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This is it y'all, the moment you've all been waiting for. (And no, I am not talking about COVID-19 being over, so sorry about getting your hopes up if that's what you thought.) It is time for...THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE WINNERS!!! *echoes* *throws confetti* *cheers and applause heard* Yes, that is right. I have decided the very special winners for this contest!!! Right now, I want to make sound effects, but unfortunately, I cannot...because this is a blog post, not a YouTube video. Before I announce the winners, big shoutout to everyone that participated!!! It really meant a lot to me. :) Now, the third place winner of this contest is...*drumroll* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Issabelle's right, this is fun. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Okay, I'll stop now... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Congratulations, Issabelle!!! *confetti shoots out of nowhere* You are our third place winner for this contest!!! Your prizes:- A sneak peak at Mute and a collage made by me for the story you entered! You should get your prizes by next week! If you don't, please let me know!!! :) Now, the second place winner!! *drumroll* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I don't wanna stop. XD - - - - - - - - - Maybe I should stop now... - - - - - - - - - How about now? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Okay, okay, I'll stop - - - - - Congratulations, Alexa!!! *confetti, once again shoots out of nowhere* You are our second place winner for our contest!!! Your prizes:- A sneak peak at Mute, a collage made by me for the story you enter, and a customized email signature!! You should get your prizes by next week!! If you don't, please let me know!!! :) Now, last but definitely not the least, the first place winner of this contest!!! *drumroll* - - - - - - - - - - - - - I should do this more often. XD - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I'm gonna do more than before...just for the sake of suspense. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Should I stop now...?...Nah! - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - How about now? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Okay, fine, I'll stop - - - - Congratulations, Katherine!!! *confetti shoots out of nowhere* You are our first place winner for our contest!!!
The prizes:- A guest posting on my blog, a sneak peak at Mute, a collage made by me for the story you enter, and a customized email signature!!! You should get your prizes by next week!! If you don't, please let me know!!! :) Congratulations to all of the winners! I loved your stories!! And once again, THANK YOU to all of you who participated! This contest would be nothing without y'all! :) Now, I will share Katherine's story with y'all! Here it is~ >>><<< The Missing Wand: A Fairy Mystery “Have you seen my wand?” I asked Evergreen when he found me in my garden. He sat on a toadstool. “Do I look like I’ve seen it?” he asked, raising his honey-colored eyebrows. I let out an exasperated sigh. Evergreen may have been my best friend but he wasn’t always helpful. “It’s missing, Evergreen! Someone stole it!” “You probably misplaced it.” He shook his head. “That’s what I thought early this morning,” I said as I continued searching the ground. “Until I found clues that led me to believe it was stolen.” The end of my flower-petal dress got caught on a twig. I tried to get it loose but it didn’t work. If I had my wand it would make it easier to get my dress unstuck. “Pineapple,” Evergreen called my name as he came over to help me. He waved his wand and my dress broke loose from the twig. “Thank you,” I said. Evergreen nodded his head then continued talking, “Why would anyone want to steal your wand? All the fairies have their own wands already.” Why wouldn’t anyone want my wand? It’s intricate design was one of the finest for wands. Not to mention it’s gorgeous golden color. “I don’t know for sure,” I replied, “but I need to get my wand back.” “Alright, I’ll help you. What were the clues you were talking about?” “The first clue I found was that the plants had been trampled on.” I pointed around my garden where certain places of the grass and plants were smushed. Evergreen’s eyes were wide like he didn’t notice that earlier. “The other clue was long, bright-red hairs lying everywhere.” I picked up a hair that was underneath my feet and showed it to Evergreen. He took it in his hands and inspected it for a long time. Finally, he looked at me and said in a firm voice, “I know who took your wand, Pineapple.” “YOU DO?” I shrieked. “Who is it?” I stood on tiptoes and anxiously waited for his answer. He nodded his head. “The person who took your wand was a human.” Evergreen gazed around, probably to see if he could find where the human was now. “How do you know it was a human?” Evergreen looked back at me. “This is human hair. I can tell because it’s not as fine and soft as fairy hair. Logically speaking, whoever took your wand was probably a little girl who was excited to find an actual fairy wand.” I let out a deep breath. “How am I going to get it back?” Evergreen thought for a moment. “Alright, I’ve got a plan. You make a replica of your wand while I track down the human who took it.” I nodded in agreement. Evergreen began searching for footprints or anything that would lead him to the culprit. I grabbed the twig that had gotten stuck on my dress earlier. Then I went inside my tree-stump house to forge a fairy wand. First, I sanded the twig so it would be smooth. Then I carved a design that was similar to the one on my wand. Carving the design was not easy though. I got a couple of scratches from it. Once I was done with the carving, I painted the twig gold. After a while, Evergreen came back. “Is the false wand ready?” he asked. “Yep!” “Great! Follow me and I’ll show you where the girl is.” I raised my eyebrows. “So you were right? It really was a human girl who took my wand?” Evergreen nodded. Then he turned to lead the way to the human girl. Evergreen and I flew for what felt like forever before we reached a white house with a girl playing in the backyard. We landed on a tree branch not too high above the girl. Sure enough, the red-headed girl, who looked to be about six-years-old, was waving my wand in the air. I wanted to fly straight down there and get my wand back, but Evergreen held me off. “Here’s what we’re gonna do,” he whispered. “I’m gonna distract the girl by making a bird-call sound. Then you’re going to switch wands.” “Alright. That will work . . . except for one thing. What if she doesn’t put down my wand?” “I’ve got to distract her well enough for her to put it down,” Evergreen said and then flew to another tree. He whistled his bird call and the girl immediately turned her head to the sound. He continued and the girl walked toward the sound. With her curiosity increasing, she tried to climb the tree that Evergreen was in. In doing so, she dropped my wand and I seized my opportunity. I flew to the ground, replaced my wand with the false one, and flew back to the tree I had come from. Evergreen stopped his bird call and flew to my tree. We watched the girl realize the “bird” was gone and climb down from the tree. She then bent down, picked up the forged wand, and happily skipped away. I was happy to have my wand back. But I was even more thrilled that I could make the little girl happy. >>><<< I hope y'all loved her story as much as I did!! Once again, congrats to the winners!!! I love ALL of your stories! Hope y'all have a wonderful day, today! The next short story contest will start tomorrow so stay tuned! :) Hi writers! (Yes, that sounds better.)
I hope that this month's short story contest's genre hasn't been too hard for y'all!!! To make it a bit easier, here's a link that might help you get those gears moving in your heads. thewritepractice.com/20-mystery-story-ideas/ I hope it helps all of you as much it helped me! Anyway, that's it for today's very Tiny, Itty Bitty, Little Announcement!!! Have a Wonderful Wednesday, y'all!! Hello everyone! Happy Saturday! So, I've just got a very random and quick announcement. I have dreaded the fact that my blog name is...well...my name. Which is very unprofessional (not that my blog is professional...). So, starting today, my blog will not be called Mahitha Reddy, but Amateur Teen Writer. I know, I know, it's a bit too long, but every single part of that name is VERY true. I'd like to credit the idea of this name to my wonderful and amazing friend! She's the one who helped me come up with the name. Thank you so much, my friend!! I will be changing the website URL on February 5! The new URL will be amateurteenwriter.weebly.com. Anyway, that's it for today. I thought it'd be best to tell you all as not to confuse any of you after the sudden change. Have a Splendid Saturday!! 👋 P.S. Yes, my name is still Mahitha (I think that should go without saying ¯\_(ツ)_/¯).
Hello everyone! I'm finally posting on my blog more often, yay! So, there is a message about bullying that I saw on bunnynotee's blog the other day and decided to share it with you all! I know, I know, this is supposed to be a writing/book blog, but this message is too important to even care about that. So here's the message: ♦ Got a problem with me? Solve it ♦ ♤ Think I'm trippin'? Tie my shoe ♤ ♛ Can't stand me? Sit down ♛ ☠ Can't face me? Turn around ☠ ✞ ☮ Think I'm ugly? Don't look at me ☮ 💸👚 Don't like my style? Who said I like yours! 👚 ✖ Don't know me? Don't judge me ✖ And if you think I copied and pasted you're correct Bullying? Think You’re so cool? -The Girl You Just Called Fat? She’s On A Diet. -The Girl You Just Called Ugly? She Spends Hours Putting Makeup On Hoping That People Will Like Her. - The Boy You Just Tripped? He Is Abused Enough At Home. - See That Man With Ugly Scars? He Fought For His Country. -That Guy You Just Made Fun For Crying? His Mother Is dying -That Boy You Just Made Fun Of Being Bald? He Has Cancer. Put This As Your Status If Your Against Bullying. I Bet Most Of You Won’t Re-post, But I’m Sure The People With A Heart will <3 Please take this message seriously! Bullying is not a joke. I'm glad you took the time to read this today. I'll definitely appreciate it if you'd take it to you heart as well. Please support anti-bullying!! I hope you have a great rest of your day. P.S. Please fill out the form below to answer my question, thank you! Hello everyone! I have a quick announcement to make (if some of you didn't already get it)! So, Teen Writers' Nook is doing a fun virtual scavenger hunt starting Sunday, January 24. I hope all of you participate and have lots of fun! Here is a graphic made by them! Isn't it sooo good!?!
I wish I could design that good... T_T For those of you who want to participate:- The information that you need to know for now is all on the graphic. On Sunday, January 24, go to Teen Writers' Nook for instructions on how to play. If you follow their rules carefully, you should be able to have a lot of fun! The prizes:- What's a scavenger hunt without prizes? Yes, of course there are prizes! One GRAND PRIZE Winner:- 5 customized, printable bookmarks design / 3 graphics of your choice designed by Teen Writers' Nook (it can be like a character board, mock cover, bookmark, you can choose literally ANYTHING that I can design) / 1 chance to do a guest post on TWN (you don’t need to have a blog to guest post on TWN and the post can be anything you want) / and you get to pick the name for an upcoming character in What Lay Beyond the Woods (You can even choose your own name!) Two YOU-ALMOST-MADE-IT Winners:- 5 customized, printable bookmarks designs / 2 graphic designed by Teen Writers' Nook of your choice / and your choice of any post to do on TWN Three YOU-ALMOST-MADE-IT Winners:- 3 customized printable bookmarks design / 1 graphic designed by Teen Writers' Nook of your choice Hope all of you have fun whether you choose to participate or not!! :) |
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