StoryMakers
2008 StoryMakers Winning Stories Posted!The winners of the StoryMakers Short Story Contest for middle schoolers have been selected! We had more than 700 entries this year – and were so impressed by the story submissions. Thanks to all who participated...keep those creative juices flowing!
Sixth Grade
1st place Logan Weinman An Untypical Day with Cantankerous Carl
2nd place Diego Fajardo The Gringo
3rd place Lucas Bingham Stick Figures
Finalists (Sixth grade)
Laurel Bloszies Truth
Amy Zimmermann Murder on Muddy Creek
Megan Laubhan The Monster: Tierney's Story
Rebecca Martaindale Lost Moments
Rebecca Schwartz Lying to Meet You
7th Grade
1st place Callie Lang C Average
2nd place Cierra Cowden I Wrote About Him
3rd place Jeffrey Maher The Thief
Finalists (7th grade)
Jacqueline Chiastra Last Day of School
Emily Sun Rose
Jewel Regier Papa's Watch
Madeline Doak That Story
Emily Langenberg The Case of the Rotten Peaches
8th Grade
1st place Nathan Alexander The Little Red Hen, the Little Red Farm, And How the Latter Turned Blue.
2nd place Erika Davidoff Lessons From an Alley Cat
3rd place Katie Ciaglo Priceless
Finalists (8th grade)
Melanie Grunduig A Splash of Adventure
Naomi Kirschner Love is Blind
Nicole Huettl Daisies
Maren Blair The Decision of a Life Time
Ben Heberlein Twins
The StoryMakers contest was made possible by a generous $15,000 grant from the Qwest Foundation.
Qwest and Rocky Mountain PBS thank the following for
donating prizes for the winners:
