Writing Students Compete in "Fright Club" Contest
During October’s spooky season, several Archmere students competed to give readers the biggest “fright” by composing a 100-word or less mini saga. Participants were challenged to write a mini saga featuring a scary story with a thrilling twist or a funny tale of things going bump in the night. Students could opt to submit their sagas to a national level competition via the Young Writers 2024 “Fright Club” contest.
Several classes of Archmere students wrote short 100 word "spooky" stories for the Fright Club competition. The stories will be published in a small anthology.
Archmere winners are as follows:
Annie Shaposky, Caroline Hahn, Annabel DiSabatino, Harini Mukkamala, Akilah Yu, Sonia Bala, Deven Grande, Eliza Freeman, Sophia Silverman, Alexis Hsu, Christian Collins, Kevin Gu, Benjamin Yi, Allison Qu, Will McClafferty, Lauren Nguyen, Reagan Kelly, Richard Zhang, Wika Sun, Lila Matthews, Eila Murphy, Emma Roberts, Sara Boyer, Annabelle Demosthene, Elizabeth Keenan, Riley Horsey, Lilyanna Kuchler, Noelle Klinger, Brayden Tsinaroglou and Michelle Innasimuthu.
Winning entry example by Benjamin Yi:
I see the light grow further. Solar winds push me aloft and away from my old home into the interminable void of space. I have been alive for about five billion years. I don’t know for certain; my memory has degraded so much over the ages. I can’t eat, sleep, or breathe, yet I hunger, tire, and choke. I am only allowed to think. I know some accursed demon is taunting me, making me suffer eternally. Slowly falling into the unending darkness, I pray for death, but I know it will never come.
Young Writers runs national writing contests for schools, helping to turn students' imagination and creative talent into confidence and writing skills, supporting educators across the states by creating engaging creative writing contests, themes, outstanding resources and awarding incredible prizes to both schools and students.
Young Writers runs national writing contests for schools, helping to turn students' imagination and creative talent into confidence and writing skills, supporting educators across the states by creating engaging creative writing contests, themes, outstanding resources and awarding incredible prizes to both schools and students.
Archmere Academy is a private, Catholic, college preparatory co-educational academy,
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.
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