Lamorinda Weekly Announces California Young Writers Contest Winners

http://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue0308/2009-Young-Writers-Contest-Winners.html

Check the Contra Costa Times Pleasant Hill/Martinez Record

Today the winners of the California Writers Club Young Writers Contest have an article in the Pleasant Hill/Martinez Record which is inside the Contra Costa Times. It means that throughout the week, it may also be in other “inserts” of other cities. (I think Concord and Walnut Creek is on Thursday, right?)

Honorable Mentions for Young Writers Contest

Honorable Mention Winners
Short Story
6th Grade
Traded	Mizarahy Aquino	Park Middle
Why Cheetahs Do Not Have Much Stamina	Anthony Chen	Gale Ranch
The Dare	Anthony Chen	Gale Ranch
The Last Shot	Amanda Chun	Pine Valley
Punishers	Mimi Evans	Gale Ranch
Cloaks, Wiis, and Coffee	Timothy Deng	Gale Ranch
The Thin Mirror Glass	Alexander Felix	Park Middle
Out of Time	Rubina Gala	Gale Ranch
Kelsey the Beginning	Christian Gianni	Martinez Jr. High
Damian’s Mark	Colleen M. Gill	Christ the King
Whispers in the Hallway	Clarina He	St. Perpetua
My Valley	Liya Khan	Gale Ranch
When Johnny Comes Marching	Joy Koonin	North Creek Academy
Blue Eyes	Elora McCutcheon	Park Middle
Delinquent	Jack Madigan	Christ the King
The Magical Coin	Lena Milton	Tehiyah Day
Picture Perfect	Zhill Olonan	Adams Middle
The Brass Hallways	Zhill Olonan	Adams Middle
Silence	Cassidy Amber Vaughn	Christ the King
Jamey’s Hope	Ariana VonEnrenkrook	Above & Beyond Academy
7th Grade
Ashes to Ashes	Mia Camille Miculob	Orinda Intermediate
Life After the Tragedy	Kaylee Fagan	Queen of All Saints
Americans Talk Quickly	Raia Cherednikov	Valley View
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle	Liam Kelly	Orinda
The Journey	Kevin Lu	Valley View
The Ocelot: A Mayan Story	Krithik Puthalath	Windemere Ranch
The Tree Prince	Ailan Evans	Joaquin Moraga
8th Grade
The Dreamer	Sarah Alford	Orinda
Waiting for the Cry	Sasha Batz-Stern	Tehiyah Day
Traitor	Anthony Chan	Windemere Ranch
Night Music	Stella Chua	Pine Valley
The Walking Shadow	Emmet Francis	Martinez Junior High
Longing for Life	Samantha Hebing	North Creek Academy
Zapatos Magicos	Juan Morena	Sequoia Middle
Shanghaied Sailor	Briana Pearsall	North Creek Academy
The Little Wolf	Ruth Spekner	Royal Oaks Academy
Personal Narrative/Essays
6th Grade
Untitled	Timothy Deng	Gale Ranch
Red Roses	Mia Cheverz	Iron Horse
Untitled	Victoria Lu	?
Mia	Lauren Burns	Pleasant Hill Middle
Riding Rapids	Rubina Gala	Gale Ranch
7th Grade
A Near Dunk in the Water	Mikayla Flicek	Gale Ranch
When I got Leland Out	Joey Mediati	Joaquin Moraga
The Lost Child	Sara Poston	Diablo View
The Day New York City Stood Still: My Story	Alexis Zwahlen	?
Stars in the Meadow	Waverly Runion	Diablo Vista
Rocha	Haley Morucci	Diablo View
Running the Mile	Sejal Jain	Gale Ranch
Eighth Grade
Guilty Pleasure	Mina Nayeri	Pine Valley
The Big Lebowski and Me	Arash Ehya	Windrush
Not the Way to Start	Jennifer Preciado	Riverview
Traditions Never Die, They Just Get Funnier	Dominic Aliotti	St. Agnes
The Ice Cream Fell Off the Cone	Emily Galloway	St. Agnes
A Night to Remember	Cassie Naughton	Dorris-Eaton
To Sing or Not to Sing	Makaela Williams	Martinez
A Hug of Care	William John Rhodes	William John Rhodes
Dazzle Me!	Madison Peters	St. Agnes
An Unbreakable Bond	Lucy Li	Iron Horse
Poetry
6th Grade
The Rainbows	Cece Alter	Tehiyah Day
Heaven	Kate Menefee	Christ the King
Inability	Chloe Chan	Pine Valley
Fall Composition	Chloe Chan	Pine Valley
Missing	Grace Howard	Walnut Creek
Picket Fence	Paul S. Cook	Valley View
Memories	Liya Khan	Gale Ranch
The Rock	Paul S. Cook	Valley View
7th Grade
Escaping Out the Back Door	Eleana Binder	Tehiyah Day
Nine Ways of Looking at a Mirror	Eleana Binder	Tehiyah Day
The Questioning Mind	Fatima Naveed	Walnut Creek
Hiroshima	Caitlin Kloess	Windrush
Jodileen’s Dream	Katherine Smith	Valley View
There’s No Place I’d Rather Be	Elia Chauqui-Schmida	Windrush
Trophies	Noah Baker	Tehiyah Day
Brat Claude	Jonathan Ng	Athenian
A New Day	Sejan Jain	Gale Ranch
The Mustard Massacre	Joey Mediati	Joaquin Moraga
8th Grade
Escape	Shania Reynolds	Foothill Middle
I Don’t Understand	Lexie Burton	Dorris-Eaton
I Don’t Understand Why	Curtis Haist	Dorris-Eaton
Tears Spill Over the Edge	Kiren Singh	Dorris-Eaton
Paul	Rosemary Cook	St. Catherine
Reality	Rosemary Cook	St. Catherine
Rain	Sydney Cook	?
The Cowboy	Claire Zasso	Stone Valley
The Shadow Messenger	Lexie Burton	Dorris-Eaton
The Land of the Snowgeese	Brianna Grace Contaxis-Tucker	Windrush
Before and After	Emily Radler	Dorris-Eaton

Young Writers Contest Entries

Lisa Park! Where are you? Send me an e-mail if you sent in a short story and this is your name. Tell me the title of the short story please. You forgot to enclose a form. You’ll never hear from us otherwise and you’ll think we are ignoring you . . .