Each of the stories below is a winner from our 2026 Fiction Fantastic Young Writers Contest, open to all youth in Lane County. You can support this program with your donation and purchase the 2026 Winners Anthology, Echoes of the Future.
Fiction Fantastic 2026 Winning Story: “The Flying Cats” by Fiona Stacey
Fiction Fantastic 2026 Winning Story: “Through My Eyes” by Emma Juul
Fiction Fantastic 2026 Winning Story: “All Mixed Up” by Emmalee Naylor
Fiction Fantastic 2026 Winning Story: “The Tale of Two Bunnies and Their Pet Human” by Hazel Rallen and Autumn Mooney
Fiction Fantastic 2026 Winning Story: “The House That Watched” by Julia Thompson-Mueller
Fiction Fantastic 2026 Winning Story: “Red Brick House” by Sala Crabtree
Fiction Fantastic 2026 Winning Story: “Sinking” by Cora Fortenbach
Fiction Fantastic 2026 Winning Story: “Cœur du Clocher” by David Sammons
Fiction Fantastic 2026 Winning Story: “Rose and the Fairy” by Edmund Titus
Fiction Fantastic 2026 Winning Story: “A Splash of Shadows in a Field of Light” by Lily Maierhoffer
Fiction Fantastic 2026 Winning Story: “In Living Memory” by Keiko Weible
Fiction Fantastic 2026 Winning Story: “Autopilot” by Isaac Chou
Fiction Fantastic 2026 Winning Story: “The Girl Who Learned the Names of Light” by Arya Metz-Hogan
