AND THE WINNERS ARE …!

 

Announcing our $1000 for 1000 Words Creative Writing Contest Results

 

26 stories, from over 700 entries, were chosen to be published in Bluefire 2021.                                                                                                  Congratulations to everyone who told their stories and were brave enough to share them                                                                               with us. We hope to see you again in 2022!

 

Bluefire 2021 will be available for purchase, through our website, beginning in late April.                                                                                  Please consider supporting our mission and our young authors.

 

$1000 SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS

 

Avalon Felice Lee, 11^th Grade, from Santa Clara, CA,                                                                                                                                 for the story Pink Citrus Soap.

 

Eliana Igwike, 7^th Grade, from Brown Deer, WI,                                                                                                                                           for the story Between the Static of the Radio.

 

$100 Prize Grade Level Winners

 

Khadija Ahmed, 12^th Grade, from Annandale, VA, for the story Something Sweet.

 

Trini Feng, 10^th Grade, from Crystal Lake, IL, for the story Triumph to Last.

 

Allison Xu, 9^th Grade, from Rockville, MD, for the story The Pale Moon.

 

Valerie Shu, 8^th Grade, from San Jose, CA, for the story Cloud Watching.

 

Camille Chu, 6^th Grade, from Hillsborough, CA, for the story GENMED.

 

Honorable Mention Winners

 

Irene Kim, 11^th Grade, from Tenafly, NJ, for the story Hidden Cemeteries.

Steven Deng, 11^th Grade, from Orlando, FL, for the story In Sense.

Frank Zhou, 11^th Grade, from Farmers Branch, TX, for the story Torn Canopies.

Marta Olson, 11^th Grade, from San Carlos, CA, for the story Train Tracks and Sunsets.

Charlotte Berry, 11^th Grade, from San Carlos, CA, for the story Witching Hour.

Zoë Jaster, 10^th Grade, from Wichita Falls, TX, for the story Sound Waves.

Abigail Cushman, 10^th Grade, from Westborough, MA, for the story The Last Talent Show.

Molly Glass, 9^th Grade, from Carlsbad, CA, for the story Moving On.

Amy Gillson, 9^th Grade, from Mountain View, CA, for the story What If’s and If Only’s.

Rosemary Hunderford, 8^th Grade, from Molalla, OR, for the story Broken Dreams.

Lily Scheckner, 8^th Grade, from Silver Spring, MD, for the story The Elevator Ride.

Christine Chang, 8^th Grade, from San Carlos, CA, for the story The Fox.

Grace Liu, 8^th Grade, from Ann Arbor, MI, for the story Turn Your Face to the Sun.

Nina Raju, 8^th Grade, from Tucson, AZ, for the story When the Clock Strikes Midnight.

Chenya Kwon, 7^th Grade, from Thousand Oaks, CA, for the story His Last Breath.

Avah Dodson, 7^th Grade, from Oakland, CA, for the story The Storyteller.

Frances Widmer, 7^th Grade, from Washington, DC, for the story Whale Song.

Katelyn Harms, 6^th Grade, from Glenwood, IA, for the story Writing Magic.

Lauren Burrow, 6^th Grade, from Cornelius, NC, for the story Senses.

 

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        Thank you to all our 2021 donors, readers, & contest judges!

 

Our 2022 $1000 for 1000 Words Creative Writing Contest will be open for submissions                                                                                                                                                                      December 1, 2021 – February 1, 2022.