And the Winners are…!

23 authors to be published in Bluefire 2019.

 

The results are in! After three rounds of judging, the works of twenty-three young authors have                                                                                         been chosen to appear in the 2019 edition of Bluefire, the literary journal of our foundation.                                                                                              Thank you to the hundreds of students who participated in this year’s contest, and congratulations                                                                                          to the newly published authors.

 

We hope you will join us in celebrating these authors on Sunday, April 28th at Kepler’s Books in                                                                                           Menlo Park, CA. The independent nonprofit Kepler’s Literary Foundation is hosting the event,                                                                                             which starts at 11:00 a.m. and includes readings from the journal, a talk by best-selling writer                                                                                                Veronica Wolff, and a panel hosted by YA writer Lindsay Tam Holland. Please RSVP using the                                                                                                EventBrite button so we can have a seat and a journal ready for you!

 

And now – drumroll please…

 

$1000 Scholarship Winners

Rowan Brown, 12^th Grade, from Greenville, SC, for the story Magpie Grieving.

Luxy Bynum, 7^th Grade, from Laguna Beach, CA, for the story Fireflies.

 

$100 Prize Grade Level Winners

Elias Munoz, 11^th Grade, from Dublin, CA, for the story Bete Noir.

Maya Savin Miller, 10^th Grade, from Pasadena, CA, for the story The Song of Five O’Clock.

Paridhy Mann, 9^th Grade, from Santa Clara, CA, for the story Even Sunflowers Die in the Sun.

Helena Landels, 8^th Grade, from San Carlos, CA, for the story A Song about Kindling and Hills.

Kaci Freeman, 6^th Grade, from Los Altos, CA, for the story Hurdles.

 

Honorable Mention Winners

Emma Shipley, 12^th Grade, from Greenwood, MO, for As Above, So Below.

Christopher Hippensteel, 12^th Grade, from Kutztown, PA, for Catch and Release.

Beatrice Stewart, 12^th Grade, from Palo Alto, CA, for Elijah.

Avery Johnson, 12^th Grade, from Santa Clara, CA, for Siren.

Nicole Li, 11^th Grade, from Shanghai, China, for Castaway.

Maya Levine, 11^th Grade, from Palo Alto, CA, for Gone to Pot.

Maggie Needham, 10^th Grade, from Dexter, MI, for Masterpiece.

Ben Siminoff, 10^th Grade, from Los Altos Hills, CA, for Three Sighted Mice.

Hannah Eastman, 9^th Grade, from Portola Valley, CA, for How to Say Goodbye.

Marta Olson, 9^th Grade, from San Carlos, CA, for Modern Heroine.

Dilara Sumbul, 9^th Grade, from San Carlos, CA, for The Little Lions.

Cat Bui, 9^th Grade, from Manhattan Beach, CA, for Yellow Balloons.

Maya Ellis, 8^th Grade, from San Carlos, CA, for Shooting Stars.

Audrey Blanchard, 8^th Grade, from San Carlos, CA, for Venting About Vending Machines.

Gabriella Wang, 7^th Grade, from Hillsborough, CA, for Good Enough.

Peyton Hui, 6^th Grade, from Sunnyvale, CA, for Come Back to Me.

 

Thank you to all our 2018 donors, journal purchasers, and contest judges!