M A R C H 2 0 1 9 I S S U E 3 9 Dyslexic Advantage

N E W S L E T T E R

CONGRATS KARINAEIDE YOUNG WRITERS

AWARD WINNERS 2019

Congratulations to the amazing writers who submitted their masterpiecesReading through these remarkable poems and short stories youll be touched andinspired by the remarkable talent of these young people Thank you to thevolunteer judges Writers Studio parents teachers tutors donors and sponsorswho made all this possible - Fernette Eide

Check out our wonderful sponsors Winsor Learning Sonday SystemAll About Learning (Reading amp Spelling) Scanning Pens FastBridgeSummit Center Churchill Center amp School Maths Explained Visual BrandLearning Recite Me and The Writers Studio To Gift a Premium Subscription for AllYour Teachers at a school dyslexia group ortutoring center click HERE InstitutionalSubscriptions are for Colleges Literacy ampTutor Groups Thank you to volunteers Trish SeresDayna Russell Freudenthal MichelleWilliams and Shelley Wear for theirtireless proofing and feedbackThank you Lady Grace Belarmino forher beautiful design work and adminsupport by Sarah Macapobre

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Fernette Eide MD Editor

Editors Note to ensure that ourdyslexic members are able to read ourpublication without difficulty oureditorial policy is to avoid the use offonts or typefaces such as italics thatcan impede readability

Congratulations to the amazing writers who submitted their masterpiecesReading through these remarkable poems and short stories youll be touched andinspired by the remarkable talent of these young people Thank you to thevolunteer judges Writers Studio parents teachers tutors donors and sponsorswho made all this possible - Fernette Eide

Check out our wonderful sponsors Winsor Learning Sonday SystemAll About Learning (Reading amp Spelling) Scanning Pens FastBridgeSummit Center Churchill Center amp School Maths Explained Visual BrandLearning Recite Me and The Writers Studio To Gift a Premium Subscription for AllYour Teachers at a school dyslexia group ortutoring center click HERE InstitutionalSubscriptions are for Colleges Literacy ampTutor Groups Thank you to volunteers Trish SeresDayna Russell Freudenthal MichelleWilliams and Shelley Wear for theirtireless proofing and feedbackThank you Lady Grace Belarmino forher beautiful design work and adminsupport by Sarah Macapobre

GO PREMIUM

If youre reading a printcopy of this issue you can find thedigital copy with all the interactivefeatures here httpsjoomaggwya

DOWNLOAD THISNEWSLETTER HERE

Fernette Eide MD Editor

Editors Note to ensure that ourdyslexic members are able to read ourpublication without difficulty oureditorial policy is to avoid the use offonts or typefaces such as italics thatcan impede readability

To learn more about how toactivate read aloud for ournewsletters go HERE The pdfcan be read aloud on an iPhonewith these instructions

The storytelling strengths of dyslexic individuals is a talent that canappear in very young children as some of the young winners of theKarina Eide Young Writers program attest For others it is a talent thatis late blooming - but once bloomed never goes away Enjoy the wonderful stories and insights these writers are giving to theworld Their stories can make you laugh and cry and most of all reflectWe wish we had room to share ALL the writings that the students sentin Hats off to the Emotional Truth and Courage Unique Voice andSpecial Recognition winners Thank you to the parents the teachers and tutors grandparents andfriends who nurtured the sparks that now have become roaring blazes - Fernette Eide The Karina Eide Young Writers Awards were named to honor the memory ofour daughter Karina who was a giftedwriter who also enjoyed encouraging others

IRIS 9Anchorage AKRilke SchuleTeachers Frau Bittlingmaierand Herr Vincent-Lang

THE LITTLE CANVAS

Every night in a dark classroom full of dust and paintscanvases were stacked in piles on desks In one pilesat the tiniest canvas The littlest canvas was alwaysignored when children chose their canvases for an artproject This made the bigger ones more greedymean and selfish The Little Canvas was more quietand kind Kids always chose the big ones because theywanted their paintings to stand out Because of thisthe Little Canvas always felt lonely One day lights flickered on Childrenrsquos voices grewlouder and louder ldquoAll right class grab a canvas and a paint brushrdquo said avoice loudly over the noise The Little Canvas fromthe top of a pile of canvases in the corner noticed anew boy in the class with black hair who lookednervous The Little Canvas was more excited andhopeful than ever Maybe he would finally getchosen The Little Canvas thought of happy things theboy might want to paint Maybe snow falling gently ona boat Maybe a landscape of a sunset over the oceanOr a joyful snowman One by one the students chose their canvases andpaintbrushes A few girls chose the biggest canvasesin the whole room Most of the boys chose themedium-sized ones No one chose the Little CanvasThe only student that hadnrsquot chosen their canvas wasthe newest one the little boy with black hair Helooked at everybody else with their big canvases Hethought that everyone got about the same sizecanvases and that none of them would stand out Hehad something very special in mind that he wanted topaint He looked around the room for just the right

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

canvas When he spotted the Little Canvas lonely in the corner he dashed over to grabit He knew it would be absolutely perfect The Little Canvas felt very ecstatic The teacher instructed the students to do the background first The little boy thought ofthe time he had gone to the top of Mt Alyeska and had seen the most amazing sightever He picked up his paintbrush and started painting swirls over the surface of thecanvas in dark blues and greens then added swirls of red He painted a sea frozen withthick ice covered in glittering snow The Northern Lights lit up patches of bare ice When the teacher admired all the paintings she stopped at the painting of theNorthern Lights She held it up to show the class what he had painted The Little Canvasfelt so excited that on the painting the Northern Lights started glowing ldquoYoursquore an amazing artistrdquo said one of the girls ldquoBut next time choose a bigger canvasThey stand out morerdquo The boy frowned So did the teacher When the boy was done he wrote his name withblack Sharpie At the end of art class everyone had finished and by the time recess hadstarted all the paintings had been put up on the wall in the gym But the one that stoodout the most was the Little Canvas When the boy saw the girl next art class he told her that her statement about the bigcanvases standing out more was a mistake He thought that the small size made it standout because it was different That day the teacher announced that the principal had selected one painting to bedisplayed in a local museum for a month All of the students crossed their fingers fortheir painting to be announced as the selection One minute later the teacherannounced that the Little Canvas with the Northern Lights over the ice had beenchosen for the museum art display The Little Canvas glowed bright with glee One month later the boy took the Little Canvas home with pride and hung it on thewall in his bedroom Ever since the boy had painted his Northern Lights the LittleCanvas was never lonely again

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

Amy gazed out her bedroom window The starstwinkled in indigo The moon was full and pale as everAll of a sudden Amys door slowly opened the hallwaylight finding its way into Amys bedroomldquoHi sweetie may I come inrdquo her dadrsquos voice rang out ldquoYes Dadrdquo Amy groanedldquoOkay I hope I didnt wake yourdquo her dad said quietlyldquoNo itrsquos finerdquo Amy saidldquoOkay I just wanted to say good-nightrdquo he said as hestarted walking towards Amys bed He sat on the endof the bed ldquoDo you want me to read you a storyrdquo ldquoNo thanksrdquo Amy murmuredldquoOh okay Goodnight Amyrdquo he said as he bent downto give her a kiss on the foreheadldquoGoodnight Daddyrdquo Amy saidHer dad slowly started out of the room He lookedback and smiled He opened the door ldquoSleep tightAmy You have your first day of school tomorrowrdquo hewhispered ldquoI know and Im nervousrdquo Amy whispered backldquoOh you worry about nothing You will be finerdquo hechuckled Her dad walked out the doorSlowly the door closed and the light faded Amyclosed her eyes She dreamed of her first day of schoolin the past--kids laughing at her and no one wanting tobe her friend Then her eyes shot openldquoOh nordquo she murmured She looked over at her clockIt read 113 She rolled over to her side staring at herwhite closet her ldquoamazing thinking spotrdquo (thats whatshe called it at least) She desperately was trying tothink of a way to avoid school Then Amy closed hereyes and took a deep breath Youre going to be fine

THE STRANGE CLOSET (an excerpt)

SAVANNAH 11Potomac DCLab School of WashingtonTeacher Ms Amy

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

she thought Then she opened her eyes She gasped then quickly closed them andopened them again She could not believe it Her closet was glowing ldquoWHAT IN THE WORLDrdquo she screamed Then she got out of her bed slowly Her jawdropped Should I go in ithellip she thought I will just go and check it outhellip She walkedtowards the closet She just stood there and stared at the closet She was about to turnaround when an idea popped into her head She grinned Hmmm if I go into thatstrange closet if I get eaten by a strange glowing closethellip I will miss school shethought She slowly reached for the handle then pulled the door open ldquoAHHHHHHrdquo Amy screamed The closet was full of pink dresses Amy quickly slammedthe closet door She waited 10 seconds She cautiously opened it again This time herschool enemy was in the closet ldquoHI AMYYYYrdquo her enemy said in his squeaky voice Amy screamed again this timelouder She quickly slammed the door again but his finger was sticking out of the crackof the door Then her parrot Fluffy flew into her room and bit her school enemyrsquosfinger It fell off and started inching across the floor Amy stepped on it as hard as shecould The finger turned to a pile of ash Amy waited 30 seconds Then she slowlyopened the closet She stared into it Fluffy flew onto her shoulder Ha she thoughttherersquos nothing in here this time She decided she would go inside and look around so she took a step deeper into thecloset Then everything went black Am I dead Amy thought She looked down A gustof wind blew into her face She frantically started trying to run Her arms and legs wereuseless but she still flung them around anyway which only turned her onto herstomach ldquoHELPrdquo Fluffy screechedldquoFluffyrdquo Amy yelled as she grabbed Fluffy and pulled him to her chest Fluffy closedhis eyes All of a sudden something gold appeared below her It got bigger and biggerand all of a sudden it filled her vision Amy realized she was still lying flat on her faceShe sat upldquoFluffyrdquo Amy saidldquoYesrdquo Fluffy said in his squeaky parrot voice Amy looked around The sky was clearand there were sand dunes as far as she could seeldquoWhere are werdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

MY CHRISTMAS GAME lsquoTwas the night before ChristmasWhen all through the houseNot a creature was stirringExcept for my mouse And I was up gamingPlaying a gameAlthough people say itrsquos goodI thought it was lame My eyes were wateringMy limbs were soreBut I stayed up all nightI was happy galore Had just charged my mouseFor a long winters nightWhen I saw the flashOf my keyboardrsquos light My keyboard was outBut that didnrsquot stop meFor I had a SwitchAnd no one could top me When out on the lawnThere arose such a clatterI sprang up from my chairTo see what was the matter

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

ELLA 12Austin TXRawson-SaundersTeacher Kat Dewees

I set the Switch downThen ran out of the doorWhen I saw the reindeerI almost hit the floor They were too smallTo even be deerBut I didnrsquot mind thatSo I had to cheer Then I saw SantaI wanted to say ldquoHirdquoBut instead I stood stillAnd yelled ldquoOK BYE I ran back insideThen to the upstairsJumped onto my bedAnd said ldquoDoes he evencarerdquo I picked up the SwitchAnd looked at the gameI was playing Super SmashAnd trying to be tame When what to my wonderingEyes did appearThere was that SantaAnd those eight little deer

I was really confusedHow could this beHad too much gamingGotten to me I saw little LuigiGrab Santarsquos backAnd then I watched RudolfLaunch a Smash attack I shut down my SwitchIt was all too muchWith all this gamingI had become out of touch After witnessing that sceneI had such a frightAnd all I could say wasldquoMerry Christmas to allAnd to all a good nightrdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

6

INSPIRATION

canvas When he spotted the Little Canvas lonely in the corner he dashed over to grabit He knew it would be absolutely perfect The Little Canvas felt very ecstatic The teacher instructed the students to do the background first The little boy thought ofthe time he had gone to the top of Mt Alyeska and had seen the most amazing sightever He picked up his paintbrush and started painting swirls over the surface of thecanvas in dark blues and greens then added swirls of red He painted a sea frozen withthick ice covered in glittering snow The Northern Lights lit up patches of bare ice When the teacher admired all the paintings she stopped at the painting of theNorthern Lights She held it up to show the class what he had painted The Little Canvasfelt so excited that on the painting the Northern Lights started glowing ldquoYoursquore an amazing artistrdquo said one of the girls ldquoBut next time choose a bigger canvasThey stand out morerdquo The boy frowned So did the teacher When the boy was done he wrote his name withblack Sharpie At the end of art class everyone had finished and by the time recess hadstarted all the paintings had been put up on the wall in the gym But the one that stoodout the most was the Little Canvas When the boy saw the girl next art class he told her that her statement about the bigcanvases standing out more was a mistake He thought that the small size made it standout because it was different That day the teacher announced that the principal had selected one painting to bedisplayed in a local museum for a month All of the students crossed their fingers fortheir painting to be announced as the selection One minute later the teacherannounced that the Little Canvas with the Northern Lights over the ice had beenchosen for the museum art display The Little Canvas glowed bright with glee One month later the boy took the Little Canvas home with pride and hung it on thewall in his bedroom Ever since the boy had painted his Northern Lights the LittleCanvas was never lonely again

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

Amy gazed out her bedroom window The starstwinkled in indigo The moon was full and pale as everAll of a sudden Amys door slowly opened the hallwaylight finding its way into Amys bedroomldquoHi sweetie may I come inrdquo her dadrsquos voice rang out ldquoYes Dadrdquo Amy groanedldquoOkay I hope I didnt wake yourdquo her dad said quietlyldquoNo itrsquos finerdquo Amy saidldquoOkay I just wanted to say good-nightrdquo he said as hestarted walking towards Amys bed He sat on the endof the bed ldquoDo you want me to read you a storyrdquo ldquoNo thanksrdquo Amy murmuredldquoOh okay Goodnight Amyrdquo he said as he bent downto give her a kiss on the foreheadldquoGoodnight Daddyrdquo Amy saidHer dad slowly started out of the room He lookedback and smiled He opened the door ldquoSleep tightAmy You have your first day of school tomorrowrdquo hewhispered ldquoI know and Im nervousrdquo Amy whispered backldquoOh you worry about nothing You will be finerdquo hechuckled Her dad walked out the doorSlowly the door closed and the light faded Amyclosed her eyes She dreamed of her first day of schoolin the past--kids laughing at her and no one wanting tobe her friend Then her eyes shot openldquoOh nordquo she murmured She looked over at her clockIt read 113 She rolled over to her side staring at herwhite closet her ldquoamazing thinking spotrdquo (thats whatshe called it at least) She desperately was trying tothink of a way to avoid school Then Amy closed hereyes and took a deep breath Youre going to be fine

THE STRANGE CLOSET (an excerpt)

SAVANNAH 11Potomac DCLab School of WashingtonTeacher Ms Amy

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

she thought Then she opened her eyes She gasped then quickly closed them andopened them again She could not believe it Her closet was glowing ldquoWHAT IN THE WORLDrdquo she screamed Then she got out of her bed slowly Her jawdropped Should I go in ithellip she thought I will just go and check it outhellip She walkedtowards the closet She just stood there and stared at the closet She was about to turnaround when an idea popped into her head She grinned Hmmm if I go into thatstrange closet if I get eaten by a strange glowing closethellip I will miss school shethought She slowly reached for the handle then pulled the door open ldquoAHHHHHHrdquo Amy screamed The closet was full of pink dresses Amy quickly slammedthe closet door She waited 10 seconds She cautiously opened it again This time herschool enemy was in the closet ldquoHI AMYYYYrdquo her enemy said in his squeaky voice Amy screamed again this timelouder She quickly slammed the door again but his finger was sticking out of the crackof the door Then her parrot Fluffy flew into her room and bit her school enemyrsquosfinger It fell off and started inching across the floor Amy stepped on it as hard as shecould The finger turned to a pile of ash Amy waited 30 seconds Then she slowlyopened the closet She stared into it Fluffy flew onto her shoulder Ha she thoughttherersquos nothing in here this time She decided she would go inside and look around so she took a step deeper into thecloset Then everything went black Am I dead Amy thought She looked down A gustof wind blew into her face She frantically started trying to run Her arms and legs wereuseless but she still flung them around anyway which only turned her onto herstomach ldquoHELPrdquo Fluffy screechedldquoFluffyrdquo Amy yelled as she grabbed Fluffy and pulled him to her chest Fluffy closedhis eyes All of a sudden something gold appeared below her It got bigger and biggerand all of a sudden it filled her vision Amy realized she was still lying flat on her faceShe sat upldquoFluffyrdquo Amy saidldquoYesrdquo Fluffy said in his squeaky parrot voice Amy looked around The sky was clearand there were sand dunes as far as she could seeldquoWhere are werdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

MY CHRISTMAS GAME lsquoTwas the night before ChristmasWhen all through the houseNot a creature was stirringExcept for my mouse And I was up gamingPlaying a gameAlthough people say itrsquos goodI thought it was lame My eyes were wateringMy limbs were soreBut I stayed up all nightI was happy galore Had just charged my mouseFor a long winters nightWhen I saw the flashOf my keyboardrsquos light My keyboard was outBut that didnrsquot stop meFor I had a SwitchAnd no one could top me When out on the lawnThere arose such a clatterI sprang up from my chairTo see what was the matter

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

ELLA 12Austin TXRawson-SaundersTeacher Kat Dewees

I set the Switch downThen ran out of the doorWhen I saw the reindeerI almost hit the floor They were too smallTo even be deerBut I didnrsquot mind thatSo I had to cheer Then I saw SantaI wanted to say ldquoHirdquoBut instead I stood stillAnd yelled ldquoOK BYE I ran back insideThen to the upstairsJumped onto my bedAnd said ldquoDoes he evencarerdquo I picked up the SwitchAnd looked at the gameI was playing Super SmashAnd trying to be tame When what to my wonderingEyes did appearThere was that SantaAnd those eight little deer

I was really confusedHow could this beHad too much gamingGotten to me I saw little LuigiGrab Santarsquos backAnd then I watched RudolfLaunch a Smash attack I shut down my SwitchIt was all too muchWith all this gamingI had become out of touch After witnessing that sceneI had such a frightAnd all I could say wasldquoMerry Christmas to allAnd to all a good nightrdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

6

INSPIRATION

Amy gazed out her bedroom window The starstwinkled in indigo The moon was full and pale as everAll of a sudden Amys door slowly opened the hallwaylight finding its way into Amys bedroomldquoHi sweetie may I come inrdquo her dadrsquos voice rang out ldquoYes Dadrdquo Amy groanedldquoOkay I hope I didnt wake yourdquo her dad said quietlyldquoNo itrsquos finerdquo Amy saidldquoOkay I just wanted to say good-nightrdquo he said as hestarted walking towards Amys bed He sat on the endof the bed ldquoDo you want me to read you a storyrdquo ldquoNo thanksrdquo Amy murmuredldquoOh okay Goodnight Amyrdquo he said as he bent downto give her a kiss on the foreheadldquoGoodnight Daddyrdquo Amy saidHer dad slowly started out of the room He lookedback and smiled He opened the door ldquoSleep tightAmy You have your first day of school tomorrowrdquo hewhispered ldquoI know and Im nervousrdquo Amy whispered backldquoOh you worry about nothing You will be finerdquo hechuckled Her dad walked out the doorSlowly the door closed and the light faded Amyclosed her eyes She dreamed of her first day of schoolin the past--kids laughing at her and no one wanting tobe her friend Then her eyes shot openldquoOh nordquo she murmured She looked over at her clockIt read 113 She rolled over to her side staring at herwhite closet her ldquoamazing thinking spotrdquo (thats whatshe called it at least) She desperately was trying tothink of a way to avoid school Then Amy closed hereyes and took a deep breath Youre going to be fine

THE STRANGE CLOSET (an excerpt)

SAVANNAH 11Potomac DCLab School of WashingtonTeacher Ms Amy

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

she thought Then she opened her eyes She gasped then quickly closed them andopened them again She could not believe it Her closet was glowing ldquoWHAT IN THE WORLDrdquo she screamed Then she got out of her bed slowly Her jawdropped Should I go in ithellip she thought I will just go and check it outhellip She walkedtowards the closet She just stood there and stared at the closet She was about to turnaround when an idea popped into her head She grinned Hmmm if I go into thatstrange closet if I get eaten by a strange glowing closethellip I will miss school shethought She slowly reached for the handle then pulled the door open ldquoAHHHHHHrdquo Amy screamed The closet was full of pink dresses Amy quickly slammedthe closet door She waited 10 seconds She cautiously opened it again This time herschool enemy was in the closet ldquoHI AMYYYYrdquo her enemy said in his squeaky voice Amy screamed again this timelouder She quickly slammed the door again but his finger was sticking out of the crackof the door Then her parrot Fluffy flew into her room and bit her school enemyrsquosfinger It fell off and started inching across the floor Amy stepped on it as hard as shecould The finger turned to a pile of ash Amy waited 30 seconds Then she slowlyopened the closet She stared into it Fluffy flew onto her shoulder Ha she thoughttherersquos nothing in here this time She decided she would go inside and look around so she took a step deeper into thecloset Then everything went black Am I dead Amy thought She looked down A gustof wind blew into her face She frantically started trying to run Her arms and legs wereuseless but she still flung them around anyway which only turned her onto herstomach ldquoHELPrdquo Fluffy screechedldquoFluffyrdquo Amy yelled as she grabbed Fluffy and pulled him to her chest Fluffy closedhis eyes All of a sudden something gold appeared below her It got bigger and biggerand all of a sudden it filled her vision Amy realized she was still lying flat on her faceShe sat upldquoFluffyrdquo Amy saidldquoYesrdquo Fluffy said in his squeaky parrot voice Amy looked around The sky was clearand there were sand dunes as far as she could seeldquoWhere are werdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

MY CHRISTMAS GAME lsquoTwas the night before ChristmasWhen all through the houseNot a creature was stirringExcept for my mouse And I was up gamingPlaying a gameAlthough people say itrsquos goodI thought it was lame My eyes were wateringMy limbs were soreBut I stayed up all nightI was happy galore Had just charged my mouseFor a long winters nightWhen I saw the flashOf my keyboardrsquos light My keyboard was outBut that didnrsquot stop meFor I had a SwitchAnd no one could top me When out on the lawnThere arose such a clatterI sprang up from my chairTo see what was the matter

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

ELLA 12Austin TXRawson-SaundersTeacher Kat Dewees

I set the Switch downThen ran out of the doorWhen I saw the reindeerI almost hit the floor They were too smallTo even be deerBut I didnrsquot mind thatSo I had to cheer Then I saw SantaI wanted to say ldquoHirdquoBut instead I stood stillAnd yelled ldquoOK BYE I ran back insideThen to the upstairsJumped onto my bedAnd said ldquoDoes he evencarerdquo I picked up the SwitchAnd looked at the gameI was playing Super SmashAnd trying to be tame When what to my wonderingEyes did appearThere was that SantaAnd those eight little deer

I was really confusedHow could this beHad too much gamingGotten to me I saw little LuigiGrab Santarsquos backAnd then I watched RudolfLaunch a Smash attack I shut down my SwitchIt was all too muchWith all this gamingI had become out of touch After witnessing that sceneI had such a frightAnd all I could say wasldquoMerry Christmas to allAnd to all a good nightrdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

6

INSPIRATION

she thought Then she opened her eyes She gasped then quickly closed them andopened them again She could not believe it Her closet was glowing ldquoWHAT IN THE WORLDrdquo she screamed Then she got out of her bed slowly Her jawdropped Should I go in ithellip she thought I will just go and check it outhellip She walkedtowards the closet She just stood there and stared at the closet She was about to turnaround when an idea popped into her head She grinned Hmmm if I go into thatstrange closet if I get eaten by a strange glowing closethellip I will miss school shethought She slowly reached for the handle then pulled the door open ldquoAHHHHHHrdquo Amy screamed The closet was full of pink dresses Amy quickly slammedthe closet door She waited 10 seconds She cautiously opened it again This time herschool enemy was in the closet ldquoHI AMYYYYrdquo her enemy said in his squeaky voice Amy screamed again this timelouder She quickly slammed the door again but his finger was sticking out of the crackof the door Then her parrot Fluffy flew into her room and bit her school enemyrsquosfinger It fell off and started inching across the floor Amy stepped on it as hard as shecould The finger turned to a pile of ash Amy waited 30 seconds Then she slowlyopened the closet She stared into it Fluffy flew onto her shoulder Ha she thoughttherersquos nothing in here this time She decided she would go inside and look around so she took a step deeper into thecloset Then everything went black Am I dead Amy thought She looked down A gustof wind blew into her face She frantically started trying to run Her arms and legs wereuseless but she still flung them around anyway which only turned her onto herstomach ldquoHELPrdquo Fluffy screechedldquoFluffyrdquo Amy yelled as she grabbed Fluffy and pulled him to her chest Fluffy closedhis eyes All of a sudden something gold appeared below her It got bigger and biggerand all of a sudden it filled her vision Amy realized she was still lying flat on her faceShe sat upldquoFluffyrdquo Amy saidldquoYesrdquo Fluffy said in his squeaky parrot voice Amy looked around The sky was clearand there were sand dunes as far as she could seeldquoWhere are werdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

MY CHRISTMAS GAME lsquoTwas the night before ChristmasWhen all through the houseNot a creature was stirringExcept for my mouse And I was up gamingPlaying a gameAlthough people say itrsquos goodI thought it was lame My eyes were wateringMy limbs were soreBut I stayed up all nightI was happy galore Had just charged my mouseFor a long winters nightWhen I saw the flashOf my keyboardrsquos light My keyboard was outBut that didnrsquot stop meFor I had a SwitchAnd no one could top me When out on the lawnThere arose such a clatterI sprang up from my chairTo see what was the matter

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

ELLA 12Austin TXRawson-SaundersTeacher Kat Dewees

I set the Switch downThen ran out of the doorWhen I saw the reindeerI almost hit the floor They were too smallTo even be deerBut I didnrsquot mind thatSo I had to cheer Then I saw SantaI wanted to say ldquoHirdquoBut instead I stood stillAnd yelled ldquoOK BYE I ran back insideThen to the upstairsJumped onto my bedAnd said ldquoDoes he evencarerdquo I picked up the SwitchAnd looked at the gameI was playing Super SmashAnd trying to be tame When what to my wonderingEyes did appearThere was that SantaAnd those eight little deer

I was really confusedHow could this beHad too much gamingGotten to me I saw little LuigiGrab Santarsquos backAnd then I watched RudolfLaunch a Smash attack I shut down my SwitchIt was all too muchWith all this gamingI had become out of touch After witnessing that sceneI had such a frightAnd all I could say wasldquoMerry Christmas to allAnd to all a good nightrdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

6

INSPIRATION

MY CHRISTMAS GAME lsquoTwas the night before ChristmasWhen all through the houseNot a creature was stirringExcept for my mouse And I was up gamingPlaying a gameAlthough people say itrsquos goodI thought it was lame My eyes were wateringMy limbs were soreBut I stayed up all nightI was happy galore Had just charged my mouseFor a long winters nightWhen I saw the flashOf my keyboardrsquos light My keyboard was outBut that didnrsquot stop meFor I had a SwitchAnd no one could top me When out on the lawnThere arose such a clatterI sprang up from my chairTo see what was the matter

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

ELLA 12Austin TXRawson-SaundersTeacher Kat Dewees

I set the Switch downThen ran out of the doorWhen I saw the reindeerI almost hit the floor They were too smallTo even be deerBut I didnrsquot mind thatSo I had to cheer Then I saw SantaI wanted to say ldquoHirdquoBut instead I stood stillAnd yelled ldquoOK BYE I ran back insideThen to the upstairsJumped onto my bedAnd said ldquoDoes he evencarerdquo I picked up the SwitchAnd looked at the gameI was playing Super SmashAnd trying to be tame When what to my wonderingEyes did appearThere was that SantaAnd those eight little deer

I was really confusedHow could this beHad too much gamingGotten to me I saw little LuigiGrab Santarsquos backAnd then I watched RudolfLaunch a Smash attack I shut down my SwitchIt was all too muchWith all this gamingI had become out of touch After witnessing that sceneI had such a frightAnd all I could say wasldquoMerry Christmas to allAnd to all a good nightrdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

6

INSPIRATION

I set the Switch downThen ran out of the doorWhen I saw the reindeerI almost hit the floor They were too smallTo even be deerBut I didnrsquot mind thatSo I had to cheer Then I saw SantaI wanted to say ldquoHirdquoBut instead I stood stillAnd yelled ldquoOK BYE I ran back insideThen to the upstairsJumped onto my bedAnd said ldquoDoes he evencarerdquo I picked up the SwitchAnd looked at the gameI was playing Super SmashAnd trying to be tame When what to my wonderingEyes did appearThere was that SantaAnd those eight little deer

I was really confusedHow could this beHad too much gamingGotten to me I saw little LuigiGrab Santarsquos backAnd then I watched RudolfLaunch a Smash attack I shut down my SwitchIt was all too muchWith all this gamingI had become out of touch After witnessing that sceneI had such a frightAnd all I could say wasldquoMerry Christmas to allAnd to all a good nightrdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

6

INSPIRATION

6

INSPIRATION

httpswwwscientificamericancomarticleis-it-true-that-creativit

UNFULFILLED I was lonely on the shelfAll my friends had leftI watched them vanishI heard the bell and they were gone But now it is my time to get outWhere is the chiming of the bellJust taken Now in a fast red carwhispering voices talking quicklyWith loud sirens close behindBut I am having the time of my lifeI wonder why they drive so fastI can only see through the hole in the box As soon as we turn the cornerI am thrown from the windowI fly out of my boxAnd tumble and swirl to a stopNow alone in a gutter Two boys find me then tie my laces togetherAnd fling me up in the sky and I get stuckOn the electrical wireAnd dangle there like long earrings

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

CECILIA 13Austin TXRawson-SaundersTeacher Kat DeweesI would like to thank mywriters workshop teacherMs Dewees

I spend my first night outsideHoping that someone will find meThe hours pass slowly Rain wind and heatEating away at my color and lifeDays grow longerMonths run away andYears pass by

My frame becomes brittleAnd my tongue is stiffMy soul emptyNo time to take back no time to giveMy moment slowly comes Down down down I fallLying there waiting to come to my endNever really knowing my true purposeI fade no one to love me no one to care

THE FOREIGNER I am the foreignerThe one who crossed the churning seaIn the metal bird above I am the one who came to AmericaWhere everyone tells me I am freeBut I never felt controlled before I am the stranger in every roomThe ldquonew onerdquo wherever I goI am the one who hides away in this new land I am the one from a country no one knows aboutMy country and I are misunderstoodBut unlike others I do not mind I am the one who plays alongThe one who embraces the clicheacutePeople wonder what my language is but itrsquos simplyEnglish I am the one who hides from othersMy anxiety gets the best of meI want to be friends but I donrsquot know how I am the one who wants to join inAnd yet I distance myself from othersFor I am the foreigner and that is all I am I am the one adriftAfter five years in America I am still the foreignerBut in my nation I am all but a memory I am the one who has been put into a boxAnd I know I am not aloneThey tell me I am free but sometimes I wonder if I am

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

My frame becomes brittleAnd my tongue is stiffMy soul emptyNo time to take back no time to giveMy moment slowly comes Down down down I fallLying there waiting to come to my endNever really knowing my true purposeI fade no one to love me no one to care

DYLAN 15Redwood City CAAgnitio Homeschool I would like to thank my Momfor pushing me forward to bethe best that I can be I wouldalso like to thank my tutorAmanda Yskamp who alwaysgives me wise critiques

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

BURNT ONCE TWICE SHY I thought maybe that you were mine and me yoursI thought I saw kindness in your eyes Arctic blue beautifulI underestimated their hidden depthsI thought there was warmth in your smile It neverreached your eyesThe windows to the soul I thought maybe you were differentYou are cold your frozen heart hid your poisonUntil my flame melted through the ice only toreach your toxic coreYou left me frozen and snuffed my flame And I thought maybehelliphellip

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

MADISYN 15Scotts Valley CASLVHSTeacher Douglas Morris Douglas Morris is an amazingEnglish teacher who hasencouraged me in writing andreally appreciated mythoughts and ideas and wasable to look past the editingerrors My mom is a great help withteaching me to edit and alsoencouraging me to be creativein my writing

KATA AND THE SHINIGAMI Tokugawa Kata is the son of the powerful Tokugawashogun and next in line to lead all of Japan But he isspoiled vain and only cares about his safety Hisfather knows this but he has no say if he becomes theshogun His father also knows that if his son takesover Japans period of peace would be over So withthe best intentions for his people he summons aShinigami to take his son to the afterlife After theShinigami does this he would have to defeat theShinigami himself its stop its rampage as the shogunwould do anything for his people As Kata listenedthrough the door as his father prays for the horriblebeast the first time in his life he felt an overwhelmingfear He had heard that all who meet a Shinigami meeta horrible end by suicide or other means He runs tothe stables and rides away to save himself He ridesand rides then comes upon a dirt covered man Heslows as he passes the man The man asks ldquosir may you spare some yen for Icannot provide for my family my lands have not beenfertile for the past 3 seasonsrdquo Kata shakes his headand replies ldquoI shall not peasants like you do notdeserve to kiss my boots For I am Tokugawa Katafuture ruler of all of Japan and you are just a lowlypeasantrdquo Kata on his horse rides on He comes acrossa small town and sees many people like the one hemet on the road They all looked sad and said nothingFor a minute he felt bad for the poor people of thisvillage but he quickly shook off the feeling thinkingthat it was their choice to be poor and that they couldbe rich if they tried harder

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

DYLAN 17Niverville NYTech Valley High SchoolTeacher Ms Danielle Hemid

continue reading next page

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

As Kata leaves the village he stops so his horse can rest and sees a young man workingin a rice field As he watches the boy work in the field he notices how hard he isworking The young man walks up to him and asks ldquocould you spare a drink of water Ihave been working in this field since the break of dawn and Ive had nothing to eat buta palm-full of ricerdquo Kata realizes that this boy has been working for a long time so decides to give himsome water He takes out a small tea cup and hands it to him pouring in water from hiscanteen The boy walks out to the field and was about to drink but instead of drinkingit himself he gives it to an elderly woman also working She appears to be the youngboyrsquos grandma As Kata watches this boy take care of his grandma he realizes howterrible and vain he has been all his life not helping anyone but himself and notthanking anyone who helped him At that moment he turns his horse around and ridesback to his home to apologize to his father Once Kata arrives home he runs to hisfather and says ldquofather I have been a fool all my life to think the world revolvedaround me please forgive me fatherrdquo His father seems taken aback and sadly repliesldquoson I never thought you would see the true pathrdquo He then starts to cry telling himldquobut Irsquom afraid its too late to stop it now I am sorry my sonrdquo Kata in his haste hadforgotten all about the Shinigami his father had brought But this time he was not filledwith fear he was instead filled with courage If the young boy in the field wouldsacrifice his own well-being for his familys then he would too He grabs his fatherskatana off the mantel and waits for the Shinigami to appear After what seemed likehours the Shinigami finally arrives Kata pulls out the sword to oppose the demon Itwas over 10 feet tall with sharp teeth and an evil grin its long arms were strong andwielding a naginata its eyes burned with destructive furry Any other man would haverun but not Kata He held firm and the Shinigami was taken aback by this Its voicesounded like a shriek of pain folded into words ldquoAre you not scared of merdquo Katapaused then said ldquoyes Irsquom scared but nothing in the world could get to the people ofJapan or to my father while Im here to defend themrdquo The Shinigamirsquos grin vanished as Kata slashed across the demons body Its black bloodshot out but almost instantly turned to dust along with the rest of its body Kata wasconfused by this He thought surely it would take more than that to stop the ShinigamiHis father came out of his hiding place and tells him it was not the blade that cut theShinigamirsquos skin but his determination to stop him Kata now knows not to take his lifefor granted and that he should be nicer to all people and especially take care of hiselders

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

THE FOREIGNER I am the foreignerThe one who crossed the churning seaIn the metal bird above I am the one who came to AmericaWhere everyone tells me I am freeBut I never felt controlled before I am the stranger in every roomThe ldquonew onerdquo wherever I goI am the one who hides away in this new land I am the one from a country no one knows aboutMy country and I are misunderstoodBut unlike others I do not mind I am the one who plays alongThe one who embraces the clicheacutePeople wonder what my language is but itrsquos simplyEnglish I am the one who hides from othersMy anxiety gets the best of meI want to be friends but I donrsquot know how I am the one who wants to join inAnd yet I distance myself from othersFor I am the foreigner and that is all I am I am the one adriftAfter five years in America I am still the foreignerBut in my nation I am all but a memory I am the one who has been put into a boxAnd I know I am not aloneThey tell me I am free but sometimes I wonder if I am

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

My frame becomes brittleAnd my tongue is stiffMy soul emptyNo time to take back no time to giveMy moment slowly comes Down down down I fallLying there waiting to come to my endNever really knowing my true purposeI fade no one to love me no one to care

DYLAN 15Redwood City CAAgnitio Homeschool I would like to thank my Momfor pushing me forward to bethe best that I can be I wouldalso like to thank my tutorAmanda Yskamp who alwaysgives me wise critiques

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

BURNT ONCE TWICE SHY I thought maybe that you were mine and me yoursI thought I saw kindness in your eyes Arctic blue beautifulI underestimated their hidden depthsI thought there was warmth in your smile It neverreached your eyesThe windows to the soul I thought maybe you were differentYou are cold your frozen heart hid your poisonUntil my flame melted through the ice only toreach your toxic coreYou left me frozen and snuffed my flame And I thought maybehelliphellip

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

MADISYN 15Scotts Valley CASLVHSTeacher Douglas Morris Douglas Morris is an amazingEnglish teacher who hasencouraged me in writing andreally appreciated mythoughts and ideas and wasable to look past the editingerrors My mom is a great help withteaching me to edit and alsoencouraging me to be creativein my writing

KATA AND THE SHINIGAMI Tokugawa Kata is the son of the powerful Tokugawashogun and next in line to lead all of Japan But he isspoiled vain and only cares about his safety Hisfather knows this but he has no say if he becomes theshogun His father also knows that if his son takesover Japans period of peace would be over So withthe best intentions for his people he summons aShinigami to take his son to the afterlife After theShinigami does this he would have to defeat theShinigami himself its stop its rampage as the shogunwould do anything for his people As Kata listenedthrough the door as his father prays for the horriblebeast the first time in his life he felt an overwhelmingfear He had heard that all who meet a Shinigami meeta horrible end by suicide or other means He runs tothe stables and rides away to save himself He ridesand rides then comes upon a dirt covered man Heslows as he passes the man The man asks ldquosir may you spare some yen for Icannot provide for my family my lands have not beenfertile for the past 3 seasonsrdquo Kata shakes his headand replies ldquoI shall not peasants like you do notdeserve to kiss my boots For I am Tokugawa Katafuture ruler of all of Japan and you are just a lowlypeasantrdquo Kata on his horse rides on He comes acrossa small town and sees many people like the one hemet on the road They all looked sad and said nothingFor a minute he felt bad for the poor people of thisvillage but he quickly shook off the feeling thinkingthat it was their choice to be poor and that they couldbe rich if they tried harder

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

DYLAN 17Niverville NYTech Valley High SchoolTeacher Ms Danielle Hemid

continue reading next page

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

As Kata leaves the village he stops so his horse can rest and sees a young man workingin a rice field As he watches the boy work in the field he notices how hard he isworking The young man walks up to him and asks ldquocould you spare a drink of water Ihave been working in this field since the break of dawn and Ive had nothing to eat buta palm-full of ricerdquo Kata realizes that this boy has been working for a long time so decides to give himsome water He takes out a small tea cup and hands it to him pouring in water from hiscanteen The boy walks out to the field and was about to drink but instead of drinkingit himself he gives it to an elderly woman also working She appears to be the youngboyrsquos grandma As Kata watches this boy take care of his grandma he realizes howterrible and vain he has been all his life not helping anyone but himself and notthanking anyone who helped him At that moment he turns his horse around and ridesback to his home to apologize to his father Once Kata arrives home he runs to hisfather and says ldquofather I have been a fool all my life to think the world revolvedaround me please forgive me fatherrdquo His father seems taken aback and sadly repliesldquoson I never thought you would see the true pathrdquo He then starts to cry telling himldquobut Irsquom afraid its too late to stop it now I am sorry my sonrdquo Kata in his haste hadforgotten all about the Shinigami his father had brought But this time he was not filledwith fear he was instead filled with courage If the young boy in the field wouldsacrifice his own well-being for his familys then he would too He grabs his fatherskatana off the mantel and waits for the Shinigami to appear After what seemed likehours the Shinigami finally arrives Kata pulls out the sword to oppose the demon Itwas over 10 feet tall with sharp teeth and an evil grin its long arms were strong andwielding a naginata its eyes burned with destructive furry Any other man would haverun but not Kata He held firm and the Shinigami was taken aback by this Its voicesounded like a shriek of pain folded into words ldquoAre you not scared of merdquo Katapaused then said ldquoyes Irsquom scared but nothing in the world could get to the people ofJapan or to my father while Im here to defend themrdquo The Shinigamirsquos grin vanished as Kata slashed across the demons body Its black bloodshot out but almost instantly turned to dust along with the rest of its body Kata wasconfused by this He thought surely it would take more than that to stop the ShinigamiHis father came out of his hiding place and tells him it was not the blade that cut theShinigamirsquos skin but his determination to stop him Kata now knows not to take his lifefor granted and that he should be nicer to all people and especially take care of hiselders

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

BURNT ONCE TWICE SHY I thought maybe that you were mine and me yoursI thought I saw kindness in your eyes Arctic blue beautifulI underestimated their hidden depthsI thought there was warmth in your smile It neverreached your eyesThe windows to the soul I thought maybe you were differentYou are cold your frozen heart hid your poisonUntil my flame melted through the ice only toreach your toxic coreYou left me frozen and snuffed my flame And I thought maybehelliphellip

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

MADISYN 15Scotts Valley CASLVHSTeacher Douglas Morris Douglas Morris is an amazingEnglish teacher who hasencouraged me in writing andreally appreciated mythoughts and ideas and wasable to look past the editingerrors My mom is a great help withteaching me to edit and alsoencouraging me to be creativein my writing

KATA AND THE SHINIGAMI Tokugawa Kata is the son of the powerful Tokugawashogun and next in line to lead all of Japan But he isspoiled vain and only cares about his safety Hisfather knows this but he has no say if he becomes theshogun His father also knows that if his son takesover Japans period of peace would be over So withthe best intentions for his people he summons aShinigami to take his son to the afterlife After theShinigami does this he would have to defeat theShinigami himself its stop its rampage as the shogunwould do anything for his people As Kata listenedthrough the door as his father prays for the horriblebeast the first time in his life he felt an overwhelmingfear He had heard that all who meet a Shinigami meeta horrible end by suicide or other means He runs tothe stables and rides away to save himself He ridesand rides then comes upon a dirt covered man Heslows as he passes the man The man asks ldquosir may you spare some yen for Icannot provide for my family my lands have not beenfertile for the past 3 seasonsrdquo Kata shakes his headand replies ldquoI shall not peasants like you do notdeserve to kiss my boots For I am Tokugawa Katafuture ruler of all of Japan and you are just a lowlypeasantrdquo Kata on his horse rides on He comes acrossa small town and sees many people like the one hemet on the road They all looked sad and said nothingFor a minute he felt bad for the poor people of thisvillage but he quickly shook off the feeling thinkingthat it was their choice to be poor and that they couldbe rich if they tried harder

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

DYLAN 17Niverville NYTech Valley High SchoolTeacher Ms Danielle Hemid

continue reading next page

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

As Kata leaves the village he stops so his horse can rest and sees a young man workingin a rice field As he watches the boy work in the field he notices how hard he isworking The young man walks up to him and asks ldquocould you spare a drink of water Ihave been working in this field since the break of dawn and Ive had nothing to eat buta palm-full of ricerdquo Kata realizes that this boy has been working for a long time so decides to give himsome water He takes out a small tea cup and hands it to him pouring in water from hiscanteen The boy walks out to the field and was about to drink but instead of drinkingit himself he gives it to an elderly woman also working She appears to be the youngboyrsquos grandma As Kata watches this boy take care of his grandma he realizes howterrible and vain he has been all his life not helping anyone but himself and notthanking anyone who helped him At that moment he turns his horse around and ridesback to his home to apologize to his father Once Kata arrives home he runs to hisfather and says ldquofather I have been a fool all my life to think the world revolvedaround me please forgive me fatherrdquo His father seems taken aback and sadly repliesldquoson I never thought you would see the true pathrdquo He then starts to cry telling himldquobut Irsquom afraid its too late to stop it now I am sorry my sonrdquo Kata in his haste hadforgotten all about the Shinigami his father had brought But this time he was not filledwith fear he was instead filled with courage If the young boy in the field wouldsacrifice his own well-being for his familys then he would too He grabs his fatherskatana off the mantel and waits for the Shinigami to appear After what seemed likehours the Shinigami finally arrives Kata pulls out the sword to oppose the demon Itwas over 10 feet tall with sharp teeth and an evil grin its long arms were strong andwielding a naginata its eyes burned with destructive furry Any other man would haverun but not Kata He held firm and the Shinigami was taken aback by this Its voicesounded like a shriek of pain folded into words ldquoAre you not scared of merdquo Katapaused then said ldquoyes Irsquom scared but nothing in the world could get to the people ofJapan or to my father while Im here to defend themrdquo The Shinigamirsquos grin vanished as Kata slashed across the demons body Its black bloodshot out but almost instantly turned to dust along with the rest of its body Kata wasconfused by this He thought surely it would take more than that to stop the ShinigamiHis father came out of his hiding place and tells him it was not the blade that cut theShinigamirsquos skin but his determination to stop him Kata now knows not to take his lifefor granted and that he should be nicer to all people and especially take care of hiselders

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

KATA AND THE SHINIGAMI Tokugawa Kata is the son of the powerful Tokugawashogun and next in line to lead all of Japan But he isspoiled vain and only cares about his safety Hisfather knows this but he has no say if he becomes theshogun His father also knows that if his son takesover Japans period of peace would be over So withthe best intentions for his people he summons aShinigami to take his son to the afterlife After theShinigami does this he would have to defeat theShinigami himself its stop its rampage as the shogunwould do anything for his people As Kata listenedthrough the door as his father prays for the horriblebeast the first time in his life he felt an overwhelmingfear He had heard that all who meet a Shinigami meeta horrible end by suicide or other means He runs tothe stables and rides away to save himself He ridesand rides then comes upon a dirt covered man Heslows as he passes the man The man asks ldquosir may you spare some yen for Icannot provide for my family my lands have not beenfertile for the past 3 seasonsrdquo Kata shakes his headand replies ldquoI shall not peasants like you do notdeserve to kiss my boots For I am Tokugawa Katafuture ruler of all of Japan and you are just a lowlypeasantrdquo Kata on his horse rides on He comes acrossa small town and sees many people like the one hemet on the road They all looked sad and said nothingFor a minute he felt bad for the poor people of thisvillage but he quickly shook off the feeling thinkingthat it was their choice to be poor and that they couldbe rich if they tried harder

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

DYLAN 17Niverville NYTech Valley High SchoolTeacher Ms Danielle Hemid

continue reading next page

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

As Kata leaves the village he stops so his horse can rest and sees a young man workingin a rice field As he watches the boy work in the field he notices how hard he isworking The young man walks up to him and asks ldquocould you spare a drink of water Ihave been working in this field since the break of dawn and Ive had nothing to eat buta palm-full of ricerdquo Kata realizes that this boy has been working for a long time so decides to give himsome water He takes out a small tea cup and hands it to him pouring in water from hiscanteen The boy walks out to the field and was about to drink but instead of drinkingit himself he gives it to an elderly woman also working She appears to be the youngboyrsquos grandma As Kata watches this boy take care of his grandma he realizes howterrible and vain he has been all his life not helping anyone but himself and notthanking anyone who helped him At that moment he turns his horse around and ridesback to his home to apologize to his father Once Kata arrives home he runs to hisfather and says ldquofather I have been a fool all my life to think the world revolvedaround me please forgive me fatherrdquo His father seems taken aback and sadly repliesldquoson I never thought you would see the true pathrdquo He then starts to cry telling himldquobut Irsquom afraid its too late to stop it now I am sorry my sonrdquo Kata in his haste hadforgotten all about the Shinigami his father had brought But this time he was not filledwith fear he was instead filled with courage If the young boy in the field wouldsacrifice his own well-being for his familys then he would too He grabs his fatherskatana off the mantel and waits for the Shinigami to appear After what seemed likehours the Shinigami finally arrives Kata pulls out the sword to oppose the demon Itwas over 10 feet tall with sharp teeth and an evil grin its long arms were strong andwielding a naginata its eyes burned with destructive furry Any other man would haverun but not Kata He held firm and the Shinigami was taken aback by this Its voicesounded like a shriek of pain folded into words ldquoAre you not scared of merdquo Katapaused then said ldquoyes Irsquom scared but nothing in the world could get to the people ofJapan or to my father while Im here to defend themrdquo The Shinigamirsquos grin vanished as Kata slashed across the demons body Its black bloodshot out but almost instantly turned to dust along with the rest of its body Kata wasconfused by this He thought surely it would take more than that to stop the ShinigamiHis father came out of his hiding place and tells him it was not the blade that cut theShinigamirsquos skin but his determination to stop him Kata now knows not to take his lifefor granted and that he should be nicer to all people and especially take care of hiselders

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

As Kata leaves the village he stops so his horse can rest and sees a young man workingin a rice field As he watches the boy work in the field he notices how hard he isworking The young man walks up to him and asks ldquocould you spare a drink of water Ihave been working in this field since the break of dawn and Ive had nothing to eat buta palm-full of ricerdquo Kata realizes that this boy has been working for a long time so decides to give himsome water He takes out a small tea cup and hands it to him pouring in water from hiscanteen The boy walks out to the field and was about to drink but instead of drinkingit himself he gives it to an elderly woman also working She appears to be the youngboyrsquos grandma As Kata watches this boy take care of his grandma he realizes howterrible and vain he has been all his life not helping anyone but himself and notthanking anyone who helped him At that moment he turns his horse around and ridesback to his home to apologize to his father Once Kata arrives home he runs to hisfather and says ldquofather I have been a fool all my life to think the world revolvedaround me please forgive me fatherrdquo His father seems taken aback and sadly repliesldquoson I never thought you would see the true pathrdquo He then starts to cry telling himldquobut Irsquom afraid its too late to stop it now I am sorry my sonrdquo Kata in his haste hadforgotten all about the Shinigami his father had brought But this time he was not filledwith fear he was instead filled with courage If the young boy in the field wouldsacrifice his own well-being for his familys then he would too He grabs his fatherskatana off the mantel and waits for the Shinigami to appear After what seemed likehours the Shinigami finally arrives Kata pulls out the sword to oppose the demon Itwas over 10 feet tall with sharp teeth and an evil grin its long arms were strong andwielding a naginata its eyes burned with destructive furry Any other man would haverun but not Kata He held firm and the Shinigami was taken aback by this Its voicesounded like a shriek of pain folded into words ldquoAre you not scared of merdquo Katapaused then said ldquoyes Irsquom scared but nothing in the world could get to the people ofJapan or to my father while Im here to defend themrdquo The Shinigamirsquos grin vanished as Kata slashed across the demons body Its black bloodshot out but almost instantly turned to dust along with the rest of its body Kata wasconfused by this He thought surely it would take more than that to stop the ShinigamiHis father came out of his hiding place and tells him it was not the blade that cut theShinigamirsquos skin but his determination to stop him Kata now knows not to take his lifefor granted and that he should be nicer to all people and especially take care of hiselders

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

KRISTIAN 7Spokane WAWinston CenterTeacher janelle Huddle

THE ANIMAL NINJAS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HIGH HONORS

THE CAVE Markrsquos car broke down in the woods near Green Rockcave just outside of town He heard a slight tapping onthe door and heard a peculiar laugh He lookedoutside but saw nothing Then he smelled the sweetscent of cake Mark started to feel like he was in ascene from a horror movie He tried to call his friendbut he had no service He thought lsquoOh no my phonewonrsquot work Irsquom in the middle of the woods Its socold I hope I dont get frostbite Maybe I can go intothe caversquo Mark double-checked the date on his phone Oh no itwas October 25 Legend has it that every October25th until Halloween a monster lives in the cave Themonster has five heads fifty legs and fangs the size ofbaseball bats Mark never believed this wise tale buthe didnrsquot like being stuck out in the woods freezingcold His only options was to seek shelter in GreenRock Cave He heard that peculiar laugh again and astrange crunch as he walked towards the cave but healso smelled the mouthwatering aroma of cake Markthought lsquoit canrsquot be too scary at least therersquos cakersquo

Then Mark went into the cave preparing himself for the worst scare of his life but itwas just an old man making cake There was not a monster in sight The old man smileda warm toothy grin and offered Mark a slice of cake Mark gobbled down the cake itwas warm delicious and just enough to fill him up for the walk back to his car The oldman was so friendly he told Mark how to fix his car Mark said ldquothank you I hope wemeet againrdquo Mark felt silly that he was so scared of an old man who was just making cake Hethought lsquoI just made a new friendrsquo As Mark left the cave he suddenly saw a horrificshadow with five heads ginormous fangs and fifty legs He screamed and tripped helooked back preparing to be destroyed but it was just the old man wavinghellip or was it

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

JACOB 10Margate NJWilliam H RossElementary SchoolTeacher Mrs McGuigan

I AM I am a muleSo sutbborn I willnot listen at all ifI dont want to I am a peacockSo social everyoneis drawn to my conversation I am as graceful as aswallow in the treetopsI love to cheer peopleup as I work I am looking in a brokenmirror so I never see myself

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

KEELI 10Alexandria VAThe Lab School or WashingtonTeacher Amy Young Id like to thank my mom foralways trying to help me seemy best qualities

HIGH HONORS

THE TEXAS STAR A lone white shell in a sky of dark blueHugs the cloudy horizonOver the blood Red Sea Red white and blueMerge together in a sheet of freedomFlowing and whipping in the wind like wild horsesgalloping across a field of bluebonnets

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

MAGGIE 14Austin TXRawson-SaundersTeacher Kat Dewees I would like to thank myparents and my teacher

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HIGH HONORS

THE CAVE Markrsquos car broke down in the woods near Green Rockcave just outside of town He heard a slight tapping onthe door and heard a peculiar laugh He lookedoutside but saw nothing Then he smelled the sweetscent of cake Mark started to feel like he was in ascene from a horror movie He tried to call his friendbut he had no service He thought lsquoOh no my phonewonrsquot work Irsquom in the middle of the woods Its socold I hope I dont get frostbite Maybe I can go intothe caversquo Mark double-checked the date on his phone Oh no itwas October 25 Legend has it that every October25th until Halloween a monster lives in the cave Themonster has five heads fifty legs and fangs the size ofbaseball bats Mark never believed this wise tale buthe didnrsquot like being stuck out in the woods freezingcold His only options was to seek shelter in GreenRock Cave He heard that peculiar laugh again and astrange crunch as he walked towards the cave but healso smelled the mouthwatering aroma of cake Markthought lsquoit canrsquot be too scary at least therersquos cakersquo

Then Mark went into the cave preparing himself for the worst scare of his life but itwas just an old man making cake There was not a monster in sight The old man smileda warm toothy grin and offered Mark a slice of cake Mark gobbled down the cake itwas warm delicious and just enough to fill him up for the walk back to his car The oldman was so friendly he told Mark how to fix his car Mark said ldquothank you I hope wemeet againrdquo Mark felt silly that he was so scared of an old man who was just making cake Hethought lsquoI just made a new friendrsquo As Mark left the cave he suddenly saw a horrificshadow with five heads ginormous fangs and fifty legs He screamed and tripped helooked back preparing to be destroyed but it was just the old man wavinghellip or was it

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

JACOB 10Margate NJWilliam H RossElementary SchoolTeacher Mrs McGuigan

I AM I am a muleSo sutbborn I willnot listen at all ifI dont want to I am a peacockSo social everyoneis drawn to my conversation I am as graceful as aswallow in the treetopsI love to cheer peopleup as I work I am looking in a brokenmirror so I never see myself

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

KEELI 10Alexandria VAThe Lab School or WashingtonTeacher Amy Young Id like to thank my mom foralways trying to help me seemy best qualities

HIGH HONORS

THE TEXAS STAR A lone white shell in a sky of dark blueHugs the cloudy horizonOver the blood Red Sea Red white and blueMerge together in a sheet of freedomFlowing and whipping in the wind like wild horsesgalloping across a field of bluebonnets

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

MAGGIE 14Austin TXRawson-SaundersTeacher Kat Dewees I would like to thank myparents and my teacher

THE CAVE Markrsquos car broke down in the woods near Green Rockcave just outside of town He heard a slight tapping onthe door and heard a peculiar laugh He lookedoutside but saw nothing Then he smelled the sweetscent of cake Mark started to feel like he was in ascene from a horror movie He tried to call his friendbut he had no service He thought lsquoOh no my phonewonrsquot work Irsquom in the middle of the woods Its socold I hope I dont get frostbite Maybe I can go intothe caversquo Mark double-checked the date on his phone Oh no itwas October 25 Legend has it that every October25th until Halloween a monster lives in the cave Themonster has five heads fifty legs and fangs the size ofbaseball bats Mark never believed this wise tale buthe didnrsquot like being stuck out in the woods freezingcold His only options was to seek shelter in GreenRock Cave He heard that peculiar laugh again and astrange crunch as he walked towards the cave but healso smelled the mouthwatering aroma of cake Markthought lsquoit canrsquot be too scary at least therersquos cakersquo

Then Mark went into the cave preparing himself for the worst scare of his life but itwas just an old man making cake There was not a monster in sight The old man smileda warm toothy grin and offered Mark a slice of cake Mark gobbled down the cake itwas warm delicious and just enough to fill him up for the walk back to his car The oldman was so friendly he told Mark how to fix his car Mark said ldquothank you I hope wemeet againrdquo Mark felt silly that he was so scared of an old man who was just making cake Hethought lsquoI just made a new friendrsquo As Mark left the cave he suddenly saw a horrificshadow with five heads ginormous fangs and fifty legs He screamed and tripped helooked back preparing to be destroyed but it was just the old man wavinghellip or was it

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

JACOB 10Margate NJWilliam H RossElementary SchoolTeacher Mrs McGuigan

I AM I am a muleSo sutbborn I willnot listen at all ifI dont want to I am a peacockSo social everyoneis drawn to my conversation I am as graceful as aswallow in the treetopsI love to cheer peopleup as I work I am looking in a brokenmirror so I never see myself

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

KEELI 10Alexandria VAThe Lab School or WashingtonTeacher Amy Young Id like to thank my mom foralways trying to help me seemy best qualities

HIGH HONORS

THE TEXAS STAR A lone white shell in a sky of dark blueHugs the cloudy horizonOver the blood Red Sea Red white and blueMerge together in a sheet of freedomFlowing and whipping in the wind like wild horsesgalloping across a field of bluebonnets

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

MAGGIE 14Austin TXRawson-SaundersTeacher Kat Dewees I would like to thank myparents and my teacher

I AM I am a muleSo sutbborn I willnot listen at all ifI dont want to I am a peacockSo social everyoneis drawn to my conversation I am as graceful as aswallow in the treetopsI love to cheer peopleup as I work I am looking in a brokenmirror so I never see myself

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

KEELI 10Alexandria VAThe Lab School or WashingtonTeacher Amy Young Id like to thank my mom foralways trying to help me seemy best qualities

HIGH HONORS

THE TEXAS STAR A lone white shell in a sky of dark blueHugs the cloudy horizonOver the blood Red Sea Red white and blueMerge together in a sheet of freedomFlowing and whipping in the wind like wild horsesgalloping across a field of bluebonnets

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

MAGGIE 14Austin TXRawson-SaundersTeacher Kat Dewees I would like to thank myparents and my teacher

THE TEXAS STAR A lone white shell in a sky of dark blueHugs the cloudy horizonOver the blood Red Sea Red white and blueMerge together in a sheet of freedomFlowing and whipping in the wind like wild horsesgalloping across a field of bluebonnets

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

MAGGIE 14Austin TXRawson-SaundersTeacher Kat Dewees I would like to thank myparents and my teacher

PAPER HEART (an excerpt) Out from the behind the greyness of the clouds camethe bright full moon lighting up the dark cold nightA stray beam of soft light found its way to thatunknown figure A young woman was crouched thereHer skin was pale as snow her face was kind but letcrease with such worry Her bright green eyes shonebrightly in the light And her light pink hair fell inlight curtains to her bare shoulders Her slightly largeforehead shown with a light sweat Her bangs werebarely pulled back by a headband that shown asymbol that was near and very dear to her heart Heroutfit was light and easy to move in Red tank topblack shorts and a light pink skirt that matched herhair She wore dark gloves On her back she woreproudly the symbol of her clan The symbol of theHaruno clan From a distance you will not find thisyoung lady very intimidating but once you look herdead in the eyes you will see the fire burningfighting spirit of the Haruno clan and thedetermination to winhellip ldquoYou will thank me for this laterrdquo Confusion filled her mind What did he mean by- Pain came from the back of her neck She gaspedrealizing what just happened It was just like when heleft all those nights ago The pinkette looked up intohis eyes as the world around went dark She wantedto ask why but she was already unconsciousHer eyes widen in shock as he pinched the pressurepoint on her neck A gasp escaped from her lips asshe fell forward He caught her eye before theyclosed They were full of confusion and hurt But hedidnrsquot care

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

MAREN 15Pequot Lakes MNPequot Lakes High SchoolTeacher Mrs Tank I would like to thank my goodFriend Friend A Thanks for introducing me tothe world of Naruto anddealing with my Sasusakuobsession Love yoult3

He held her unconscious body in his arms and stood there He closed his eyes andtook in her scent of cherry blossoms wafting from her He left the warmth of her bodyheat spread through him His dark eyes opened and he picked her up one arm supporting her back and theother holding her legs He held her against his body protectively And then he took offjumping from branch to branch as silent as shadows leaving the little-destroyedclearing behind His mission was to take Sakura Hanro far away from the village and his formerteacher Orochimaru He was going to protect her from any harm She was his after all From the first night Sasuke slept away from the leave village he dreamt of Sakura Ofher hurt face dripping with tears as he left Guilt overtook him whenever he thoughtof that face full of pain and sadness But he had to leave to get stronger and no waywould he let his cherry blossom near the evil of Orochimaru He would use her andhurt her the very thought of this placed a sneer on the avengers face But now no one will hurt her He will make sure of that From the moment he met her all those years ago he always had feelings for the littlepinkette But he could never show this otherwise enemies could use her against himHe also had a goal so he had to leave her behind leaving her safe from the monsterinside of him But as the days went on all he could think about was the girl that nevergave up on him And his only question was why Why did she keep loving him That day when he almost killed her he was gone letting his inner demons takecontrol and he had regretted it ever since But still she has loved him No one but him will be able to love herhellip and that a promisehellip and somehowhellip he willhelp mend her little paper heart

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HIGH HONORS

CITY Kingdoms rise and crumbleCities also doPeople come and go Many live in the buildingsLots gray and dullSome abandoned long agoSpent to all they were valuedThe dark alleys donrsquot welcome manyBut some Torrents of people move through thestreetsCovering the city with the color of theirchatterIn parks people gatherPicnic run and play Itrsquos not the buildings not the alleys notthe placesItrsquos the facesthat make the city

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

WILLIAM 10Hoover ALHomeschool I would like to thank myparents and teacher

THE HOWLER It was midnight and the wind was howling The rain wasbeating at the window Lidya sat up in bed She had lefther paintings outside Quickly she got dressed and ranoutside She looked around but her paintings were goneLidya had worked so hard on them and now they weregone Boom Thunder shook the ground and the rain started tofall harder Lidya ran to the door It was locked She started bangingon the door but her parents were sound asleep There wasa scream that pierced through the night It was high pitchlike a girl Lidya ran into the woods without thinkingSuddenly the screaming stopped Lidya looked around she hadnrsquot ever been in the woods byherself before The trees cast shadows around her thatlooked like they were spinning Lidya started to leave when there was a THUD At her feetwas two things that were still as a stone Lidya bent downto see what they were The closest one was small andskinny The thing had a face that was slimy It seemed tobe bubbling and secreting a gooey substance Lidyalooked at the next thing at her feet It was all shriveled uplike all the water in the things body was gone Its mouthwas open wide like it was trying to breathe Its eyes wereshut tight and its lips were cracked Lidya decided to gotell someone but as she started to walk away the shadowsmoved toward her One of the shadows was zooming toward her at analarming speed It stopped an inch from her face andhissed ldquoThree riddles chances for three chances at life oneof us can make you boil and stew one of us can take all thewater from you one of us can make you a stone surpriserdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

MAKAILA 11Huntsville ALHomeschool My mom inspired me to writethis story because sheencourages me to write myown stories

continue reading next page

HIGH HONORS

The shadow lurched backward and went to its friends The shadows spun around so fastthey looked like one big black cloud Suddenly one of the shadows moved forward andsaid What speaks in riddles word for wordWhat is ancient and old with knowledge that is boldWhat lets you past if youre right but kills you if youre wrongWhat has claws teeth and a biteWhat has a head of a woman and tail that swings through the night Lidya thought for a moment Her first thought was one of the creepy shadows Thatcouldnrsquot be right shadows didnrsquot have claws or teeth and they certainly didnrsquot havetails Her next thought was a human but that couldnrsquot be right either Humans almostnever spoke in riddles they didnrsquot have claws or tails What could it be If it was ancientthen it was probably a mythical creature What mythical creature spoke in riddlesSuddenly it came to her a Sphinx Sphinx she yelled The shadows didnrsquot say anythingbut the first thing was gone The second Shadow was coming toward her when itstopped a safe distance away What is in the sky bright and boldWhat is on waves swirling aroundIt is not the color you use to write Well this one had to be a color for it said that it was in the third line Was it blue Bluewas the color of the sky and sea But being an artist she thought of all the colors in skyand sea There was blue green red white orange pink purple and black Lidyanarrowed down the colors to the ones that were in the sea and the sky The colors wereblack blue green and white This one was hard The last line was it is not the color youwright with You usually wright with black You can wright on paper with all the colorsexcept white White Lidya yelled The second shadow floated backward and the thirdshadow came out It opened its mouth and spoke Therersquos no time to spare say the word to go home is STONELidya said stone and with a bang she was falling and screaming She landed with a thudin her bed She looked at her clock It was midnight

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

DYSLEXIC ADVANTAGE I may not read amazingI may not be the bestBut I should go aheadAnd give me a restI may have trouble hearingAnd I may have trouble seeingBut with my dyslexic advantageI can be my very own best human beingI can show the worldThat Dyslexia isnrsquot badAnd now Irsquom done hereTo go make someone else glad

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

NATHAN 11Cincinatti OH I would like to thank Connorfor being my best friend

HIGH HONORS

NADIA HOW IT CAME TO BE For centuries there were gods watching over us Oneof the godsrsquo names was Sawara who was the God ofSky One of the godsrsquo names was Conjebay who wasthe God of the Underworld Sawara was fed up by allhate and negativity that Conjebay sent One daySawara had enough so he struck the earth with a smallmeteor in the Arctic Ocean so he could live there tobalance humanity He called the island Naida Conjebay was stunning He was more powerful thanever He made war upon humanity Then one dayConjebay modified his skin into a snake Sawara waswalking around and he knew he was being watchedConjebay said ldquoOh Diggy Dog I got him this timerdquoldquoMy high ground now boy You canrsquot run or fight sowhats the planrdquo After that Sawara said ldquoWithoutinner peace it is impossible for any other peacerdquo(Gelshe Kelsang Gyatso) Conjebay stabbed Sawara inthe chest with the Withows Blade that can end anygod Sawara started to bleed onto the people of theworld but not blood-- gold As a result no one was poor and no one was rich Thewars started to stop Sawara fell to his knees and diedThe other gods brought Sawara up to them and buriedSawara in the clouds After that the gods heard whatConjebay did They stripped the powers away fromConjebay After Sawara passed he made many moregods like him to help prevent hate The only thing heplanted were elements on the island of Nadia Sandwater soil and grass to symbolize earth around them

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

AIDAN 12Bethesda MDLab School of WashingtonAmy Young Teacher

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOOOLD to playat the Land of Make BelieveBut there we stoodthe aroma of chlorine mixed withthe hot greasy deep-fried Oreos bollingthe laughs of little innocent kidsEssence mdashas they get bouncedup and downenjoying the pleasure of the rideThe ride mdashthe Essence of childhoodThe Little Voice Inside My Headbanging on the screen doorto let me outto go playYet somethingIs holding me backto runto playto keep the appearanceof being cool mdashof beingan adult

The Sticky Sweat on my Foreheaddrips down my backI hear the soundsas they grow faintas they flowfurther down the slideThe slide mdashthe Essence of childhoodWe Dare Each Otherto go on the biggest water slideand we can feel the adrenalineflowing through our veinslike a riverwildI Stopto hopenever to forget this secondthis momentthis daythis mdashEssence

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS ELLIE 12Belvidere NJRidge and Valley Charter SchoolTeacher Tyler Thurgood I would like to thank my teacher Tyler Thurgood

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOO OLD

HIGH HONORS

He held her unconscious body in his arms and stood there He closed his eyes andtook in her scent of cherry blossoms wafting from her He left the warmth of her bodyheat spread through him His dark eyes opened and he picked her up one arm supporting her back and theother holding her legs He held her against his body protectively And then he took offjumping from branch to branch as silent as shadows leaving the little-destroyedclearing behind His mission was to take Sakura Hanro far away from the village and his formerteacher Orochimaru He was going to protect her from any harm She was his after all From the first night Sasuke slept away from the leave village he dreamt of Sakura Ofher hurt face dripping with tears as he left Guilt overtook him whenever he thoughtof that face full of pain and sadness But he had to leave to get stronger and no waywould he let his cherry blossom near the evil of Orochimaru He would use her andhurt her the very thought of this placed a sneer on the avengers face But now no one will hurt her He will make sure of that From the moment he met her all those years ago he always had feelings for the littlepinkette But he could never show this otherwise enemies could use her against himHe also had a goal so he had to leave her behind leaving her safe from the monsterinside of him But as the days went on all he could think about was the girl that nevergave up on him And his only question was why Why did she keep loving him That day when he almost killed her he was gone letting his inner demons takecontrol and he had regretted it ever since But still she has loved him No one but him will be able to love herhellip and that a promisehellip and somehowhellip he willhelp mend her little paper heart

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HIGH HONORS

CITY Kingdoms rise and crumbleCities also doPeople come and go Many live in the buildingsLots gray and dullSome abandoned long agoSpent to all they were valuedThe dark alleys donrsquot welcome manyBut some Torrents of people move through thestreetsCovering the city with the color of theirchatterIn parks people gatherPicnic run and play Itrsquos not the buildings not the alleys notthe placesItrsquos the facesthat make the city

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

WILLIAM 10Hoover ALHomeschool I would like to thank myparents and teacher

THE HOWLER It was midnight and the wind was howling The rain wasbeating at the window Lidya sat up in bed She had lefther paintings outside Quickly she got dressed and ranoutside She looked around but her paintings were goneLidya had worked so hard on them and now they weregone Boom Thunder shook the ground and the rain started tofall harder Lidya ran to the door It was locked She started bangingon the door but her parents were sound asleep There wasa scream that pierced through the night It was high pitchlike a girl Lidya ran into the woods without thinkingSuddenly the screaming stopped Lidya looked around she hadnrsquot ever been in the woods byherself before The trees cast shadows around her thatlooked like they were spinning Lidya started to leave when there was a THUD At her feetwas two things that were still as a stone Lidya bent downto see what they were The closest one was small andskinny The thing had a face that was slimy It seemed tobe bubbling and secreting a gooey substance Lidyalooked at the next thing at her feet It was all shriveled uplike all the water in the things body was gone Its mouthwas open wide like it was trying to breathe Its eyes wereshut tight and its lips were cracked Lidya decided to gotell someone but as she started to walk away the shadowsmoved toward her One of the shadows was zooming toward her at analarming speed It stopped an inch from her face andhissed ldquoThree riddles chances for three chances at life oneof us can make you boil and stew one of us can take all thewater from you one of us can make you a stone surpriserdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

MAKAILA 11Huntsville ALHomeschool My mom inspired me to writethis story because sheencourages me to write myown stories

continue reading next page

HIGH HONORS

The shadow lurched backward and went to its friends The shadows spun around so fastthey looked like one big black cloud Suddenly one of the shadows moved forward andsaid What speaks in riddles word for wordWhat is ancient and old with knowledge that is boldWhat lets you past if youre right but kills you if youre wrongWhat has claws teeth and a biteWhat has a head of a woman and tail that swings through the night Lidya thought for a moment Her first thought was one of the creepy shadows Thatcouldnrsquot be right shadows didnrsquot have claws or teeth and they certainly didnrsquot havetails Her next thought was a human but that couldnrsquot be right either Humans almostnever spoke in riddles they didnrsquot have claws or tails What could it be If it was ancientthen it was probably a mythical creature What mythical creature spoke in riddlesSuddenly it came to her a Sphinx Sphinx she yelled The shadows didnrsquot say anythingbut the first thing was gone The second Shadow was coming toward her when itstopped a safe distance away What is in the sky bright and boldWhat is on waves swirling aroundIt is not the color you use to write Well this one had to be a color for it said that it was in the third line Was it blue Bluewas the color of the sky and sea But being an artist she thought of all the colors in skyand sea There was blue green red white orange pink purple and black Lidyanarrowed down the colors to the ones that were in the sea and the sky The colors wereblack blue green and white This one was hard The last line was it is not the color youwright with You usually wright with black You can wright on paper with all the colorsexcept white White Lidya yelled The second shadow floated backward and the thirdshadow came out It opened its mouth and spoke Therersquos no time to spare say the word to go home is STONELidya said stone and with a bang she was falling and screaming She landed with a thudin her bed She looked at her clock It was midnight

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

DYSLEXIC ADVANTAGE I may not read amazingI may not be the bestBut I should go aheadAnd give me a restI may have trouble hearingAnd I may have trouble seeingBut with my dyslexic advantageI can be my very own best human beingI can show the worldThat Dyslexia isnrsquot badAnd now Irsquom done hereTo go make someone else glad

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

NATHAN 11Cincinatti OH I would like to thank Connorfor being my best friend

HIGH HONORS

NADIA HOW IT CAME TO BE For centuries there were gods watching over us Oneof the godsrsquo names was Sawara who was the God ofSky One of the godsrsquo names was Conjebay who wasthe God of the Underworld Sawara was fed up by allhate and negativity that Conjebay sent One daySawara had enough so he struck the earth with a smallmeteor in the Arctic Ocean so he could live there tobalance humanity He called the island Naida Conjebay was stunning He was more powerful thanever He made war upon humanity Then one dayConjebay modified his skin into a snake Sawara waswalking around and he knew he was being watchedConjebay said ldquoOh Diggy Dog I got him this timerdquoldquoMy high ground now boy You canrsquot run or fight sowhats the planrdquo After that Sawara said ldquoWithoutinner peace it is impossible for any other peacerdquo(Gelshe Kelsang Gyatso) Conjebay stabbed Sawara inthe chest with the Withows Blade that can end anygod Sawara started to bleed onto the people of theworld but not blood-- gold As a result no one was poor and no one was rich Thewars started to stop Sawara fell to his knees and diedThe other gods brought Sawara up to them and buriedSawara in the clouds After that the gods heard whatConjebay did They stripped the powers away fromConjebay After Sawara passed he made many moregods like him to help prevent hate The only thing heplanted were elements on the island of Nadia Sandwater soil and grass to symbolize earth around them

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

AIDAN 12Bethesda MDLab School of WashingtonAmy Young Teacher

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOOOLD to playat the Land of Make BelieveBut there we stoodthe aroma of chlorine mixed withthe hot greasy deep-fried Oreos bollingthe laughs of little innocent kidsEssence mdashas they get bouncedup and downenjoying the pleasure of the rideThe ride mdashthe Essence of childhoodThe Little Voice Inside My Headbanging on the screen doorto let me outto go playYet somethingIs holding me backto runto playto keep the appearanceof being cool mdashof beingan adult

The Sticky Sweat on my Foreheaddrips down my backI hear the soundsas they grow faintas they flowfurther down the slideThe slide mdashthe Essence of childhoodWe Dare Each Otherto go on the biggest water slideand we can feel the adrenalineflowing through our veinslike a riverwildI Stopto hopenever to forget this secondthis momentthis daythis mdashEssence

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS ELLIE 12Belvidere NJRidge and Valley Charter SchoolTeacher Tyler Thurgood I would like to thank my teacher Tyler Thurgood

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOO OLD

HIGH HONORS

CITY Kingdoms rise and crumbleCities also doPeople come and go Many live in the buildingsLots gray and dullSome abandoned long agoSpent to all they were valuedThe dark alleys donrsquot welcome manyBut some Torrents of people move through thestreetsCovering the city with the color of theirchatterIn parks people gatherPicnic run and play Itrsquos not the buildings not the alleys notthe placesItrsquos the facesthat make the city

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

WILLIAM 10Hoover ALHomeschool I would like to thank myparents and teacher

THE HOWLER It was midnight and the wind was howling The rain wasbeating at the window Lidya sat up in bed She had lefther paintings outside Quickly she got dressed and ranoutside She looked around but her paintings were goneLidya had worked so hard on them and now they weregone Boom Thunder shook the ground and the rain started tofall harder Lidya ran to the door It was locked She started bangingon the door but her parents were sound asleep There wasa scream that pierced through the night It was high pitchlike a girl Lidya ran into the woods without thinkingSuddenly the screaming stopped Lidya looked around she hadnrsquot ever been in the woods byherself before The trees cast shadows around her thatlooked like they were spinning Lidya started to leave when there was a THUD At her feetwas two things that were still as a stone Lidya bent downto see what they were The closest one was small andskinny The thing had a face that was slimy It seemed tobe bubbling and secreting a gooey substance Lidyalooked at the next thing at her feet It was all shriveled uplike all the water in the things body was gone Its mouthwas open wide like it was trying to breathe Its eyes wereshut tight and its lips were cracked Lidya decided to gotell someone but as she started to walk away the shadowsmoved toward her One of the shadows was zooming toward her at analarming speed It stopped an inch from her face andhissed ldquoThree riddles chances for three chances at life oneof us can make you boil and stew one of us can take all thewater from you one of us can make you a stone surpriserdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

MAKAILA 11Huntsville ALHomeschool My mom inspired me to writethis story because sheencourages me to write myown stories

continue reading next page

HIGH HONORS

The shadow lurched backward and went to its friends The shadows spun around so fastthey looked like one big black cloud Suddenly one of the shadows moved forward andsaid What speaks in riddles word for wordWhat is ancient and old with knowledge that is boldWhat lets you past if youre right but kills you if youre wrongWhat has claws teeth and a biteWhat has a head of a woman and tail that swings through the night Lidya thought for a moment Her first thought was one of the creepy shadows Thatcouldnrsquot be right shadows didnrsquot have claws or teeth and they certainly didnrsquot havetails Her next thought was a human but that couldnrsquot be right either Humans almostnever spoke in riddles they didnrsquot have claws or tails What could it be If it was ancientthen it was probably a mythical creature What mythical creature spoke in riddlesSuddenly it came to her a Sphinx Sphinx she yelled The shadows didnrsquot say anythingbut the first thing was gone The second Shadow was coming toward her when itstopped a safe distance away What is in the sky bright and boldWhat is on waves swirling aroundIt is not the color you use to write Well this one had to be a color for it said that it was in the third line Was it blue Bluewas the color of the sky and sea But being an artist she thought of all the colors in skyand sea There was blue green red white orange pink purple and black Lidyanarrowed down the colors to the ones that were in the sea and the sky The colors wereblack blue green and white This one was hard The last line was it is not the color youwright with You usually wright with black You can wright on paper with all the colorsexcept white White Lidya yelled The second shadow floated backward and the thirdshadow came out It opened its mouth and spoke Therersquos no time to spare say the word to go home is STONELidya said stone and with a bang she was falling and screaming She landed with a thudin her bed She looked at her clock It was midnight

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

DYSLEXIC ADVANTAGE I may not read amazingI may not be the bestBut I should go aheadAnd give me a restI may have trouble hearingAnd I may have trouble seeingBut with my dyslexic advantageI can be my very own best human beingI can show the worldThat Dyslexia isnrsquot badAnd now Irsquom done hereTo go make someone else glad

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

NATHAN 11Cincinatti OH I would like to thank Connorfor being my best friend

HIGH HONORS

NADIA HOW IT CAME TO BE For centuries there were gods watching over us Oneof the godsrsquo names was Sawara who was the God ofSky One of the godsrsquo names was Conjebay who wasthe God of the Underworld Sawara was fed up by allhate and negativity that Conjebay sent One daySawara had enough so he struck the earth with a smallmeteor in the Arctic Ocean so he could live there tobalance humanity He called the island Naida Conjebay was stunning He was more powerful thanever He made war upon humanity Then one dayConjebay modified his skin into a snake Sawara waswalking around and he knew he was being watchedConjebay said ldquoOh Diggy Dog I got him this timerdquoldquoMy high ground now boy You canrsquot run or fight sowhats the planrdquo After that Sawara said ldquoWithoutinner peace it is impossible for any other peacerdquo(Gelshe Kelsang Gyatso) Conjebay stabbed Sawara inthe chest with the Withows Blade that can end anygod Sawara started to bleed onto the people of theworld but not blood-- gold As a result no one was poor and no one was rich Thewars started to stop Sawara fell to his knees and diedThe other gods brought Sawara up to them and buriedSawara in the clouds After that the gods heard whatConjebay did They stripped the powers away fromConjebay After Sawara passed he made many moregods like him to help prevent hate The only thing heplanted were elements on the island of Nadia Sandwater soil and grass to symbolize earth around them

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

AIDAN 12Bethesda MDLab School of WashingtonAmy Young Teacher

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOOOLD to playat the Land of Make BelieveBut there we stoodthe aroma of chlorine mixed withthe hot greasy deep-fried Oreos bollingthe laughs of little innocent kidsEssence mdashas they get bouncedup and downenjoying the pleasure of the rideThe ride mdashthe Essence of childhoodThe Little Voice Inside My Headbanging on the screen doorto let me outto go playYet somethingIs holding me backto runto playto keep the appearanceof being cool mdashof beingan adult

The Sticky Sweat on my Foreheaddrips down my backI hear the soundsas they grow faintas they flowfurther down the slideThe slide mdashthe Essence of childhoodWe Dare Each Otherto go on the biggest water slideand we can feel the adrenalineflowing through our veinslike a riverwildI Stopto hopenever to forget this secondthis momentthis daythis mdashEssence

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS ELLIE 12Belvidere NJRidge and Valley Charter SchoolTeacher Tyler Thurgood I would like to thank my teacher Tyler Thurgood

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOO OLD

HIGH HONORS

THE HOWLER It was midnight and the wind was howling The rain wasbeating at the window Lidya sat up in bed She had lefther paintings outside Quickly she got dressed and ranoutside She looked around but her paintings were goneLidya had worked so hard on them and now they weregone Boom Thunder shook the ground and the rain started tofall harder Lidya ran to the door It was locked She started bangingon the door but her parents were sound asleep There wasa scream that pierced through the night It was high pitchlike a girl Lidya ran into the woods without thinkingSuddenly the screaming stopped Lidya looked around she hadnrsquot ever been in the woods byherself before The trees cast shadows around her thatlooked like they were spinning Lidya started to leave when there was a THUD At her feetwas two things that were still as a stone Lidya bent downto see what they were The closest one was small andskinny The thing had a face that was slimy It seemed tobe bubbling and secreting a gooey substance Lidyalooked at the next thing at her feet It was all shriveled uplike all the water in the things body was gone Its mouthwas open wide like it was trying to breathe Its eyes wereshut tight and its lips were cracked Lidya decided to gotell someone but as she started to walk away the shadowsmoved toward her One of the shadows was zooming toward her at analarming speed It stopped an inch from her face andhissed ldquoThree riddles chances for three chances at life oneof us can make you boil and stew one of us can take all thewater from you one of us can make you a stone surpriserdquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

MAKAILA 11Huntsville ALHomeschool My mom inspired me to writethis story because sheencourages me to write myown stories

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HIGH HONORS

The shadow lurched backward and went to its friends The shadows spun around so fastthey looked like one big black cloud Suddenly one of the shadows moved forward andsaid What speaks in riddles word for wordWhat is ancient and old with knowledge that is boldWhat lets you past if youre right but kills you if youre wrongWhat has claws teeth and a biteWhat has a head of a woman and tail that swings through the night Lidya thought for a moment Her first thought was one of the creepy shadows Thatcouldnrsquot be right shadows didnrsquot have claws or teeth and they certainly didnrsquot havetails Her next thought was a human but that couldnrsquot be right either Humans almostnever spoke in riddles they didnrsquot have claws or tails What could it be If it was ancientthen it was probably a mythical creature What mythical creature spoke in riddlesSuddenly it came to her a Sphinx Sphinx she yelled The shadows didnrsquot say anythingbut the first thing was gone The second Shadow was coming toward her when itstopped a safe distance away What is in the sky bright and boldWhat is on waves swirling aroundIt is not the color you use to write Well this one had to be a color for it said that it was in the third line Was it blue Bluewas the color of the sky and sea But being an artist she thought of all the colors in skyand sea There was blue green red white orange pink purple and black Lidyanarrowed down the colors to the ones that were in the sea and the sky The colors wereblack blue green and white This one was hard The last line was it is not the color youwright with You usually wright with black You can wright on paper with all the colorsexcept white White Lidya yelled The second shadow floated backward and the thirdshadow came out It opened its mouth and spoke Therersquos no time to spare say the word to go home is STONELidya said stone and with a bang she was falling and screaming She landed with a thudin her bed She looked at her clock It was midnight

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

DYSLEXIC ADVANTAGE I may not read amazingI may not be the bestBut I should go aheadAnd give me a restI may have trouble hearingAnd I may have trouble seeingBut with my dyslexic advantageI can be my very own best human beingI can show the worldThat Dyslexia isnrsquot badAnd now Irsquom done hereTo go make someone else glad

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

NATHAN 11Cincinatti OH I would like to thank Connorfor being my best friend

HIGH HONORS

NADIA HOW IT CAME TO BE For centuries there were gods watching over us Oneof the godsrsquo names was Sawara who was the God ofSky One of the godsrsquo names was Conjebay who wasthe God of the Underworld Sawara was fed up by allhate and negativity that Conjebay sent One daySawara had enough so he struck the earth with a smallmeteor in the Arctic Ocean so he could live there tobalance humanity He called the island Naida Conjebay was stunning He was more powerful thanever He made war upon humanity Then one dayConjebay modified his skin into a snake Sawara waswalking around and he knew he was being watchedConjebay said ldquoOh Diggy Dog I got him this timerdquoldquoMy high ground now boy You canrsquot run or fight sowhats the planrdquo After that Sawara said ldquoWithoutinner peace it is impossible for any other peacerdquo(Gelshe Kelsang Gyatso) Conjebay stabbed Sawara inthe chest with the Withows Blade that can end anygod Sawara started to bleed onto the people of theworld but not blood-- gold As a result no one was poor and no one was rich Thewars started to stop Sawara fell to his knees and diedThe other gods brought Sawara up to them and buriedSawara in the clouds After that the gods heard whatConjebay did They stripped the powers away fromConjebay After Sawara passed he made many moregods like him to help prevent hate The only thing heplanted were elements on the island of Nadia Sandwater soil and grass to symbolize earth around them

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

AIDAN 12Bethesda MDLab School of WashingtonAmy Young Teacher

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOOOLD to playat the Land of Make BelieveBut there we stoodthe aroma of chlorine mixed withthe hot greasy deep-fried Oreos bollingthe laughs of little innocent kidsEssence mdashas they get bouncedup and downenjoying the pleasure of the rideThe ride mdashthe Essence of childhoodThe Little Voice Inside My Headbanging on the screen doorto let me outto go playYet somethingIs holding me backto runto playto keep the appearanceof being cool mdashof beingan adult

The Sticky Sweat on my Foreheaddrips down my backI hear the soundsas they grow faintas they flowfurther down the slideThe slide mdashthe Essence of childhoodWe Dare Each Otherto go on the biggest water slideand we can feel the adrenalineflowing through our veinslike a riverwildI Stopto hopenever to forget this secondthis momentthis daythis mdashEssence

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS ELLIE 12Belvidere NJRidge and Valley Charter SchoolTeacher Tyler Thurgood I would like to thank my teacher Tyler Thurgood

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOO OLD

HIGH HONORS

The shadow lurched backward and went to its friends The shadows spun around so fastthey looked like one big black cloud Suddenly one of the shadows moved forward andsaid What speaks in riddles word for wordWhat is ancient and old with knowledge that is boldWhat lets you past if youre right but kills you if youre wrongWhat has claws teeth and a biteWhat has a head of a woman and tail that swings through the night Lidya thought for a moment Her first thought was one of the creepy shadows Thatcouldnrsquot be right shadows didnrsquot have claws or teeth and they certainly didnrsquot havetails Her next thought was a human but that couldnrsquot be right either Humans almostnever spoke in riddles they didnrsquot have claws or tails What could it be If it was ancientthen it was probably a mythical creature What mythical creature spoke in riddlesSuddenly it came to her a Sphinx Sphinx she yelled The shadows didnrsquot say anythingbut the first thing was gone The second Shadow was coming toward her when itstopped a safe distance away What is in the sky bright and boldWhat is on waves swirling aroundIt is not the color you use to write Well this one had to be a color for it said that it was in the third line Was it blue Bluewas the color of the sky and sea But being an artist she thought of all the colors in skyand sea There was blue green red white orange pink purple and black Lidyanarrowed down the colors to the ones that were in the sea and the sky The colors wereblack blue green and white This one was hard The last line was it is not the color youwright with You usually wright with black You can wright on paper with all the colorsexcept white White Lidya yelled The second shadow floated backward and the thirdshadow came out It opened its mouth and spoke Therersquos no time to spare say the word to go home is STONELidya said stone and with a bang she was falling and screaming She landed with a thudin her bed She looked at her clock It was midnight

HIGH HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

DYSLEXIC ADVANTAGE I may not read amazingI may not be the bestBut I should go aheadAnd give me a restI may have trouble hearingAnd I may have trouble seeingBut with my dyslexic advantageI can be my very own best human beingI can show the worldThat Dyslexia isnrsquot badAnd now Irsquom done hereTo go make someone else glad

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

NATHAN 11Cincinatti OH I would like to thank Connorfor being my best friend

HIGH HONORS

NADIA HOW IT CAME TO BE For centuries there were gods watching over us Oneof the godsrsquo names was Sawara who was the God ofSky One of the godsrsquo names was Conjebay who wasthe God of the Underworld Sawara was fed up by allhate and negativity that Conjebay sent One daySawara had enough so he struck the earth with a smallmeteor in the Arctic Ocean so he could live there tobalance humanity He called the island Naida Conjebay was stunning He was more powerful thanever He made war upon humanity Then one dayConjebay modified his skin into a snake Sawara waswalking around and he knew he was being watchedConjebay said ldquoOh Diggy Dog I got him this timerdquoldquoMy high ground now boy You canrsquot run or fight sowhats the planrdquo After that Sawara said ldquoWithoutinner peace it is impossible for any other peacerdquo(Gelshe Kelsang Gyatso) Conjebay stabbed Sawara inthe chest with the Withows Blade that can end anygod Sawara started to bleed onto the people of theworld but not blood-- gold As a result no one was poor and no one was rich Thewars started to stop Sawara fell to his knees and diedThe other gods brought Sawara up to them and buriedSawara in the clouds After that the gods heard whatConjebay did They stripped the powers away fromConjebay After Sawara passed he made many moregods like him to help prevent hate The only thing heplanted were elements on the island of Nadia Sandwater soil and grass to symbolize earth around them

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

AIDAN 12Bethesda MDLab School of WashingtonAmy Young Teacher

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOOOLD to playat the Land of Make BelieveBut there we stoodthe aroma of chlorine mixed withthe hot greasy deep-fried Oreos bollingthe laughs of little innocent kidsEssence mdashas they get bouncedup and downenjoying the pleasure of the rideThe ride mdashthe Essence of childhoodThe Little Voice Inside My Headbanging on the screen doorto let me outto go playYet somethingIs holding me backto runto playto keep the appearanceof being cool mdashof beingan adult

The Sticky Sweat on my Foreheaddrips down my backI hear the soundsas they grow faintas they flowfurther down the slideThe slide mdashthe Essence of childhoodWe Dare Each Otherto go on the biggest water slideand we can feel the adrenalineflowing through our veinslike a riverwildI Stopto hopenever to forget this secondthis momentthis daythis mdashEssence

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS ELLIE 12Belvidere NJRidge and Valley Charter SchoolTeacher Tyler Thurgood I would like to thank my teacher Tyler Thurgood

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOO OLD

HIGH HONORS

DYSLEXIC ADVANTAGE I may not read amazingI may not be the bestBut I should go aheadAnd give me a restI may have trouble hearingAnd I may have trouble seeingBut with my dyslexic advantageI can be my very own best human beingI can show the worldThat Dyslexia isnrsquot badAnd now Irsquom done hereTo go make someone else glad

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

NATHAN 11Cincinatti OH I would like to thank Connorfor being my best friend

HIGH HONORS

NADIA HOW IT CAME TO BE For centuries there were gods watching over us Oneof the godsrsquo names was Sawara who was the God ofSky One of the godsrsquo names was Conjebay who wasthe God of the Underworld Sawara was fed up by allhate and negativity that Conjebay sent One daySawara had enough so he struck the earth with a smallmeteor in the Arctic Ocean so he could live there tobalance humanity He called the island Naida Conjebay was stunning He was more powerful thanever He made war upon humanity Then one dayConjebay modified his skin into a snake Sawara waswalking around and he knew he was being watchedConjebay said ldquoOh Diggy Dog I got him this timerdquoldquoMy high ground now boy You canrsquot run or fight sowhats the planrdquo After that Sawara said ldquoWithoutinner peace it is impossible for any other peacerdquo(Gelshe Kelsang Gyatso) Conjebay stabbed Sawara inthe chest with the Withows Blade that can end anygod Sawara started to bleed onto the people of theworld but not blood-- gold As a result no one was poor and no one was rich Thewars started to stop Sawara fell to his knees and diedThe other gods brought Sawara up to them and buriedSawara in the clouds After that the gods heard whatConjebay did They stripped the powers away fromConjebay After Sawara passed he made many moregods like him to help prevent hate The only thing heplanted were elements on the island of Nadia Sandwater soil and grass to symbolize earth around them

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

AIDAN 12Bethesda MDLab School of WashingtonAmy Young Teacher

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOOOLD to playat the Land of Make BelieveBut there we stoodthe aroma of chlorine mixed withthe hot greasy deep-fried Oreos bollingthe laughs of little innocent kidsEssence mdashas they get bouncedup and downenjoying the pleasure of the rideThe ride mdashthe Essence of childhoodThe Little Voice Inside My Headbanging on the screen doorto let me outto go playYet somethingIs holding me backto runto playto keep the appearanceof being cool mdashof beingan adult

The Sticky Sweat on my Foreheaddrips down my backI hear the soundsas they grow faintas they flowfurther down the slideThe slide mdashthe Essence of childhoodWe Dare Each Otherto go on the biggest water slideand we can feel the adrenalineflowing through our veinslike a riverwildI Stopto hopenever to forget this secondthis momentthis daythis mdashEssence

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS ELLIE 12Belvidere NJRidge and Valley Charter SchoolTeacher Tyler Thurgood I would like to thank my teacher Tyler Thurgood

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOO OLD

HIGH HONORS

NADIA HOW IT CAME TO BE For centuries there were gods watching over us Oneof the godsrsquo names was Sawara who was the God ofSky One of the godsrsquo names was Conjebay who wasthe God of the Underworld Sawara was fed up by allhate and negativity that Conjebay sent One daySawara had enough so he struck the earth with a smallmeteor in the Arctic Ocean so he could live there tobalance humanity He called the island Naida Conjebay was stunning He was more powerful thanever He made war upon humanity Then one dayConjebay modified his skin into a snake Sawara waswalking around and he knew he was being watchedConjebay said ldquoOh Diggy Dog I got him this timerdquoldquoMy high ground now boy You canrsquot run or fight sowhats the planrdquo After that Sawara said ldquoWithoutinner peace it is impossible for any other peacerdquo(Gelshe Kelsang Gyatso) Conjebay stabbed Sawara inthe chest with the Withows Blade that can end anygod Sawara started to bleed onto the people of theworld but not blood-- gold As a result no one was poor and no one was rich Thewars started to stop Sawara fell to his knees and diedThe other gods brought Sawara up to them and buriedSawara in the clouds After that the gods heard whatConjebay did They stripped the powers away fromConjebay After Sawara passed he made many moregods like him to help prevent hate The only thing heplanted were elements on the island of Nadia Sandwater soil and grass to symbolize earth around them

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

AIDAN 12Bethesda MDLab School of WashingtonAmy Young Teacher

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOOOLD to playat the Land of Make BelieveBut there we stoodthe aroma of chlorine mixed withthe hot greasy deep-fried Oreos bollingthe laughs of little innocent kidsEssence mdashas they get bouncedup and downenjoying the pleasure of the rideThe ride mdashthe Essence of childhoodThe Little Voice Inside My Headbanging on the screen doorto let me outto go playYet somethingIs holding me backto runto playto keep the appearanceof being cool mdashof beingan adult

The Sticky Sweat on my Foreheaddrips down my backI hear the soundsas they grow faintas they flowfurther down the slideThe slide mdashthe Essence of childhoodWe Dare Each Otherto go on the biggest water slideand we can feel the adrenalineflowing through our veinslike a riverwildI Stopto hopenever to forget this secondthis momentthis daythis mdashEssence

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS ELLIE 12Belvidere NJRidge and Valley Charter SchoolTeacher Tyler Thurgood I would like to thank my teacher Tyler Thurgood

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOO OLD

HIGH HONORS

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOOOLD to playat the Land of Make BelieveBut there we stoodthe aroma of chlorine mixed withthe hot greasy deep-fried Oreos bollingthe laughs of little innocent kidsEssence mdashas they get bouncedup and downenjoying the pleasure of the rideThe ride mdashthe Essence of childhoodThe Little Voice Inside My Headbanging on the screen doorto let me outto go playYet somethingIs holding me backto runto playto keep the appearanceof being cool mdashof beingan adult

The Sticky Sweat on my Foreheaddrips down my backI hear the soundsas they grow faintas they flowfurther down the slideThe slide mdashthe Essence of childhoodWe Dare Each Otherto go on the biggest water slideand we can feel the adrenalineflowing through our veinslike a riverwildI Stopto hopenever to forget this secondthis momentthis daythis mdashEssence

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS ELLIE 12Belvidere NJRidge and Valley Charter SchoolTeacher Tyler Thurgood I would like to thank my teacher Tyler Thurgood

SOME MIGHT SAY WERE TOO OLD

HIGH HONORS

FREE ASSOCIATION The smell of dry grass reminds me of Leakey Leakeyreminds me of fire Fire reminds me of being by thecrystal clear blue water of the springs This remindsme of crawfish swimming tubing jumping off a ropeswing fishing and being with my cousins by the fireFire reminds me of srsquomores and getting burned by astick that had been in the fiery inferno as well as thesmell of wood burning by our yellow Leakey cabin This reminds me of unafraid deer boars up to 600 lbsand free roaming black cats It also reminds me of LaLarsquos the best breakfast taco place in the world and oneof my favorite stores Joshrsquos which carries guns knivestubes sunglasses and fishing related items Fishingrods remind me of my summer camp LLYC when I wasstill with the younger kids I will call them JamesParker and Clifford We found a giant foam wheelbehind the camp The wheel was stuck in between twotrees We rolled it up the hill and thought we shouldsend ourselves down in it We had a test trial and thewheel stayed upright on the way down It went Bump Thud Bump Thud Bump All the way down the hill and flew off the cliff and Splashed into the river We ended up sideways andclimbed out into the dry grasswhich reminds me

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HAYDEN 12Austin TXRawson SaundersKat Dewees TeacherId like to thank Ms Dewees

THE WRITING MACHINE I have invented a writing machine This machine willconvert what you have already written into more sentencesand paragraphs If you put in a simple sentence ldquoThe redhouserdquo the machine will turn it into ldquo The big red housewith pink shutters and blue azalea flowers in the frontrdquoThe machine will also take what you have already writtenand a new short sentence you just wrote to make a newsentence As an example ldquo Asher loves to smell theflowersrdquo Instead of inserting a new kind of flower themachine will insert the same type of flower only with moreinformation ldquoThe seventh-grader Asher loves the sweetscent of the blue azalea flowersrdquo I think dyslexic students around the world will use thisinvention The abilities of this machine would be nearlyendless The computer in the device will be able to detectspelling and grammar errors build new complex sentencesand make whole paragraphs that are relatable to yoursubject The machine will have a multiple choice option soyou can pick any sentence you want The computer willcome up with hundreds of sentences you could use Youwill be able to use this machine in Google Docs andMicrosoft Word 2013

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

ANDREW 13Pasadena CAAssumption of the BlessedVirgin MaryMs Louk TeacherId like to thank my tutor AnnMurphy

When would Dyslexics use this machine This device should be limited at schools If a studentbecomes too reliant on this device he or she will not develop essential writing skills It wouldbe best if the teacher personally permits someone to use the machine instead of giving it to aclass The device could be used to write a paragraph for a student He or she would put all ofthe information into the computer that they knew on the subject and the computer wouldgenerate the paragraph Another function on this machine is decoding words and sentences that you may not be ableto read If a dysgraphic person writes a sentence or paragraph you canrsquot understand the devicewill scan it and decode the paper until it deciphers the sentence If y0 u co ul d n ot read t histhe machine would scan the sentence decode it and then a legible sentence would show upon screen I believe that this machine will revolutionize the gap between dyslexic dysgraphic and non-dyslexic non-dysgraphic people This gap will be revolutionized by generating new longersentences for dyslexic students It will help teachers understand what their dysgraphicstudents write I just wrote this entire essay or did I

HIGH HONORS

THE INNER MEANING It can sail you to placesyou didnrsquot even know you could reach It can slake your thirst for exerciseOn a lazy Saturday It can wash the stresses of the world awayAnd send them floating off like leaves in a river It is the bright mosaic floorIn which I am a colorful tile It brings the riches and the rags togetherAnd merges hues of flesh into a rainbow ofacceptance My swim team

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

WESTON 12Austin TXRawson-SaundersKat Dewees Teacher I would like to acknowledgemy teacher Kat DeWees forencouraging me and my swimteam for inspiring me

WRITING My aching emotion dumpLike a bad break upa sentimental sumpWritingTurns my life into something moreTrying out a new ideawhat I havenrsquot thought of beforeWritingMy words are drowning on the pageLike when I am speechlessThey are sinking Floating Shouting in a rageWritingMy flow of a rivereach word forms a spray of Creativitythe imagination giverWritingThe hardest thing is the approachStirring up my feelingsOn topics hard to broach

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

NOBLE 13Austin TXRawson-SaundersKat Dewees Teacher My teacher Kat DeWees andmy writing friends for helpingme with the idea of writing apoem about writing

HIGH HONORS

THE MERMAID GODDESS I dove off the dock into the water As my body hit thewater a feeling of peace seeped into me I shotthrough the water like a knife I looked down and sawthe seaweed swing beneath me inviting me to playwith it I came up for air and then went back downinto the seaweed slithering in between the strandslike an eel searching for its prey I found a rock in themiddle of the seaweed the perfect place for me to sitand think On the bottom of the ocean the occasional fish swamup next to me until I had to to back up for air I havealways loved the ocean My grandmother calls me ldquoa mermaid the goddessesof the seardquo The sea brought me peace a place torelax and imagine beautiful things In order to accessthat place I have to dive down deep into the ocean tothe seafloor Beneath the surface surrounded by allthe sea life it feels like a blanket surrounding youwith warmth hugging you close and comforting youThats the way its always been for me The bestthings happen to me when Im in the ocean I decidedthat I would swim out to the island right off the beachThe island was never as sacred to me as the oceanbut for some reason it still beckons me to it and Irespond willingly To get there I swam through thereef Looking down at the beauty of the coral beneathme fish came up to say hello I knew them well butthey knew me better They had played with me everyday since I was a young girl always intoxicating mewith me their charm A swarm of fish appeared andwhispered in my ear ldquoplay with us play with usrdquo Buttoday I had to decline their offer

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

CARLY 13Chelmsford MAAcera School Id like to thank my teacherVered Brooks

I got to the island the most magical place Id ever known Like something straight outof a fairy tale it was a small circular island with tide pools all around and sandybeaches that sea glass would wash up on Right in the middle of the island there was atree a big willow tree who was king of the island I had a fantasy about the tree Littlefairies lived inside it and at night they woke up and cared for the willow tree Theysprinkled magic on its leaves and gave the big wise willow a little bit of a sense ofhumor As I reached the island I raced up the beach to the willow tree I brushed backits vines of leaves As the leaves fell back into place the inside of the tree started toglow blue and I heard a voice whisper inside me as if it was a part of me ldquoI am the treeof the goddesses here to help guide you Go to your grandmotherrdquo I sprinted down thebeach intent on swimming as fast as possible But as I reached the reef I stopped andhovered over looked down at the fish dodging through the coral and watched the sea -a world that I had seen but had never really been connected to until now All thefantastical underwater tales that my grandmother told me when I was younger couldactually be my reality I ran to my grandmothers house which was so close to the ocean it waspractically underwater I burst into her house and frantically said ldquograndma the tree onthe island it spoke to merdquo My words were muddled and fast but somehow mygrandmother knew what I was trying to say and she explained ldquoI knew you were goingto find out any day now Sit down while I tell you the story of your peoplerdquo Then I saidldquoWhat do you mean my peoplerdquo My grandmother responded ldquoShhhh just listen Doyou remember those stories I used to tell you about mermaids when you were littleTheyre all very much true You are the rightful Queen of The Seardquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HIGH HONORS

THE WRITING MACHINE I have invented a writing machine This machine willconvert what you have already written into more sentencesand paragraphs If you put in a simple sentence ldquoThe redhouserdquo the machine will turn it into ldquo The big red housewith pink shutters and blue azalea flowers in the frontrdquoThe machine will also take what you have already writtenand a new short sentence you just wrote to make a newsentence As an example ldquo Asher loves to smell theflowersrdquo Instead of inserting a new kind of flower themachine will insert the same type of flower only with moreinformation ldquoThe seventh-grader Asher loves the sweetscent of the blue azalea flowersrdquo I think dyslexic students around the world will use thisinvention The abilities of this machine would be nearlyendless The computer in the device will be able to detectspelling and grammar errors build new complex sentencesand make whole paragraphs that are relatable to yoursubject The machine will have a multiple choice option soyou can pick any sentence you want The computer willcome up with hundreds of sentences you could use Youwill be able to use this machine in Google Docs andMicrosoft Word 2013

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

ANDREW 13Pasadena CAAssumption of the BlessedVirgin MaryMs Louk TeacherId like to thank my tutor AnnMurphy

When would Dyslexics use this machine This device should be limited at schools If a studentbecomes too reliant on this device he or she will not develop essential writing skills It wouldbe best if the teacher personally permits someone to use the machine instead of giving it to aclass The device could be used to write a paragraph for a student He or she would put all ofthe information into the computer that they knew on the subject and the computer wouldgenerate the paragraph Another function on this machine is decoding words and sentences that you may not be ableto read If a dysgraphic person writes a sentence or paragraph you canrsquot understand the devicewill scan it and decode the paper until it deciphers the sentence If y0 u co ul d n ot read t histhe machine would scan the sentence decode it and then a legible sentence would show upon screen I believe that this machine will revolutionize the gap between dyslexic dysgraphic and non-dyslexic non-dysgraphic people This gap will be revolutionized by generating new longersentences for dyslexic students It will help teachers understand what their dysgraphicstudents write I just wrote this entire essay or did I

HIGH HONORS

THE INNER MEANING It can sail you to placesyou didnrsquot even know you could reach It can slake your thirst for exerciseOn a lazy Saturday It can wash the stresses of the world awayAnd send them floating off like leaves in a river It is the bright mosaic floorIn which I am a colorful tile It brings the riches and the rags togetherAnd merges hues of flesh into a rainbow ofacceptance My swim team

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

WESTON 12Austin TXRawson-SaundersKat Dewees Teacher I would like to acknowledgemy teacher Kat DeWees forencouraging me and my swimteam for inspiring me

WRITING My aching emotion dumpLike a bad break upa sentimental sumpWritingTurns my life into something moreTrying out a new ideawhat I havenrsquot thought of beforeWritingMy words are drowning on the pageLike when I am speechlessThey are sinking Floating Shouting in a rageWritingMy flow of a rivereach word forms a spray of Creativitythe imagination giverWritingThe hardest thing is the approachStirring up my feelingsOn topics hard to broach

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

NOBLE 13Austin TXRawson-SaundersKat Dewees Teacher My teacher Kat DeWees andmy writing friends for helpingme with the idea of writing apoem about writing

HIGH HONORS

THE MERMAID GODDESS I dove off the dock into the water As my body hit thewater a feeling of peace seeped into me I shotthrough the water like a knife I looked down and sawthe seaweed swing beneath me inviting me to playwith it I came up for air and then went back downinto the seaweed slithering in between the strandslike an eel searching for its prey I found a rock in themiddle of the seaweed the perfect place for me to sitand think On the bottom of the ocean the occasional fish swamup next to me until I had to to back up for air I havealways loved the ocean My grandmother calls me ldquoa mermaid the goddessesof the seardquo The sea brought me peace a place torelax and imagine beautiful things In order to accessthat place I have to dive down deep into the ocean tothe seafloor Beneath the surface surrounded by allthe sea life it feels like a blanket surrounding youwith warmth hugging you close and comforting youThats the way its always been for me The bestthings happen to me when Im in the ocean I decidedthat I would swim out to the island right off the beachThe island was never as sacred to me as the oceanbut for some reason it still beckons me to it and Irespond willingly To get there I swam through thereef Looking down at the beauty of the coral beneathme fish came up to say hello I knew them well butthey knew me better They had played with me everyday since I was a young girl always intoxicating mewith me their charm A swarm of fish appeared andwhispered in my ear ldquoplay with us play with usrdquo Buttoday I had to decline their offer

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

CARLY 13Chelmsford MAAcera School Id like to thank my teacherVered Brooks

I got to the island the most magical place Id ever known Like something straight outof a fairy tale it was a small circular island with tide pools all around and sandybeaches that sea glass would wash up on Right in the middle of the island there was atree a big willow tree who was king of the island I had a fantasy about the tree Littlefairies lived inside it and at night they woke up and cared for the willow tree Theysprinkled magic on its leaves and gave the big wise willow a little bit of a sense ofhumor As I reached the island I raced up the beach to the willow tree I brushed backits vines of leaves As the leaves fell back into place the inside of the tree started toglow blue and I heard a voice whisper inside me as if it was a part of me ldquoI am the treeof the goddesses here to help guide you Go to your grandmotherrdquo I sprinted down thebeach intent on swimming as fast as possible But as I reached the reef I stopped andhovered over looked down at the fish dodging through the coral and watched the sea -a world that I had seen but had never really been connected to until now All thefantastical underwater tales that my grandmother told me when I was younger couldactually be my reality I ran to my grandmothers house which was so close to the ocean it waspractically underwater I burst into her house and frantically said ldquograndma the tree onthe island it spoke to merdquo My words were muddled and fast but somehow mygrandmother knew what I was trying to say and she explained ldquoI knew you were goingto find out any day now Sit down while I tell you the story of your peoplerdquo Then I saidldquoWhat do you mean my peoplerdquo My grandmother responded ldquoShhhh just listen Doyou remember those stories I used to tell you about mermaids when you were littleTheyre all very much true You are the rightful Queen of The Seardquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HIGH HONORS

THE INNER MEANING It can sail you to placesyou didnrsquot even know you could reach It can slake your thirst for exerciseOn a lazy Saturday It can wash the stresses of the world awayAnd send them floating off like leaves in a river It is the bright mosaic floorIn which I am a colorful tile It brings the riches and the rags togetherAnd merges hues of flesh into a rainbow ofacceptance My swim team

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

WESTON 12Austin TXRawson-SaundersKat Dewees Teacher I would like to acknowledgemy teacher Kat DeWees forencouraging me and my swimteam for inspiring me

WRITING My aching emotion dumpLike a bad break upa sentimental sumpWritingTurns my life into something moreTrying out a new ideawhat I havenrsquot thought of beforeWritingMy words are drowning on the pageLike when I am speechlessThey are sinking Floating Shouting in a rageWritingMy flow of a rivereach word forms a spray of Creativitythe imagination giverWritingThe hardest thing is the approachStirring up my feelingsOn topics hard to broach

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

NOBLE 13Austin TXRawson-SaundersKat Dewees Teacher My teacher Kat DeWees andmy writing friends for helpingme with the idea of writing apoem about writing

HIGH HONORS

THE MERMAID GODDESS I dove off the dock into the water As my body hit thewater a feeling of peace seeped into me I shotthrough the water like a knife I looked down and sawthe seaweed swing beneath me inviting me to playwith it I came up for air and then went back downinto the seaweed slithering in between the strandslike an eel searching for its prey I found a rock in themiddle of the seaweed the perfect place for me to sitand think On the bottom of the ocean the occasional fish swamup next to me until I had to to back up for air I havealways loved the ocean My grandmother calls me ldquoa mermaid the goddessesof the seardquo The sea brought me peace a place torelax and imagine beautiful things In order to accessthat place I have to dive down deep into the ocean tothe seafloor Beneath the surface surrounded by allthe sea life it feels like a blanket surrounding youwith warmth hugging you close and comforting youThats the way its always been for me The bestthings happen to me when Im in the ocean I decidedthat I would swim out to the island right off the beachThe island was never as sacred to me as the oceanbut for some reason it still beckons me to it and Irespond willingly To get there I swam through thereef Looking down at the beauty of the coral beneathme fish came up to say hello I knew them well butthey knew me better They had played with me everyday since I was a young girl always intoxicating mewith me their charm A swarm of fish appeared andwhispered in my ear ldquoplay with us play with usrdquo Buttoday I had to decline their offer

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

CARLY 13Chelmsford MAAcera School Id like to thank my teacherVered Brooks

I got to the island the most magical place Id ever known Like something straight outof a fairy tale it was a small circular island with tide pools all around and sandybeaches that sea glass would wash up on Right in the middle of the island there was atree a big willow tree who was king of the island I had a fantasy about the tree Littlefairies lived inside it and at night they woke up and cared for the willow tree Theysprinkled magic on its leaves and gave the big wise willow a little bit of a sense ofhumor As I reached the island I raced up the beach to the willow tree I brushed backits vines of leaves As the leaves fell back into place the inside of the tree started toglow blue and I heard a voice whisper inside me as if it was a part of me ldquoI am the treeof the goddesses here to help guide you Go to your grandmotherrdquo I sprinted down thebeach intent on swimming as fast as possible But as I reached the reef I stopped andhovered over looked down at the fish dodging through the coral and watched the sea -a world that I had seen but had never really been connected to until now All thefantastical underwater tales that my grandmother told me when I was younger couldactually be my reality I ran to my grandmothers house which was so close to the ocean it waspractically underwater I burst into her house and frantically said ldquograndma the tree onthe island it spoke to merdquo My words were muddled and fast but somehow mygrandmother knew what I was trying to say and she explained ldquoI knew you were goingto find out any day now Sit down while I tell you the story of your peoplerdquo Then I saidldquoWhat do you mean my peoplerdquo My grandmother responded ldquoShhhh just listen Doyou remember those stories I used to tell you about mermaids when you were littleTheyre all very much true You are the rightful Queen of The Seardquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HIGH HONORS

WRITING My aching emotion dumpLike a bad break upa sentimental sumpWritingTurns my life into something moreTrying out a new ideawhat I havenrsquot thought of beforeWritingMy words are drowning on the pageLike when I am speechlessThey are sinking Floating Shouting in a rageWritingMy flow of a rivereach word forms a spray of Creativitythe imagination giverWritingThe hardest thing is the approachStirring up my feelingsOn topics hard to broach

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

NOBLE 13Austin TXRawson-SaundersKat Dewees Teacher My teacher Kat DeWees andmy writing friends for helpingme with the idea of writing apoem about writing

HIGH HONORS

THE MERMAID GODDESS I dove off the dock into the water As my body hit thewater a feeling of peace seeped into me I shotthrough the water like a knife I looked down and sawthe seaweed swing beneath me inviting me to playwith it I came up for air and then went back downinto the seaweed slithering in between the strandslike an eel searching for its prey I found a rock in themiddle of the seaweed the perfect place for me to sitand think On the bottom of the ocean the occasional fish swamup next to me until I had to to back up for air I havealways loved the ocean My grandmother calls me ldquoa mermaid the goddessesof the seardquo The sea brought me peace a place torelax and imagine beautiful things In order to accessthat place I have to dive down deep into the ocean tothe seafloor Beneath the surface surrounded by allthe sea life it feels like a blanket surrounding youwith warmth hugging you close and comforting youThats the way its always been for me The bestthings happen to me when Im in the ocean I decidedthat I would swim out to the island right off the beachThe island was never as sacred to me as the oceanbut for some reason it still beckons me to it and Irespond willingly To get there I swam through thereef Looking down at the beauty of the coral beneathme fish came up to say hello I knew them well butthey knew me better They had played with me everyday since I was a young girl always intoxicating mewith me their charm A swarm of fish appeared andwhispered in my ear ldquoplay with us play with usrdquo Buttoday I had to decline their offer

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

CARLY 13Chelmsford MAAcera School Id like to thank my teacherVered Brooks

I got to the island the most magical place Id ever known Like something straight outof a fairy tale it was a small circular island with tide pools all around and sandybeaches that sea glass would wash up on Right in the middle of the island there was atree a big willow tree who was king of the island I had a fantasy about the tree Littlefairies lived inside it and at night they woke up and cared for the willow tree Theysprinkled magic on its leaves and gave the big wise willow a little bit of a sense ofhumor As I reached the island I raced up the beach to the willow tree I brushed backits vines of leaves As the leaves fell back into place the inside of the tree started toglow blue and I heard a voice whisper inside me as if it was a part of me ldquoI am the treeof the goddesses here to help guide you Go to your grandmotherrdquo I sprinted down thebeach intent on swimming as fast as possible But as I reached the reef I stopped andhovered over looked down at the fish dodging through the coral and watched the sea -a world that I had seen but had never really been connected to until now All thefantastical underwater tales that my grandmother told me when I was younger couldactually be my reality I ran to my grandmothers house which was so close to the ocean it waspractically underwater I burst into her house and frantically said ldquograndma the tree onthe island it spoke to merdquo My words were muddled and fast but somehow mygrandmother knew what I was trying to say and she explained ldquoI knew you were goingto find out any day now Sit down while I tell you the story of your peoplerdquo Then I saidldquoWhat do you mean my peoplerdquo My grandmother responded ldquoShhhh just listen Doyou remember those stories I used to tell you about mermaids when you were littleTheyre all very much true You are the rightful Queen of The Seardquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HIGH HONORS

THE MERMAID GODDESS I dove off the dock into the water As my body hit thewater a feeling of peace seeped into me I shotthrough the water like a knife I looked down and sawthe seaweed swing beneath me inviting me to playwith it I came up for air and then went back downinto the seaweed slithering in between the strandslike an eel searching for its prey I found a rock in themiddle of the seaweed the perfect place for me to sitand think On the bottom of the ocean the occasional fish swamup next to me until I had to to back up for air I havealways loved the ocean My grandmother calls me ldquoa mermaid the goddessesof the seardquo The sea brought me peace a place torelax and imagine beautiful things In order to accessthat place I have to dive down deep into the ocean tothe seafloor Beneath the surface surrounded by allthe sea life it feels like a blanket surrounding youwith warmth hugging you close and comforting youThats the way its always been for me The bestthings happen to me when Im in the ocean I decidedthat I would swim out to the island right off the beachThe island was never as sacred to me as the oceanbut for some reason it still beckons me to it and Irespond willingly To get there I swam through thereef Looking down at the beauty of the coral beneathme fish came up to say hello I knew them well butthey knew me better They had played with me everyday since I was a young girl always intoxicating mewith me their charm A swarm of fish appeared andwhispered in my ear ldquoplay with us play with usrdquo Buttoday I had to decline their offer

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

CARLY 13Chelmsford MAAcera School Id like to thank my teacherVered Brooks

I got to the island the most magical place Id ever known Like something straight outof a fairy tale it was a small circular island with tide pools all around and sandybeaches that sea glass would wash up on Right in the middle of the island there was atree a big willow tree who was king of the island I had a fantasy about the tree Littlefairies lived inside it and at night they woke up and cared for the willow tree Theysprinkled magic on its leaves and gave the big wise willow a little bit of a sense ofhumor As I reached the island I raced up the beach to the willow tree I brushed backits vines of leaves As the leaves fell back into place the inside of the tree started toglow blue and I heard a voice whisper inside me as if it was a part of me ldquoI am the treeof the goddesses here to help guide you Go to your grandmotherrdquo I sprinted down thebeach intent on swimming as fast as possible But as I reached the reef I stopped andhovered over looked down at the fish dodging through the coral and watched the sea -a world that I had seen but had never really been connected to until now All thefantastical underwater tales that my grandmother told me when I was younger couldactually be my reality I ran to my grandmothers house which was so close to the ocean it waspractically underwater I burst into her house and frantically said ldquograndma the tree onthe island it spoke to merdquo My words were muddled and fast but somehow mygrandmother knew what I was trying to say and she explained ldquoI knew you were goingto find out any day now Sit down while I tell you the story of your peoplerdquo Then I saidldquoWhat do you mean my peoplerdquo My grandmother responded ldquoShhhh just listen Doyou remember those stories I used to tell you about mermaids when you were littleTheyre all very much true You are the rightful Queen of The Seardquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HIGH HONORS

I got to the island the most magical place Id ever known Like something straight outof a fairy tale it was a small circular island with tide pools all around and sandybeaches that sea glass would wash up on Right in the middle of the island there was atree a big willow tree who was king of the island I had a fantasy about the tree Littlefairies lived inside it and at night they woke up and cared for the willow tree Theysprinkled magic on its leaves and gave the big wise willow a little bit of a sense ofhumor As I reached the island I raced up the beach to the willow tree I brushed backits vines of leaves As the leaves fell back into place the inside of the tree started toglow blue and I heard a voice whisper inside me as if it was a part of me ldquoI am the treeof the goddesses here to help guide you Go to your grandmotherrdquo I sprinted down thebeach intent on swimming as fast as possible But as I reached the reef I stopped andhovered over looked down at the fish dodging through the coral and watched the sea -a world that I had seen but had never really been connected to until now All thefantastical underwater tales that my grandmother told me when I was younger couldactually be my reality I ran to my grandmothers house which was so close to the ocean it waspractically underwater I burst into her house and frantically said ldquograndma the tree onthe island it spoke to merdquo My words were muddled and fast but somehow mygrandmother knew what I was trying to say and she explained ldquoI knew you were goingto find out any day now Sit down while I tell you the story of your peoplerdquo Then I saidldquoWhat do you mean my peoplerdquo My grandmother responded ldquoShhhh just listen Doyou remember those stories I used to tell you about mermaids when you were littleTheyre all very much true You are the rightful Queen of The Seardquo

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HIGH HONORS

UNBOUND FeatherFeatherIn the sky In the placeBeyond the eye If you see meBe sure to say hello From the cloudsAt me below And if I hear your greetingIrsquoll be sure to let you know From this placeWhere so little go How I wish I could join youOrsquo feather in the sky

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

TESSA 13Brentwood TNBrentwood Middle SchoolMs Boaz Teacher

To be free like youI cannot lie But you Orsquo featherAre different than me For you are not boundBy land or sea And if you see mePlease send a greeting or At least let my spirit beBeside you once more But I can already guessThe answer will be no So fly off in the skyHurry off you goGoGo

HOMEWORK DUE TODAY Poems poems are hard for me I dont understand a thing I always try to rhyme But I never have the time So I sigh and say Tomorrow I will lie Then I think to myself No poem no dinner No poem no bed No poem angry dad No poem angry mom So then I write Poems poems are hard for me I donrsquot understand a thing I always try to rhyme But I never have the time HOMEWORK DUE TODAY

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

THIEN 13Eugene OREugene Waldorf SchoolTeacher Ian Stearns Id like to thank Mr Stearnsmy teacher

To be free like youI cannot lie But you Orsquo featherAre different than me For you are not boundBy land or sea And if you see mePlease send a greeting or At least let my spirit beBeside you once more But I can already guessThe answer will be no So fly off in the skyHurry off you goGoGo

HIGH HONORS

WHY I LOVE TO WRITE First I have to find a titleFinding the right title is vitalFinding the right title is hard no doubtThe title has to be something I want to write aboutWhen I find the perfect title I smile because thetime I spent was worthwhileThen I start to writemy hand will feel lightWords will appearAt first the words meaning is unclearUntil the right words volunteerNext the words growand then they flowThen the words suddenly belonglike a songAfter that I make my poem longerThe words meanings become strongerI read my work out loud and suddenly I feel proudI keep expanding till my work is outstandingMy imagination as vast as a seaMy creativity running freeMy poem comes to lifeBreathing rhymesWhen the writer in me comes out of his cageThe page is my stageI write write write all nightI suddenly feel delight excite and a hint of mightThis is why I love to write

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

ZACH 13Tierra Verde FLShorecrest Preparatory SchoolTeacher Mrs Brill Id like to thank Mrs Brill

UNTIL PARADISE I gaze at the bright blue body of water right infront of meWhen I walk up to itI feel little fairies dancing on my feetI take a few more stepsCloser and closer to the endless now greenish-blue waterA seashell stabs me like two men going to warThen BOOMThe soft warm sand becomes hard and coldLittle clams run and hide for coverGoing deep into the wet ground as if a hurricanewas comingOne step at a time

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

DAVIS 14Falls Church VAMary Ellen Henderson MiddleSchoolTutor Laurie Seymour Thanks Mom

HIGH HONORS

SOAKED SYMPHONY When the heavens grow darker And the clouds gather round When the lighting starts dancing And the rain drums are drowned But when the thunder joins in Itrsquos hard to complain When it all comes together You wonrsquot mind the rain

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OLIVIA 14Alden IAHomeschool

WHAT ARE YOU HIDING You see me in the hallwayI look like everyone elseAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMeButYou donrsquotYou see me in the classroomI listenI writeI leave like everyone elseAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMe

ButYou donrsquotYou see me in thecafeteriaI eatI talkI play DNDAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMeButYou donrsquotYou might thinkYou know how I ambut in realityIrsquom nothing you expectIrsquom brokenIrsquom dyslexicAnd most of the timeI Am Wrong

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

PARKER 14Lubbock TXJT Hutchison Middle SchoolTeacher Mrs Armendariz

HIGH HONORS

SUBSCRIBEIts just

$5 per month

UPCOMING ISSUEPREMIUM

DEVELOPING WRITERSWHAT WILD GUESSES MEAN READ ALOUDFINDING IT DYSLEXIC EPIPHANIESFOCUS ON SIGHT WORDS ANDORTHOGRAPHIC MAPPINGDIRECTIONAL ISSUE AND MATHHIGH SCHOOL BEYOND ORTON-GILLINGHAM TEMPERAMENT amp MORE

K-12 ARTSHAREShare your beautifulartwork and photographyHERE Well be giftingsome with art orphotography books fromdyslexic creators

K-12 ARTSHARE

BEGINNING MARCH 15 - MAY 15th Well be giving awayEIGHT of Clark Mishlers beautiful Alaska photographybooks to the first eight K-12 students who send inartwork or photos to be published in our newsletter

HOMEWORK DUE TODAY Poems poems are hard for me I dont understand a thing I always try to rhyme But I never have the time So I sigh and say Tomorrow I will lie Then I think to myself No poem no dinner No poem no bed No poem angry dad No poem angry mom So then I write Poems poems are hard for me I donrsquot understand a thing I always try to rhyme But I never have the time HOMEWORK DUE TODAY

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

THIEN 13Eugene OREugene Waldorf SchoolTeacher Ian Stearns Id like to thank Mr Stearnsmy teacher

To be free like youI cannot lie But you Orsquo featherAre different than me For you are not boundBy land or sea And if you see mePlease send a greeting or At least let my spirit beBeside you once more But I can already guessThe answer will be no So fly off in the skyHurry off you goGoGo

HIGH HONORS

WHY I LOVE TO WRITE First I have to find a titleFinding the right title is vitalFinding the right title is hard no doubtThe title has to be something I want to write aboutWhen I find the perfect title I smile because thetime I spent was worthwhileThen I start to writemy hand will feel lightWords will appearAt first the words meaning is unclearUntil the right words volunteerNext the words growand then they flowThen the words suddenly belonglike a songAfter that I make my poem longerThe words meanings become strongerI read my work out loud and suddenly I feel proudI keep expanding till my work is outstandingMy imagination as vast as a seaMy creativity running freeMy poem comes to lifeBreathing rhymesWhen the writer in me comes out of his cageThe page is my stageI write write write all nightI suddenly feel delight excite and a hint of mightThis is why I love to write

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

ZACH 13Tierra Verde FLShorecrest Preparatory SchoolTeacher Mrs Brill Id like to thank Mrs Brill

UNTIL PARADISE I gaze at the bright blue body of water right infront of meWhen I walk up to itI feel little fairies dancing on my feetI take a few more stepsCloser and closer to the endless now greenish-blue waterA seashell stabs me like two men going to warThen BOOMThe soft warm sand becomes hard and coldLittle clams run and hide for coverGoing deep into the wet ground as if a hurricanewas comingOne step at a time

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

DAVIS 14Falls Church VAMary Ellen Henderson MiddleSchoolTutor Laurie Seymour Thanks Mom

HIGH HONORS

SOAKED SYMPHONY When the heavens grow darker And the clouds gather round When the lighting starts dancing And the rain drums are drowned But when the thunder joins in Itrsquos hard to complain When it all comes together You wonrsquot mind the rain

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OLIVIA 14Alden IAHomeschool

WHAT ARE YOU HIDING You see me in the hallwayI look like everyone elseAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMeButYou donrsquotYou see me in the classroomI listenI writeI leave like everyone elseAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMe

ButYou donrsquotYou see me in thecafeteriaI eatI talkI play DNDAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMeButYou donrsquotYou might thinkYou know how I ambut in realityIrsquom nothing you expectIrsquom brokenIrsquom dyslexicAnd most of the timeI Am Wrong

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

PARKER 14Lubbock TXJT Hutchison Middle SchoolTeacher Mrs Armendariz

HIGH HONORS

SUBSCRIBEIts just

$5 per month

UPCOMING ISSUEPREMIUM

DEVELOPING WRITERSWHAT WILD GUESSES MEAN READ ALOUDFINDING IT DYSLEXIC EPIPHANIESFOCUS ON SIGHT WORDS ANDORTHOGRAPHIC MAPPINGDIRECTIONAL ISSUE AND MATHHIGH SCHOOL BEYOND ORTON-GILLINGHAM TEMPERAMENT amp MORE

K-12 ARTSHAREShare your beautifulartwork and photographyHERE Well be giftingsome with art orphotography books fromdyslexic creators

K-12 ARTSHARE

BEGINNING MARCH 15 - MAY 15th Well be giving awayEIGHT of Clark Mishlers beautiful Alaska photographybooks to the first eight K-12 students who send inartwork or photos to be published in our newsletter

WHY I LOVE TO WRITE First I have to find a titleFinding the right title is vitalFinding the right title is hard no doubtThe title has to be something I want to write aboutWhen I find the perfect title I smile because thetime I spent was worthwhileThen I start to writemy hand will feel lightWords will appearAt first the words meaning is unclearUntil the right words volunteerNext the words growand then they flowThen the words suddenly belonglike a songAfter that I make my poem longerThe words meanings become strongerI read my work out loud and suddenly I feel proudI keep expanding till my work is outstandingMy imagination as vast as a seaMy creativity running freeMy poem comes to lifeBreathing rhymesWhen the writer in me comes out of his cageThe page is my stageI write write write all nightI suddenly feel delight excite and a hint of mightThis is why I love to write

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

ZACH 13Tierra Verde FLShorecrest Preparatory SchoolTeacher Mrs Brill Id like to thank Mrs Brill

UNTIL PARADISE I gaze at the bright blue body of water right infront of meWhen I walk up to itI feel little fairies dancing on my feetI take a few more stepsCloser and closer to the endless now greenish-blue waterA seashell stabs me like two men going to warThen BOOMThe soft warm sand becomes hard and coldLittle clams run and hide for coverGoing deep into the wet ground as if a hurricanewas comingOne step at a time

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

DAVIS 14Falls Church VAMary Ellen Henderson MiddleSchoolTutor Laurie Seymour Thanks Mom

HIGH HONORS

SOAKED SYMPHONY When the heavens grow darker And the clouds gather round When the lighting starts dancing And the rain drums are drowned But when the thunder joins in Itrsquos hard to complain When it all comes together You wonrsquot mind the rain

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OLIVIA 14Alden IAHomeschool

WHAT ARE YOU HIDING You see me in the hallwayI look like everyone elseAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMeButYou donrsquotYou see me in the classroomI listenI writeI leave like everyone elseAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMe

ButYou donrsquotYou see me in thecafeteriaI eatI talkI play DNDAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMeButYou donrsquotYou might thinkYou know how I ambut in realityIrsquom nothing you expectIrsquom brokenIrsquom dyslexicAnd most of the timeI Am Wrong

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

PARKER 14Lubbock TXJT Hutchison Middle SchoolTeacher Mrs Armendariz

HIGH HONORS

SUBSCRIBEIts just

$5 per month

UPCOMING ISSUEPREMIUM

DEVELOPING WRITERSWHAT WILD GUESSES MEAN READ ALOUDFINDING IT DYSLEXIC EPIPHANIESFOCUS ON SIGHT WORDS ANDORTHOGRAPHIC MAPPINGDIRECTIONAL ISSUE AND MATHHIGH SCHOOL BEYOND ORTON-GILLINGHAM TEMPERAMENT amp MORE

K-12 ARTSHAREShare your beautifulartwork and photographyHERE Well be giftingsome with art orphotography books fromdyslexic creators

K-12 ARTSHARE

BEGINNING MARCH 15 - MAY 15th Well be giving awayEIGHT of Clark Mishlers beautiful Alaska photographybooks to the first eight K-12 students who send inartwork or photos to be published in our newsletter

UNTIL PARADISE I gaze at the bright blue body of water right infront of meWhen I walk up to itI feel little fairies dancing on my feetI take a few more stepsCloser and closer to the endless now greenish-blue waterA seashell stabs me like two men going to warThen BOOMThe soft warm sand becomes hard and coldLittle clams run and hide for coverGoing deep into the wet ground as if a hurricanewas comingOne step at a time

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

DAVIS 14Falls Church VAMary Ellen Henderson MiddleSchoolTutor Laurie Seymour Thanks Mom

HIGH HONORS

SOAKED SYMPHONY When the heavens grow darker And the clouds gather round When the lighting starts dancing And the rain drums are drowned But when the thunder joins in Itrsquos hard to complain When it all comes together You wonrsquot mind the rain

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OLIVIA 14Alden IAHomeschool

WHAT ARE YOU HIDING You see me in the hallwayI look like everyone elseAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMeButYou donrsquotYou see me in the classroomI listenI writeI leave like everyone elseAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMe

ButYou donrsquotYou see me in thecafeteriaI eatI talkI play DNDAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMeButYou donrsquotYou might thinkYou know how I ambut in realityIrsquom nothing you expectIrsquom brokenIrsquom dyslexicAnd most of the timeI Am Wrong

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

PARKER 14Lubbock TXJT Hutchison Middle SchoolTeacher Mrs Armendariz

HIGH HONORS

SUBSCRIBEIts just

$5 per month

UPCOMING ISSUEPREMIUM

DEVELOPING WRITERSWHAT WILD GUESSES MEAN READ ALOUDFINDING IT DYSLEXIC EPIPHANIESFOCUS ON SIGHT WORDS ANDORTHOGRAPHIC MAPPINGDIRECTIONAL ISSUE AND MATHHIGH SCHOOL BEYOND ORTON-GILLINGHAM TEMPERAMENT amp MORE

K-12 ARTSHAREShare your beautifulartwork and photographyHERE Well be giftingsome with art orphotography books fromdyslexic creators

K-12 ARTSHARE

BEGINNING MARCH 15 - MAY 15th Well be giving awayEIGHT of Clark Mishlers beautiful Alaska photographybooks to the first eight K-12 students who send inartwork or photos to be published in our newsletter

SOAKED SYMPHONY When the heavens grow darker And the clouds gather round When the lighting starts dancing And the rain drums are drowned But when the thunder joins in Itrsquos hard to complain When it all comes together You wonrsquot mind the rain

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

OLIVIA 14Alden IAHomeschool

WHAT ARE YOU HIDING You see me in the hallwayI look like everyone elseAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMeButYou donrsquotYou see me in the classroomI listenI writeI leave like everyone elseAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMe

ButYou donrsquotYou see me in thecafeteriaI eatI talkI play DNDAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMeButYou donrsquotYou might thinkYou know how I ambut in realityIrsquom nothing you expectIrsquom brokenIrsquom dyslexicAnd most of the timeI Am Wrong

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

PARKER 14Lubbock TXJT Hutchison Middle SchoolTeacher Mrs Armendariz

HIGH HONORS

SUBSCRIBEIts just

$5 per month

UPCOMING ISSUEPREMIUM

DEVELOPING WRITERSWHAT WILD GUESSES MEAN READ ALOUDFINDING IT DYSLEXIC EPIPHANIESFOCUS ON SIGHT WORDS ANDORTHOGRAPHIC MAPPINGDIRECTIONAL ISSUE AND MATHHIGH SCHOOL BEYOND ORTON-GILLINGHAM TEMPERAMENT amp MORE

K-12 ARTSHAREShare your beautifulartwork and photographyHERE Well be giftingsome with art orphotography books fromdyslexic creators

K-12 ARTSHARE

BEGINNING MARCH 15 - MAY 15th Well be giving awayEIGHT of Clark Mishlers beautiful Alaska photographybooks to the first eight K-12 students who send inartwork or photos to be published in our newsletter

WHAT ARE YOU HIDING You see me in the hallwayI look like everyone elseAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMeButYou donrsquotYou see me in the classroomI listenI writeI leave like everyone elseAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMe

ButYou donrsquotYou see me in thecafeteriaI eatI talkI play DNDAnd at that pointYouThinkYouKnowMeButYou donrsquotYou might thinkYou know how I ambut in realityIrsquom nothing you expectIrsquom brokenIrsquom dyslexicAnd most of the timeI Am Wrong

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

PARKER 14Lubbock TXJT Hutchison Middle SchoolTeacher Mrs Armendariz

HIGH HONORS

SUBSCRIBEIts just

$5 per month

UPCOMING ISSUEPREMIUM

DEVELOPING WRITERSWHAT WILD GUESSES MEAN READ ALOUDFINDING IT DYSLEXIC EPIPHANIESFOCUS ON SIGHT WORDS ANDORTHOGRAPHIC MAPPINGDIRECTIONAL ISSUE AND MATHHIGH SCHOOL BEYOND ORTON-GILLINGHAM TEMPERAMENT amp MORE

K-12 ARTSHAREShare your beautifulartwork and photographyHERE Well be giftingsome with art orphotography books fromdyslexic creators

K-12 ARTSHARE

BEGINNING MARCH 15 - MAY 15th Well be giving awayEIGHT of Clark Mishlers beautiful Alaska photographybooks to the first eight K-12 students who send inartwork or photos to be published in our newsletter

SUBSCRIBEIts just

$5 per month

UPCOMING ISSUEPREMIUM

DEVELOPING WRITERSWHAT WILD GUESSES MEAN READ ALOUDFINDING IT DYSLEXIC EPIPHANIESFOCUS ON SIGHT WORDS ANDORTHOGRAPHIC MAPPINGDIRECTIONAL ISSUE AND MATHHIGH SCHOOL BEYOND ORTON-GILLINGHAM TEMPERAMENT amp MORE

K-12 ARTSHAREShare your beautifulartwork and photographyHERE Well be giftingsome with art orphotography books fromdyslexic creators

K-12 ARTSHARE

BEGINNING MARCH 15 - MAY 15th Well be giving awayEIGHT of Clark Mishlers beautiful Alaska photographybooks to the first eight K-12 students who send inartwork or photos to be published in our newsletter

ICE Trudging through the snow I go looking forsomething I dont know how to find The wind bites atmy exposed face the thick fur coat keeps me slightlyhidden from the burning cold I smell the simplescent of the frozen air twisting and dancing aboutme The men back at camp told me to wait till afterthe storm that I wouldnt be able to find anythinganyway but I knew it would be gone by then I cantrightly say why I knew this perhaps it was just afeeling I can barely see the feet that push forwardbelow me wrapped in layer after layer of thick furand leather The snow covered mountains loomominously above me like jagged gods watching as Istruggle past them debating my fate I hear thedistant cliffs whispering my name urging me forward Unexpectedly my boot catches on something pokingfrom the ground tumbling down the steep slope I gofaster and faster I roll unwanted snow finding its wayinto my clothes Before I can do anything to stopmyself the feeling of solid ground vanishes I amfalling The dread is short and I hit the groundpainfully hard Lying there I look up at the gray sky swirling aboveme I see the edges of the crevasse reaching high intothe mist cold and sharp I notice the wind canrsquot findme where I lie in the snow I reach for the flare gun Ikeep at my side but then think agains it no onewould be able to see it in this storm anyway I pushmyself up

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

AMBROSE 16Juneau AKHomeschoolTeacher Beth MeltzerI would also like to thankSandra Charlap from TheKildonan School

Surprisingly I am not badly injured from the fall but I know that I cannot continue Myclothes are soaked through and I realize that I will freeze long before I reach my goalIf I do not turn back I will surely die I unwillingly make my way through the crevasselooking for a way back to the surface I finally find a huge pile of rock ice and snowleading up to the top I slowly and painfully crawl up into the open Immediately thewind picks up almost throwing me back down I regain my balance and look about Recognizing nothing frantically I turn searching for something familiar Rocks ice snow I see a speck of red against the white could this be it I move forward in its directionslowly at first but then gaining speed So many years I searched wishing I could end mystrenuous journey I come to a halt tears of utter joy blurring my vision momentarilywarm against my cold face The one thing that I had searched so long for now liesbefore me The red armchair sits in the snow old but not worn Itrsquos high back is coveredin soft velvet indented by small tufted buttons I know it hasnt been here long thesnow only covered it with a thin layer Shivering from cold and excitement I drop mypack and let myself fall gently into the chair Bliss The cold vanishes and everything else with it the snow the sky me I feel truecomfort like a deep conscious sleep I am oblivious to everything around me I floateffortlessly through the vastness of space all thoughts and feelings banished from thephysical world

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HONORS

THE GIRL IN THE HALLWAY I sat there and watched I saw a student pass in onedirection and a teacher passing in the other into aworkroom All the lockers were the same green withsilver combo locks Some had school activity photoson them others were bare just a cold metal greenThe more popular kids had more status photos ontheir lockers to show their ranking in school Butoverall no one used their lockers they were just apart of the walls that we were trapped in each dayWe walk past them each day but never notice themthey are invisible to a teenagerrsquos eyes They donrsquothave flashing lights or show how many likes you haveon a post that is extremely edited If it is not on aphone then a kid who walks these halls where I sit inwill never see it The hallway is like a big block with endlessalleyways but no windows or sunlight There arethose white fluorescent light bulb glued to theceiling but at least one of them is always flickeringabout to go out Everyone sees and notices thatflickering light but no one ever fixes it until it needsto be replaced No one looks at each as they pass inthe hallway they are always consumed by theirdream life in a box in their hands No emotion isshown upon the faces of the students that walk thesame path to the same classrooms at the same timeeach day

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

KARINA 16Zionsville INZionsville Community HighSchoolTeacher Mrs Bender

A fog hovers above each studentrsquos head as finals week creeps closer Little whispers ofldquoyou will failrdquo ldquoyoursquore not smart enoughrdquo echo in the haze and leak into theunprotected stress-packed paranoid high schoolerrsquos minds The big bricks we carry onour backs feel heavier as the hallways stretches longer and the clocks move slowerEach person just keeps stepping forwards each one does it with a different approachbut each step moves them forwards Every individual has a different walk strut orshuffle that makes them special It is apart of who they are and how they choose theirpath to walk I observed that we are all similar yet couldnrsquot be more different we allwear shoes here but some pass by me in the hallway wearing sports tennis shoesothers in four-inch sparkly high heels Some kids like to rock the converse style andothers do the socks and sandals trend The flats owners are the girls that choose acomfortable but still stylish choice The slides models are the ones who are most likelywearing sweatpants and wish they were chilling on the couch with a blanket andNetflix instead Some people you notice as they walk past others are just the travelingsounds of footsteps hitting the floor in front of shadows High schoolers are surrounded by negativity and we drowned out some of it out bylistening to music we put on our Apple earbuds or beats headphones and crank up thevolume We attempt to flood out the anxiety we feel from people judging our outfithairstyle or backpack brand From blasting pop music to the newest country single rapbeats to classical symphonies each person has a different way of expressing theircreativity Each song has a different message from a unique voice for each person tohear at just the right time But hey what do I really notice anyways if Irsquom just the girlsitting in the hallway

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HONORS

WELCOME TO YOUR TOWN MAYOR I could hear the gentle whirl of cars behind me Mypace was upbeat as I walked to the edge of downtownwhere the buildings were less and the flowers weremore I was enjoying an afternoon walk taking in thewispy air and swish of my skirt and subtle chirps frombirds above Rather abruptly my absent minded trainof thought came to a halt just in front of me was avividly green sidewalk painting that spanned thelength of a basketball court I bent my knees andsucked a dramatic gasp as I thought No Stinking Way The painting was one of those street art illusions thatdepicted a cavernous scene below despite beingdrawn on the horizontal earth Yet more importantly the painting was of a maplayout for one of my most beloved games AnimalCrossing I was beside myself as I fangirled over thelifelike landscape I knew had to meet the awesomeperson who dedicated this much time to such a thingYet as I turned my head this way and that there wasnot a single living being in sight Rather disappointedthat I could not share my excitement over the paintingwith anyone else I looked back at the ground At oddswith what to do next I made a lighthearted decisionthat I had no idea would result in a transformativeconsequence I jumped My eyelids parted in a flash and I was shown half of abold cerulean sky and half of a stretch of thick turfHundreds of strands of grass brushed my skin as I layon my side trying to decipher where I was Coming tomy senses I lifted myself off of the ground and looked

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

KATERINA 17Kingsport TNDobyns Bennett High SchoolTeacher Rebecca HarenI thank Mrs Megan Krupa forencouraging me to showcreative voice in my writing

about Wait What Over to my right was the train station and next to it was themessage board and cobblestone road to main street This was real yet I couldnrsquotbelieve it I stood in the world of Animal Crossing I began walking through a grove of cherry trees surrounded by a population of whitetulips My ears began to pick up strings of excited conversations coming from a pavedarea ahead so I quicked my step and neared an opening in the forest I turned a cornerand was met with an expansive stone pavilion where there stood a gathering ofcartoonish animals My knees felt weak because of this utter defiance of reality yet Iwas overcome with happiness as I saw in front of me what I had grown to love duringyears of digital play A shih tzu Isabelle dashed towards me on her two hind legs her ears flapping andverdant jumpsuit bouncing along the way ldquoHI THERE Irsquom Isabelle You must be the newMayor On behalf of everyone living here I want to give you a BIG welcome to ourhumble town Irsquom sure you will help us grow to do great thingsrdquo A bit overwhelmed by her giddy enthusiasm but nevertheless amazed at how shefulfilled my every dream of a real Isabelle I walked along with her to meet the othersThe animals stood around a swimming pool sized flower bed filled with black richearth I was given a chance to introduce myself and was overcome with emotion due tothe reverence I saw in the animalsrsquo faces I saw that they embraced me as someonewhom they could befriend and who would transform the town into somethingbeautiful Isabelle cleared her throat and announced that it was time for the towninception ceremony I was given a shovel and an acorn as large as a golf ball As Iplanted the oak with care the whole town engaged in celebration for my officialcommemoration of my town As the sky blushed into a peach color and the cicadas began their cries Dobie the wolffound a chance to speak to me away from the celebration Just before it was time forthe day to end he nudged me and grinned though his array of spikey teeth ldquoWelcometo your town Mayorrdquo Ready to turn over a new leaf in my life I simply grinned back

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HONORS

UNKNOWN NEMESIS You are my arch nemesis One thing I wish I could dois get rid of this Irsquom stuck in the middle of this butriddle me this How come my enemy is always onestep ahead of me Hersquos trying to get rid of me andshow me my demise With ease he can surpass meand if you ask me once he has me down Irsquoll neverrise Hersquos in all of my past He haunts me in my brainIrsquom scared Irsquoll never regain my composure Hersquos in mypresent I canrsquot defeat him With every tick on theclock he gets closer I lift up my eyes and look intomy future hersquos there too I donrsquot know what to do Itrsquoshard to admit but therersquos no way I can defeat youAnd lastly with my passing hersquoll outlast me Hersquoll goon and on even when Irsquom in my grave He loves totorture and make everything old but he has no ageHersquoll take and give Hersquos not conscious He does notlive Hersquos everyonersquos worst nightmare At everyonersquosdeathbed hersquos got everyone so scared but we alwayswish we had more of him He takes us all throughoutlife then takes us to Grim He acts like hersquos yourfriend then once you think hersquos on your side heshows you the end Itrsquos hard to comprehend in mymind I donrsquot have control This life is not mine Hersquosdeadly bone chilling backstabbing and sheer terrorcreeps on everyonersquos face at the mention of hisname Hersquos better known asTIME

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

PARKER 17Chatanooga TNHomeschool No matter how difficultdyslexia has been my dadpushed me and my momencouraged me to never giveup

MY NAME IS POLLY I know what you are thinking that is a weird nameHowever it is short for polyester because that is whatI am made of I am a pillow The next thing you maybe wondering is ldquoWhy is a pillow talking to merdquoAlthough it may seem bizarre I have a very uniqueperspective on human life While the mostexcitement that I encounter is getting a newpillowcase my owner Lavender has experiencedmuch more Even though I do not spend most of the time with herI still have a front row seat to watch her grow upWhen she was little she was sad that she had to takenaps so I became a magic carpet for her to fly oninstead of sleeping I was also her gateway to dreamsHowever now she is a teen Now she lies in bed onher phone Recently she had been texting with a hugesmile on her face Although I am sad I donrsquot get to beher adventure buddy anymore I am glad she is happy It has been a few months now She still spends hernights on her phone Now I know why she is so happyIt is a boy He makes her happy Fast-forward five months something happened Lastnight their phone call sounded more like a fightLavenderrsquos smile faded into a frown He said theyshould break up I do not know what he meant bythat but it must be bad because Lavender is sad Sheno longer lies in bed with a smile instead she holdsme as she cries Her tears drip onto me and it is as if Ican feel her pain in each drop When she comeshome she lies on me and just cries I wish I could tellher it would be ok

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

FAITH 17Elgin ILHomeschool I would like to thank myteacher and friendMrs Jenny Waxman

continue reading next page

HONORS

Even though I cannot comfort her I will always be there for her She used to only spendtime with me at night now right when she gets home she just lies in bed and cries Iguess when the boy said they had to break up he broke up more than their relationshiphe also broke Lavenderrsquos heart As the days go by she cries less and less She startedtexting and talking on the phone again Her conversations are much different now They seem shallow She is not herselfanymore I have known Lavender her whole life and she pretends to be someone she isnot when she talks to people I think it is because that boy hurt her There is a hint offear in her eyes when she talks to people I think she is scared someone is going tobreak her again I realized the real reason she has stopped crying is that she has startedhiding everything It is like when we used to play pretend when she was little Exceptnow it is not for fun Maybe pillows are more similar to people than I first thought Ihave a pillowcase that can change to make myself look the way people want me to buton the inside I will always be the same People change the way they look and actdepending on how the people around them make them think they should look too Butinside they might be something very different

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

MORE CONGRATULATIONSEMOTIONAL TRUTH amp COURAGE IN WRITING AWARDS

UNIQUE VOICE AWARDSRecognized for the unique voice they brought to their writing To receive this award thewritten work must have received at least one highest mark from a judge Thomas 7 The Haunted BridgeKJ 8 The Life of a PenguinJames 9 By the FireplaceSean 9 The Blizzard of 2018Caleb 10 SnowboardingChase 10 Haunted HalloweenMadeleine 10 Ink SpillageMatthew 10 I Like MyselfMattia 10 D-Day A DiaryMia 10 Free PoemSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWillow 10 MollyAshylyn 11 The Mysterious MountainIsabella 11 The Big DreamOwen 11 Owens 2019 StorySophie 11 The Windy SkyEnza 11 LightningRyan 11 The Humongous TurkeyVivian 11 ShadowsFin 12 The Final Game

Lane 8 A Ghost StorySolahni 10 I am KindAnnie 11 At the Dinner TableMacKenzie 11 The Untitled WarNick 11 Journey of a DyslexicMegan 13 My MaskVivien 13 The Days of RemembranceHenry 16 AnnihilationPeyton 16 Sudden Panic

Giulia 12 I Swear It Wasnt My FaultJack 12 CloudsKate 12 Book of PoemsZachary 12 The Tale of DwarvesChristopher 13 Mirror WorldElias 13 Raging BullEmma 13 A Collection of PoemsGuy 13 My Rose GardenLily 13 The Euphoria of ButterLinnea 13 Benched to GoalMaxwell 13 The Mystery of the CheeseMolly 13 So Goes the WindChase 14 Deep ThoughtsKate 15 Kates ObituaryBailey 17 Flying is My Freedom ATribute to Ameial EarhartJessica 17 DetroitLeah 17 The Might Ms August

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Galil 7 HockeyChloe 9 The AnimalsDaisy 9 The AdventureMorea 9 SpringXavier 9 Xaviers StoryAnnie 10 GraceAyden 10 The Failed InvasionGia 10 Christmas TreeRyan 10 The DogSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWarren 10 The IslandJasper 11 My FaceSofi 11 Season WalkTate 11 PneumoniaWilliam 11 The Sick LionDaelan 12 Golden MoonsDelaney 12 My OceanOlivia 12 The Sky is FloatingXavier 12 Keepers of LightswingHelen 13 The Time I Learned to Never Give UpBenjamin 14 Mans FilterIley 14 Guardian AngelOwen 16 Courtesy

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

DYSLEXIA NEWS

Georgia Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Identify andHelp Dyslexic Students WABE Public Radio Georgia

Inclusive Classroom Made by Dyslexia

A Hidden DIsabilityCould a highly intelligent child not know the real reasonwhy school is hardWDAM New TV

Dyslexic Ambulance Working Taught Himslef to ReadNow Hes Saving Lives Derbyshire Live

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Philip Schultz Tells Us What ItWas LIke Discovering His Dyslexia Gibby Booth

Not Specific Learning Disability and Not StrugglingReaderDyslexia Dyslexia DyslexiaLand

Surprisingly I am not badly injured from the fall but I know that I cannot continue Myclothes are soaked through and I realize that I will freeze long before I reach my goalIf I do not turn back I will surely die I unwillingly make my way through the crevasselooking for a way back to the surface I finally find a huge pile of rock ice and snowleading up to the top I slowly and painfully crawl up into the open Immediately thewind picks up almost throwing me back down I regain my balance and look about Recognizing nothing frantically I turn searching for something familiar Rocks ice snow I see a speck of red against the white could this be it I move forward in its directionslowly at first but then gaining speed So many years I searched wishing I could end mystrenuous journey I come to a halt tears of utter joy blurring my vision momentarilywarm against my cold face The one thing that I had searched so long for now liesbefore me The red armchair sits in the snow old but not worn Itrsquos high back is coveredin soft velvet indented by small tufted buttons I know it hasnt been here long thesnow only covered it with a thin layer Shivering from cold and excitement I drop mypack and let myself fall gently into the chair Bliss The cold vanishes and everything else with it the snow the sky me I feel truecomfort like a deep conscious sleep I am oblivious to everything around me I floateffortlessly through the vastness of space all thoughts and feelings banished from thephysical world

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HONORS

THE GIRL IN THE HALLWAY I sat there and watched I saw a student pass in onedirection and a teacher passing in the other into aworkroom All the lockers were the same green withsilver combo locks Some had school activity photoson them others were bare just a cold metal greenThe more popular kids had more status photos ontheir lockers to show their ranking in school Butoverall no one used their lockers they were just apart of the walls that we were trapped in each dayWe walk past them each day but never notice themthey are invisible to a teenagerrsquos eyes They donrsquothave flashing lights or show how many likes you haveon a post that is extremely edited If it is not on aphone then a kid who walks these halls where I sit inwill never see it The hallway is like a big block with endlessalleyways but no windows or sunlight There arethose white fluorescent light bulb glued to theceiling but at least one of them is always flickeringabout to go out Everyone sees and notices thatflickering light but no one ever fixes it until it needsto be replaced No one looks at each as they pass inthe hallway they are always consumed by theirdream life in a box in their hands No emotion isshown upon the faces of the students that walk thesame path to the same classrooms at the same timeeach day

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

KARINA 16Zionsville INZionsville Community HighSchoolTeacher Mrs Bender

A fog hovers above each studentrsquos head as finals week creeps closer Little whispers ofldquoyou will failrdquo ldquoyoursquore not smart enoughrdquo echo in the haze and leak into theunprotected stress-packed paranoid high schoolerrsquos minds The big bricks we carry onour backs feel heavier as the hallways stretches longer and the clocks move slowerEach person just keeps stepping forwards each one does it with a different approachbut each step moves them forwards Every individual has a different walk strut orshuffle that makes them special It is apart of who they are and how they choose theirpath to walk I observed that we are all similar yet couldnrsquot be more different we allwear shoes here but some pass by me in the hallway wearing sports tennis shoesothers in four-inch sparkly high heels Some kids like to rock the converse style andothers do the socks and sandals trend The flats owners are the girls that choose acomfortable but still stylish choice The slides models are the ones who are most likelywearing sweatpants and wish they were chilling on the couch with a blanket andNetflix instead Some people you notice as they walk past others are just the travelingsounds of footsteps hitting the floor in front of shadows High schoolers are surrounded by negativity and we drowned out some of it out bylistening to music we put on our Apple earbuds or beats headphones and crank up thevolume We attempt to flood out the anxiety we feel from people judging our outfithairstyle or backpack brand From blasting pop music to the newest country single rapbeats to classical symphonies each person has a different way of expressing theircreativity Each song has a different message from a unique voice for each person tohear at just the right time But hey what do I really notice anyways if Irsquom just the girlsitting in the hallway

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HONORS

WELCOME TO YOUR TOWN MAYOR I could hear the gentle whirl of cars behind me Mypace was upbeat as I walked to the edge of downtownwhere the buildings were less and the flowers weremore I was enjoying an afternoon walk taking in thewispy air and swish of my skirt and subtle chirps frombirds above Rather abruptly my absent minded trainof thought came to a halt just in front of me was avividly green sidewalk painting that spanned thelength of a basketball court I bent my knees andsucked a dramatic gasp as I thought No Stinking Way The painting was one of those street art illusions thatdepicted a cavernous scene below despite beingdrawn on the horizontal earth Yet more importantly the painting was of a maplayout for one of my most beloved games AnimalCrossing I was beside myself as I fangirled over thelifelike landscape I knew had to meet the awesomeperson who dedicated this much time to such a thingYet as I turned my head this way and that there wasnot a single living being in sight Rather disappointedthat I could not share my excitement over the paintingwith anyone else I looked back at the ground At oddswith what to do next I made a lighthearted decisionthat I had no idea would result in a transformativeconsequence I jumped My eyelids parted in a flash and I was shown half of abold cerulean sky and half of a stretch of thick turfHundreds of strands of grass brushed my skin as I layon my side trying to decipher where I was Coming tomy senses I lifted myself off of the ground and looked

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

KATERINA 17Kingsport TNDobyns Bennett High SchoolTeacher Rebecca HarenI thank Mrs Megan Krupa forencouraging me to showcreative voice in my writing

about Wait What Over to my right was the train station and next to it was themessage board and cobblestone road to main street This was real yet I couldnrsquotbelieve it I stood in the world of Animal Crossing I began walking through a grove of cherry trees surrounded by a population of whitetulips My ears began to pick up strings of excited conversations coming from a pavedarea ahead so I quicked my step and neared an opening in the forest I turned a cornerand was met with an expansive stone pavilion where there stood a gathering ofcartoonish animals My knees felt weak because of this utter defiance of reality yet Iwas overcome with happiness as I saw in front of me what I had grown to love duringyears of digital play A shih tzu Isabelle dashed towards me on her two hind legs her ears flapping andverdant jumpsuit bouncing along the way ldquoHI THERE Irsquom Isabelle You must be the newMayor On behalf of everyone living here I want to give you a BIG welcome to ourhumble town Irsquom sure you will help us grow to do great thingsrdquo A bit overwhelmed by her giddy enthusiasm but nevertheless amazed at how shefulfilled my every dream of a real Isabelle I walked along with her to meet the othersThe animals stood around a swimming pool sized flower bed filled with black richearth I was given a chance to introduce myself and was overcome with emotion due tothe reverence I saw in the animalsrsquo faces I saw that they embraced me as someonewhom they could befriend and who would transform the town into somethingbeautiful Isabelle cleared her throat and announced that it was time for the towninception ceremony I was given a shovel and an acorn as large as a golf ball As Iplanted the oak with care the whole town engaged in celebration for my officialcommemoration of my town As the sky blushed into a peach color and the cicadas began their cries Dobie the wolffound a chance to speak to me away from the celebration Just before it was time forthe day to end he nudged me and grinned though his array of spikey teeth ldquoWelcometo your town Mayorrdquo Ready to turn over a new leaf in my life I simply grinned back

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HONORS

UNKNOWN NEMESIS You are my arch nemesis One thing I wish I could dois get rid of this Irsquom stuck in the middle of this butriddle me this How come my enemy is always onestep ahead of me Hersquos trying to get rid of me andshow me my demise With ease he can surpass meand if you ask me once he has me down Irsquoll neverrise Hersquos in all of my past He haunts me in my brainIrsquom scared Irsquoll never regain my composure Hersquos in mypresent I canrsquot defeat him With every tick on theclock he gets closer I lift up my eyes and look intomy future hersquos there too I donrsquot know what to do Itrsquoshard to admit but therersquos no way I can defeat youAnd lastly with my passing hersquoll outlast me Hersquoll goon and on even when Irsquom in my grave He loves totorture and make everything old but he has no ageHersquoll take and give Hersquos not conscious He does notlive Hersquos everyonersquos worst nightmare At everyonersquosdeathbed hersquos got everyone so scared but we alwayswish we had more of him He takes us all throughoutlife then takes us to Grim He acts like hersquos yourfriend then once you think hersquos on your side heshows you the end Itrsquos hard to comprehend in mymind I donrsquot have control This life is not mine Hersquosdeadly bone chilling backstabbing and sheer terrorcreeps on everyonersquos face at the mention of hisname Hersquos better known asTIME

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

PARKER 17Chatanooga TNHomeschool No matter how difficultdyslexia has been my dadpushed me and my momencouraged me to never giveup

MY NAME IS POLLY I know what you are thinking that is a weird nameHowever it is short for polyester because that is whatI am made of I am a pillow The next thing you maybe wondering is ldquoWhy is a pillow talking to merdquoAlthough it may seem bizarre I have a very uniqueperspective on human life While the mostexcitement that I encounter is getting a newpillowcase my owner Lavender has experiencedmuch more Even though I do not spend most of the time with herI still have a front row seat to watch her grow upWhen she was little she was sad that she had to takenaps so I became a magic carpet for her to fly oninstead of sleeping I was also her gateway to dreamsHowever now she is a teen Now she lies in bed onher phone Recently she had been texting with a hugesmile on her face Although I am sad I donrsquot get to beher adventure buddy anymore I am glad she is happy It has been a few months now She still spends hernights on her phone Now I know why she is so happyIt is a boy He makes her happy Fast-forward five months something happened Lastnight their phone call sounded more like a fightLavenderrsquos smile faded into a frown He said theyshould break up I do not know what he meant bythat but it must be bad because Lavender is sad Sheno longer lies in bed with a smile instead she holdsme as she cries Her tears drip onto me and it is as if Ican feel her pain in each drop When she comeshome she lies on me and just cries I wish I could tellher it would be ok

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

FAITH 17Elgin ILHomeschool I would like to thank myteacher and friendMrs Jenny Waxman

continue reading next page

HONORS

Even though I cannot comfort her I will always be there for her She used to only spendtime with me at night now right when she gets home she just lies in bed and cries Iguess when the boy said they had to break up he broke up more than their relationshiphe also broke Lavenderrsquos heart As the days go by she cries less and less She startedtexting and talking on the phone again Her conversations are much different now They seem shallow She is not herselfanymore I have known Lavender her whole life and she pretends to be someone she isnot when she talks to people I think it is because that boy hurt her There is a hint offear in her eyes when she talks to people I think she is scared someone is going tobreak her again I realized the real reason she has stopped crying is that she has startedhiding everything It is like when we used to play pretend when she was little Exceptnow it is not for fun Maybe pillows are more similar to people than I first thought Ihave a pillowcase that can change to make myself look the way people want me to buton the inside I will always be the same People change the way they look and actdepending on how the people around them make them think they should look too Butinside they might be something very different

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

MORE CONGRATULATIONSEMOTIONAL TRUTH amp COURAGE IN WRITING AWARDS

UNIQUE VOICE AWARDSRecognized for the unique voice they brought to their writing To receive this award thewritten work must have received at least one highest mark from a judge Thomas 7 The Haunted BridgeKJ 8 The Life of a PenguinJames 9 By the FireplaceSean 9 The Blizzard of 2018Caleb 10 SnowboardingChase 10 Haunted HalloweenMadeleine 10 Ink SpillageMatthew 10 I Like MyselfMattia 10 D-Day A DiaryMia 10 Free PoemSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWillow 10 MollyAshylyn 11 The Mysterious MountainIsabella 11 The Big DreamOwen 11 Owens 2019 StorySophie 11 The Windy SkyEnza 11 LightningRyan 11 The Humongous TurkeyVivian 11 ShadowsFin 12 The Final Game

Lane 8 A Ghost StorySolahni 10 I am KindAnnie 11 At the Dinner TableMacKenzie 11 The Untitled WarNick 11 Journey of a DyslexicMegan 13 My MaskVivien 13 The Days of RemembranceHenry 16 AnnihilationPeyton 16 Sudden Panic

Giulia 12 I Swear It Wasnt My FaultJack 12 CloudsKate 12 Book of PoemsZachary 12 The Tale of DwarvesChristopher 13 Mirror WorldElias 13 Raging BullEmma 13 A Collection of PoemsGuy 13 My Rose GardenLily 13 The Euphoria of ButterLinnea 13 Benched to GoalMaxwell 13 The Mystery of the CheeseMolly 13 So Goes the WindChase 14 Deep ThoughtsKate 15 Kates ObituaryBailey 17 Flying is My Freedom ATribute to Ameial EarhartJessica 17 DetroitLeah 17 The Might Ms August

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Galil 7 HockeyChloe 9 The AnimalsDaisy 9 The AdventureMorea 9 SpringXavier 9 Xaviers StoryAnnie 10 GraceAyden 10 The Failed InvasionGia 10 Christmas TreeRyan 10 The DogSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWarren 10 The IslandJasper 11 My FaceSofi 11 Season WalkTate 11 PneumoniaWilliam 11 The Sick LionDaelan 12 Golden MoonsDelaney 12 My OceanOlivia 12 The Sky is FloatingXavier 12 Keepers of LightswingHelen 13 The Time I Learned to Never Give UpBenjamin 14 Mans FilterIley 14 Guardian AngelOwen 16 Courtesy

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

DYSLEXIA NEWS

Georgia Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Identify andHelp Dyslexic Students WABE Public Radio Georgia

Inclusive Classroom Made by Dyslexia

A Hidden DIsabilityCould a highly intelligent child not know the real reasonwhy school is hardWDAM New TV

Dyslexic Ambulance Working Taught Himslef to ReadNow Hes Saving Lives Derbyshire Live

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Philip Schultz Tells Us What ItWas LIke Discovering His Dyslexia Gibby Booth

Not Specific Learning Disability and Not StrugglingReaderDyslexia Dyslexia DyslexiaLand

THE GIRL IN THE HALLWAY I sat there and watched I saw a student pass in onedirection and a teacher passing in the other into aworkroom All the lockers were the same green withsilver combo locks Some had school activity photoson them others were bare just a cold metal greenThe more popular kids had more status photos ontheir lockers to show their ranking in school Butoverall no one used their lockers they were just apart of the walls that we were trapped in each dayWe walk past them each day but never notice themthey are invisible to a teenagerrsquos eyes They donrsquothave flashing lights or show how many likes you haveon a post that is extremely edited If it is not on aphone then a kid who walks these halls where I sit inwill never see it The hallway is like a big block with endlessalleyways but no windows or sunlight There arethose white fluorescent light bulb glued to theceiling but at least one of them is always flickeringabout to go out Everyone sees and notices thatflickering light but no one ever fixes it until it needsto be replaced No one looks at each as they pass inthe hallway they are always consumed by theirdream life in a box in their hands No emotion isshown upon the faces of the students that walk thesame path to the same classrooms at the same timeeach day

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

KARINA 16Zionsville INZionsville Community HighSchoolTeacher Mrs Bender

A fog hovers above each studentrsquos head as finals week creeps closer Little whispers ofldquoyou will failrdquo ldquoyoursquore not smart enoughrdquo echo in the haze and leak into theunprotected stress-packed paranoid high schoolerrsquos minds The big bricks we carry onour backs feel heavier as the hallways stretches longer and the clocks move slowerEach person just keeps stepping forwards each one does it with a different approachbut each step moves them forwards Every individual has a different walk strut orshuffle that makes them special It is apart of who they are and how they choose theirpath to walk I observed that we are all similar yet couldnrsquot be more different we allwear shoes here but some pass by me in the hallway wearing sports tennis shoesothers in four-inch sparkly high heels Some kids like to rock the converse style andothers do the socks and sandals trend The flats owners are the girls that choose acomfortable but still stylish choice The slides models are the ones who are most likelywearing sweatpants and wish they were chilling on the couch with a blanket andNetflix instead Some people you notice as they walk past others are just the travelingsounds of footsteps hitting the floor in front of shadows High schoolers are surrounded by negativity and we drowned out some of it out bylistening to music we put on our Apple earbuds or beats headphones and crank up thevolume We attempt to flood out the anxiety we feel from people judging our outfithairstyle or backpack brand From blasting pop music to the newest country single rapbeats to classical symphonies each person has a different way of expressing theircreativity Each song has a different message from a unique voice for each person tohear at just the right time But hey what do I really notice anyways if Irsquom just the girlsitting in the hallway

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HONORS

WELCOME TO YOUR TOWN MAYOR I could hear the gentle whirl of cars behind me Mypace was upbeat as I walked to the edge of downtownwhere the buildings were less and the flowers weremore I was enjoying an afternoon walk taking in thewispy air and swish of my skirt and subtle chirps frombirds above Rather abruptly my absent minded trainof thought came to a halt just in front of me was avividly green sidewalk painting that spanned thelength of a basketball court I bent my knees andsucked a dramatic gasp as I thought No Stinking Way The painting was one of those street art illusions thatdepicted a cavernous scene below despite beingdrawn on the horizontal earth Yet more importantly the painting was of a maplayout for one of my most beloved games AnimalCrossing I was beside myself as I fangirled over thelifelike landscape I knew had to meet the awesomeperson who dedicated this much time to such a thingYet as I turned my head this way and that there wasnot a single living being in sight Rather disappointedthat I could not share my excitement over the paintingwith anyone else I looked back at the ground At oddswith what to do next I made a lighthearted decisionthat I had no idea would result in a transformativeconsequence I jumped My eyelids parted in a flash and I was shown half of abold cerulean sky and half of a stretch of thick turfHundreds of strands of grass brushed my skin as I layon my side trying to decipher where I was Coming tomy senses I lifted myself off of the ground and looked

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

KATERINA 17Kingsport TNDobyns Bennett High SchoolTeacher Rebecca HarenI thank Mrs Megan Krupa forencouraging me to showcreative voice in my writing

about Wait What Over to my right was the train station and next to it was themessage board and cobblestone road to main street This was real yet I couldnrsquotbelieve it I stood in the world of Animal Crossing I began walking through a grove of cherry trees surrounded by a population of whitetulips My ears began to pick up strings of excited conversations coming from a pavedarea ahead so I quicked my step and neared an opening in the forest I turned a cornerand was met with an expansive stone pavilion where there stood a gathering ofcartoonish animals My knees felt weak because of this utter defiance of reality yet Iwas overcome with happiness as I saw in front of me what I had grown to love duringyears of digital play A shih tzu Isabelle dashed towards me on her two hind legs her ears flapping andverdant jumpsuit bouncing along the way ldquoHI THERE Irsquom Isabelle You must be the newMayor On behalf of everyone living here I want to give you a BIG welcome to ourhumble town Irsquom sure you will help us grow to do great thingsrdquo A bit overwhelmed by her giddy enthusiasm but nevertheless amazed at how shefulfilled my every dream of a real Isabelle I walked along with her to meet the othersThe animals stood around a swimming pool sized flower bed filled with black richearth I was given a chance to introduce myself and was overcome with emotion due tothe reverence I saw in the animalsrsquo faces I saw that they embraced me as someonewhom they could befriend and who would transform the town into somethingbeautiful Isabelle cleared her throat and announced that it was time for the towninception ceremony I was given a shovel and an acorn as large as a golf ball As Iplanted the oak with care the whole town engaged in celebration for my officialcommemoration of my town As the sky blushed into a peach color and the cicadas began their cries Dobie the wolffound a chance to speak to me away from the celebration Just before it was time forthe day to end he nudged me and grinned though his array of spikey teeth ldquoWelcometo your town Mayorrdquo Ready to turn over a new leaf in my life I simply grinned back

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HONORS

UNKNOWN NEMESIS You are my arch nemesis One thing I wish I could dois get rid of this Irsquom stuck in the middle of this butriddle me this How come my enemy is always onestep ahead of me Hersquos trying to get rid of me andshow me my demise With ease he can surpass meand if you ask me once he has me down Irsquoll neverrise Hersquos in all of my past He haunts me in my brainIrsquom scared Irsquoll never regain my composure Hersquos in mypresent I canrsquot defeat him With every tick on theclock he gets closer I lift up my eyes and look intomy future hersquos there too I donrsquot know what to do Itrsquoshard to admit but therersquos no way I can defeat youAnd lastly with my passing hersquoll outlast me Hersquoll goon and on even when Irsquom in my grave He loves totorture and make everything old but he has no ageHersquoll take and give Hersquos not conscious He does notlive Hersquos everyonersquos worst nightmare At everyonersquosdeathbed hersquos got everyone so scared but we alwayswish we had more of him He takes us all throughoutlife then takes us to Grim He acts like hersquos yourfriend then once you think hersquos on your side heshows you the end Itrsquos hard to comprehend in mymind I donrsquot have control This life is not mine Hersquosdeadly bone chilling backstabbing and sheer terrorcreeps on everyonersquos face at the mention of hisname Hersquos better known asTIME

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

PARKER 17Chatanooga TNHomeschool No matter how difficultdyslexia has been my dadpushed me and my momencouraged me to never giveup

MY NAME IS POLLY I know what you are thinking that is a weird nameHowever it is short for polyester because that is whatI am made of I am a pillow The next thing you maybe wondering is ldquoWhy is a pillow talking to merdquoAlthough it may seem bizarre I have a very uniqueperspective on human life While the mostexcitement that I encounter is getting a newpillowcase my owner Lavender has experiencedmuch more Even though I do not spend most of the time with herI still have a front row seat to watch her grow upWhen she was little she was sad that she had to takenaps so I became a magic carpet for her to fly oninstead of sleeping I was also her gateway to dreamsHowever now she is a teen Now she lies in bed onher phone Recently she had been texting with a hugesmile on her face Although I am sad I donrsquot get to beher adventure buddy anymore I am glad she is happy It has been a few months now She still spends hernights on her phone Now I know why she is so happyIt is a boy He makes her happy Fast-forward five months something happened Lastnight their phone call sounded more like a fightLavenderrsquos smile faded into a frown He said theyshould break up I do not know what he meant bythat but it must be bad because Lavender is sad Sheno longer lies in bed with a smile instead she holdsme as she cries Her tears drip onto me and it is as if Ican feel her pain in each drop When she comeshome she lies on me and just cries I wish I could tellher it would be ok

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

FAITH 17Elgin ILHomeschool I would like to thank myteacher and friendMrs Jenny Waxman

continue reading next page

HONORS

Even though I cannot comfort her I will always be there for her She used to only spendtime with me at night now right when she gets home she just lies in bed and cries Iguess when the boy said they had to break up he broke up more than their relationshiphe also broke Lavenderrsquos heart As the days go by she cries less and less She startedtexting and talking on the phone again Her conversations are much different now They seem shallow She is not herselfanymore I have known Lavender her whole life and she pretends to be someone she isnot when she talks to people I think it is because that boy hurt her There is a hint offear in her eyes when she talks to people I think she is scared someone is going tobreak her again I realized the real reason she has stopped crying is that she has startedhiding everything It is like when we used to play pretend when she was little Exceptnow it is not for fun Maybe pillows are more similar to people than I first thought Ihave a pillowcase that can change to make myself look the way people want me to buton the inside I will always be the same People change the way they look and actdepending on how the people around them make them think they should look too Butinside they might be something very different

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

MORE CONGRATULATIONSEMOTIONAL TRUTH amp COURAGE IN WRITING AWARDS

UNIQUE VOICE AWARDSRecognized for the unique voice they brought to their writing To receive this award thewritten work must have received at least one highest mark from a judge Thomas 7 The Haunted BridgeKJ 8 The Life of a PenguinJames 9 By the FireplaceSean 9 The Blizzard of 2018Caleb 10 SnowboardingChase 10 Haunted HalloweenMadeleine 10 Ink SpillageMatthew 10 I Like MyselfMattia 10 D-Day A DiaryMia 10 Free PoemSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWillow 10 MollyAshylyn 11 The Mysterious MountainIsabella 11 The Big DreamOwen 11 Owens 2019 StorySophie 11 The Windy SkyEnza 11 LightningRyan 11 The Humongous TurkeyVivian 11 ShadowsFin 12 The Final Game

Lane 8 A Ghost StorySolahni 10 I am KindAnnie 11 At the Dinner TableMacKenzie 11 The Untitled WarNick 11 Journey of a DyslexicMegan 13 My MaskVivien 13 The Days of RemembranceHenry 16 AnnihilationPeyton 16 Sudden Panic

Giulia 12 I Swear It Wasnt My FaultJack 12 CloudsKate 12 Book of PoemsZachary 12 The Tale of DwarvesChristopher 13 Mirror WorldElias 13 Raging BullEmma 13 A Collection of PoemsGuy 13 My Rose GardenLily 13 The Euphoria of ButterLinnea 13 Benched to GoalMaxwell 13 The Mystery of the CheeseMolly 13 So Goes the WindChase 14 Deep ThoughtsKate 15 Kates ObituaryBailey 17 Flying is My Freedom ATribute to Ameial EarhartJessica 17 DetroitLeah 17 The Might Ms August

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Galil 7 HockeyChloe 9 The AnimalsDaisy 9 The AdventureMorea 9 SpringXavier 9 Xaviers StoryAnnie 10 GraceAyden 10 The Failed InvasionGia 10 Christmas TreeRyan 10 The DogSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWarren 10 The IslandJasper 11 My FaceSofi 11 Season WalkTate 11 PneumoniaWilliam 11 The Sick LionDaelan 12 Golden MoonsDelaney 12 My OceanOlivia 12 The Sky is FloatingXavier 12 Keepers of LightswingHelen 13 The Time I Learned to Never Give UpBenjamin 14 Mans FilterIley 14 Guardian AngelOwen 16 Courtesy

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

DYSLEXIA NEWS

Georgia Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Identify andHelp Dyslexic Students WABE Public Radio Georgia

Inclusive Classroom Made by Dyslexia

A Hidden DIsabilityCould a highly intelligent child not know the real reasonwhy school is hardWDAM New TV

Dyslexic Ambulance Working Taught Himslef to ReadNow Hes Saving Lives Derbyshire Live

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Philip Schultz Tells Us What ItWas LIke Discovering His Dyslexia Gibby Booth

Not Specific Learning Disability and Not StrugglingReaderDyslexia Dyslexia DyslexiaLand

A fog hovers above each studentrsquos head as finals week creeps closer Little whispers ofldquoyou will failrdquo ldquoyoursquore not smart enoughrdquo echo in the haze and leak into theunprotected stress-packed paranoid high schoolerrsquos minds The big bricks we carry onour backs feel heavier as the hallways stretches longer and the clocks move slowerEach person just keeps stepping forwards each one does it with a different approachbut each step moves them forwards Every individual has a different walk strut orshuffle that makes them special It is apart of who they are and how they choose theirpath to walk I observed that we are all similar yet couldnrsquot be more different we allwear shoes here but some pass by me in the hallway wearing sports tennis shoesothers in four-inch sparkly high heels Some kids like to rock the converse style andothers do the socks and sandals trend The flats owners are the girls that choose acomfortable but still stylish choice The slides models are the ones who are most likelywearing sweatpants and wish they were chilling on the couch with a blanket andNetflix instead Some people you notice as they walk past others are just the travelingsounds of footsteps hitting the floor in front of shadows High schoolers are surrounded by negativity and we drowned out some of it out bylistening to music we put on our Apple earbuds or beats headphones and crank up thevolume We attempt to flood out the anxiety we feel from people judging our outfithairstyle or backpack brand From blasting pop music to the newest country single rapbeats to classical symphonies each person has a different way of expressing theircreativity Each song has a different message from a unique voice for each person tohear at just the right time But hey what do I really notice anyways if Irsquom just the girlsitting in the hallway

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HONORS

WELCOME TO YOUR TOWN MAYOR I could hear the gentle whirl of cars behind me Mypace was upbeat as I walked to the edge of downtownwhere the buildings were less and the flowers weremore I was enjoying an afternoon walk taking in thewispy air and swish of my skirt and subtle chirps frombirds above Rather abruptly my absent minded trainof thought came to a halt just in front of me was avividly green sidewalk painting that spanned thelength of a basketball court I bent my knees andsucked a dramatic gasp as I thought No Stinking Way The painting was one of those street art illusions thatdepicted a cavernous scene below despite beingdrawn on the horizontal earth Yet more importantly the painting was of a maplayout for one of my most beloved games AnimalCrossing I was beside myself as I fangirled over thelifelike landscape I knew had to meet the awesomeperson who dedicated this much time to such a thingYet as I turned my head this way and that there wasnot a single living being in sight Rather disappointedthat I could not share my excitement over the paintingwith anyone else I looked back at the ground At oddswith what to do next I made a lighthearted decisionthat I had no idea would result in a transformativeconsequence I jumped My eyelids parted in a flash and I was shown half of abold cerulean sky and half of a stretch of thick turfHundreds of strands of grass brushed my skin as I layon my side trying to decipher where I was Coming tomy senses I lifted myself off of the ground and looked

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

KATERINA 17Kingsport TNDobyns Bennett High SchoolTeacher Rebecca HarenI thank Mrs Megan Krupa forencouraging me to showcreative voice in my writing

about Wait What Over to my right was the train station and next to it was themessage board and cobblestone road to main street This was real yet I couldnrsquotbelieve it I stood in the world of Animal Crossing I began walking through a grove of cherry trees surrounded by a population of whitetulips My ears began to pick up strings of excited conversations coming from a pavedarea ahead so I quicked my step and neared an opening in the forest I turned a cornerand was met with an expansive stone pavilion where there stood a gathering ofcartoonish animals My knees felt weak because of this utter defiance of reality yet Iwas overcome with happiness as I saw in front of me what I had grown to love duringyears of digital play A shih tzu Isabelle dashed towards me on her two hind legs her ears flapping andverdant jumpsuit bouncing along the way ldquoHI THERE Irsquom Isabelle You must be the newMayor On behalf of everyone living here I want to give you a BIG welcome to ourhumble town Irsquom sure you will help us grow to do great thingsrdquo A bit overwhelmed by her giddy enthusiasm but nevertheless amazed at how shefulfilled my every dream of a real Isabelle I walked along with her to meet the othersThe animals stood around a swimming pool sized flower bed filled with black richearth I was given a chance to introduce myself and was overcome with emotion due tothe reverence I saw in the animalsrsquo faces I saw that they embraced me as someonewhom they could befriend and who would transform the town into somethingbeautiful Isabelle cleared her throat and announced that it was time for the towninception ceremony I was given a shovel and an acorn as large as a golf ball As Iplanted the oak with care the whole town engaged in celebration for my officialcommemoration of my town As the sky blushed into a peach color and the cicadas began their cries Dobie the wolffound a chance to speak to me away from the celebration Just before it was time forthe day to end he nudged me and grinned though his array of spikey teeth ldquoWelcometo your town Mayorrdquo Ready to turn over a new leaf in my life I simply grinned back

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HONORS

UNKNOWN NEMESIS You are my arch nemesis One thing I wish I could dois get rid of this Irsquom stuck in the middle of this butriddle me this How come my enemy is always onestep ahead of me Hersquos trying to get rid of me andshow me my demise With ease he can surpass meand if you ask me once he has me down Irsquoll neverrise Hersquos in all of my past He haunts me in my brainIrsquom scared Irsquoll never regain my composure Hersquos in mypresent I canrsquot defeat him With every tick on theclock he gets closer I lift up my eyes and look intomy future hersquos there too I donrsquot know what to do Itrsquoshard to admit but therersquos no way I can defeat youAnd lastly with my passing hersquoll outlast me Hersquoll goon and on even when Irsquom in my grave He loves totorture and make everything old but he has no ageHersquoll take and give Hersquos not conscious He does notlive Hersquos everyonersquos worst nightmare At everyonersquosdeathbed hersquos got everyone so scared but we alwayswish we had more of him He takes us all throughoutlife then takes us to Grim He acts like hersquos yourfriend then once you think hersquos on your side heshows you the end Itrsquos hard to comprehend in mymind I donrsquot have control This life is not mine Hersquosdeadly bone chilling backstabbing and sheer terrorcreeps on everyonersquos face at the mention of hisname Hersquos better known asTIME

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

PARKER 17Chatanooga TNHomeschool No matter how difficultdyslexia has been my dadpushed me and my momencouraged me to never giveup

MY NAME IS POLLY I know what you are thinking that is a weird nameHowever it is short for polyester because that is whatI am made of I am a pillow The next thing you maybe wondering is ldquoWhy is a pillow talking to merdquoAlthough it may seem bizarre I have a very uniqueperspective on human life While the mostexcitement that I encounter is getting a newpillowcase my owner Lavender has experiencedmuch more Even though I do not spend most of the time with herI still have a front row seat to watch her grow upWhen she was little she was sad that she had to takenaps so I became a magic carpet for her to fly oninstead of sleeping I was also her gateway to dreamsHowever now she is a teen Now she lies in bed onher phone Recently she had been texting with a hugesmile on her face Although I am sad I donrsquot get to beher adventure buddy anymore I am glad she is happy It has been a few months now She still spends hernights on her phone Now I know why she is so happyIt is a boy He makes her happy Fast-forward five months something happened Lastnight their phone call sounded more like a fightLavenderrsquos smile faded into a frown He said theyshould break up I do not know what he meant bythat but it must be bad because Lavender is sad Sheno longer lies in bed with a smile instead she holdsme as she cries Her tears drip onto me and it is as if Ican feel her pain in each drop When she comeshome she lies on me and just cries I wish I could tellher it would be ok

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

FAITH 17Elgin ILHomeschool I would like to thank myteacher and friendMrs Jenny Waxman

continue reading next page

HONORS

Even though I cannot comfort her I will always be there for her She used to only spendtime with me at night now right when she gets home she just lies in bed and cries Iguess when the boy said they had to break up he broke up more than their relationshiphe also broke Lavenderrsquos heart As the days go by she cries less and less She startedtexting and talking on the phone again Her conversations are much different now They seem shallow She is not herselfanymore I have known Lavender her whole life and she pretends to be someone she isnot when she talks to people I think it is because that boy hurt her There is a hint offear in her eyes when she talks to people I think she is scared someone is going tobreak her again I realized the real reason she has stopped crying is that she has startedhiding everything It is like when we used to play pretend when she was little Exceptnow it is not for fun Maybe pillows are more similar to people than I first thought Ihave a pillowcase that can change to make myself look the way people want me to buton the inside I will always be the same People change the way they look and actdepending on how the people around them make them think they should look too Butinside they might be something very different

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

MORE CONGRATULATIONSEMOTIONAL TRUTH amp COURAGE IN WRITING AWARDS

UNIQUE VOICE AWARDSRecognized for the unique voice they brought to their writing To receive this award thewritten work must have received at least one highest mark from a judge Thomas 7 The Haunted BridgeKJ 8 The Life of a PenguinJames 9 By the FireplaceSean 9 The Blizzard of 2018Caleb 10 SnowboardingChase 10 Haunted HalloweenMadeleine 10 Ink SpillageMatthew 10 I Like MyselfMattia 10 D-Day A DiaryMia 10 Free PoemSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWillow 10 MollyAshylyn 11 The Mysterious MountainIsabella 11 The Big DreamOwen 11 Owens 2019 StorySophie 11 The Windy SkyEnza 11 LightningRyan 11 The Humongous TurkeyVivian 11 ShadowsFin 12 The Final Game

Lane 8 A Ghost StorySolahni 10 I am KindAnnie 11 At the Dinner TableMacKenzie 11 The Untitled WarNick 11 Journey of a DyslexicMegan 13 My MaskVivien 13 The Days of RemembranceHenry 16 AnnihilationPeyton 16 Sudden Panic

Giulia 12 I Swear It Wasnt My FaultJack 12 CloudsKate 12 Book of PoemsZachary 12 The Tale of DwarvesChristopher 13 Mirror WorldElias 13 Raging BullEmma 13 A Collection of PoemsGuy 13 My Rose GardenLily 13 The Euphoria of ButterLinnea 13 Benched to GoalMaxwell 13 The Mystery of the CheeseMolly 13 So Goes the WindChase 14 Deep ThoughtsKate 15 Kates ObituaryBailey 17 Flying is My Freedom ATribute to Ameial EarhartJessica 17 DetroitLeah 17 The Might Ms August

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Galil 7 HockeyChloe 9 The AnimalsDaisy 9 The AdventureMorea 9 SpringXavier 9 Xaviers StoryAnnie 10 GraceAyden 10 The Failed InvasionGia 10 Christmas TreeRyan 10 The DogSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWarren 10 The IslandJasper 11 My FaceSofi 11 Season WalkTate 11 PneumoniaWilliam 11 The Sick LionDaelan 12 Golden MoonsDelaney 12 My OceanOlivia 12 The Sky is FloatingXavier 12 Keepers of LightswingHelen 13 The Time I Learned to Never Give UpBenjamin 14 Mans FilterIley 14 Guardian AngelOwen 16 Courtesy

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

DYSLEXIA NEWS

Georgia Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Identify andHelp Dyslexic Students WABE Public Radio Georgia

Inclusive Classroom Made by Dyslexia

A Hidden DIsabilityCould a highly intelligent child not know the real reasonwhy school is hardWDAM New TV

Dyslexic Ambulance Working Taught Himslef to ReadNow Hes Saving Lives Derbyshire Live

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Philip Schultz Tells Us What ItWas LIke Discovering His Dyslexia Gibby Booth

Not Specific Learning Disability and Not StrugglingReaderDyslexia Dyslexia DyslexiaLand

WELCOME TO YOUR TOWN MAYOR I could hear the gentle whirl of cars behind me Mypace was upbeat as I walked to the edge of downtownwhere the buildings were less and the flowers weremore I was enjoying an afternoon walk taking in thewispy air and swish of my skirt and subtle chirps frombirds above Rather abruptly my absent minded trainof thought came to a halt just in front of me was avividly green sidewalk painting that spanned thelength of a basketball court I bent my knees andsucked a dramatic gasp as I thought No Stinking Way The painting was one of those street art illusions thatdepicted a cavernous scene below despite beingdrawn on the horizontal earth Yet more importantly the painting was of a maplayout for one of my most beloved games AnimalCrossing I was beside myself as I fangirled over thelifelike landscape I knew had to meet the awesomeperson who dedicated this much time to such a thingYet as I turned my head this way and that there wasnot a single living being in sight Rather disappointedthat I could not share my excitement over the paintingwith anyone else I looked back at the ground At oddswith what to do next I made a lighthearted decisionthat I had no idea would result in a transformativeconsequence I jumped My eyelids parted in a flash and I was shown half of abold cerulean sky and half of a stretch of thick turfHundreds of strands of grass brushed my skin as I layon my side trying to decipher where I was Coming tomy senses I lifted myself off of the ground and looked

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

KATERINA 17Kingsport TNDobyns Bennett High SchoolTeacher Rebecca HarenI thank Mrs Megan Krupa forencouraging me to showcreative voice in my writing

about Wait What Over to my right was the train station and next to it was themessage board and cobblestone road to main street This was real yet I couldnrsquotbelieve it I stood in the world of Animal Crossing I began walking through a grove of cherry trees surrounded by a population of whitetulips My ears began to pick up strings of excited conversations coming from a pavedarea ahead so I quicked my step and neared an opening in the forest I turned a cornerand was met with an expansive stone pavilion where there stood a gathering ofcartoonish animals My knees felt weak because of this utter defiance of reality yet Iwas overcome with happiness as I saw in front of me what I had grown to love duringyears of digital play A shih tzu Isabelle dashed towards me on her two hind legs her ears flapping andverdant jumpsuit bouncing along the way ldquoHI THERE Irsquom Isabelle You must be the newMayor On behalf of everyone living here I want to give you a BIG welcome to ourhumble town Irsquom sure you will help us grow to do great thingsrdquo A bit overwhelmed by her giddy enthusiasm but nevertheless amazed at how shefulfilled my every dream of a real Isabelle I walked along with her to meet the othersThe animals stood around a swimming pool sized flower bed filled with black richearth I was given a chance to introduce myself and was overcome with emotion due tothe reverence I saw in the animalsrsquo faces I saw that they embraced me as someonewhom they could befriend and who would transform the town into somethingbeautiful Isabelle cleared her throat and announced that it was time for the towninception ceremony I was given a shovel and an acorn as large as a golf ball As Iplanted the oak with care the whole town engaged in celebration for my officialcommemoration of my town As the sky blushed into a peach color and the cicadas began their cries Dobie the wolffound a chance to speak to me away from the celebration Just before it was time forthe day to end he nudged me and grinned though his array of spikey teeth ldquoWelcometo your town Mayorrdquo Ready to turn over a new leaf in my life I simply grinned back

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HONORS

UNKNOWN NEMESIS You are my arch nemesis One thing I wish I could dois get rid of this Irsquom stuck in the middle of this butriddle me this How come my enemy is always onestep ahead of me Hersquos trying to get rid of me andshow me my demise With ease he can surpass meand if you ask me once he has me down Irsquoll neverrise Hersquos in all of my past He haunts me in my brainIrsquom scared Irsquoll never regain my composure Hersquos in mypresent I canrsquot defeat him With every tick on theclock he gets closer I lift up my eyes and look intomy future hersquos there too I donrsquot know what to do Itrsquoshard to admit but therersquos no way I can defeat youAnd lastly with my passing hersquoll outlast me Hersquoll goon and on even when Irsquom in my grave He loves totorture and make everything old but he has no ageHersquoll take and give Hersquos not conscious He does notlive Hersquos everyonersquos worst nightmare At everyonersquosdeathbed hersquos got everyone so scared but we alwayswish we had more of him He takes us all throughoutlife then takes us to Grim He acts like hersquos yourfriend then once you think hersquos on your side heshows you the end Itrsquos hard to comprehend in mymind I donrsquot have control This life is not mine Hersquosdeadly bone chilling backstabbing and sheer terrorcreeps on everyonersquos face at the mention of hisname Hersquos better known asTIME

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

PARKER 17Chatanooga TNHomeschool No matter how difficultdyslexia has been my dadpushed me and my momencouraged me to never giveup

MY NAME IS POLLY I know what you are thinking that is a weird nameHowever it is short for polyester because that is whatI am made of I am a pillow The next thing you maybe wondering is ldquoWhy is a pillow talking to merdquoAlthough it may seem bizarre I have a very uniqueperspective on human life While the mostexcitement that I encounter is getting a newpillowcase my owner Lavender has experiencedmuch more Even though I do not spend most of the time with herI still have a front row seat to watch her grow upWhen she was little she was sad that she had to takenaps so I became a magic carpet for her to fly oninstead of sleeping I was also her gateway to dreamsHowever now she is a teen Now she lies in bed onher phone Recently she had been texting with a hugesmile on her face Although I am sad I donrsquot get to beher adventure buddy anymore I am glad she is happy It has been a few months now She still spends hernights on her phone Now I know why she is so happyIt is a boy He makes her happy Fast-forward five months something happened Lastnight their phone call sounded more like a fightLavenderrsquos smile faded into a frown He said theyshould break up I do not know what he meant bythat but it must be bad because Lavender is sad Sheno longer lies in bed with a smile instead she holdsme as she cries Her tears drip onto me and it is as if Ican feel her pain in each drop When she comeshome she lies on me and just cries I wish I could tellher it would be ok

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

FAITH 17Elgin ILHomeschool I would like to thank myteacher and friendMrs Jenny Waxman

continue reading next page

HONORS

Even though I cannot comfort her I will always be there for her She used to only spendtime with me at night now right when she gets home she just lies in bed and cries Iguess when the boy said they had to break up he broke up more than their relationshiphe also broke Lavenderrsquos heart As the days go by she cries less and less She startedtexting and talking on the phone again Her conversations are much different now They seem shallow She is not herselfanymore I have known Lavender her whole life and she pretends to be someone she isnot when she talks to people I think it is because that boy hurt her There is a hint offear in her eyes when she talks to people I think she is scared someone is going tobreak her again I realized the real reason she has stopped crying is that she has startedhiding everything It is like when we used to play pretend when she was little Exceptnow it is not for fun Maybe pillows are more similar to people than I first thought Ihave a pillowcase that can change to make myself look the way people want me to buton the inside I will always be the same People change the way they look and actdepending on how the people around them make them think they should look too Butinside they might be something very different

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

MORE CONGRATULATIONSEMOTIONAL TRUTH amp COURAGE IN WRITING AWARDS

UNIQUE VOICE AWARDSRecognized for the unique voice they brought to their writing To receive this award thewritten work must have received at least one highest mark from a judge Thomas 7 The Haunted BridgeKJ 8 The Life of a PenguinJames 9 By the FireplaceSean 9 The Blizzard of 2018Caleb 10 SnowboardingChase 10 Haunted HalloweenMadeleine 10 Ink SpillageMatthew 10 I Like MyselfMattia 10 D-Day A DiaryMia 10 Free PoemSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWillow 10 MollyAshylyn 11 The Mysterious MountainIsabella 11 The Big DreamOwen 11 Owens 2019 StorySophie 11 The Windy SkyEnza 11 LightningRyan 11 The Humongous TurkeyVivian 11 ShadowsFin 12 The Final Game

Lane 8 A Ghost StorySolahni 10 I am KindAnnie 11 At the Dinner TableMacKenzie 11 The Untitled WarNick 11 Journey of a DyslexicMegan 13 My MaskVivien 13 The Days of RemembranceHenry 16 AnnihilationPeyton 16 Sudden Panic

Giulia 12 I Swear It Wasnt My FaultJack 12 CloudsKate 12 Book of PoemsZachary 12 The Tale of DwarvesChristopher 13 Mirror WorldElias 13 Raging BullEmma 13 A Collection of PoemsGuy 13 My Rose GardenLily 13 The Euphoria of ButterLinnea 13 Benched to GoalMaxwell 13 The Mystery of the CheeseMolly 13 So Goes the WindChase 14 Deep ThoughtsKate 15 Kates ObituaryBailey 17 Flying is My Freedom ATribute to Ameial EarhartJessica 17 DetroitLeah 17 The Might Ms August

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Galil 7 HockeyChloe 9 The AnimalsDaisy 9 The AdventureMorea 9 SpringXavier 9 Xaviers StoryAnnie 10 GraceAyden 10 The Failed InvasionGia 10 Christmas TreeRyan 10 The DogSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWarren 10 The IslandJasper 11 My FaceSofi 11 Season WalkTate 11 PneumoniaWilliam 11 The Sick LionDaelan 12 Golden MoonsDelaney 12 My OceanOlivia 12 The Sky is FloatingXavier 12 Keepers of LightswingHelen 13 The Time I Learned to Never Give UpBenjamin 14 Mans FilterIley 14 Guardian AngelOwen 16 Courtesy

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

DYSLEXIA NEWS

Georgia Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Identify andHelp Dyslexic Students WABE Public Radio Georgia

Inclusive Classroom Made by Dyslexia

A Hidden DIsabilityCould a highly intelligent child not know the real reasonwhy school is hardWDAM New TV

Dyslexic Ambulance Working Taught Himslef to ReadNow Hes Saving Lives Derbyshire Live

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Philip Schultz Tells Us What ItWas LIke Discovering His Dyslexia Gibby Booth

Not Specific Learning Disability and Not StrugglingReaderDyslexia Dyslexia DyslexiaLand

about Wait What Over to my right was the train station and next to it was themessage board and cobblestone road to main street This was real yet I couldnrsquotbelieve it I stood in the world of Animal Crossing I began walking through a grove of cherry trees surrounded by a population of whitetulips My ears began to pick up strings of excited conversations coming from a pavedarea ahead so I quicked my step and neared an opening in the forest I turned a cornerand was met with an expansive stone pavilion where there stood a gathering ofcartoonish animals My knees felt weak because of this utter defiance of reality yet Iwas overcome with happiness as I saw in front of me what I had grown to love duringyears of digital play A shih tzu Isabelle dashed towards me on her two hind legs her ears flapping andverdant jumpsuit bouncing along the way ldquoHI THERE Irsquom Isabelle You must be the newMayor On behalf of everyone living here I want to give you a BIG welcome to ourhumble town Irsquom sure you will help us grow to do great thingsrdquo A bit overwhelmed by her giddy enthusiasm but nevertheless amazed at how shefulfilled my every dream of a real Isabelle I walked along with her to meet the othersThe animals stood around a swimming pool sized flower bed filled with black richearth I was given a chance to introduce myself and was overcome with emotion due tothe reverence I saw in the animalsrsquo faces I saw that they embraced me as someonewhom they could befriend and who would transform the town into somethingbeautiful Isabelle cleared her throat and announced that it was time for the towninception ceremony I was given a shovel and an acorn as large as a golf ball As Iplanted the oak with care the whole town engaged in celebration for my officialcommemoration of my town As the sky blushed into a peach color and the cicadas began their cries Dobie the wolffound a chance to speak to me away from the celebration Just before it was time forthe day to end he nudged me and grinned though his array of spikey teeth ldquoWelcometo your town Mayorrdquo Ready to turn over a new leaf in my life I simply grinned back

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

HONORS

UNKNOWN NEMESIS You are my arch nemesis One thing I wish I could dois get rid of this Irsquom stuck in the middle of this butriddle me this How come my enemy is always onestep ahead of me Hersquos trying to get rid of me andshow me my demise With ease he can surpass meand if you ask me once he has me down Irsquoll neverrise Hersquos in all of my past He haunts me in my brainIrsquom scared Irsquoll never regain my composure Hersquos in mypresent I canrsquot defeat him With every tick on theclock he gets closer I lift up my eyes and look intomy future hersquos there too I donrsquot know what to do Itrsquoshard to admit but therersquos no way I can defeat youAnd lastly with my passing hersquoll outlast me Hersquoll goon and on even when Irsquom in my grave He loves totorture and make everything old but he has no ageHersquoll take and give Hersquos not conscious He does notlive Hersquos everyonersquos worst nightmare At everyonersquosdeathbed hersquos got everyone so scared but we alwayswish we had more of him He takes us all throughoutlife then takes us to Grim He acts like hersquos yourfriend then once you think hersquos on your side heshows you the end Itrsquos hard to comprehend in mymind I donrsquot have control This life is not mine Hersquosdeadly bone chilling backstabbing and sheer terrorcreeps on everyonersquos face at the mention of hisname Hersquos better known asTIME

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

PARKER 17Chatanooga TNHomeschool No matter how difficultdyslexia has been my dadpushed me and my momencouraged me to never giveup

MY NAME IS POLLY I know what you are thinking that is a weird nameHowever it is short for polyester because that is whatI am made of I am a pillow The next thing you maybe wondering is ldquoWhy is a pillow talking to merdquoAlthough it may seem bizarre I have a very uniqueperspective on human life While the mostexcitement that I encounter is getting a newpillowcase my owner Lavender has experiencedmuch more Even though I do not spend most of the time with herI still have a front row seat to watch her grow upWhen she was little she was sad that she had to takenaps so I became a magic carpet for her to fly oninstead of sleeping I was also her gateway to dreamsHowever now she is a teen Now she lies in bed onher phone Recently she had been texting with a hugesmile on her face Although I am sad I donrsquot get to beher adventure buddy anymore I am glad she is happy It has been a few months now She still spends hernights on her phone Now I know why she is so happyIt is a boy He makes her happy Fast-forward five months something happened Lastnight their phone call sounded more like a fightLavenderrsquos smile faded into a frown He said theyshould break up I do not know what he meant bythat but it must be bad because Lavender is sad Sheno longer lies in bed with a smile instead she holdsme as she cries Her tears drip onto me and it is as if Ican feel her pain in each drop When she comeshome she lies on me and just cries I wish I could tellher it would be ok

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

FAITH 17Elgin ILHomeschool I would like to thank myteacher and friendMrs Jenny Waxman

continue reading next page

HONORS

Even though I cannot comfort her I will always be there for her She used to only spendtime with me at night now right when she gets home she just lies in bed and cries Iguess when the boy said they had to break up he broke up more than their relationshiphe also broke Lavenderrsquos heart As the days go by she cries less and less She startedtexting and talking on the phone again Her conversations are much different now They seem shallow She is not herselfanymore I have known Lavender her whole life and she pretends to be someone she isnot when she talks to people I think it is because that boy hurt her There is a hint offear in her eyes when she talks to people I think she is scared someone is going tobreak her again I realized the real reason she has stopped crying is that she has startedhiding everything It is like when we used to play pretend when she was little Exceptnow it is not for fun Maybe pillows are more similar to people than I first thought Ihave a pillowcase that can change to make myself look the way people want me to buton the inside I will always be the same People change the way they look and actdepending on how the people around them make them think they should look too Butinside they might be something very different

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

MORE CONGRATULATIONSEMOTIONAL TRUTH amp COURAGE IN WRITING AWARDS

UNIQUE VOICE AWARDSRecognized for the unique voice they brought to their writing To receive this award thewritten work must have received at least one highest mark from a judge Thomas 7 The Haunted BridgeKJ 8 The Life of a PenguinJames 9 By the FireplaceSean 9 The Blizzard of 2018Caleb 10 SnowboardingChase 10 Haunted HalloweenMadeleine 10 Ink SpillageMatthew 10 I Like MyselfMattia 10 D-Day A DiaryMia 10 Free PoemSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWillow 10 MollyAshylyn 11 The Mysterious MountainIsabella 11 The Big DreamOwen 11 Owens 2019 StorySophie 11 The Windy SkyEnza 11 LightningRyan 11 The Humongous TurkeyVivian 11 ShadowsFin 12 The Final Game

Lane 8 A Ghost StorySolahni 10 I am KindAnnie 11 At the Dinner TableMacKenzie 11 The Untitled WarNick 11 Journey of a DyslexicMegan 13 My MaskVivien 13 The Days of RemembranceHenry 16 AnnihilationPeyton 16 Sudden Panic

Giulia 12 I Swear It Wasnt My FaultJack 12 CloudsKate 12 Book of PoemsZachary 12 The Tale of DwarvesChristopher 13 Mirror WorldElias 13 Raging BullEmma 13 A Collection of PoemsGuy 13 My Rose GardenLily 13 The Euphoria of ButterLinnea 13 Benched to GoalMaxwell 13 The Mystery of the CheeseMolly 13 So Goes the WindChase 14 Deep ThoughtsKate 15 Kates ObituaryBailey 17 Flying is My Freedom ATribute to Ameial EarhartJessica 17 DetroitLeah 17 The Might Ms August

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Galil 7 HockeyChloe 9 The AnimalsDaisy 9 The AdventureMorea 9 SpringXavier 9 Xaviers StoryAnnie 10 GraceAyden 10 The Failed InvasionGia 10 Christmas TreeRyan 10 The DogSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWarren 10 The IslandJasper 11 My FaceSofi 11 Season WalkTate 11 PneumoniaWilliam 11 The Sick LionDaelan 12 Golden MoonsDelaney 12 My OceanOlivia 12 The Sky is FloatingXavier 12 Keepers of LightswingHelen 13 The Time I Learned to Never Give UpBenjamin 14 Mans FilterIley 14 Guardian AngelOwen 16 Courtesy

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

DYSLEXIA NEWS

Georgia Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Identify andHelp Dyslexic Students WABE Public Radio Georgia

Inclusive Classroom Made by Dyslexia

A Hidden DIsabilityCould a highly intelligent child not know the real reasonwhy school is hardWDAM New TV

Dyslexic Ambulance Working Taught Himslef to ReadNow Hes Saving Lives Derbyshire Live

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Philip Schultz Tells Us What ItWas LIke Discovering His Dyslexia Gibby Booth

Not Specific Learning Disability and Not StrugglingReaderDyslexia Dyslexia DyslexiaLand

UNKNOWN NEMESIS You are my arch nemesis One thing I wish I could dois get rid of this Irsquom stuck in the middle of this butriddle me this How come my enemy is always onestep ahead of me Hersquos trying to get rid of me andshow me my demise With ease he can surpass meand if you ask me once he has me down Irsquoll neverrise Hersquos in all of my past He haunts me in my brainIrsquom scared Irsquoll never regain my composure Hersquos in mypresent I canrsquot defeat him With every tick on theclock he gets closer I lift up my eyes and look intomy future hersquos there too I donrsquot know what to do Itrsquoshard to admit but therersquos no way I can defeat youAnd lastly with my passing hersquoll outlast me Hersquoll goon and on even when Irsquom in my grave He loves totorture and make everything old but he has no ageHersquoll take and give Hersquos not conscious He does notlive Hersquos everyonersquos worst nightmare At everyonersquosdeathbed hersquos got everyone so scared but we alwayswish we had more of him He takes us all throughoutlife then takes us to Grim He acts like hersquos yourfriend then once you think hersquos on your side heshows you the end Itrsquos hard to comprehend in mymind I donrsquot have control This life is not mine Hersquosdeadly bone chilling backstabbing and sheer terrorcreeps on everyonersquos face at the mention of hisname Hersquos better known asTIME

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

PARKER 17Chatanooga TNHomeschool No matter how difficultdyslexia has been my dadpushed me and my momencouraged me to never giveup

MY NAME IS POLLY I know what you are thinking that is a weird nameHowever it is short for polyester because that is whatI am made of I am a pillow The next thing you maybe wondering is ldquoWhy is a pillow talking to merdquoAlthough it may seem bizarre I have a very uniqueperspective on human life While the mostexcitement that I encounter is getting a newpillowcase my owner Lavender has experiencedmuch more Even though I do not spend most of the time with herI still have a front row seat to watch her grow upWhen she was little she was sad that she had to takenaps so I became a magic carpet for her to fly oninstead of sleeping I was also her gateway to dreamsHowever now she is a teen Now she lies in bed onher phone Recently she had been texting with a hugesmile on her face Although I am sad I donrsquot get to beher adventure buddy anymore I am glad she is happy It has been a few months now She still spends hernights on her phone Now I know why she is so happyIt is a boy He makes her happy Fast-forward five months something happened Lastnight their phone call sounded more like a fightLavenderrsquos smile faded into a frown He said theyshould break up I do not know what he meant bythat but it must be bad because Lavender is sad Sheno longer lies in bed with a smile instead she holdsme as she cries Her tears drip onto me and it is as if Ican feel her pain in each drop When she comeshome she lies on me and just cries I wish I could tellher it would be ok

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

FAITH 17Elgin ILHomeschool I would like to thank myteacher and friendMrs Jenny Waxman

continue reading next page

HONORS

Even though I cannot comfort her I will always be there for her She used to only spendtime with me at night now right when she gets home she just lies in bed and cries Iguess when the boy said they had to break up he broke up more than their relationshiphe also broke Lavenderrsquos heart As the days go by she cries less and less She startedtexting and talking on the phone again Her conversations are much different now They seem shallow She is not herselfanymore I have known Lavender her whole life and she pretends to be someone she isnot when she talks to people I think it is because that boy hurt her There is a hint offear in her eyes when she talks to people I think she is scared someone is going tobreak her again I realized the real reason she has stopped crying is that she has startedhiding everything It is like when we used to play pretend when she was little Exceptnow it is not for fun Maybe pillows are more similar to people than I first thought Ihave a pillowcase that can change to make myself look the way people want me to buton the inside I will always be the same People change the way they look and actdepending on how the people around them make them think they should look too Butinside they might be something very different

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

MORE CONGRATULATIONSEMOTIONAL TRUTH amp COURAGE IN WRITING AWARDS

UNIQUE VOICE AWARDSRecognized for the unique voice they brought to their writing To receive this award thewritten work must have received at least one highest mark from a judge Thomas 7 The Haunted BridgeKJ 8 The Life of a PenguinJames 9 By the FireplaceSean 9 The Blizzard of 2018Caleb 10 SnowboardingChase 10 Haunted HalloweenMadeleine 10 Ink SpillageMatthew 10 I Like MyselfMattia 10 D-Day A DiaryMia 10 Free PoemSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWillow 10 MollyAshylyn 11 The Mysterious MountainIsabella 11 The Big DreamOwen 11 Owens 2019 StorySophie 11 The Windy SkyEnza 11 LightningRyan 11 The Humongous TurkeyVivian 11 ShadowsFin 12 The Final Game

Lane 8 A Ghost StorySolahni 10 I am KindAnnie 11 At the Dinner TableMacKenzie 11 The Untitled WarNick 11 Journey of a DyslexicMegan 13 My MaskVivien 13 The Days of RemembranceHenry 16 AnnihilationPeyton 16 Sudden Panic

Giulia 12 I Swear It Wasnt My FaultJack 12 CloudsKate 12 Book of PoemsZachary 12 The Tale of DwarvesChristopher 13 Mirror WorldElias 13 Raging BullEmma 13 A Collection of PoemsGuy 13 My Rose GardenLily 13 The Euphoria of ButterLinnea 13 Benched to GoalMaxwell 13 The Mystery of the CheeseMolly 13 So Goes the WindChase 14 Deep ThoughtsKate 15 Kates ObituaryBailey 17 Flying is My Freedom ATribute to Ameial EarhartJessica 17 DetroitLeah 17 The Might Ms August

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Galil 7 HockeyChloe 9 The AnimalsDaisy 9 The AdventureMorea 9 SpringXavier 9 Xaviers StoryAnnie 10 GraceAyden 10 The Failed InvasionGia 10 Christmas TreeRyan 10 The DogSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWarren 10 The IslandJasper 11 My FaceSofi 11 Season WalkTate 11 PneumoniaWilliam 11 The Sick LionDaelan 12 Golden MoonsDelaney 12 My OceanOlivia 12 The Sky is FloatingXavier 12 Keepers of LightswingHelen 13 The Time I Learned to Never Give UpBenjamin 14 Mans FilterIley 14 Guardian AngelOwen 16 Courtesy

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

DYSLEXIA NEWS

Georgia Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Identify andHelp Dyslexic Students WABE Public Radio Georgia

Inclusive Classroom Made by Dyslexia

A Hidden DIsabilityCould a highly intelligent child not know the real reasonwhy school is hardWDAM New TV

Dyslexic Ambulance Working Taught Himslef to ReadNow Hes Saving Lives Derbyshire Live

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Philip Schultz Tells Us What ItWas LIke Discovering His Dyslexia Gibby Booth

Not Specific Learning Disability and Not StrugglingReaderDyslexia Dyslexia DyslexiaLand

MY NAME IS POLLY I know what you are thinking that is a weird nameHowever it is short for polyester because that is whatI am made of I am a pillow The next thing you maybe wondering is ldquoWhy is a pillow talking to merdquoAlthough it may seem bizarre I have a very uniqueperspective on human life While the mostexcitement that I encounter is getting a newpillowcase my owner Lavender has experiencedmuch more Even though I do not spend most of the time with herI still have a front row seat to watch her grow upWhen she was little she was sad that she had to takenaps so I became a magic carpet for her to fly oninstead of sleeping I was also her gateway to dreamsHowever now she is a teen Now she lies in bed onher phone Recently she had been texting with a hugesmile on her face Although I am sad I donrsquot get to beher adventure buddy anymore I am glad she is happy It has been a few months now She still spends hernights on her phone Now I know why she is so happyIt is a boy He makes her happy Fast-forward five months something happened Lastnight their phone call sounded more like a fightLavenderrsquos smile faded into a frown He said theyshould break up I do not know what he meant bythat but it must be bad because Lavender is sad Sheno longer lies in bed with a smile instead she holdsme as she cries Her tears drip onto me and it is as if Ican feel her pain in each drop When she comeshome she lies on me and just cries I wish I could tellher it would be ok

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

FAITH 17Elgin ILHomeschool I would like to thank myteacher and friendMrs Jenny Waxman

continue reading next page

HONORS

Even though I cannot comfort her I will always be there for her She used to only spendtime with me at night now right when she gets home she just lies in bed and cries Iguess when the boy said they had to break up he broke up more than their relationshiphe also broke Lavenderrsquos heart As the days go by she cries less and less She startedtexting and talking on the phone again Her conversations are much different now They seem shallow She is not herselfanymore I have known Lavender her whole life and she pretends to be someone she isnot when she talks to people I think it is because that boy hurt her There is a hint offear in her eyes when she talks to people I think she is scared someone is going tobreak her again I realized the real reason she has stopped crying is that she has startedhiding everything It is like when we used to play pretend when she was little Exceptnow it is not for fun Maybe pillows are more similar to people than I first thought Ihave a pillowcase that can change to make myself look the way people want me to buton the inside I will always be the same People change the way they look and actdepending on how the people around them make them think they should look too Butinside they might be something very different

HONORS

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS continuation

MORE CONGRATULATIONSEMOTIONAL TRUTH amp COURAGE IN WRITING AWARDS

UNIQUE VOICE AWARDSRecognized for the unique voice they brought to their writing To receive this award thewritten work must have received at least one highest mark from a judge Thomas 7 The Haunted BridgeKJ 8 The Life of a PenguinJames 9 By the FireplaceSean 9 The Blizzard of 2018Caleb 10 SnowboardingChase 10 Haunted HalloweenMadeleine 10 Ink SpillageMatthew 10 I Like MyselfMattia 10 D-Day A DiaryMia 10 Free PoemSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWillow 10 MollyAshylyn 11 The Mysterious MountainIsabella 11 The Big DreamOwen 11 Owens 2019 StorySophie 11 The Windy SkyEnza 11 LightningRyan 11 The Humongous TurkeyVivian 11 ShadowsFin 12 The Final Game

Lane 8 A Ghost StorySolahni 10 I am KindAnnie 11 At the Dinner TableMacKenzie 11 The Untitled WarNick 11 Journey of a DyslexicMegan 13 My MaskVivien 13 The Days of RemembranceHenry 16 AnnihilationPeyton 16 Sudden Panic

Giulia 12 I Swear It Wasnt My FaultJack 12 CloudsKate 12 Book of PoemsZachary 12 The Tale of DwarvesChristopher 13 Mirror WorldElias 13 Raging BullEmma 13 A Collection of PoemsGuy 13 My Rose GardenLily 13 The Euphoria of ButterLinnea 13 Benched to GoalMaxwell 13 The Mystery of the CheeseMolly 13 So Goes the WindChase 14 Deep ThoughtsKate 15 Kates ObituaryBailey 17 Flying is My Freedom ATribute to Ameial EarhartJessica 17 DetroitLeah 17 The Might Ms August

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

Galil 7 HockeyChloe 9 The AnimalsDaisy 9 The AdventureMorea 9 SpringXavier 9 Xaviers StoryAnnie 10 GraceAyden 10 The Failed InvasionGia 10 Christmas TreeRyan 10 The DogSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWarren 10 The IslandJasper 11 My FaceSofi 11 Season WalkTate 11 PneumoniaWilliam 11 The Sick LionDaelan 12 Golden MoonsDelaney 12 My OceanOlivia 12 The Sky is FloatingXavier 12 Keepers of LightswingHelen 13 The Time I Learned to Never Give UpBenjamin 14 Mans FilterIley 14 Guardian AngelOwen 16 Courtesy

KARINA EIDE YOUNG WRITERS AWARDS

SPECIAL RECOGNITION

DYSLEXIA NEWS

Georgia Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Identify andHelp Dyslexic Students WABE Public Radio Georgia

Inclusive Classroom Made by Dyslexia

A Hidden DIsabilityCould a highly intelligent child not know the real reasonwhy school is hardWDAM New TV

Dyslexic Ambulance Working Taught Himslef to ReadNow Hes Saving Lives Derbyshire Live

Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Philip Schultz Tells Us What ItWas LIke Discovering His Dyslexia Gibby Booth

Not Specific Learning Disability and Not StrugglingReaderDyslexia Dyslexia DyslexiaLand

Even though I cannot comfort her I will always be there for her She used to only spendtime with me at night now right when she gets home she just lies in bed and cries Iguess when the boy said they had to break up he broke up more than their relationshiphe also broke Lavenderrsquos heart As the days go by she cries less and less She startedtexting and talking on the phone again Her conversations are much different now They seem shallow She is not herselfanymore I have known Lavender her whole life and she pretends to be someone she isnot when she talks to people I think it is because that boy hurt her There is a hint offear in her eyes when she talks to people I think she is scared someone is going tobreak her again I realized the real reason she has stopped crying is that she has startedhiding everything It is like when we used to play pretend when she was little Exceptnow it is not for fun Maybe pillows are more similar to people than I first thought Ihave a pillowcase that can change to make myself look the way people want me to buton the inside I will always be the same People change the way they look and actdepending on how the people around them make them think they should look too Butinside they might be something very different

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Lane 8 A Ghost StorySolahni 10 I am KindAnnie 11 At the Dinner TableMacKenzie 11 The Untitled WarNick 11 Journey of a DyslexicMegan 13 My MaskVivien 13 The Days of RemembranceHenry 16 AnnihilationPeyton 16 Sudden Panic

Giulia 12 I Swear It Wasnt My FaultJack 12 CloudsKate 12 Book of PoemsZachary 12 The Tale of DwarvesChristopher 13 Mirror WorldElias 13 Raging BullEmma 13 A Collection of PoemsGuy 13 My Rose GardenLily 13 The Euphoria of ButterLinnea 13 Benched to GoalMaxwell 13 The Mystery of the CheeseMolly 13 So Goes the WindChase 14 Deep ThoughtsKate 15 Kates ObituaryBailey 17 Flying is My Freedom ATribute to Ameial EarhartJessica 17 DetroitLeah 17 The Might Ms August

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Pulitzer Prize Winning Poet Philip Schultz Tells Us What ItWas LIke Discovering His Dyslexia Gibby Booth

Not Specific Learning Disability and Not StrugglingReaderDyslexia Dyslexia DyslexiaLand

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Galil 7 HockeyChloe 9 The AnimalsDaisy 9 The AdventureMorea 9 SpringXavier 9 Xaviers StoryAnnie 10 GraceAyden 10 The Failed InvasionGia 10 Christmas TreeRyan 10 The DogSabrina 10 I Love MoneyWarren 10 The IslandJasper 11 My FaceSofi 11 Season WalkTate 11 PneumoniaWilliam 11 The Sick LionDaelan 12 Golden MoonsDelaney 12 My OceanOlivia 12 The Sky is FloatingXavier 12 Keepers of LightswingHelen 13 The Time I Learned to Never Give UpBenjamin 14 Mans FilterIley 14 Guardian AngelOwen 16 Courtesy

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Georgia Senate Unanimously Passes Bill to Identify andHelp Dyslexic Students WABE Public Radio Georgia

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