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Past Fiction Contest Winners

2011 WINNERS

Theme: End Of Days

7th-8th Grade Winners
First Place: Winter Sky
Second Place: Strangers and Aliens
Third Place: Freedom's Price

9th-10th Grade Winners
First Place: Rebirth
Second Place: Strangers at the Funeral
Third Place: L’inizio di Notti (The Beginning of Nights)

11th – 12th Grade Winners
First Place: Killing Jack Bennett
Second Place:Anywhere But Here
Third Place: Keep Your Face to the Sun

2010 WINNERS

Theme: Goodbye to All That

7th-8th Grade Winners
First Place: Bailee Moore of Spring for Goodbye to All That
Second Place: Brennan Pierce of Childress for The Karma Car
Third Place: Samsara Counts of Fort Worth for Horse Camp

9th-10th Grade Winners
First Place: Elisa Molina of Houston for C’Est La Vie
Second Place: Leah Welker of San Antonio for The Memory Chest
Third Place: Brittany Justice of China Spring for Finding Faith, Losing Veils

11th – 12th Grade Winners
First Place: Aza Pace of Tyler for Michael
Second Place: Destiny Bickel of Saginaw for Because He Likes It
Third Place: Alejandra Garza of Hebbronville for Speak Not I

2009 WINNERS

Theme: In My Own Backyard

7th-8th Grade
First Place: Buried Secrets by Jackson de Jong of Mission, Texas
Second Place: In My Own Backyard by Emily Tang of Plano, Texas
Third Place: In the Backyard of My Mind by Erica Valdez of Mission, Texas

9th-10th Grade
First Place: Gone in a Moment by Rechna Korula of Sugarland, Texas
Second Place: Just My Luck by Steven Dao or Houston, Texas
Third Place: It’s Just the Beginning by Tannar Thomas of Woodson, Texas

11th – 12th Grade
First Place: Discovery in the Garden by McKenzie Dunn of Granger, Texas
Second Place: All That Glitters by Lindsey Maxon of Arlington, Texas
Third Place: The Kiss by Cara Rogerson of Fort Worth, Texas

2008 WINNERS

Theme: Last Man Standing

7-8th Grade:
First Place: The Drop by Alex Gonzalez, Edinburg, TX
Second Place: The Story of Susanna Dickinson: Alamo Survivor by Macey Shay, Fairview, TX
Third Place: Redemption by Tanner Thomas, Woodson, TX

9-10th Grade:
First Place: Black Widow by Micaela Marini Higgs, Houston, TX
Second Place: Stand Up and Be Heard by Jason Alexander Herrera, Laredo, TX
Third Place: Clayton Foster by Dillon O’Dell, Woodson, TX

11-12th Grade:
First place: Ode to Gloria by Ashley Haynie, Wichita Falls, TX
Second place: For Harry… by Joshua Howell, San Antonio, TX
Third place: Last Man Standing by Teresa Longoria, Laredo, TX