It's finally here! Yayyyyy!

In the current issue of Writing magazine, we have published the six winners of this year's "Take Me Away!" writing contest. Back in September, we challenged our readers to imagine a land of make-believe--of mythical creatures and dreams, of snakes and snails and puppy dog tails. Well maybe not all of those. In any case, we received a ton of entries and they were all (in their own special way) fantastic!

Author Ursula K. Le Guin was our guest judge, and you can read the works of the four student authors who won this contest by picking up an issue of Writing, or right here online at WORD. The winners are:

Junior Poetry
I am Going to Leekartos
By Rachael A. Schermer, age 13
Read It

Senior Poetry
The Benevolent Dictator
By Justin Hanselman, age 15
Read It

 Junior Fiction
Embers of the Moonlight
By Ela Banerjee, age 13
Read It

Senior Fiction
The Metamorphosis
By Megan Mikhail, age 14
Read It

Congratulations to our four student writer winners! Make sure to come back here to WORD every day this week to read the poems and stories of our runner-ups, alongside brief comments from Ursula Le Guin!