This year in Authors In The Schools, participating students were given the opportunity to enter a writing contest sponsored by AllWriters’ Workplace & Workshop. All students were given the same prompt. They had to start their piece with the words, “There were days when the wall was too large.” They were allowed to change it into present tense, “There are days when the wall is too large,” or future tense, “There would be days when the wall is too large,” but that was the only change allowed. They could write poetry, fiction, or nonfiction, up to 500 words. Then they had to bring their piece to the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books on November 2 and drop it off at the AllWriters’ table.
The winners are:
1ST PRIZE
Won Stephen King’s “On Writing”, a writing journal and pen, a big eraser, and a $100 gift certificate for classes at AllWriters’
Disha Deepak (poem)
6th grade
Silver Spring Intermediate School
Sussex, WI
2ND PRIZE
Won Ray Bradbury’s “The Zen Of Writing”, a writing journal and pen, a big eraser, and a $50 gift certificate for classes at AllWriters’
Olivia Bunkers (poem)
6th grade
Silver Spring Intermediate School
Sussex, WI
3RD PRIZE
Won Natalie Goldberg’s “Writing Down The Bones”, a writing journal and pen, a big eraser, and a $25 gift certificate for classes at AllWriters’
Claire Schumacher
6th grade
Silver Spring Intermediate School
Sussex, WI
All three students will also be featured readers at the AllWriters’ Friday Night Free For All 15th Birthday Bash in January.
