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2014 "It's All Write!" Short Story Contest

Around 358 teen writers turned in stories for the 2014 "It's All Write!" teen short story contest. Below is a list of the 2014 winners (and past winners) from the It's All Write! contest, including a list of the 2014 finalists. You can also read the compiled 2014 "It's All Write!" Book as well as a full list of submissions.

Middle School Winners

1st Zoe Lubetkin "Jumping for the Young and Rash" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Elena Bernier "The Elevator" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Mary Collins "The Gryphon Trainer" PDF Text-Only Version

9th-10th Grade Winners

1st Avis Zane "Saint Simone Against the Fear"
2nd Kelsey Towne "Aspartame" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Jackson Hassell "The Daedalus Network" PDF Text-Only Version

11-12th Grade Winners

1st Eveline Liu "a lonely hunter" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Annie Gao "The Baby Maker"
3rd Nina Shallman "At the Pond"

2014 Finalists in three grade categories:

6-8th Grade:

Elena Bernier "The Elevator"
Henry Branch "The Immigrant Kid" Text-Only Version
Mary Collins "The Gryphon Trainer" Text-Only Version
Heidi Hepler "Why the Opposum has a Pouch" Text-Only Version
Mallery A. Bee "Love and Loss: The Way the World Turns" Text-Only Version
Hannah Kathryn Cohen "Girls Don't Wear Dog Tags" Text-Only Version
Celia Kessler "Paper" Text-Only Version
Ryan Klooster "Ice" Text-Only Version

Emily Lancaster "Nukasāna" Text-Only Version
Zoe Lubetkin "Jumping For the Young and Rash" Text-Only Version
Celeste Pan "Perfekte Fehl" Text-Only Version
Bridget Roberts "Snowman for Sam" Text-Only Version
Emma Roth "Jailbird" Text-Only Version
Lydia Stevens "Just a Few Folds" Text-Only Version
Christopher Zou"Gentlemen Love Money" Text-Only Version

9-10th Grade:

Aleyah Austin "Lonely Landscapes" Text-Only Version
Kate Cohee "Can I Climb Them?" Text-Only Version
Sarah DeMont "With Clouds Above Me" Text-Only Version
Catherine Garton "When I Fall" Text-Only Version
Jackson Hassell "The Daedalus Network" Text-Only Version

Maariya Mahmood "A Sightless World" Text-Only Version
Emerald Norman "Lumina" Text-Only Version
Mya Torres "The House of Horrors" Text-Only Version
Kelsey Towne "Aspartame" Text-Only Version
Avis Zane "Saint Simone Against the Fear"

11-12th Grade:

Hanel Baveja "Kelani"
Annie Gao "The Baby Maker"
Katherine Hernandez "Ammunition" Text-Only Version
Katheryne Johnston "The Last Piece"
Lydia Kibler Evans "The Bird Girl" Text-Only Version

Eveline Liu "a lonely hunter" Text-Only Version
Jacqueline Ose "Under the City" Text-Only Version
Ben Ratner "A Different Woman" Text-Only Version
Ellen Sauer "Recapitulation" Text-Only Version
Nina Shallman "At the Pond"

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" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Sofia Kwok "Beach Glass" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Mary Collins "The Invasion of Lizzy Burnell" PDF Text-Only Version

High School 9th/10th Grade Winners:

1st Marie Martelli "The Gourd Tree"  
2nd Milo Davidson "The Prisoner's Dilemma" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Steven Schulte "Sunstep" PDF Text-Only Version

High School 11th/12th Grade Winners:

1st Allison Light "Going Once" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Josie Benson "Buoyancy" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Leah Awkward-Rich "Breach" PDF 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

2012 "It's All Write!" Short Story Contest

Around 350 teen writers turned in stories for the 2012 "It's All Write!" short story writing contest. Click on the titles below to read the stories or get the entire [2012 "It's All Write!" Book].

Middle School Winners:

1st Elise Blaauw "Expressionless" [PDF] [Text-Only Version]
2nd Sarah Kopacz "Like Summer Rain" [PDF] [Text-Only Version]
3rd Kristen Hayden "Shades" [PDF] [Text-Only Version]

High School 9th/10th Grade Winners:

1st Hannah Blaaux "The Glass Cage" [PDF] [Text-Only Version]
2nd Leon Pescador "When the Sky Falls" [PDF] [Text-Only Version]
3rd Madeline Woods "The Rapid Evolution from Dumpee to Dumper" [PDF] [Text-Only Version]

High School 11th/12th Grade Winners:

1st Madeleine Bradford "Everything but Wings" [PDF] [Text-Only Version]
2nd Josie Benson "Black Walnut" [PDF] [Text-Only Version]
3rd Vanessa Decker "Sadie's Eyes" [PDF] [Text-Only Version]

 

2012 finalists in the three grade categories:

Middle School:

 

Ted Beeson [”The Tale of Sir John”] [Text-Only Version]
Charles Berofsky [“The God of the Arts”] [Text-Only Version]
Elise Blaauw ["Expresionless”] [Text-Only Version]
Kristen Hayden ["Shades”] [Text-Only Version]
Owen Hughes ["Stranger’s Tea”] [Text-Only Version]
Cynthia Jia ["The Cottage”] [Text-Only Version]
Eli Kirshner ["A Foreign Port”] [Text-Only Version]
Michael Kivel ["Phoenix”] [Text-Only Version ]
Sarah Kopacz ["Like Summer Rain”] [Text-Only Version]
Sofia Kwok ["The Flower Girl"] [Text-Only Version]
Katie Mina Lee ["Wishes, Wishes, Wishes"] [Text-Only Version]
Vivie Li ["Finding Me"] [Text-Only Version]
Steven O’Brien ["The Corrupt A. I."] [Text-Only Version]
Madline O’Connor ["Indifferent Doom"] [Text-Only Version]
Samuel Elijah Parkhurst ["The Battle of Shatizu Castle"] [Text-Only Version]
Isabel Ratner ["Believe”] [Text-Only Version]
Laurel Spaccarelli ["The Strange Lady"] [Text-Only Version]
Meghan Sullivan ["Dear Louis”] [Text-Only Version ]
Emily Tyner ["The Trap Door in the Stage”] [Text-Only Version ]
Matthew H. Ward ["The Desert”] [Text-Only Version]
Kassidy Zimmer ["The Hive”] [Text-Only Version]

High School 9th/10th Grade:

Rebekah Barfield ["Justice Among the Pines"] [Text-Only Version]
Helen Blaauw ["The Glass Cage"] [Text-Only Version]
Emily Clark ["The Color Red"] [Text-Only Version]
Rebekah E. Cline ["Secrets of the Greatest Age"] [Text-Only Version]
Meaghan Haling ["Lucky Archer" ] [Text-Only Version]
Mary Hasty ["Thesus"] [Text-Only Version]
Maria Meier ["Stolen by the Wind"] [Text-Only Version]
Leon Pescador ["When the Sky Falls"] [Text-Only Version]
Dana Shin ["Bits and Pieces" ] [Text-Only Version]
Wendy Weston ["Beloved"] [Text-Only Version]
Madeline Woods ["The Rapid Evolution from Dumpee to Dumper"] [Text-Only Version]
Vincent Zahm [“Invincible”] [Text-Only Version]
Sherry Zhang ["Ensnared Within the Binding Phantasm"] [Text-Only Version]

High School 11th/12th Grade:

Elizabeth Ballou ["Caedmon’s Hymn"] [Text-Only Version]
Josie Benson ["Black Walnut"] [Text-Only Version]
Michael Bloniarz ["Grand Central Station"] [Text-Only Version]
Madeleine Bradford "Everything but Wings" ["Everything but Wings"] [Text-Only Version]
Sarah Chavey ["Montana"] [Text-Only Version]
Lauren Childs ["Hello Again"] [Text-Only Version]
Rishindra Chinta "ETA: 2:30 PM"
Vanessa Decker [ "Sadie’s Eyes"] [Text-Only Version]
Margaret Abigail Flowers ["Roy’s Round Top Saloon and Dance Hall"] [Text-Only Version]
Ashwin Fujii ["Kai and the Sea"] [Text-Only Version]
Ioana Grosu ["Lovers in July"] [Text-Only Version]
Alyssa Holmes ["Custody"] [Text-Only Version]
Susan LaMoreaux ["Sewing up the Seams"] [Text-Only Version]
Clare Nowak ["Jack of Many Suits"] [Text-Only Version]
Hannah Pham ["Comb-overs and Other Rituals"] [Text-Only Version]
Rhiana Simon ["Cooing of the Mourning Dove"] [Text-Only Version]
Danielle Rini ["Capital Vices"] [Text-Only Version]
Jacob Thackston ["1985"] [Text-Only Version]

2011 "It's All Write!" Short Story Contest

Over 340 teen writers turned in stories for the 2011 "It's All Write!" short story writing contest. Click on the titles below to read the stories or get the entire 2011 "It's All Write!" Book.

Middle School Winners:

1st Samantha Puckorius "Clark and Davidson" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Carissa Skye "Nexus" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Dani Smotrich-Barr "Raindrop" PDF Text-Only Version

High School 9th/10th Grade Winners:

1st Madeleine Bradford "I Will Not Forget to Speak" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Emily Xiao "Importance of Being Intact" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Erin Baughn "To Fix the World" PDF Text-Only Version

High School 11th/12th Grade Winners:

1st Alexia Antoniou "TAPS" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Ben DeVries "Running" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Logan Kilpela "Herra's Nation" PDF Text-Only Version


2011 finalists in the three grade categories:

Middle School:

Matthew Boone “Fading Angel”
Elena Chambers “Conquering Samantha Hudson”
Connor Dehring "Baseball and Bullies"
Genera Fields "The Girl That Hated Fairy Tales”
Hannah Foster "Finding the Light”
Emma Gillies "Arala's Tale”
Ross Grogan-Kaylor "Raid on Seafort”
Cynthia Jia "Feathers"
Alban Jimenez "You Can Go Home on the Moving Train--I Will Build the Tracks"
Sarah Beth Kimsey "Maurice's Departure"
Eli Kirshner "Theft of No Value"
Sarah Kopacz "Where We Belong"
Kate Lukomski "Bella"
Erica Noble "Mark's Story"
Sloan Olsen "Never Thought I Was”
Paloma Paez-Coombe "The Glass Bottle”
Madi Rhea "Rain in the Forecast”
Nate Simon "Fifty Feet”
Alma Thompson "Fort Independence”

High School 9th/10th Grade:

Rebecca Amidei "Flawless"
Stephanie Boyd "The Freshie"
Iona Grosu "Passing Trains"
Aglaia Ho "The Song of the Butterfly"
Quinn Johns "Bread and Circuses"
Piper Kachman "The Beginning of the End"
Kate Lipman "Mammoth Games"
Lydia Munz "Ropeburns and Cigarette Scars"
Kaitlin Ruiz "Taking the Leap"
Abby Shotwell "Perfection as a Science"
Gabrielle Vuylsteke "The Blind Girl and the Protegee"
Wendy Wiland "Wings"
Sid Wilder "The Visit"

High School 11th/12th Grade:

Jing Chai "My America"
Mark Cortes "Unsatisfied Customer"
Michelle Grifka "Surprises"
Alyssa Holmes "Photo Album"
Hannah Kagan "The Sound of Silence"
Logan LeDuc "Brittle"
Brianna Matava "Window Washer"
Andrea Nicholson "Selfish"
Victoria Parr "Outside of God's Shadow"
Emmeline Ringquist "Greetings"
Kim Tran "Minotaur in the Darkness"
Margaret Whittier-Ferguson "Stop Bath"

2010 "It's All Write!" Short Story Contest

Over 250 teen writers turned in stories for the 2010 "It's All Write!" short story writing contest. Click on the titles below to read the stories or get the entire 2010 "It's All Write!" Book.

Middle School Winners:

1st Ifeoma Irobunda "The Garden Gnome" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Jessica Liu "Hana" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Hanel Baveja "My Brother, Isaac" PDF Text-Only Version

High School 9th/10th Grade Winners:

1st A. Bishel "The Bird Syndrome" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Rose Condon "Canon In D" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Erin Baughn "Switched" PDF Text-Only Version

High School 11th/12th Grade Winners:

1st Allison Burg "Cappuccino Girl" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Kayla Stoler "It's Like a Sanctuary" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Jasmine An "I Care" PDF Text-Only Version


2010 finalists in the three grade categories:

Middle School:

Emily Austin “Mrs. Mugglewump”
Caitlin Bowen “Monster”
Christy Choi “Reading Beauty"
Erika Dunkelberger “The Ride”
Claire Fishman “Found and Lost”
Quinn Johns “The Siege of Alesia”
Noah W. Luntzlara “Arcade”
Marissa Martzolff “Following Moss and Stars"
Grace McGibbon “Death, Divorce, Doughnuts & Red Ferraris”
Rishika Ramireddy “A Second Chance”
Andrea Scheffler “Death in Her Eyes”
Tanner Smart “Rogues Revealed: A Tale of Traitors & Heroes”
Jacqueline Way “Getting Up”

High School 9th/10th Grade:

Maggie Bonar “Revolution’s End”
Jing Chai “The Sailor Moon Card”
Maxwell Klausner “A Step into Manhood"
Christa Kuck “Bailey”
Susan LaMoreaux “Swimsuit Situation”
Kristen Lee “At the End”
Jessica MacDonald “Heaven Isn’t a Place”
Summer Moore “Hyperactive Hyperbole”
Aminah Muhammad “Mommy’s Girl”
Brittany Newell “The Tuckers”
Yunhan Wei “Karma”
Belinda Zoller “The Number”

High School 11th/12th Grade:

Gabrielle Cohen “In a Line”
Nasha deBryun “Nadia”
Kelly Falkowski “Card Tricks”
Michelle Grifka “Fresh Start”
Zubin Zhan “Ephemeral”
Katie Knoll “Pieces”
Nathan Lannan “Damaged”
Alyssa Liljequest “Imposter Navigator”
Ian Macdonald “My Hero”
Jennifer Pampreen “Weightless”
Megan Shiplett “Razzmatazz”
Rachel Stokes “Descent”"

2009 "It's All Write!" Short Story Contest

Over 200 teen writers turned in stories for the 2009 "It's All Write!" short story writing contest. Click on the titles below to read the stories or get the entire 2009 "It's All Write!" Book.

Middle School Winners:

1st Christy Choi "Stynkchro Boy" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Christina Bartson "Four Rolls of Toilet Paper" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Kaitlin Daida "Brothers, Calendars, and Lies" PDF Text-Only Version

High School 9th/10th Grade Winners:

1st Lexie Bartell "Day at the Museum" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Honora Wood "Trinity" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Kaitlin Daida "Charlie's Sleep" PDF Text-Only Version

High School 11th/12th Grade Winners:

1st Rebecca Cao "Great Beauty" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Lindsay Fischer "The Pebble Factory" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Michele Jobst "It" PDF Text-Only Version


2009 finalists in the three grade categories:

2008 "It's All Write!" Short Story Contest

Click on the titles below to read the stories or get the entire 2008 "It's All Write!" Book.

Middle School Winners:

1st Mari Cohen "Purple" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Lydia L. Brown "Bittersweet" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Caroline Elliott "Notes of Amadeus" PDF Text-Only Version

High School 9th/10th Grade Winners:

1st Regina Rose Kazanjian "Loways and Highways" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Lindsay Fischer "Everything is Connected" PDF Text-Only Version
3rd Sussy Pan "Breaking the Birthday Curse"    

High School 11th/12th Grade Winners:

1st Eva Colás "Searching" PDF Text-Only Version
2nd Lindsey Maxon "Networking"    
3rd Josh Ballard "Premonitions of a Janitor" PDF Text-Only Version

 

2008 finalists in the three grade categories:

Middle School:

 

Christina Bartson "Blind"
Ann Huang "The Lake"
Susan Lamoreaux "A Pet Fern"
S.M. Lazarsfeld "Trading Queen"
Mindze E.C. Mbala-Nkanga "The Wardrobe"
Natalie Nagpal "The Draakan Trilogy: Vioris"
Sarah Starman "A Black and White Memory"
Eugene Zen "The Chocolate Covered Fiasco"

High School 9th/10th Grade:

Yazen Alshunnar "The Wall"
Gabrielle Blakemore "Only as You Make Them"
Kate Brown "Traveling"
Stephanie Chueh "The Strange Disappearance of Alonzo Montgomery"
Carlina Duan "Steps"
Jakob Hildebrandt "St.Joe"
Katelyn Horning "Why Would it be Murder???"
Noah Kaczor "Churchill"
Sandra Periord "A Date with Disaster"
Hehui Quan "The Fortuitous Day of David Virens"
Stephanie Steele "Surfing Tournament"

High School 11th/12th Grade:

Emily Brown "Boredom Can Be Dangerous"
Isabella Decker "Available May Through October"
Elinor Epperson "Cats With Bright Orange Homes"
Kerry Flannagan "Dr. Sherman and the Quahog"
Harper Jocque "We Who Stand and Speak of Culture"
Dmitri Kapousta "Self-Made Prophet"
Jen Pittman "Model"
Rebecca E. Punch "Chiaroscuro"
Noam Samuel "Day of Atonement"
Kaylie Schaufele "To The Next Step"
Matt Sherry "Your Friendly Neighborhood Extortionist"
Nathan Shumway "Fantasy and Fire"
Julia Tang "Under the Weather"
Raymond P. Viviano "The Contrast"

2007 "It's All Write!" Short Story Contest

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”

High School 9th/10th Grade Winners:

1st Paul Princen “Generation Gap”
2nd Alex Gradwohl “Seeking Strength”
3rd Jordan Pemberton “It Rained Last Night”

High School 11th/12th Grade Winners:

1st Jackie Cohen “Something Else”
2nd Estelle Drent “The Fifty-Dollar Fish”
3rd Isabella Decker “Adam and Laura”

2007 finalists in the three grade categories:

Middle School:

Josie Ruth Cohen “Karen’s Clone”
Rebecca Dyck “Just in Time”
Betsy Mansfield “An Immigrant’s Journey”
Priyanka Menon “Empathy or Hope”
Andrew Paulissen “The Sithills”
Jasmine Powell “I’ll Be Waiting”
Samantha Rudelich “Will”

High School 9th/10th Grade:

Lindsay Fischer “Symmetrical”
Mira Fishman “Chickpeas”
Constance Lam “The White Carnation”
Naomi Lin “The Many Days in a Minute”
Charles Lu “Helping Out”
Lindsey Maxon “Purpose”
Nowal Nasir “The Bargain”
Kelly Newman “The Day Ed (Almost) Died”
Joon-Hyock Oh “The Great Barrier Reef”
Allison Reid “Jimmy Meets Mother Theresa”
Bailey Yi “Washed Away”

High School 11th/12th Grade:

Luis Anderson “Corvus”
Amit Ashkenazi “Kings and Servants”
Evan Granito “The Beard”
Emily Grove “Arys”
Sarah Hodin “Raindance”
Lauren Koski “Stains”
Emma List “Mission Accomplished”
Angela Marchand “Otto”
Sabrina Na “Timeless”
Lizzie Rivard “Washed Away”
Andy Seiler “Nets”
Julia Upfal “The Wedding”

2006 "It's All Write!" Short Story Contest

Middle School Winners:

1st Lindsay Fischer “Alien Girl”
2nd Timothy G. Rhein “Escape to Denmark”
3rd Isabel McKay “A Slanted Roof”

High School 9th/10th Grade Winners:

1st Eva Colás “Morning Again”
2nd Maya Lamm “Saved”
3rd Sabrina Na “Daisies in the Garden”

High School 11th/12th Grade Winners:

1st Emmaleigh Mia Paul “How to Make Empenadas”
2nd Jenneva Scholz “The Gift”
3rd Eva Miller “A Romance”

2006 finalists in the three grade categories:

Middle School:

Kristy Abrahm “Takato Miato”
Calina Duan “Entwined”
Derek Fead “The Best Kind of Injury”
Maggie Grundler “A Little Catching Up”
Laura Immonen “Me, the Blizzard, and a Turtle”
Lissa Kryska “Dopey and Seven Princesses”
S.M. Lazarfeld “Lonesome”
Teddy Perry “Mammoth”
Abby Pianelli “The Secret”
Allison Sharrar “A Brighter Future”
Nick Sorscher “The Firestone”
Walaa Tout “Guilty for Greed”
Christy Vanek “Wake Up”
Margaret Whittier-Ferguson “Seeds”
Eugene Zen “Giants Ants Attack”
Annie Zhang “A View From the Handing Platform”

High School 9th/10th Grade:

Margaret Agnew “The Siren’s Eye”
Megan Brooks-Planck “The Glass Factory”
Emily Brown “Moving On”
Sam Dochoda “The Iron-Pawed Wolf”
Sian Dowis “Dopey”
Chris Jalilevand “The Remote”
Hallie Morris “Lilacs for Sara”
Priyanka Murthy “The Party”
Elizabeth Przbyiski Deatrick “Freedom Lake”
Mary Taylor “Regarding the Plums”
Jennifer W. Woolley “And Ending With Pearls”

High School 11th/12th Grade:

Leah Bromberg “Riding Love”
Daniel Burgener “Weaving Death”
Jackie Cohen “Eccentricity”
Anneka Goss “The Tidepool”
Alistair Hayden “When Two Worlds Collide”
Marisa Huston “The Jesus Lights”
Catherine Opalka “Eight Hundred Feet”
Martin Tinkerhess “Midnight Blues”

2004-05 "It's All Write!" Short Story Contests

2005 "It's All Write!" Short Story Contest

Middle School Winners:

1st Mary Gallagher “Madoc”
2nd Julia Durham “The Story of My Life”
3rd Victoria Linder “Racing the Tides”

High School 9th/10th Grade Winners:

1st Jaclyn Cohen “Sparks”
2nd Lily Baker “Mr. Horace”
3rd Geoffrey McFarland “Priorities of a Country Witch”

High School 11th/12th Grade Winners:

1st Kati Shanks “Passing Judgment”
2nd AbdiAziz Ali “Run From the War”
3rd Nicole Stagg “Expecting”



2004 "It's All Write!" Short Story Contest

Middle School Winners:

1st Laura Wellman “The Painter”
2nd Lizzie Rivard “One December Morning”
3rd Firas Shalabi “Lunch Up High”

High School 9th/10th Grade Winners:

1st Camille Bonham “Pineapple is the Best I Can Do”
2nd Jenneva A. Scholz “Secrets”
3rd Lin Yang “The Orange Tree”

High School 11th/12th Grade Winners:

1st Nicole Stagg “On Tethered Wings”
2nd Adam Markovitz “Plumbing the Depths”
3rd Erin Pianelli “Code Blue”