2018 Finalists in Flash Fiction: Finalist 6-8 Grade: Joy Li The Fox and the Bird Anita Gaenko Wings Mason Norcliffe Beacon of Hope Amelia Prins Reed's First Catch Makayla Diep Blue Love Lily Hernandez Pearl Vanity Abigail Cullen The Crash Maisie Hickling The Chest Neva Celiker The Gifted Felicity Rosa-Davies My Father's Favorite Star Anonymous Probably Just Teenager Crap Turner Toliuszis The Wyvern Jonathan Kim Coma Sydney DiMarco Stage Fright Finalist 9-10 Grade: Lexie Burns Colors of the Dead Laura Edwards The Walls We Build Rimsha Faizi The Party Ashley Fischer Tomorrow Madeline Gupta Your Choices Affect Everyone Annilee Hampton The Soloist Leena Khan Last Breath Serena Lozandi Sa Bukid Ralfo Manzur Skeleton Austin McDonald Altered Reality Elizabeth Morgan Grim Lily Patterson A Love Story Kimberly Pruetting Little Red Riding Hood Claire Robinson Camera Roll Emily Shiroff Technical Accidents Srinithi Srinivas Bona Fide Mateo Strickland A Recruits Debut Elyse Thomas Tale of Black Culture Kelsey Walter No Time, No Life Finalist 11-12 Grade: Ronia Cabansag Dinner Deeya Chaturvedi Stage Fright Annika Eske After a Fire Tanvi Jaikamal I Didn't Mean To Katherine Park Superspreader Morgan Rogers An Unusual Abduction Prianka Subrahmanyam Vengeance 2018 Finalists in Short Story: Finalist 6-8 Grade: Layla Chai Waiting For You Leah Cunningham Lifted Anita Gaenko The Clocks Nora Gillard Barely Breathing Devon Hushon The Day I Got My New Puppy Christine Kang Another Day of Grace Frances Charles Magness Chimera Katharine Mamizuka From Your Heart Julia Mei Would You Like to Make a Deal?/a> Kamie Mueller "Still Addison" Aubrey Pierson Mr. Linden's Library Fiona Schaffer Water Lilies Eujin Shim Moments Charlotte Sovka Diaspora Finalist 9-10 Grade: Kira Brehob What's Your Name? Paulette DeJarnette The Favorite Madeline Gupta Les Neuf Vies Annilee Hampton Crossed-off Dates and Missed Events Chloe Kurihara The Hepplewhite Sierra Lubetkin The Girl with the Purple Flower Shirt Bella Matthews Your Fortune Liv McClary Grief's Friends Adam O'Doherty Birdsong Lily Patterson Seasons Ilana Sabban Samuel Amrita Sangani A Brother's Gift Carley Simler Trouble in Paradise Natalie Sturgeon The Plunge Elyse Thomas Collection of Care Noah Wilson Almost Home Finalist 11-12 Grade: Sadie Bradley Sight Mary Collins Clockwork Sophya Giudici-Juarez Take One for the Team Karen Liu Sunscreen for Survival Kimberly McGuire Nameless, He Was Aryn Ghajji Caitlyn Mlodzik Into the Morning Air Nyaila Newbold Adnan's Story Lydia Stevens Forgotten But Not Lost Abigail Tyrrell E Puhi Lākou Carl Ufongene Brian the Ghost Shuhan Yin Lotus Show Menu Menu Library News Locations & Hours Support AADL Friends Bookshop Employment Volunteering Contact Us Annual Reports Partnerships Library Board Strategic Planning AADL Policies WLBPD Services Ask Us Library Cards Meeting Rooms Events Classes & Workshops Lectures & Panels Storytimes & Playgroups