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The Greater Kansas City Writing Project (www.gkcwp.org) and Missouri Writing Projects Network coordinate the Missouri Region's Scholastic Writing Awards Contest, sponsored by The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers (http://www.artandwriting.org/). Editor: Erin Small This edition is available online at: https://www.moteachenglish.org/missouri-youth-writes 2 2018 Silver Key Winners Missouri Region Table of Contents 7 Jade Ayers Rainbows Form after Heavy Storms Short Story 9 Leslie Azwell Public Schools and Freedom of Speech Critical Essay 13 Chelsea Baird Pavement Poetry 14 James Baysinger Greed Over Freedom Critical Essay 16 Scout Bennett My Letter To You Personal Essay/Memoir 19 Renee Born Perspective Short Story 25 Mallory Broom The Vase Short Story 28 Karla Cano-Mendez Nothing Lasts Poetry 29 Sara Cao Extraordinarily Ordinary Personal Essay/Memoir 31 Karen Castro Ma Poetry 32 Adina Cazacu-De Luca A Collection of Things My Mother Has Given Me Poetry 35 Tina Chen Mindfulness Poetry 37 Isabell Cox Imaginary Friend Poetry 38 Shakira Cross Apples like Aiko Novel Writing 41 Grace Daugherty Mr. Linden’s Library Science Fiction/Fantasy 43 Melanie Eickmeyer Quiet Science Fiction/Fantasy 46 Emma English Petrichor Poetry 47 Emma English The Male’s Poetic Gaze Poetry 48 Kojo Fanson Season Short Story 50 Kojo Fanson He who slays Dragons Flash Fiction 52 Ryan Feng The American Dream Short Story 56 Lauren Fisher Lemonwater Science Fiction/Fantasy 59 Lauren Fisher Whitesmith Flash Fiction 60 Abigail Flynn A Human, Too Personal Essay/Memoir 63 Sophia Fox The Face Personal Essay/Memoir 64 Gabby Gillespie Humanity and the Hunt Critical Essay 66 Gabby Gillespie Death and Immortality Critical Essay 68 Addie Gleason The Storyteller Short Story 71 Ayana Griffin Animal Testing: A Medical Necessity Critical Essay 74 Divya Gupta The Sofa For Me Flash Fiction 75 Laura Harder If The Shoe Fits Wear It, But Wait... Not So Fast Critical Essay 78 Desmond Hearne-Morrey Eve Science Fiction/Fantasy 81 Kira Holland Fast Forward. Personal Essay/Memoir 84 Overcoming My Disgust for the Personal Andrew Hollinrake Narrative Personal Essay/Memoir 86 Mario Jauregui Nihilism and Gangs Critical Essay 90 Loretta Joseph High On You Dramatic Script 94 Krishny Karunanandaa Knowledge Is Not Key Personal Essay/Memoir 97 Benjamin Kazdan Sadness Poetry 98 Benjamin Kazdan Followers Poetry 99 Grace Kennard Settled Dust Short Story 101 Naomi Kessler Living Through The Color Short Story 3 105 Anna Lindquist Words of Wisdom Journalism 107 Tiffany Liu The Children, the Stars, and the Sky Flash Fiction 109 Mikayla Lowe Gender Bias in Media Coverage Critical Essay 112 Gabriel Machado On the Corner of Memory Lane and Hell Street Poetry 114 Cade McNicholas In Session Flash Fiction 115 Amelia Meier An Account from the Afternoon Short Story 117 (Yerin) April Moon To the Summit Personal Essay/Memoir 119 Margy Mooney I Will Never Go to Another House Party Poetry 120 Amy Morgan Tomcat Personal Essay/Memoir 124 Kirsten Osei-Bonsu For My Son Poetry 126 Joseph Patton Speedos and Mullets Humor 128 Alexis Peterson Harmony Poetry 130 Annika Petrikin For the boys Poetry 132 Emily Reid Moana and Romanticism Critical Essay 136 Jada Reid Shining Desolation Poetry 138 Daniel Rinder The College Interview Humor 141 Rachel Robinson Two Brains, Heartbreak, The Road Home Poetry 145 Daniel Roman Realization Through Pain Personal Essay/Memoir 148 Isabel Saccone Flamespell Science Fiction/Fantasy 150 Victoria Sansone The Duality of Taro Personal Essay/Memoir 151 Victoria Sansone Liquid Identity Poetry 155 Helen Schiller Enemy Mine Personal Essay/Memoir 156 Ella Schmidt Blueprint Poetry 157 Ella Schmidt All There Is to Say About Mermaids Poetry 158 Katharine Schooler It's Hazy Journalism 160 Lane Schumann Sleigh Ride with Santa Science Fiction/Fantasy 164 Hailey Sears My Dads Bottle Personal Essay/Memoir 166 William Skaggs Memorials: More Than Face Value Critical Essay 168 Anna Spell Lessons in Letters Poetry 173 Anna Spell Ink Stains Personal Essay/Memoir Moral Complications of Compulsory Vaccinations 175 Brittany Strasburger in the United States Critical Essay 178 Ethan Sutton pro-vanity Poetry 179 Alexander Thill A Great Crisis Is at Hand Science Fiction/Fantasy 183 Isabelle Thorpe The Leaves are Falling Short Story 186 Michael Tian Cold, White, Walls Personal Essay/Memoir 189 Kimberley Tran Fear No Change Personal Essay/Memoir 191 Emery Uhlig Enemy Alien Personal Essay/Memoir 194 Kaitlyn Wallace Where's Waldo?: A Drama in Human History Short Story 196 Kylie Williams The Hurt. Poetry 198 Jason Wood War Short Story 200 Julia Wykes She Did Not Belong in a Parking Lot Poetry 201 Ellie Yang ABC Personal Essay/Memoir 204 Lauren Yoksh Morning Prayer Poetry 205 Lauren Yoksh Summer Abundant Short Story 206 William York Uncertainty Personal Essay/Memoir 4 208 Ann Zhang Agenda Short Story 211 Ann Zhang Mayra Morales Short Story 214 Ann Zhang On Elmo Personal Essay/Memoir 217 Ann Zhang The Passive Voice Dramatic Script 5 Silver Key Writing Portfolios 222 Sydney Cimarolli Mementos Writing Portfolio 233 Alice Kogo Blk Grl Writing Portfolio 247 Kailey Mgrdichian Crystal Zoo Writing Portfolio 267 Ella Schmidt Days Gone: Collected Poems Writing Portfolio 280 Ana Schulte The Art of Whispering Goodbye Writing Portfolio 296 Julia Wang Piece by Piece Writing Portfolio 6 Jade Ayers Grade 7 Rainbows Form after Heavy Storms Short Story Washington Middle School Washington, MO Teacher: Kaylin Bade After third hour, I went to meet up with my friend Katrina. We’re almost completely different because she’s the sweetest person I know, she always wears super bright colored clothes and ankle low leggings, and she can get carried away when doing things she likes, while I’m “mean” and/or “violent” to some, I wear dark purple and dark hot pink clothes and short shorts, and don’t like really doing things at all. I walked the halls, painted a dull white, and looked at all of the small drawings and stickers on the pale blue lockers. I could tell someone's personality just by looking at what the locker has on it. When I turned the corner, I saw Kat looking in the mirror of her locker, beaming at me in the reflection, pushing her red-orange bangs from her eyes. “Hey, Serena!” her voice cracked. I looked over her shoulder and saw three people huddled really close together, about thirty feet away, talking to each other. One girl and two guys. One guy was really tall, had blonde hair, and wore Nike… everything actually. The second one had dark hair, basketball shorts, a black hoodie, and his arm around the girl. She was shorter with long black hair that was red at the tips, darker brown eyes, and wore a black shirt with ripped up skinny jeans. “She’s always happy, it’s disgusting,” the girl snickered, then smiled up at the boys. “Her voice is so annoying; my head hurts enough from just looking at the other girl.” ‘Wow, that is so mean, I’m disappointed,’ I thought. Why would they say such horrible things about someone? I looked at Kat, who was still smiling. “Why does she hang out with the girl who hates everyone then?” another asked. My blood started to boil. “What’s wrong?” Kat asked, making me jump. “You look mad.” “I-it’s nothing! Let’s go to fourth hour,” I stammered and quickly walked off with her, glaring at the group of people who were now grinning evilly at us. *** I anxiously waited for the bell to ring, staring at the clock as I twirled my long black hair around my finger. I slowly started to hear the teacher’s voice fade away as my thoughts went to the group of kids. It seemed like they were talking about us. What if they were? I went into a small panic. I didn’t want Katrina to have to deal with bullies; she’s too innocent. I drowned into the memories I had of fifth grade. *** I looked up at the dark, cloudy sky and a ball flew and hit me in the face, knocking my glasses off into the mud. “Oh, sorry Serena!” Luna called out and ran to me. “Are you ok? Where are your glasses?” I pointed to the mud. “I’m sorry.” “It’s fine, I promise.” I smiled reassuringly and walked over to the mud puddle and grabbed the ball and my now broken glasses. There was a flash of lighting and a small tree fell down. A lot of kids started screaming. BOOM! Luna ran behind me, scared of the thunder. It started pouring. “Uh, I think this rain has something in it!” Luna said franticly as she looked at her hair. It was turning from her normal purple and pink to a gross shade of just bleh. The teachers blew their whistles as hard as they could. “Everyone get inside!” Mrs. Haruna yelled. “And don’t run in the halls.” Everyone did anyways. The power was out, which scared Luna even more. She got separated from me in the crowd as more kid 7 ran and pushed past each other.