Thank you to everyone who submitted their stories to Voyage YA by Uncharted‘s YA OPEN. We appreciate the time and effort required to produce the excellent work that made this contest so competitive. We are excited to announce the winners here!
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Winners
First Place: “The Hand & The Sea” by Threa Almontaser
Second Place: “Sandstone Ballad” by Danielle Emerson
Third Place: “Crush” by Kate Twomey
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Shortlist
“The Luminauts” by Thafer Danial Abu Qamir
“Dive” by Ruth Boskovic
“20-Meter Pacer Test” by Lucie Brooklyn
“When You’re Poison Ivy and Your Best Friend is Harley Quinn” by Candace Hartsuyker
“The Engineer’s Guide to Party Princessing” by Kate Lechler
“Nosebleeds” by Aliza Pelto
“The Gift of Mr. Coggins” by KA Tate
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Longlist
“Anytown” by Leela AK
“That Time at the Mall When My Brother’s Brain Exploded” by Ryan Cole
“Girls” by Kat Gonso
“Raise Your Body to the Sky” by Annmarie Kelly-Harbaugh
“J Is for Judas with Jugs” by Emma Niro
“Dimples” by Tracie Padal
“Our Lady of 815 Franklin St.” by Isabella Lopez Procassini
“The Last Night on Earth” by Daniel Sheen
“Reservoir Girls” by Honni van Rijswijk
“Mirrored” by Abby Nicole Yee