Young Writers Contest


Announcing the honorees from the second annual Bookshop Santa Cruz Young Writers Contest

The winning stories have been published in an anthology that is available in the store and through our website (below). Thank you to all of the wonderful young writers who entered our contest!

 

 


 
 
Young Writers Contest Honorees 2011

Young Writers Contest Honorees 2011

By Bookshop Santa Cruz
$10.95
Model: YW11

HONOREES:

Ages 6–9

First Place:
Ada Firth, 9, The Bird Feather Series, Book1:Tertiary
Second Place:
Kirah Mitchel, 9, Celeste’s Adventure in the Future
Third Place:
Johann Brooks, 7, The Gold Shield
Honorable Mention:
Isabella Hernández Lara, 8, Thunder the Chocolate Lab Learns How to Fly
Honorable Mention:
Zara Brandt, 9, The World of Ahleah

 

Ages 10–13

First Place:
Leif Daniel Frazer, 11, The Great Gold Rush
Second Place:
Laura Warfield, 13, Skywarrior
Third Place:
Kelly Buckler, 13, The Last Train to Dog Town
Honorable Mention:
Amrita Bhasin, 10, The Shreiks in the Night
Honorable Mention:
Mira Huang, 13, The Bargain

Ages 14+

First Place:
Max Lopez, 17, Shooting the Tiger
Second Place:
Tess Dunn, 16, My Mom, the Cook
Third Place:
Alice Koltchev, 13, The Town With No Internet
Honorable Mention:
Zach Bamberger, 15, If the Walls Could Talk
Honorable Mention:
Melissa Dittrich, 17, The Pink Dress

Young Writers Contest Honorees 2010

Young Writers Contest Honorees 2010

$10.95
Model: YM10

2010 HONOREES

AGES 6–9

First Place: Stella Koslowski, 8, The Happy Times Mouse

Second Place: Parise Zeleny, 9, My Daring Escape

Third Place: Anthony Nash, 7, Haiku

Honorable Mention: Ruby Tennant, 9, Tricky Trip

Honorable Mention: Armando Vasquéz-Green, 7, Scared of Erasers

AGES 10–13

First Place: Abigail Bolter, 13, David's Heaven

Second Place: Mira Huang, 12, Cardamon's Fight to Stand

Third Place: Jasper Barnes, 11, Nigel and the Time Machine

Honorable Mention: Sophie Warren, 11, The Snow Girl

Honorable Mention: Meiya Sparks Lin, 10, The Golden Chains

AGES 14+

First Place: Hans Mills, 15, A Reaper's Redemption

Second Place: Ethan Kopit, 15, Yad VaShem

Third Place: Moriah Pollock, 17, Givvy

Honorable Mention: Samson Stilwell, 17, The Goldilocks Complex: A Memoir

Honorable Mention: Miranda Baker, 14, Mary's Ranch

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