Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Fiction Writing Contest, co-hosted by ELPL and the MSU Community Writing Center!
The winner of the youth category is Annie Lloyd. Annie is a homeschooled fifth grader who enjoys camping and spending time at her grandpa’s blue farm house in northern Michigan, where she frequently spots turkeys (and gets ideas for her stories!). She is always looking for ways to help animals and preserve the environment. Annie also enjoys playing soccer, running, and playing with her Black Lab Maisie who she based one of her story characters off of. She would like to thank her big sister Eliza for helping her with the writing process and her twin sister Katie for always encouraging her. You can read the winning story here: Youth Winner Annie Lloyd - The Blue Farm House
You can also listen to an audio version here:
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The winner of the teen category is Rosemary Buhl. Rosemary is 17 years old, and going into senior year at East Lansing High School. Protecting The Swamp was a really fun story to write and Rosemary hopes others enjoy reading about the fictional battle of a swamp in Ireland. You can read the winning story here: Teen Winner Rosemary Buhl - Protecting the Swamp
You can also listen to an audio version here:
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The winner of the adult category is Halle Mikula. Halle is a 19 year-old fiction writer majoring in English at Michigan State University. Her short story, "The Red Summer," is an ode to grief, love, and the things that tie us together. Halle plans to expand upon the characters and concepts within this narrative - which have been floating around her head since her sophomore year of high school - to finally create her first novel, Brinkley. You can read the winning story here: Adult Winner Halle Mikula - The Red Summer
You can also listen to an audio version here:
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Thanks to everyone who entered the contest! We had a lot of fun reading everyone’s stories, and we hope you had fun writing them too!
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