Each of the stories below is a winner from our 2023 Fiction Fantastic Young Writers Contest, open to all youth in Lane County. You can support this program with your donation and purchase the 2023 Winners Anthology, Enter the Imaginarium.
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “Once There Was a Boy” by Ivy Marsden
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “The Bad Luck Cat” by Elizabeth Johnston
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “June 202: Deep Waters” by Brianna Bird
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “Test Day” by Emily Krauss
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “Why We Stay” by Stella Hergenreter
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “The Wellerman’s Gift” by Keiko Weible
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “Lylan’s Secret” by Jude McElfresh
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “The Criminal Poet” by Grace Phillips
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “The Battle for Duruntar” by Kai Suzumura
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “The Adventures of Pets” by Hazel Rallen
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “The Magic Redwood” by Greta Rice and Xixin Pan
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “Goblins Around the World” by Saharsh Chireddy and Owen Rudzek
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “Finding Family” by Sofia Ameen
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “The Elevator” by Leo Kuhl
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “Project Infinite” by Adrienne White
Fiction Fantastic 2023 Winning Story: “The Story of Running Deer and Her Tribe” by Liora Tabak
