DA Literary Challenge 2
The Creative Writing and Literary Magazine club is happy to announce its second writing challenge for the Spring 2018 issue. Use the following prompt to inspire your creativity, and email the result to Mrs. Howes (kelly.howes@da.org) by April 10. The winner will receive a small, ridiculous prize, automatic publication in The Locker, and the opportunity to read their work at a Community Meeting.
Grab the closest book. Go to page 42 or 67. Use a sentence from this page as the TITLE of your written piece or artwork.
What is one sentence that speaks to you on page 42 or 67 in a book near you? Add the sentence from your book and the book title in the comments below. Maybe one of these quotes will inspire your next piece of writing!
“No one was watching her – at least no human eyes.” – Thunderhead by Neal Shusterman
“I guess I’m tired of thinking the truth but saying a lie.” – Lily & Dunkin by Donna Gephart
OR
“Fail.” – Lily & Dunking by Donna Gephart
“How quickly everything had fallen apart.” – The Dead by Charlie Higson
“Oh no, it’s just a joke.” -Kardashian Konfidential
“I hid my face in my hands, rubbing away at the sleepiness.” – The Compound by S. A. Bordeen
Zues was still whimpering below me, but Abigal had probably saved his life.
Sentence from Rise Of The Elgen.
Some in the audience gasped with frieght and delight because they still thought it was part of the play! -Chasing Lincoln’s Killers by James Swanson.
Were did that come from? P.42 Calamity
Kevin
“I won’t be twelve forever, you know,”
By masterminds
“‘Sudden Death!’ an analyst exclaims, right as I gasp.” – Warcross by Marie Lu
“What was her letter to the world? And why would the whole world write her a letter anyway?”
– Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World by Ashley Herring Blake
“She finally got it.” -Scythe by Neal Shusterman
“It’s called common decency.”- Scythe, Neal Shusterman
“Things will get better, you’ll see.” -Refugee
“Or so I thought…”-Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson pg. 42
” But even he had made mistakes. ” -The Compound by S. A. Bordeen
I trailed off as sounds echoed up the corridor, coming from far behind us.
-Calamity, Pages 42
“This is my school. This is my life.” -Not If I Save You First- pg. 67- bu Ally Carter
“ Besides, I bet so-called small talk has ended more friendships than not talking ever did.” -The Thing About Jellyfish
“ I mean, I know she didn’t say I could go outside and play, but she didn’t say I couldn’t either, plus we finished our test last week, and, with two days left, the teachers don’t really give homework anymore.” Rebound- Kwame Alexander.