{"id":128520,"date":"2020-02-22T08:56:15","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T13:56:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=128520"},"modified":"2020-02-23T14:34:28","modified_gmt":"2020-02-23T19:34:28","slug":"vwhs-students-to-have-creative-writing-stories-published","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2020\/02\/22\/vwhs-students-to-have-creative-writing-stories-published\/","title":{"rendered":"VWHS students to have stories published"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Van Wert High School English\/Language Arts students recently participated in the Young Writers\u2019 \u201cSurvival Sagas: Mission Contamination\u201d <\/em>contest.<\/em> The contest received more than 10,000 submissions and 68 VWHS students were chosen for publication in Mission Contamination — Ohio. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Students were challenged with writing a mini-saga, a story in 100 words, detailing the effects a wave of contamination has, nearly eliminating the entire human race. Students could choose from eight story starters to develop their mini-saga. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The goal of the Young Writers\u2019 contest is to spark passion and confidence in student writers. By having their work published, students gain a real audience and purpose for their writing. Entries are selected by a panel of editors who look for a broad view of what makes a good story: perception, imagination, creativity, expression, originality, and use of language. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMission Contamination — Ohio\u201d is scheduled for publication on Saturday, February 29, and copies can be purchased by contacting Young Writers at 323.244.4784. In addition to receiving a copy at VWHS, a copy of the publication will be sent to The Library of Congress in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Additional contest winners will be selected in April 2020. The school with the best set of entries will receive The Young Writers\u2019 Award of Excellence. The best published writer will receive an iPad and a trophy, and three runners-up will receive a $50 Amazon gift card each. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following students had their work selected for publication:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dominque Alvarado — \u201cThe Last of Us\u201d; Corbin Army \u2013 \u201cThe Gasp of Air\u201d; Lukas Bailey-Solsman \u2013 \u201cUnderground\u201d; Carly Bebout \u2013 \u201cThe Cloud\u201d; Heath Bivens \u2013 \u201cBoom Goes the Person\u201d; Brenna Bollenbacher \u2013 \u201cThe It\u201d; Danesha Branson \u2013 \u201cRed Cross Infection\u201d; Rylan Burnett \u2013 \u201cThe Rash\u201d; Kianna Cook \u2013 \u201cThe Hide\u201d; Kenley Cowan \u2013 \u201cThe Contamination Spill at The Lab\u201d; Marisa Craig \u2013 The Bottle Potion\u201d; Maddix Crutchfield \u2013 \u201cMezmorized\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Also, William Davis \u2013 \u201cThe Plagues\u201d; Beau Dennis \u2013 \u201cThe Incurable Disease\u201d; Logan Dotson \u2013 \u201cThe Water\u201d; Randy Dupree \u2013 \u201cWally World Z\u201d; Tavian Eddins \u2013 The Infection\u201d ; Aerica Farmer \u2013 \u201cThe Safe Place\u201d; Finley Foster \u2013 \u201cThe Soap Scare\u201d; Lizzie Gall \u2013 \u201cThe Truth About The Vampires\u201d; Katie Gamble \u2013 \u201cWater Outbreak\u201d; Jacob Geething \u2013 \u201cThe Bogus Cure\u201d. Also, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Blake Grenzebach \u2013 \u201cThe Cure\u201d; Garett Gunter \u2013 \u201cChicken Frenzy\u201d; Aubree Hines \u2013 \u201cCoffee Killer\u201d; Arber Hofacker \u2013 \u201cThe Cure That Went Wrong\u201d; Gabby Hunnaman \u2013 \u201cThe Cure\u201d; Brianna Isbell \u2013 \u201cThe Killer Cloud\u201d; Ashlyn Jennings \u2013 \u201cVampire Cicadas\u201d; Jackson Jones \u2013 \u201cBuzz\u201d; Zada Kremer \u2013 \u201cCrazies\u201d; Brady Maple \u2013 \u201cThe Plague\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, Harlie Mays \u2013 \u201c\u201cThe Darkness\u201d; Juliana McClure \u2013 \u201cMutations\u201d ; Gavin McMichael \u2013 \u201cThe Rain\u201d; Abbie Mengerink \u2013 \u201cThe Last Beam of Light\u201d; Brooke Miller \u2013 \u201cThis Break Out\u201d; Hayle Miller \u2013 \u201cThe Bump\u201d; Isabella Mohr \u2013 \u201cEpidemic\u201d; Clayton Mosier \u2013 \u201cRadiation\u201d; Marissa Mottinger \u2013 \u201cThe Uneven Skin Disease\u201d; Gracie Mull \u2013 \u201cThe Creature from Below\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, Makenna Nagel \u2013 \u201cI\u2019m The Legend\u201d; Naiomi Negrete \u2013 \u201cAirborne\u201d; Ashton Oberlin \u2013 \u201cBabies with Rabies\u201d; Piper Pierce \u2013 \u201cThe Smog\u201d; AJ Proffitt \u2013 \u201cThe Journey\u201d; Lochlen Purmort \u2013 \u201cWhat A Rush\u201d; Isabella Ricker \u2013 \u201c4 p.m.\u201d; Blake Riley \u2013 \u201cThis War-Apocalypse\u201d; Gage Sargent \u2013 \u201cThe Ghastly Cloud\u201d; Aveanna Schaadt \u2013 \u201cSubject Z\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also Karter Schaffer \u2013 \u201cThe End of Time\u201d; Erin Schaufelberger \u2013 \u201cThe Disintegration\u201d; Caleb Shobe \u2013 \u201cThe Cemented Water\u201d; Connor Smitley \u2013 \u201cThe Gas\u201d; Noah Spector \u2013 \u201cBackspaced\u201d; Gage Springer \u2013 \u201cThe Contagious Tornado\u201d; Jake Stechschulte \u2013 \u201cOne Last Drink\u201d; Lexi Thomas \u2013 \u201cThe Rash\u201d; Zander Thompson \u2013 \u201cInfected\u201d; Caden Tuckerman \u2013 \u201cCrazy Man\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, Brooklyn Weaks \u2013 \u201cThe Survivor\u201d; Jorian Wehner \u2013 \u201cVanished\u201d; Emily Williamson \u2013 \u201cThe Monsters Within\u201d; Erin Wilson \u2013 \u201cLab Rats\u201d; Hallie Wise \u2013 \u201cPop, Pop, Popcorn\u201d; and Sayler Wise \u2013 \u201cThe Skin Crawling Creatures Contamination\u201d. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

VW independent\/submitted information Van Wert High School English\/Language Arts students recently participated in the Young Writers\u2019 \u201cSurvival Sagas: Mission Contamination\u201d contest. The contest received more than 10,000 submissions and 68 VWHS students were chosen for publication in Mission Contamination — Ohio.  Students were challenged with writing a mini-saga, a story in 100 words, detailing the effects a wave […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-31 09:22:54","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128520\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=128520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=128520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}