THE RESULTS ARE IN!

AND THE 2022 WINNERS ARE …!

Congratulations to all the young authors who told their stories and were brave enough

to share them with us. From more than 1200 entries, we selected 26 stories to publish

in Bluefire 2022.

Here are the $1000 for 1000 Words Creative Writing Contest Results for 2022

$1000 GRAND PRIZE WINNERS

**Ivy Chen, 11^th Grade, from Naperville, IL, for the story Where Dust Consumes.**

**Claire Guo, 8^th Grade, from San Jose, CA, for the story Gunpowder and Smoke.**

$100 Prize Grade Level Winners

Jenny Hu, 12^th Grade, from Cincinnati, OH, for the story Diet Mountain Dew.

Claire Li, 10^th Grade, from Bellevue, WA, for the story Christmastime at Court.

Aravah Chaiken, 9^th Grade, from New York City, NY, for the story A Wave Good-Bye.

Leah Tropper, 7^th Grade, from Dallas, TX, for the story The Seven Chairs.

Eliya Wee, 6^th Grade, from Menlo Park, CA, for the story Mo Chuisle; My Pulse.

Honorable Mention Winners

Richard Zhu, 12^th Grade, from Highland Park, NJ, for the story The Angel’s Interrogation.

Callum Yeaman, 12^th Grade, from San Francisco, CA, for the story The Little White Pill.

Mmachi Ezigbo, 11^th Grade, from Daleville, VA, for the story Bring May Flowers.

Madhalasa Iyer, 11^th Grade, from Plano, TX, for the story The Pallu.

Elani Spencer, 11^th Grade, from Rochester, NY, for the story There is War in My Country.

Ashley Xu, 11^th Grade, from Brookline, MA, for the story Three Body Problem.

Claire Buchanan, 10^th Grade, from Bethesda, MD, for the story Movie of Memories.

Alyssa Wong, 10^th Grade, from Hillsborough, CA, for the story The Crypt-Keeper.

Grace Liu, 9^th Grade, from Ann Arbor, MI, for the story Pixie Girl Omophagia.

Michelle Chen, 9^th Grade, from Boston, MA, for the story Watch as Everything Shatters.

Alaina Wallen, 8^th Grade, from Harrisburg, PA, for the story Dear Doug (P.S. I want the kids back).

Chelsea Guo, 8^th Grade, from San Jose, CA, for the story Hide-and-Seek.

Emily Yen, 7^th Grade, from Houston, TX, for the story Just Like Magic.

Ada Forester, 7^th Grade, from Portland, OR, for the story No Happily Ever After.

Christiana Hewines, 7^th Grade, from Macomb, MI, for the story The Footsteps of Thousands.

Audrey Culler, 7^th Grade, from Chattanooga, TN, for the story The Presentation.

Simon Bhuiyan, 6^th Grade, from Canton, MI, for the story The Observation.

Mayowa Adegunle, 6^th Grade, from Indianapolis, IN, for the story The Story of a Soulless Painter.

Hailey Chang, 6^th Grade, from Irvine, CA, for the story Trains.

Thank you to all our 2022 donors, readers, & contest judges!