{"id":2371412,"date":"2015-12-01T17:37:34","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T23:37:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/?page_id=2371412"},"modified":"2021-12-10T10:57:36","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T16:57:36","slug":"winners-finalists-showcase-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/events\/winners-finalists-showcase-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Winners &amp; Finalists Showcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2021<br \/>\n<\/span><\/h2>\n<h3>1st Place: <em>Adrift<\/em>, by Abby Snyder<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner style=&#8221;boxed&#8221; bg_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.44)&#8221; drop_shadow=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2px 2px 2px 2px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>SYNOPSIS<a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Abby-Snyder-2021-Contest-Photo-scaled.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2373718 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Abby-Snyder-2021-Contest-Photo-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Abby-Snyder-2021-Contest-Photo-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Abby-Snyder-2021-Contest-Photo-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Abby-Snyder-2021-Contest-Photo-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Abby-Snyder-2021-Contest-Photo-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Abby-Snyder-2021-Contest-Photo-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Abby-Snyder-2021-Contest-Photo-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ever since her parents were mysteriously lost at sea eleven years ago, Elettra Axel has been plagued by nightmares and a deep fear of the water. But even stronger than that fear is Elettra&#8217;s desire to know what really happened to her mother and father&#8217;s ship and all the others that were lost in that dangerous stretch of water&#8211;and put an end to it. When an opportunity comes for Elettra and her adopted sister Aderyn to join a voyage in search of the truth about this legendary danger, they bravely take it. But each mystery only folds into another, and the shadowy monster that haunts Elettra&#8217;s nightmares is stronger here than she could ever have imagined&#8230; and determined to take her too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/adrift-r865\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/em><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em><span class=\"ac-designer-copy\"><span class=\"ac-designer-marked-selection ac-designer-copy\">Abby Snyder\u2019 explores the power of lost memories and haunting fears in this watery fantasy. An excellent premise and compelling characters make its dialogue, action, and keen eye for detail stand out. All the judges enjoyed the strong and satisfying opening and resolution.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h3>2nd Place: <em>Hollow<\/em>, by Sophie Monastra<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner style=&#8221;boxed&#8221; bg_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.44)&#8221; drop_shadow=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2px 2px 2px 2px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>SYNOPSIS<a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Sophie-Monastra-2021-Contest-Photo-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2373720 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Sophie-Monastra-2021-Contest-Photo-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Sophie-Monastra-2021-Contest-Photo-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Sophie-Monastra-2021-Contest-Photo-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Sophie-Monastra-2021-Contest-Photo-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Sophie-Monastra-2021-Contest-Photo-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Sophie-Monastra-2021-Contest-Photo-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Sophie-Monastra-2021-Contest-Photo-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Sophie-Monastra-2021-Contest-Photo-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are thousands of things wrong with the world, and Technopathic runaway Shal is one of them.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s running from the ashes of the city he destroyed. Running from a past that keeps on chasing him. But while running from a corporation of superheroes who want him dead, he gets stranded in the small, ordinary town of Hollow. And to make his stay worse, he\u2019s trapped between an agent determined to make him suffer, a robotics genius who will do anything to find her cousin, a doctor who claims to be making a cure for his powers, and an old friend who\u2019s decided to stop running and fight back.<\/p>\n<p>As Shal gets dragged into their conflicting plans, he must figure out which side he\u2019s on\u2014if he\u2019s on any side\u2014before they tear the world and him apart.<\/p>\n<p>And this time, he can\u2019t run away.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/hollow-r863\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em><span class=\"ac-designer-copy\"><span class=\"ac-designer-marked-selection ac-designer-copy\">Technopathic runaway Shal is the perfect lens for a story filled with interesting characters and subtle humor. Monastra has a confident writing style that invites you to sit back and enjoy the superheroic drama. And the cliffhanger chapter endings are wonderful!<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h3>3rd Place: <em>I Probably Won&#8217;t Live to See 1986<\/em>, by Liberty Cousineau<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner style=&#8221;boxed&#8221; bg_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.44)&#8221; drop_shadow=&#8221;&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_width=&#8221;2px 2px 2px 2px&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>SYNOPSIS<a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Liberty-Cousineau-2021-Contest-Photo-scaled.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2373721 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Liberty-Cousineau-2021-Contest-Photo-300x272.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Liberty-Cousineau-2021-Contest-Photo-300x272.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Liberty-Cousineau-2021-Contest-Photo-1024x927.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Liberty-Cousineau-2021-Contest-Photo-768x695.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Liberty-Cousineau-2021-Contest-Photo-1536x1390.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Liberty-Cousineau-2021-Contest-Photo-2048x1854.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Liberty-Cousineau-2021-Contest-Photo-600x543.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When during World War II, Otto Solomon created a compound to preserve his life after death, he vowed to take his revenge on the world for the cruelties it dealt him in life.<\/p>\n<p>In the year 1985, Otto chooses a carrier for his death-defying compound, a hapless ghost hunter by the name of Leif Plover.<\/p>\n<p>Leif, now tasked with finding a way to destroy the compound before Otto returns must make a choice to end it all: will he sacrifice himself to protect everyone he loves?<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/i-probably-wont-live-to-see-1986-r864\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><em><span class=\"ac-designer-copy\">A fun premise and fascinating world-building added to my natural delight (and dismay) at revisiting the year 1986, which I remember all too well. The premise is charming and the character relationships are heartfelt and rewarding. This is another story that executes chapter endings well.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Finalist: <em>The Witch of Endor<\/em>, by Alva Walsh<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;boxed-column&#8221; drop_shadow=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1609339620785{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #ffffff !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>SYNOPSIS<a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Alva-Walsh-2021-Contest-Photo-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2373719 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Alva-Walsh-2021-Contest-Photo-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Alva-Walsh-2021-Contest-Photo-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Alva-Walsh-2021-Contest-Photo-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Alva-Walsh-2021-Contest-Photo-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Alva-Walsh-2021-Contest-Photo-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Alva-Walsh-2021-Contest-Photo-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Alva-Walsh-2021-Contest-Photo-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Orileah Hexen does not know what it is like to live a normal life. Her six brothers are either dead or mad, her mother will not let her out of her sight, her father is never at home\u2026 and now she is a Magisk.<\/p>\n<p>But even as one of the mysterious, magic-wielding elite of the North, things aren\u2019t right. Her very great grandfather Samuel is less dead than expected. Saul, the only fatherly figure in her life, is not what he seemed at first. And, with the return of the ravens which the Fjendor thought they had banished beyond the mountains, she is plunged into an adventure through many Worlds, with many lies and betrayals.<\/p>\n<p>Unable to escape with her life, she must at least escape with her soul\u2026 but even that has been taken from her.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/not-my-duty-r776\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span class=\"ac-designer-copy\"><em>Orileah Hexen doesn\u2019t know what it\u2019s like to live a normal life, and Alva Walsh has a delightful way of conveying this fact. Kudos for excellent narrative choices and memorable characterization.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Finalist:<em> Monsters Cold and Crooked<\/em>, by Felicity C. Edwards<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;boxed-column&#8221; drop_shadow=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1609339547893{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #ffffff !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>SYNOPSIS<a href=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Felicity-C-Edwards-2021-Contest-Photo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2373717 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Felicity-C-Edwards-2021-Contest-Photo-267x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Felicity-C-Edwards-2021-Contest-Photo-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Felicity-C-Edwards-2021-Contest-Photo-911x1024.jpg 911w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Felicity-C-Edwards-2021-Contest-Photo-768x864.jpg 768w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Felicity-C-Edwards-2021-Contest-Photo-1366x1536.jpg 1366w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Felicity-C-Edwards-2021-Contest-Photo-1821x2048.jpg 1821w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Felicity-C-Edwards-2021-Contest-Photo-600x675.jpg 600w, https:\/\/clearwaterpress.com\/oneyearnovel\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/12\/Felicity-C-Edwards-2021-Contest-Photo.jpg 1854w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For months, the land of Summerlea sank further into a magical winter caused by a vengeful assassin sorceress known as the Ice Queen.<\/p>\n<p>Kallyn, prince of Summerlea, had kept the rare powers he was born with a secret most of his life, but after his sister dies from the Ice Queen\u2019s magic, he\u2019s determined to end the winter. To do so, he must complete an impossible task set by the Ice Queen which she will accept as payment for the lives of his people. If he fails, his land and his life will be forfeit.<\/p>\n<p>With her brother desperately sick and no money for medicine, Briar Fairchild readily accepts a talking wolf\u2019s mysterious request for her to sew a funerary shroud over 101 days in return for a large sum of money. Taken to live in a sentient House where monsters roam the halls at night,<br \/>\nshe soon begins to realise that the wolf has secrets of his own.<\/p>\n<p>Struggling to untangle the web of lies they\u2019ve woven around each other, the two must complete the challenge and end the Ice Queen\u2019s winter. But nothing and no one are as they first appear, and perhaps the coldest and most crooked monsters are the ones they call friends.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/monsters-cold-and-crooked-r867\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span class=\"ac-designer-copy\"><em>Strong prose and vivid details combine with consistently great pacing to make this novel a very fun read. Edwards has a strong instinct for leading readers to the hard questions. Well done!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h3>Finalist:<em> Blood Sins<\/em>, by Leyone Jones<\/h3>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;25px&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner el_class=&#8221;boxed-column&#8221; drop_shadow=&#8221;&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1609339635167{border-top-width: 2px !important;border-right-width: 2px !important;border-bottom-width: 2px !important;border-left-width: 2px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-color: #ffffff !important;border-left-style: solid !important;border-right-color: #ffffff !important;border-right-style: solid !important;border-top-color: #ffffff !important;border-top-style: solid !important;border-bottom-color: #ffffff !important;border-bottom-style: solid !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text]<strong>SYNOPSIS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Mycroft Holmes just wants a normal life&#8211;or as normal a life as someone named after a character in a mystery novel can have. And he has that life all lined up&#8211;good grades, a maybe-girlfriend, a steady job. But when he&#8217;s told his father is in jail as a serial murderer, and he&#8217;s now the legal guardian of his two younger siblings, &#8216;normal&#8217; goes down the drain.<\/p>\n<p>Sherlock Holmes knows his father&#8217;s innocent and will do anything to prove it, even if it means destroying his own family.<\/p>\n<p>Ashlyn Holmes just wants to keep her brothers alive, but they&#8217;re all being hunted. Their father&#8217;s past is catching up with them, and she doesn&#8217;t know if she can stop it.<\/p>\n<p>Together, they can do anything.<\/p>\n<p>Apart? They fall apart.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/blood-sins-r868\/\"><em>Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/em><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><span class=\"ac-designer-copy\"><em>The title of this entry captures the flavor of both its prose and characters. Its lighthearted surface hints at an undercurrent of serious observations about life.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2020<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place: <\/strong><em>The Weeping Forest<\/em> &#8211; Grace Willson &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/the-weeping-forest-r773\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> <em>Red Herring for Hire <\/em>&#8211; Abigail Haagen &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/red-herring-for-hire-r774\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> <em>The King&#8217;s Brother <\/em>&#8211; Sarabeth Schuck &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/the-kings-brother-r775\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists (not ranked)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Not My Duty <\/em>&#8211; Emily Martin &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/not-my-duty-r776\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><br \/>\nDragonmantles &amp; Goldfish Crackers<\/em> &#8211; Lauryn Trimmer &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/dragonmantles-goldfish-crackers-r777\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><br \/>\nIsbj\u00f8rn<\/em> &#8211; Rachel North &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/isbj%C3%B8rn-r778\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><em><br \/>\n<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2019<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place: <\/strong><em>I Am Nightrunner<\/em> &#8211; Victoria Shanks &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/i-am-nightrunner-r708\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> <em>Frostlighter<\/em> &#8211; Seraphina West &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/frostlighter-r709\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> <em>Message Carrier<\/em> &#8211; Emily Schaeffer &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/message-carrier-r710\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists (not ranked)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Outlaw<\/em> &#8211; Miriam Crews &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/outlaw-r711\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Traitor&#8217;s Sunstone<\/em> &#8211; Felicity Edwards &#8211; <em>Not available to read, by author&#8217;s request<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2018<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place: <\/strong><em>Say Uncle<\/em> &#8211; Rosey Mucklestone &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/say-uncle-r641\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> <em>Hearthfoot<\/em> &#8211; Victoria Shanks &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/hearthfoot-r642\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> <em>Forgotten Flame<\/em> &#8211; Michal Garner &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/forgotten-flame-r643\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists (not ranked)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Chasing Phantoms<\/em> &#8211; Abby Anderson &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/chasing-phantoms-r644\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Questers<\/em> &#8211; Nicole DeBenon &#8211; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/the-questers-r645\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2017<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place: <\/strong><em>R.E.M.<\/em> &#8211; Ashley Schaller &#8211; <span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/rem-r589\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">R<\/a><\/em><\/span><em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/rem-r589\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ead on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> <em>To Kidnap DNA<\/em> &#8211; Lydia DeGisi &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/to-kidnap-dna-r590\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> <em>The Stonecrest Existential Crisis Club<\/em> &#8211; Sam Cooper &#8211; <em>Not available to read<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists (not ranked)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Agram Awakens<\/em> &#8211; Aidan Bender &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/agram-awakens-r592\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Evik<\/em> &#8211; Emily Schaeffer &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/novels.html\/evik-r593\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Starless Nights<\/em> &#8211; M. R. Shupp &#8211; <em>Not available to read<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2016<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place: <\/strong><em>Chromeheads<\/em> &#8211; Jake Buller &#8211; <span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/chromeheads-r530\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> <em>Ten of Hearts<\/em> &#8211; Joy Audens &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/ten-of-hearts-r531\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> <em>Hattie<\/em> &#8211; Elisabeth Newton &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/hattie-r532\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists (not ranked)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Show Me the Way<\/em> &#8211; Meredith Lundell &#8211; <em>Not available to read<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Silhouettes: The Un-Telling of Peter Pan<\/em> &#8211; Jamie Dougall &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/silhouettes-the-untelling-of-peter-pan-r534\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Small Hands&#8217; Flight<\/em> &#8211; Charlotte Anderson &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/small-hands-flight-r533\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2015<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place: <\/strong><em>Factory Rats<\/em> &#8211; Catsi Eceer &#8211; <span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/factory-rats-r462\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> <em>The Monster Upstairs<\/em> &#8211; Elisabeth Newton &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/the-monster-upstairs-r461\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> <em>The Reverse Road<\/em> &#8211; Sam Cooper &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/the-reverse-road-r460\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists (not ranked)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Of Lavron<\/em> &#8211; Ellie Gardiner &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/of-lavron-r463\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Somnia<\/em> &#8211; Amy Nickelsen &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/somnia-r465\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Wings of Dust<\/em> &#8211; Charlotte Anderson &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/wings-of-dust-r464\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2014 <\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place: <\/strong><em>The Witch&#8217;s Cat<\/em> &#8211; Miguel Flores &#8211; <span style=\"line-height: 1.5\"><em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/the-witch39s-cat-r392\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> <em>Under the Weather<\/em> &#8211; Sam Cooper &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/under-the-weather-r393\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> <em>Children of Ashes<\/em> &#8211; Justin Ferguson &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/children-of-ashes-r394\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists (not ranked)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Pitch Black Stars<\/em> &#8211; Catsi Eceer &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/pitch-black-stars-r395\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>When the Stars Are Singing<\/em> &#8211; Meredith West &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/when-the-stars-are-singing-r396\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2013<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place:<\/strong><em> Blue Sky Burnt<\/em> &#8211; Erynn Besse &#8211;<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/blue-sky-burnt-r314\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> <em>Redemption<\/em> &#8211; Annika Lee &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/redemption-r315\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> <em>Broken Glass King<\/em> &#8211; Abby Walsh &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/broken-glass-king-r316\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalist (not ranked)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Dangerous Games<\/em> &#8211; Emily Haan &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/dangerous-games-r317\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Flightless<\/em> &#8211; Bethany Ingham &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/flightless-r318\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Indumentum Oris<\/em> &#8211; Verity Rising &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/indumentum-oris-r319\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2012<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place:<\/strong><em> Bitter Magic<\/em> &#8211; Collin Anne Suttle &#8211;<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/bitter-magic-r213\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> <em>Hosanna House<\/em> &#8211; Hannah Mills &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/hosanna-house-r214\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> <em>Quintessence<\/em> &#8211; Rachel Garner &#8211;<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/quintessence-r215\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists (not ranked)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Heirborne<\/em> &#8211; Braden Russell &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/heirborne-r216\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Survivor One<\/em> &#8211; Richard LaRue &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/survivor-one-r218\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Shining Stars<\/em> &#8211; Wynter Croix &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/shining-scars-r224\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Chatoyant<\/em> &#8211; Sarah Seifert &#8211; <em>Not available to read<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2011<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place:<\/strong><em> Snapshots<\/em> &#8211; Matthew Lauser &#8211;<em> <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/snapshots-r118\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> <em>Project Theta<\/em> &#8211; Kyle de Waal &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/project-theta-r116\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> <em>Deep Six<\/em> &#8211; Collin Anne Suttle &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/deep-six-r117\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists (not ranked)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Archipelago<\/em> &#8211; Sophia Debusschere &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/archipelago-r119\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Forewarned<\/em> &#8211; Rebekah Swank &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/forewarned-r120\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>My Lady<\/em> &#8211; Grace Debusschere &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/my-lady-r121\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Sightless<\/em> &#8211; Miguel Flores &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/sightless-r122\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Speak Aloud, Scream Alone<\/em> &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/speak-aloud-scream-alone-r123\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2010<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place:<\/strong> <em>Recollections<\/em> &#8211; Janae Leeke &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/recollections-r39\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> <em>Becoming Human<\/em> &#8211; Jared Schmitz &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/becoming-human-r40\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> <em>My Father&#8217;s Dream<\/em> &#8211; Sarah Wacker &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/my-father39s-dream-r41\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists (not ranked)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Sacrifice<\/em> &#8211; Collin Anne Suttle &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/sacrifice-r42\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>The Fly by Night<\/em> &#8211; Kyle de Waal &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/the-fly-by-night-r43\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Out of Darkness<\/em> &#8211; Sarah No\u00e9 &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/out-of-darkness-r44\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Of Princesses and Dragons<\/em> &#8211; Grace Garner &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/of-princesses-and-dragons-r45\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Offset<\/em> &#8211; Matthew Lauser &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/offset-r46\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2009<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place:<\/strong><em> Kytt&#8217;s Tale<\/em> &#8211; Carlie Gernhart &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/kytt39s-tale-r8\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>2nd Place:<\/strong> <em>Of Self and Sacrifice<\/em> &#8211; Elizabeth Lobach &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/of-self-and-sacrifice-r9\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<strong>3rd Place:<\/strong> <em>Allemande<\/em> &#8211; Lydia DeWolf &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/allemande-r10\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Finalists (not ranked)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Forest of Lies<\/em> &#8211; Rachel Garner &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/forest-of-lies-r11\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Knights in Red Coats<\/em> &#8211; Jane Johnson &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/knights-in-red-coats-r12\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Child of Darkness, Child of Light<\/em> &#8211; Rachel Werner &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/child-of-darkness-child-of-light-r13\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em><br \/>\n<em>Prince of Thertine<\/em> &#8211; Grace Garner &#8211; <em><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.oneyearnovel.com\/index.php?\/novels.html\/prince-of-thertine-r14\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read on the Student Forum \u00bb<\/a><\/em>[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<span style=\"font-size: 16px\"><div class=\"vcex-module vcex-divider vcex-divider-solid\" style=\"width:100%;margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px;border-top-width:1px;border-color:#333;\"><\/div><\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #870000\">2008<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>1st Place:<\/strong> <em>Averill<\/em> &#8211; 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