Literary Festival

I entered a piece of writing (short fiction) into a writing contest called the "Literary Festival." The story was about a secret door.

So, on Tuesday (April 20, 2010), I took a bus along with other students from my school who entered a piece. (I had to miss some of art, geography, gym, and science.) We rode to a highschool auditorium where I saw my language arts teacher interview an author named Steve Mandell. Anyway, when it was time to announce the winners of the writing contest, the judges explained what all the different catergories were. THEN the winners were announced...

Well, guess what? I WON FIRST PLACE!!!! (a.k.a I was a "Critic's Choice Winner" and had "outstanding writing" apparently. At least that's what it said on the certificate.)

Yep, that's right. I won first place for best short fiction for my grade level. Because I won, I was given a blue ribbon, a certificate (like I said), and a gift card to Borders. I also got my name and my story published in a bound book filled with all the other winners. This book was given to classrooms all around the SCHOOL DISTRICT! I got my picture taken as well. I was shocked because when I walking into the auditorium, I kept telling myself that I knew I wasn't going to win anything. I mean what were the odds of THAT? But I DID win!!! YAY ME!

When we returned to my school, everyone from my school who entered got to have cake and lunch to celebrate! And when I went to Language Arts that afternoon, my teacher read my story aloud to my class, and all of my classmates got to interview me! It was so cool!

I fell asleep that night with a smile on my face! 8D!