Awards & Recognition
Top Rated Stories and Contest Award Winners
Awards & Recognition
"I'd describe his writing as twisted whimsy. It's an upgrade from the stories about shoes that worked in a shoelace factory. Also, his spelling is much better."
- M. Krueger, Co-Author of The Puble Shoe, 3rd Grade Writing
First Runner Up: Absurdist Awakening Challenge
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Challenge Parameters: Craft a surreal absurdist tale in which a routine event escalates into an outrageously comical adventure.
Fictional Bizarre
First Runner Up: Future Fragments Challenge
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Challenge Parameters: write a story set in 2050 that explores hope, innovation, or an unexpcted future.
Fictional SciFi
Runner Up: Vocal L*pogram Challenge
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Challenge Parameters: write a story without using the letter 'i'.
Fictional Horror.
Runner Up: A Taste of Home
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Challenge Parameters: write about a recpie and its personal/cultural significance.
Non-Fiction Recipe.
Runner Up: The Soundtrack of Your Year Challenge
Vocal Top Story November 2024
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Non-Fictional Musical Playlist of the year
Runner Up: Vocal Represented Challenge
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Challenge Parameters: write about a moment when you saw yourself represented in the media and how that influenced your sense of identity and belonging.
Non-fiction.
Honorable Mention: Love in 50 Words
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Challenge Parameters: Love poetry using precisely 50 words.
Vocal Top Story March 2025
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Poetry/Lyrics
Vocal Top Story December 2024
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Fictional Magic Realism
Vocal Top Story September 2024
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Fictional Horror/Bizarre
Vocal Top Story August 2024
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**Content Warning**
Nonfiction act of kindness.
Vocal Top Story July 2024
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Fiction with a limerick sandwich.
Vocal Top Story November 2023
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Fictional Horror/Bizarre
Vocal Top Story March 2021
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Nonfiction story about Amos' adoption of two sweet and spicy dachshunds.