Meet the First-Line Contest Winner!
We asked students to write an imaginative, compelling, original short story that starts with one of three first lines written by famous author Claribel A. Ortega. We are very excited to announce that Claribel has chosen “Tracking Shadows” by Caroline Gao as the winning story!
You can read Caroline’s fantastic story below and check out the list of the amazing finalists and runners-up.
Caroline Gao
“Ten Dollars”
by Kelly Shi
Fremont, CA
“The New Neighbor”
by Nicholas Turchan
Chagrin Falls, OH
Avery Meier – Columbus, OH
Fiona Kirby – Des Moines, IA
Isabella Guo “Lizzy” – Lake Zurich, IL
Kenzie Johnson – Hesperia, CA
Madeleine Mei Tsai Fine – New York, NY
Olivia Packard – Herriman, UT
Tia Moussallieh – Wayne, NJ
Scope is packed with contests to get your students excited about writing. And they can win awesome prizes!
