Why I Failed My Math Exam-A Confessional"
2nd Mari Cohen - "The Truth Prisoner"
3rd Dylan Schepers - "Jack Summers"
9th/10th High School Winners:
1st Paul Princen - "Generation Gap"
2nd Alex Gradwohl - "Seeking Strength"
3rd Jordan Pemberton - "It Rained Last Night"
11th/12th High School Winners:
1st Jackie Cohen - "Something Else"
2nd Estelle Drent - "The Fifty-Dollar Fish"
3rd Isabella Decker - "Adam and Laura"
Other Finalists in the three grade categories:
Middle School:
Rebecca Dyck - "Just in Time"
Samantha Rudelich - "Will"
Betsy Mansfield - "An Immigrant's Journey"
Priyanka Menon - "Empathy or Hope"
Josie Ruth Cohen - "Karen's Clone"
Andrew Paulissen - "The Sithils"
Jasmine Powell - "I'll Be Waiting"
9th/10th High School Winners:
Lindsay Fischer - "Symmetrical"
Joon -Hyock Oh - "The Great Barrier Reef"
Nowal Nasir - "The Bargain"
Mira Fishman - "Chickpeas"
Charles Lu - "Helping Out"
Naomi Lin - "The Many Days in a Minute"
Kelly Newman - "The Day Ed (Almost) Died"
Lindsey Maxon - "Purpose"
Allison Reid - "Jimmy Meets Mother Theresa"
Bailey Yi - "Washed Away"
Constance Lam - "The White Carnation"
11th/12th High School Winners:
Emily Grove - "Arys"
Lizzie Rivard - "Washed Away"
Evan Granito - "The Beard"
Sarah Hodin - "Raindance"
Sabrina Na - "Timeless"
Luis Anderson - "Corvus"
Angela Marchand - "Otto"
Amit Ashkenazi - "Kings and Servants"
Andy Seiler - "Nets"
Julia Upfal - "The Wedding"
Lauren Koski - "Stains"
Emma List - "Mission Accomplished"
Applause goes out to ALL the teen writers for their efforts , courage, and creativity, in submitting a story. We hope you all write many, many more stories.
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