Education.com is excited to share the winners of our 2023 Story Challenge, a writing contest designed in honor of National Reading Month. Throughout the month of March, we invited PreK-8th grade students to share their love of writing by submitting their original stories to our Story Challenge.
We received more than 100 imaginative pieces of writing from students across the world. It was exciting to see so many students embrace the spirit of the competition, develop their literacy skills, and celebrate the joys of storytelling.
The 2023 Story Challenge Winners
| Name | Age | Story | |
| Layla B. | 6 | How I Got My Legs | |
| Billy B. | 6 | Mr. Fox and Mr. Bear Build a Rocketship | |
| Elisha F. | 7 | Bob’s Alien-tastic Birthday | |
| Jaxon M. | 7 | If an Alien Went to the Gym | |
| Minh L. | 8 | Saving the Elm Tree | |
| Khadija N. | 9 | A Holiday Experience | |
| Ethan S. | 10 | Foxcat: Secret Secretary Service | |
| Kate N. | 11 | Mysterious World of the Twenty-First Century | |
| Swara V. | 12 | Are You Scared Yet? | |
| Jayda G. | 14 | Grandma!? | |
| Eva G. | 14 | The Plant |
To showcase our winners’ stories, we have compiled a specially illustrated anthology. You can view it here, and scroll to the see the whole file, or click to download:
As a prize, each winner will receive a free one-year Premium membership to Education.com!
Once again, congratulations to the winners, and thank you to all the students, parents, and teachers for taking the time to contribute your submissions! We hope this experience has inspired you to continue writing and expressing your creativity through storytelling
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I like it, is an excellent idea because the teachers can use it in the class for reading class. Also, these students could develop their imagination.
Even I (a sixth grader) can’t make these good stories LOL