2013 "It's All Write!" Short Story Contest
Around 335 teen writers turned in stories for the 2013 "It's All Write!" short story writing contest. Click on the titles below to read the stories. You can also read the entire 2013 "It's All Write!" Book. Below is a list of the 2013 winners (and past winners) from the It's All Write! contest, including a list of the 2013 finalists. Read all other submissions that the AADL received here.
Middle School Winners:
| 1st | Cynthia Jia | "The Soles of Our Shoes" | Text-Only Version | |
| 2nd | Sofia Kwok | "Beach Glass" | Text-Only Version | |
| 3rd | Mary Collins | "The Invasion of Lizzy Burnell" | Text-Only Version |
High School 9th/10th Grade Winners:
| 1st | Marie Martelli | "The Gourd Tree" | ||
| 2nd | Milo Davidson | "The Prisoner's Dilemma" | Text-Only Version | |
| 3rd | Steven Schulte | "Sunstep" | Text-Only Version |
High School 11th/12th Grade Winners:
| 1st | Allison Light | "Going Once" | Text-Only Version | |
| 2nd | Josie Benson | "Buoyancy" | Text-Only Version | |
| 3rd | Leah Awkward-Rich | "Breach" | Text-Only Version |
2013 Finalists in three grade categories:
Middle School:
| Amy Daley "Summers at Lily Manor" Text-Only Version Ian Gates "Collage of the Mask" Text-Only Version Catherine Garton "Glazed Over" Text-Only Version Julia Graham "A Dark Cloud Around the Moon" Text-Only Version Elise Hoffman "Freedom" Text-Only Version Ellie Howell "Breaking Ice" Text-Only Version Tanvi Jaikamal "Friends" Text-Only Version Delace Jia "The Contest" Text-Only Version Zane Jones ”Misled” Text-Only Version |
Nicole Knauer ”Bittersweet Notes” Text-Only Version Miranda McCarthy ”Philosophy of Stars” Text-Only Version James Read ”Terrible Top” Text-Only Version Erika Smith ”The Assassin” Text-Only Version Carson Snyder ”Unknown Love” Text-Only Version Zoe Stephan ”Letters to Julia” Text-Only Version Mary Xu ”Fairy Tale” Text-Only Version Hannah Zonnevylle ”The Rapid Escalation of Tragedy” Text-Only Version |
High School 9th/10th Grade:
| Elise Blaauw ”An Empty Hanger” Text-Only Version Cody Caplette ”The Feeling” Text-Only Version Woojung Jo ”Choose Your Own Fortune" Text-Only Version Sarah Elizabeth Kimsey ”With Possible Side Effects" Text-Only Version Sharon Lee "Citizen Lydia Harrow" Tashi Stewart ”The Dead Sisterhood" Text-Only Version Waleed Vaid ”With Every Hardship Comes Ease" Text-Only Version Catherine Valdez ”Colony Collapse Syndrome" Text-Only Version Katherine Weber ”The Little Things" Text-Only Version |
High School 11th/12th Grade:
| Hanel Baveja "Ambassadors of Nostalgia" Matt Chervin ”Amidst the Lilies" Text-Only Version Rishindra Chinta ”Shrimposium" Mari Cohen ”Ringtones and Reasons" Text-Only Version Alexa Derman ”On Atticus" Text-Only Version Megan Estey”One Million Realities" Text-Only Version Maeher Grewal ”Where the Moon Does Not Rise in Argentina" Text-Only Version Yoojin Hahn ”But Howard is Not a Character" Text-Only Version Christian Koch ”Different World, Same Story" Text-Only Version Kate Lipman ”Eden's Forest" Text-Only Version Thomas Morin ”Chalk" Text-Only Version Madeline Woods ”The Great Appliance Rebellion" Text-Only Version |