Fiction 59: Kids winners

First Place

The Rain

The rain dribbled outside as I watched miserably. I called up to my sister, she was doing her makeup in her room. She was getting ready for her school prom. She knew the prom might be canceled. She prayed and hoped it wouldn’t be. I wish I could do something fun today, is what I whispered to myself quietly.

Lilly Vasquez, 9
Chico/Paradise

This was Lilly Vasquez’s first time entering the Fiction 59 contest. The challenge was presented to her as an activity at the Paradise Boys and Girls Club, and she obviously knocked it out of the park. Though she said she enjoys writing, Lilly said that arts and crafts is her favorite subject, with computers and technology (especially watching YouTube videos) up there as well.

Second Place

Night and Day

The world of darkness breaks through the heavens, leaving tears and cries of the angels. This world was brought forth from Hell. The devils took the tears of the people that were in Hell and molded them together. The angels pushed the big world of darkness. For 12 hours the angels won, the other half the devils pushed darkness.

Kampbell Marsh, 9
Chico

Kampbell Marsh is a writer, but she said trying to write a story in only 59 words was a challenge. “I’m a long writer, so it was hard,” she said. When she’s not immersed in her favorite subjects of reading and language arts at Blue Oak Charter School, Kampbell enjoys riding her longboard and reading fiction, and is currently on book number seven in the Harry Potter series.

Third Place

Sham Poo

Mom said to take a bath. I asked, “Are you going to wash my hair with that smelly, gross sham poo?” Sham poo is not only smelly, it’s made from a sham’s butt. Shams usually live in Beja. A long, long time ago shams lived in Faro. Those got shot and killed.

“Hey Daniel, are you in the bathtub?”

Cedar Bailey, 8
Chico

Cedar Bailey is back in a familiar spot. The Sherwood Montessori third-grader and skateboarding enthusiast placed third in last year’s Fiction 59 as well. While he’s obviously into writing (something that runs in the family—as his dad, Scott Bailey, has an honorably mentioned piece in the Adult division), he also likes to draw and says his favorite subject is actually math.

Honorable Mentions

The Hairy Toe

One year ago there was a boy who loved weird things. One day the boy found a hairy toe. He took the hairy toe home, it was big. He asked his mom to cook it. That night his mom cooked the toe. He ate it. At midnight a ghost came to the house. It was looking for its … AHHHHH!!!!

Reese Critser, 9
Chico

The Drip

The rain is meatballs and peas. I eat rain. It is so good. And one day a monkey came from the sky. I almost ate the monkey. I ate a piece of chocolate. The next day there was a pizza and I love pizza. There was soda. I ate it all. I went back home. I went to sleep.

Alona Mahaney, 8
Chico