Song Parody Contest 2nd place by Quintin Hollomand, grade 8 This song is based on Holes by Louis Sachar. I Can’t Dig This Hole by Quintin Hollomand, grade 8 Parody of “Can’t Feel My Face” by The Weeknd And I know he’ll be the death of me […]
Livin’ in Hooverville – Song Parody Contest 3rd place
Published on :Song Parody Contest 3rd place by Mary Mejia, Grade 12 Livin’ in Hooverville by Mary Mejia, Grade 12 Parody of “Nine in the Afternoon” by Panic at the Disco Into the streets is where we are Feeling as low as one can ever know Yeah we’re feeling so […]
Pasadena Loves YA: From Draft to Finish Line
Published on :recap by Hadley, teen blogger “From Draft to Finish Line” featured four authors from HarperCollins Publishers. The panel moderator was Kody Keplinger, well renowned author of The Duff as well as featured title Lying Out Loud. The other three authors were Victoria Aveyard, author of Red Queen, Alexis Bass, author of […]
Writing with authors Nicole Maggi, Michelle Levy, and Charlotte Huang
Published on :recap by Madison Comick, Grade 8 I participated in a Young Adult Writing Workshop at the Pasadena Central Library. The workshop leaders were Nicole Maggi, author of Winter Falls, In the Mouth of the Wolf, and The Forgetting, and Michelle Levy, author of Not After Everything, which debuts August 4, 2015. Nicole […]
Art of the Zine
Published on :recap by Haneen Eltaib, grade 10, teen blogger Before I attended this event, I thought a zine was just a mini-magazine, where people could publish articles, poems, or stories. I never thought a zine could be a self-published 8-page booklet that could hold anything, including cartoons, art, or essays. I […]
Pasadena Loves YA: Second Chances
Published on :by Hadley, teen blogger “Second Chances” featured Brandy Colbert, author of Pointe, Morgan Matson, author of Since You’ve Been Gone, Sarah Tomp, author of My Best Everything, and the panel moderator, Lauren Miller, author of Free to Fall among other well-known novels. The questions varied from asking about life before writing to […]
Land of the Free — short story by Judah Foster
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 9-12 1st place Land of the Free by Judah Foster, Grade 9 Yesterday my mom threw my baby brother overboard the cargo ship. He flew from her hands like a bundle of trash and sank into the water […]
Anyone Can Be Successful — short story by Julia Nail
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 9-12 2nd place Anyone Can Be Successful by Julia Nail, Grade 9 Kira came to the United States of America because her family was seeking a better life. Her mother stayed at home and took care of the children, […]
Coming to America — short story by Elizabeth Nail
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 9-12 3rd place Coming to America by Elizabeth Nail, Grade 9 Eleanor Beaumont // The First Day of School All through last night, I’d been up planning my outfit and wondering what the first day at my […]
Jaol Esgo — short story by Uriah Foster
Published on :One City, One Story 2015 “Tell Your Story” Contest Category: Grade 6-8 2nd place Jaol Esgo by Uriah Foster, Grade 7 Jaol Esgo In the beautiful land of Ghana in the 1840’s, there once lived a man by the name of Jaol Esgo. He was a captain in the […]