KidPub Writing Contests
KidPub runs many writing contests each year. We try to mix it up a bit...some contests are for poetry, others for essays and stories, some are a combination. Each month the staff chooses one overall winner, who receives a $50 Amazon Gift Card, and two runners-up, one from an author aged 12 or older, and one from an author under 12, who each receive a $25 Amazon Gift Card. Contests are open to all KidPub members. If you'd like to join KidPub and enter our contests (as well as have a lot of fun posting your own stories and comments), just visit our membership page to get started.
January 2016:
For our January challenge, read this scenario and write a short story with it as your starting point.
There's a snail on Pluto. No, really, NASA has pictures of it! At least, it LOOKS like a snail, but scientists around the world are arguing about what it might be. For one thing, it's quite large. For another, it appears to be traveling along a road. Finally, the nations of earth pull together to send a human to investigate. It's a long journey, but when she arrives she finds...
(BTW here's the article and photo that inspired the prompt!)
The deadline for entering is March 2nd, 2016; see the Official Contest Rules for details. Good luck!
Previous contests and winners...
2015
December winners are posted here.
2014
February: Time for some poetry! In a poem, describe rain to someone who has never seen water.
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): Beneath the Cottonwood Tree by CherryBomb
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Rain to All of My Senses by EpicPenzzz
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Oh, the Rain by LoganStrain
January: Eeeeek! Describe a day in the life of a mouse who lives in a shopping mall.
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): Together by Ember
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Scavenger: A Mouse's Attempt to Survive by CharlieK
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): The Nickel by Read_Write
2013
July: This Can't Be Good...
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): A Hallway of Worlds by Bird
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Invaders! by Boreal67
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): A Dreadful Morning by BookwormKL
March - June Break!
February: Killer first paragraphs
See all the winning entries on one page!
January: Superbowl Limericks
Congrats to smpppb, iluv2write, and jbadynna, the winner and runners-up! See all of their entries here!
2012
December: Snow What?
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): An Angel Christmas by Caleigh
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): There's Snow Way It's Christmas! by Catty
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Winter of Ash by Maria
November: Quickly! Quickly!
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): Deception by Cherrybomb
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Quickly! Quickly! by Venika
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): New Year Adventure by smpppb (Sara)
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): The Hidden Ones by Timberwolf
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Lost in Space by Zoyam
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Dead Letter by Danish621
September: The Door To...
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): The Hole In My Closet by Maiven
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Salem, 1692 by Fallen_Star
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Cupcaked, by Keowyn
August: A Penny For Your Thoughts...
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): The Peculiar Penny by Alexis (adygel)
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): The Power of Wieners by carrots
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Life Goes On by Ally (allykat13)
July: An Ode To My Favortite Summer Food
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): Cherry Popsicle by Dana (Danis621)
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Ode To a S'More by Isabel (Isabelholga)
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): I Love Jell-O by Steven (StevenR)
June: Reflections of...
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): ZERO by Chiaki
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Crazy Reflections by Yavanna
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): The Riddle and the Key by Bird
May: A Fable of the Moon
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): Meelah, Moon Goddess by Aida
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): And the Moon Smiled by Loves2Write
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): The Mocking of the Moon by Nikki
April: A Poem to My 26-Year-Old Self (for National Poetry Month)
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): My Advice to You by Caleigh
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): My 26-Year-Old Self by Alexa10
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): You and I, Me and You by Timber
March: Excuse Me, Teacher?
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): My Mysterious Dance Class by Yavanna
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Mistakes Happen by chelseki3
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): The Institute for Gifted Dancers by Maiven
February: Now How Did That Happen? Lots of extremely well-written entries this month!
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): I Hate That Lake by Runes
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): How I Lost My Right Shoe and Left Sock by MBelle
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): The Pony Thief by Cloudwriter
January: Limericks!
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): Combinations by KalenaAlexisRose
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): To Rhyme by Sapphiremoon
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Fault-Finding Feline by Susmi
2011
November / December: That's When My Pen Ran Out of Ink...
Winner ($50 Amazon Gift Card): What Was Inside the Envelope by Timber
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): The Magic Pen by Wildwolf
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): The Iliad Blackout by Nemo87999
Summer (Prompts)
Winner: ($50 Amazon Gift Card) The Friendship Note by Skyla24
Runner-Up (Under 12, $25 Amazon Gift Card): A Time Collapser by Maggie.OB.Five
Runner-Up (12 and older, $25 Amazon Gift Card): Dream (Just a Little Longer) by Snickerdoodle
April (Book Reviews)
Four winners this month, each with a $25 Amazon Gift Card and th opportunity to become one of KidPub's official book reviewers:
porcupineGal for her review of Twilight
Kathryn (kgs221) for her review of Sweet Treats and Secret Crushes
Chiaki (goprincess135) for Virals
Miss Maple for a review of THe Lord of the Rings
March
Winner: One Small Step for man (Well, Sort Of) by Batman
Runner-Up (Under 12): The Space Dancers by mllama99
Runner-Up (12+): Sort of Like Michelangelo by ClarissaG
February
Winner: The Underground World by HaleyJ
Runner-Up (12+): Groundhog Day by ClarissaG
Runner-Up: (Under 12): How 3 Dangerous Predators Spend Their Winter by nemo8799
January
Winner: Monkey House by ClarissaG
Runner-Up (13+): When the Morning Comes by Kiwara
Runner-Up (under 13): Survival at Dawn by AgencyMagic
2010:
The winners of the February 2010 Writing Contest may be seen here!
Our May contest was to write about what happened when a fairy-tale character fell out of the book you were reading...and couldn't go back for a week! Click here to see the winners!
June's contest involved looking at a famous painting by Georges Latour and writing the story of what was happening in the painting. Here are the winners!
July's writing contest featured the 40th anniversary of the first footsteps on the Moon. Read the winning entries here.
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