Creative Writing
Those That Crave Candy: Hansel and Gretel Retold
Those That Crave Candy: Hansel and Gretel Retold (Gold Key in Humor) Sophie Bello, 8th grade I guess I should feel sorry for those kids after hearing their sob story, but I don’t. At all. The way they treated me was awful, and what did I do to them? Provide shelter and mugs of... Read »
Il Giardino (The Garden)
Il Giardino (The Garden) (Silver Key in Short Story) Sophie Bello, 8th grade My name means ‘little fire’ in Italian, and I sure lived up to it. Even more now after mom left dad. I have quite the temper, and how my parents knew I would is a mystery, but they sure named me... Read »
Hailey the Unicorn Huntress
Hailey the Unicorn Huntress (Gold Key in Humor) Sophie Bello, 8th grade My heart was beating in quick patterns as I began to run. The horse was dead ahead; oblivious of what it would soon become. I pulled the sharp horn off my tool belt and lunged into the air. The white stallion looked... Read »
Goodbye Ankles, Hello Socks
Goodbye Ankles, Hello Socks (Honorable mention in flash fiction) Sophie Bello, 8th grade “What?” My eyes were wide with shock as I turned to the hunched over old man. “I have to climb up that mountain?” I miserably looked up at the perilously steep trail, leading to the treasure. The man, formally known as... Read »
The Shop
The Shop by Jeanne Marie Martin, 8th grade IT WAS RAINING the day I first went into the shop, the little shop on Hickery Lane. It was small and rather cramped with the smell of must and dust, but it is my safe-house from the terrors outside. It was September 11, 2001. My dad... Read »
The Darkness of a Banana
The Darkness of a Banana by Annabella Leone (7th grade) A BANANA. SUCH A SIMPLE THING. Yet when combined with the darkness of a million nights, and the evil of a twisted soul, it is no longer the sweet delicacy of which certain breads and pies are made. The foul fruit is more wicked... Read »
Local 8th Grader Pens Award-winning Short Story
Tracked by Sarah Hand Sarah Hand is an eighth grader at University School of the Lowcountry in Mount Pleasant. This year (2012) her story “Tracked” won a regional gold key award which enabled her to enter national competition where she was awarded the silver medal in the scholastic arts and writing for short story.... Read »
Collaborations: A Dance Concert
Submitted to the Creative Writing Corner by Gabrielle Schecker BACK IN MARCH, I attended the College of Charleston Department of Theatre’s annual dance concert, Collaborations. At first, I couldn’t make a connection between the title and the program. When the lights dimmed and the curtains opened, I concentrated on the dancers, the songs, the... Read »
