Creative Writing
In the world’s oldest fossil forest, a girl becomes the youngest-ever paleontologist, hunting for dinosaur bones on a family hike.
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This 50-word story landed in the 2024 Winner’s Circle of award-winning author Vivian Kirkfield’s international #50PreciousWords contest.
Anxious student athlete Vita and her best friend struggle to complete their bucket list and keep their connection strong when Vita is taken to an off-the-grid sleepaway camp.
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This MG manuscript was selected for a spot in the 2023 program.
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The first five pages of this manuscript were workshopped by authors, peers, and a literary agent in the 2022 program.
When awkward wallflower Lea becomes a teen assassin, her first crush—the school’s star athlete—becomes her first target.
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This YA short story closed out the 2015 issue of The Mercury.
A young boy faces an uphill battle to protect his family’s reputation when his alcoholic father leaves them penniless.
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In 2015, vignettes from this work of historical fiction won The Mercury Fiction Prize, in addition to being published in the 2015 issue.
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Selected vignettes received one of the 2015 Stephen Crane Fiction Prizes.
A girl struggles to find the final flower for her herbarium in time to complete a gift for her mother’s homecoming.
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In the 2025 contest, this entry received an honorable mention in the “Beautifully Written” category.