Read the Winning Spooky Stories from the October 2023 Writing Contest!

image of a haunted house silhouette with an orange sky with text reading Announcing the winners of the Spooky Story Writing Contest

Thank you to all the kids and teens who submitted spooky stories to our writing contest! Reading all the submissions got us in the Halloween spirit.

In addition to a gift card to Lake Forest Book Store, winners of the Library's Spooky Story Writing Contest get their submissions posted on the Library website (see below). We hope you enjoy them as much as we did!

*Stories are published below exactly as they were submitted.

 

Up to Grade 4 Winner

"Field Trip" by Olivia Hu

Read "Field Trip"

Up To Grade 4 Runner Up

"Jokes" by Bhakti Patel

Read "Jokes"

Grades 5–8 Winner

"The Apple" by Noa Burke

Read "The Apple"

Grades 5–8 Runner Up

"The Black Cat" by Brenda Hu

Read "The Black Cat"

Grades 9–12 Winner

"Gone With the Wind" by Nicole Janowicz

Read "Gone With the Wind"