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RALPH MUNN CREATIVE WRITING ANTHOLOGY 2018 Ralph Munn Creative Writing Antholog y 2018 Ralph Munn Creative Writing Anthology 2018 Committee Chair Sienna Cittadino, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh–Allegheny Committee Co-Chair Michael Balkenhol, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh–Squirrel Hill Editorial Committee Emily Fear, Sewickley Public Library James Graham, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh–Hazelwood Katelyn Cove, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh–Beechview Marian Streiff, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh–Mt. Washington Matt Zeoli, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh–Brookline Book Design and Copyediting Connie Amoroso Cover Illustration Lexi Hall Copyright © 2018 by Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. All rights revert to the individual authors. Printed and bound in the United States of America. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Contents About the Ralph Munn Creative Writing Contest 8 The Judges 9 Short Prose (First Place) Brianna Kline-Costa Bruised Girls Are Like Rabbits 13 (Second Place) Ciara Sing A Pop Quiz to Make Myself Even More Confused About Identity 17 Aliza Hamid A Series of Unfortunate Subway Events 20 Amanda Lu You are me. I am you. 26 Brianna Longo The Outcasts 34 Cari Molin Pikachu Buddy 44 Chelsianna Havko A Good Day to Die 46 Destiny Perkins Lineage 51 Evie Jin The Keeper 53 Evie Jin After the Show 60 Jacqueline LeKachman The Voicemail 68 Julian Riccobon Baby Steps 75 Julian Riccobon Tigers and Elephants 85 Lemlem Gamble Self 96 Madeline Bain Healing 98 Madison Jones The Brave Boy 102 Nisha Rao Growing Up Feminist 104 Noor El-Dehaibi Matt 107 Qingqing Zhao Breakfast with Strangers 110 Serena Zets Frida 118 Tess Buchanan Mother Earth: A Bird’s End 120 Will Thayer The End of the World Circus Is Going Great! 122 Poetry (First Place) Marissa Randall Future’s Spark 127 (Second Place) Ilan Magnani The Extinction of a Body 129 Aaliyah Thomas Coffin Birth 130 Alex Flagg A Familial Disconnect 132 Amanda Wolf Three’s Company 133 Amanda Wolf Skaters 135 Brianna Caridi the Blood moon is no less Beautiful 137 Chelsianna Havko Failure 138 Chloe Butcher Alien 139 Chloe Butcher Winter 140 Chloe Walls Where I’m From 141 Ciara Sing For the Black Boys That Never Learned How to Swim 142 Emily Rhodes Carrion 143 Erin Park The Worker’s Word 144 Hazel Rouse Sirens 146 Hunter Greenberg Legs 148 Jack Scott The Winter Sport: A Ski Racing Sonnet 150 Jordan Crivella operation protect the people 151 Kieren Konig Water 153 Lauryn David Parental Guidance 155 Lexi Hall Like a Used Car 157 Lianna Rishel Case, Severity B 158 Lily Tolchin Meteor Shower 159 Maddie Figas Amelia Bedelia and I Walk Through the Aisles of Tsunami Surf Shop 160 Maddie Figas Corey I’m Writing Because Nothing Good Has Happened Since You Died 162 MaKayla Wilson Homewood 164 Maria Kresen Rape of Youth 166 Maya Shook The Little Guys 167 Olivia Balogh Enough 169 Serena Zets An ode to ollanta 171 Tara Stenger Prized Fish 173 Thalia King Malala and I Tour America 175 Acknowledgments 177 About the Ralph Munn Creative Writing Contest Born in 1894, Ralph Munn started his library career as a reference librarian in Seattle in 1921, became Flint Public Library’s Librarian in 1926 and then on to the Directorship of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in 1928 until 1964. During that time, he held the positions of Director and Dean of the library school at the Carnegie Institute of Technology, now Carnegie Mellon University, until it became part of the University of Pittsburgh in 1962. An endowment fund created to honor his legacy now provides support for creative writing opportunities for young adults through the Library. Thanks to research by Sheila Jackson and the Development Office, we know that the original use of this endowment, contributed by friends of Ralph Munn, began in the 1960s for a lecture series on librarianship and transitioned to use for creative writing workshops in the 1970s, under supervision of the Carnegie Institute, which oversaw the fund. After a hiatus in the 1990s the contest was revived in 2007 with additional help from other bequests. Library staff and volunteers led workshops and formed an editorial board to judge entries to the contest and find professional writers to choose contest winners. In the first year, the contest took off, receiving nearly 300 entries, and it has not stopped being a popular and anticipated part of Teen Services. Since the creative writing contest joined forces with the Labsy awards under the Teen Media Awards banner, it continues to evolve as a way for Allegheny county teens to be acknowledged, published, and awarded for their work and creativity. The libraries in the county are proud to support this creative work and provide spaces, mentors, and resources toward that end. Tessa Barber Chair, Ralph Munn Creative Writing Committee (2015 – 2016) 8 The Judges Poetry Sharon Flake Sharon G. Flake has an international reputation as a top children’s and YA author. Her breakout novel The Skin I’m In, established her as a must read author among middle and high students, parents and educators. She has spoken to more than two-hundred thousand young people, and hugged nearly as many. Flake has penned nine novels, numerous short stories, plays, and a picture book entitled, You Are Not a Cat. Her work has been translated into multiple languages including French, Korean and Portuguese. She has been awarded several Coretta Scott King Honor awards along with the YWCA Racial Justice Award, and her work has appeared on many prestigious lists including the Kirkus Review’s Top Ten Books of the Year; Best Books for Young Adult Read- ers by the American Library Association; Top Ten Books for the Teen Age by the New York Public Library; Top Twenty Recommended Books to Read by the Texas Library Association, the Junior Library Guide Selection; 100 Books Every Teenage Girl Should Read; Booklist’s Editor’s Choice Award, and others. Prose Abeer Hoque Abeer Y. Hoque is a Nigerian born Bangladeshi American writer and photog- rapher. Her books include a travel photography monograph, The Long Way Home (2013), a linked story collection, The Lovers and the Leavers (2015), and a memoir, Olive Witch (2017). She has won fellowships from Fulbright, NEA, and NYFA, and her work has been published in Guernica, The Rumpus, Elle, Catapult, ZYZZYVA, and the Commonwealth Short Story Competition, among others. She has B.S. and M.A. degrees from the Wharton School, an M.F.A. from the University of San Francisco, and she has held two solo photography exhibitions. See more at olivewitch.com. 9
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