Chatham County Schools is pleased to present our 2025 published Young Authors across the district for our 34th year of hosting the program! We are very proud to share these original stories written by our talented students, whose work is organized by school below.
CONGRATULATIONS, YOUNG AUTHORS!
We are proud of you!
Legend:
Names are listed alphabetically by last name, but in the format of first name, last name. For example: Kathy Peterson
π After a name = finalist award-winning story
The Basketball's Tale, Cane Anders
The Peace House, Emma Brewer
Strike Out, Ethan Brewer
A Helping Hand, Lilly Dark π
The Escape Room, Hadley Frye
Barista Problems, Elin Lindley
Fast Food Friends, Cristian Machado
Farm Life, Sophie McDaniel
Summer, Isla Moore
Oceans, Jaci Payne
Just Us, June Carol Perry
Baseball, Easton Petty π
I Love My Dogs, Hadley Powell
Forever Loved, Bailey Ritter
Softball, Harper Scott
Shadow, Presleigh Smith
The Mystical Lake and the Robot, Leona Upchurch π
The Girls in the Woods, Linley Bryant
A Day in the Life as Draberto, Lydia Chappell
The Birthday Disaster, Ellie Cox π
The Nightmare, Quin Fatolitis
Day in the Life of a Salom Boy, Olive Gagnon
The Big Battle, Adelaide Hart and Lenore Hartπ
Happy Little Chick, Jayson Lopez-Gonzalez
Waddles and Quackers' Fun and Mysterious Adventure!!, Ava Maness
The Story of Blossom Valley, Audrey Patti
Running with the Wind, Claire Palmer π
Once a Great Germany, Kaleb Sutton
My Horse, Abigail Wachs
The Unsolved Mystery of Theodore's Disappearance, Gracie Willard π
School, Abigail Buddaπ
The Cosmic Adventures of Jack and Gary, Archer Clarke π
Fern Whisper and Poppy Stars Prophecy, Lila Clarke
Theo's Awesome Journal, Casey Cordon
In the Face of Doom, Jocelyn Hinde π
The World of Bugs, Joseph Hoopes
Castle Quest, Madeline Kaylor
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie, Lucy Koch
Dear god..., Sophia Rosso
The Kidnapper, Sophia Rosso
My Narrative about Discovering a Fossil, Caden Tubel
Marie's Story, Haliey Zarate Cruz π
The Rose Krew, E'mani Currie π
The Flower of Moonlight, Fable Tonegutti π
Not Accepted, Mary Woolley π
Seven Day Devotional for Kids, Shelby Grace Hargrove π
This is When I Was Little, Emerson Keifer π
All About Me, Rhetta Maynor π
The Heart's Diary, Eleanor Aldrich and Syndey Tomhave
The Irish Wolfhound, Lauren Beebe
Velocity, Colton Holloway π
Xaliens, Sarah Hoopes
Sunken Skies, Marion Jacobs
Over the Horizon, Bae Li Kumar and Olivia Tomhave π
The House of Nightmares, Kelsie Martin
Now You See Me, Now You Don't, Alia Mendlovitz
Race Has No Difference, Mia Nelson
Freyja, Kara Smith
The Four, Julia Sussman π
The Reality, Jenna Pietryga
My Poems, Chloe Whithead
Butterflies, Esther Jackson π
Eclipse Mystery Club #1: India's Monkey People, Aiden Safarian π
Do Not Smile, Samantha Thompson π
Ruby Goes to the Beach, Mallory Altermirano
Sage and Her Secret, Gabby Atkinson
The Flesh Monster, Rowe Bailey and Jack Davis
Max and the Howlers, Brooks Barlow π
The Missing Piece, Alyssia Blindenbacher
The Attack of Skibitty Toilet, Brody Cheafsky
The Titan Wars Play, Sky Clark
The Haunted Basement, Avery Colbert-Noll, Hannah Sommer, Claire Henderson, Callie Latta
Vampires at Night, Nahla Colbert-Noll
The Crazy Carrot, Caitlin Corcoran, Ainsley Victor, Jordan Dickson
The Robot, Eli Darden
Kids Survive 2: Vivian and the race of the Volcano, Amelia DePietro
Fishing, Gabriel Diaz
IKEA, Jakob Dragich
Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Harrison E, Beckett S, Luke M, and William W
The Game, Harrison Ebert
The Mystic, Marlow Eckstein
The Life of a Monarch Butterfly, Addison Elliott
Million Dollar Throw, Wyatt Flowers and Drew Simpson
The Amazing Adventure of Snowflake, Reese Foster
The Swords Of Time, Elliott Gayosso-Martinez
A Drone's Story, Ella Harris, Scarlett Sherwin, and Peyton Lipske
The Jungle Friends, Sakhamtat Hayes
Cheezit and Me, Kinsley Holliday
The Girl Who Met A Unicorn, Sofia Jenks
Who is Vance Honeycutt?, Harvey Jozwiak
Pizza And Taco Play Football, Jack Jozwiak
Doggy Days, Sophie Jozwiak
Trust No One, Addison Kisby-Shadrin π
The Earth is Filled with Magical Things, Aria Lee
The One Who Took Earth, Austin Lee
Camp Morris, Kate Livengood
WW2 - America Joined the War, Rhys Lovegrove, Sawyer Marino
Squid Games, Colton Lucas
Cocoa Karen and Elsa, Jasmine Mahajan and Morgan Spangenberg
Kids Survive: Sage and the Ship at Sea, Allison Martinez-Ornelas
The Ghost Sighting, AJ Partain
A Little Hope Won't Hurt, Ashlyn Pearson and Sophia Stallone
Forever Bros: The Touchdown Tantrum, Camden Petit
Willowtree, Lila Preslar (Assisted by Lola Freeman 4th grade)
KiteClan: The Journey, Kylee Pryor π
The Quiet Forest, Amelia Ramos
The Magic Dictionary, Lincoln Ryder
The Basement, Sophia Santos and McKenna Webster
Hello Kitty In Space, Mariel Vela-Mancilla
The Baby Bumble Bee, McKenna WebsterΒ
Axolotl and Banana, Emily Weiser-Ward
The Last Knight, Andrew Zwalhan
The Great Escape, Nora Zwahlen
Tales of the Rainforest, Beatrice Allen and Audrey Winger
Preppy Dogs, Ella Barthel and Harper Thomas
My Dog, Ka'moni Bass
Chicken-Zilla, Turner Baughn
Dinosaurs, Turner Baughn
All the Shapes, Violet Blair and Henry Raab
Giant Amphibians of the World, Clark Boone π
Ships, Planes and a lot More, Owen Brantley
The Room of Terror, Dani Britt and Gabriella Reissfelder
A Little Cookbook with a Little Price, Hadley Burke, Ainsley Poole, Pepper Wezyk
Cutest Animals Ever, Avery Clark, Lenora Saley, and Mackenzie Wood
The Princess, Kara Curtis
Puppies, Rebecca de Carvalho
All About Cars, Phoenix Esnard
The Adventure, Gwendolyn Girard
A Climb into the Canopy, Jude Goller
The Jaguar Chase, Silas Harris
The Lost Boy, Connor Herndon and Harper Morgan
Marines, Quincy Hilliard, Spencer Travers, and Waylon Williams
The Past of the Rainforest, James's Great Adventure, Theo Hilliard
The History of Nintendo!!!, Liam Hodges
Moon Wolf, Iris Jacobs
The Great Tales of Meg, Winston Ledford
Mandy, Avery Lepisto and Ellie McMullen
Baseball, Jaxon King, Hux Liggett, and Marcus Jones
Minecraft, Kiran Kilpatrick
Steve in the Fight of Herobrine, Cristian Lopez-Munoz
The Missing Queens, Lacey Mellott and Gabriella Reissfelder
Ava the Cat, Veronica Moore
My Life in School, Veronica Moore
Some Very Very Cute Stuff, Fiona Paulus
Magic Rescue, Brandon Peacock
Sophie the Cat is a Grump on His Birthday, Cameron Peh
Lulu the Hamster, Emma Porrua
Henry Ford, Landon Reitz
The Life of John Hancock, Owen Reitz
That One Thing and Other Things, Arley Ricker π
A Cat Needs a Home, Rianshi Sahu
A Happy Place, Rianshi Sahu π
A Unicornly Story, Rianshi Sahu
All About Penguins, Rianshi Sahu
The Gautam Buddha, Rianshi Sahu
Lily the Puppy, Sylvie Sanders
Rainforest Adventures, Calder Steadman
Bunnies, Margaret Steadman
Cats!, Margaret Steadman
The Story of Why Polliwogs Have No Arms or Legs, Margaret Steadman
Basking Sharks, Hank Stewart
Neptune, Domingo Tabangcura
This is Joy Girl, Harper Thomas
Loves Us Too, Kaylee Vaughn
The Twin Cats, Claire Wolcott
The Walking Dead, Trinity Ashworth
How Turtles Got Their Shells, Tiyana Baldwin
Axolotls, Dylan Barker
How Chipmunks Got Their Pouches, Dylan Barker and Emily Hiera
How Winney Got His Fire, Gianluca Barsallo
William Gets Hangry, Gianluca Barsallo
The Sisters, Ainsley Bellavance and Kaidence Peaks
A Dragon Named Scarlett, Everly Bellavance
The Rainbow Dragon, Ava Berly
The Aliens from the Other Side and Other Creepy Stories, Noah Bogan, Kaiden Githrie and Isaac Elsenbeck
Zero Gravity, The Story, Kyle Boyd and Gabriel Rodriguez
Pep the Hungry Dragon, Akenna Caddell
The Great Adventures of Stickman, Athena Camp
The Elf on the Shelf, Valeria Casasola Danshina
Why Do Frogs Jump So High, Briella Cercy
My Dragon Flame, Cora Clevenger
How the Axolotl Got Its Gills, Addie Cooley
Chubby the Dragon Gets Buff, Blake Cooley
The Dragon With Fire In His Belly, Landon Cooper
A Book About Me and God, Toni Coot
Haven's New School, Amyra Daly π
The Dragon is Scared, Amyra Daly
A Dragon Named Sweetie, Lucy DiCato
Elania and the Secret Portal, Eleanor Eason
How the Butterfly Got Its Color, Eliza Eberle and Stella Wilson
Reading Challenges, Bailey Farrell
All About Pigs, Elena Farrell and Bernadette Foreman
How the Pig Got Its Curly Tail, Elena Farrell and Louise Kirkland
Xion the Dog, Xion Ferrara
How the Bear Got Its Claws, Bernadette Foreman and Harper Swinney
Milatary Men, Elena Farrell and Louise Kirkland
Raising a Kitten, Jordan Foege
The Ultimate Dragon, Tristan Foege
How Deer Got Its Antlers, Reina Frazier
How Zebra Got Her Stripes, Zora Frazier
How the Giraffe Got a Long Neck, Penelope Gabriele and Ruth Marcum
My Wolf Book, Thalia Garcia
The School Dragon Named Isabelle, Isabella Geraci
Why are Frogs so Slimey?, Kane Goodwin
How Panda Got His Spots, Lincus Graham and Sullivan Vernon
The First Day of School, Brooklynn Harris
How the Rabbit Got Its Long Ears, Naiyara Hasan
Karsen 2: The Dragon, Karsen Heustess and Iona McInnis
The Besties, Emmanuelle Hilbert and McKenzie Trosper
Unknown Creations Stickman Episode 1, James Horne
How Sharks Got Their Teeth, Sutton Hurdle
A Day in the Life of Jinger Hutchings at Work, Jinger Hutchings
Dance Team Drama!, Ainsley Hummer and London Seymore
I Love Football, Amira James
Universe Hole, Junior Joyner
How the Lion Got its Mane, Maximillian Kaisinger
Sigmaboi, Parker Jay and Rhodes Kirkland
How the Skunk Got Its Stink, Ike Kristensen π
Four Brother Dragons, part 2, Cameron Lange
The Evil Dragon, Cameron Lange
Emotion Monster, Eloise Lawson
How Did Bunnies Get Their Ears?, Eloise Lawson
How the Cobra Got its Venom, Charles Lutterloh
The Special Dance Team, Aleena Marsh
Amy the Dragon, Robyn Massey
Why There is a Wrestlemania "I Quit" Match, Lyriq McDaniel
The Fire Dragon Who Destroyed New York, Phoenix McGrath
Ftu's Fight, Iona McInnis
Liz the Dragon and the Egg, Iona McInnis
Annie's Dragon, Anastasia Niezgoda
The Life of a College Girl, Penelope Odogwu
My Dragon At an Egg, Alexander Olsson
The Adventures of the Dragon and Princess, Lola Parks
Why Are Rabbits White, Eleanor Plante
How Rhino Got His Horn, Desmond Richardson and Sheperd Strehle
The Dragon and the Bully, Elijah Richardson
The Sea, Matthew Rodriguez Yoque π
How Octopuses Got Their Tentacles, Lachlan Saint Clair
Why Dolphins are So Playful, Autumn Sargent
My Dragon Named Leton, Logan Shambley
How the Baby Horse Got Her Name, Zacari Thomas
Mercy the Dragon, Blake Toomer
Four Brother Dragons, Grayson Trosper
The Evil Dragon, Hanzla Usman
Savannah's Story, Channah Vause
How Jeremy the Pitbull Got Big, Christopher Velazquez Basilio
How the World Was Made, Nathan Vitko
Draggy and the Egg, Brinley Washington
Ruby the Cat, Astrid Weber
The Evil Dragons, Zachary Whitman
The Chicken, Jair Aguilar
La Ardilla, Caroline Aguilera Sosa
The Seven Rings of Doom, Eris Applewhite
I, Maddox, Maddox Bass
The Pig Goes on Vacation, Nikolai Beasley π
Stitch Gets Sun Burned!, Sophia Coto
The Music Boy, Owen Cranford
Jasper's Revenge, Jacob D
The Unicorn, Angelie Dubon
The Sad Raccoon, Gracie Epifanio Banos
The Witch and the Three Girls, Jaydeline Espinal
Vera Jo's First Day of School, Vera Jo Gaines
The Sleepover, Olivia Garcia π
The Three Graveyard Kids, Tyreke Goldston
The School, Jaylani Herrera Interiano
The Little House, Blake Holland
The Hidden Slide, Benjamin Hernandez
A Pokemon Battle Book, Eyad Ibrahim
La Investigacion de Jake en el Amazon Rainforest, Obed Jacinto
The AI Girl, Vada Kimrey
The Beautiful Beach, Avery Kirk
Slenderman, Arianna Leandro Balderas
The Search for Family, Ephraim McQueary
Home? Daiana Mendoza
The Monkey Rival Teams, Eduardo Ortiz-Silva
Baby Pandas, Alaina Pacheco
The Bus Driver, Kenneth Perez Gonzalez
Selena: The Story, Emma Pulido Navarro
Minx and Apollo Adventures Together, Vanessa Phillips π
El Alosaurio, Ariel Ramirez Duenas
From Nothing to Winner, Zachary Rojas
Pete's First Day of 1st Grade, Fernando Valencia
Food, Rudy Vicente
Pete the Cat Learns the Alphabet, Arley Vicente
The Hungry Cat, Janet Sanchez
The Ninja Cat from India, Kyleah Woods
This is the Best Soccer Player of All Time, Felipe Aguayo
Black Holes, Carolyn Alderman
The Michael Jordan Story, Silas Alvarez
All About Melanie Martinez, Bristol Arndt
Pikachu's Big Adventure, Bryce Auman
Dogs and Cats Verses 1000000 Animal Control Officers, Easton Barth
The New Girl, Skylar Barth
The Howling Woods, Isaac Bowman
I Dare You, Gabriel Carcamo
A Horse Named Nay, Riley Chafin
All About Cars and Trucks, Seamus Coyne
When I Grow Up, Hayden Craven
My 2 Sisters, Mom and I, Layla Craven
Alien Invasion, Nora Cruz San Juan
Yellowblue, Ember Davis
Savannah's Book, Savannah Dunn
Me and My Cat and My Dog, Zoey Ellis
All About Chickens, Harley Gaddis
Abraham Lincoln, Micah Garner
City Against Country Life, Harpyr Gladson and Piper Payne
Sabrina Carpenter: A Biography from Girls Meets World to Girl Meets Success, Skylar Glover
Godzila, Dylan Gonzalez Rivera
Small Things, Sophia Grimes
All About the Planets, Lily Hall
All About Labradors Book, Noelle Hicks
Mooncats, Marla Hooft
How M&Ms are Made, London Horton
Trains, Mabry Johnson
The Big Boom!, Olivia Kincaid
How to Make Money, Geon King an Elijah Morgan
The Amazing Juan!, Noah Laing and Sawyer Leysath
Tim and His Choices, Noah Laing
Godzillous Kong, A William Book, William Laing π
Facts About Spiderman, Jaylin Lancaster
My dog is so cute and..., Brooke Lehman
Timithy Learns How to Fly, Jackson Leonard
Taylor Swift: A Biography, Cosette Leysath
Hunting, Carson Lynch
The Game, Layla Marsh π
The Competition, Grace Matthews
Robot Attack, Robert Morgan
Cookbook, Chase Murdock
When Mai Got a Puppy, Hensley Nettles
Computer Pup, Amelia Parker
Things, Murray Parker
Home, Ella Parks
All About Space, Willow Penn
What is a Pollenator, Mira Pfeiffer
The Special Dolphin, Harper Phillips
Our Solar System, Eleanor Powers
Me and My Axolotl, Cojaee Price
Harry and the Goblet of Fire, Judson Rayfield
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Ascaband 2, Kennedy Rayfield
Covid 24, Preston Riggins
The Rich Minifigure, Blake Ritter
Wacky Wendesday #2, Maxine Shaffer
Ghost Goes to School, Kellan Shepherd
Dogs, Cade Szilvay
Run for $10 Million, Jake Vasquez π
The Day the Crayons Quit, Charli Wicker
Baby John Learns to Write, JB Witkowski
The Mountain, Anthony Zumano Garcia
The Big Escape, Hansel Aguilar Carbajal π
Poetry Anthology, Dayana Alvarado Soliz
All About Art, Sophia Amezquita Ruiz
The Walls of Emmett Till, Kayla Burnette
The Not So Calm Day, Amy Bustamante Toledo
Hello Kitty's Birthday, Camila Caceres
Is This Real, Aine Casarrubias Catalan
The Princess in the Tower, Layahna Chavis
When I Grow Up I Want to Be a Paleontologist, Gabriella Crutchfield
Worst Life Ever, Carlos Escobar Gomez π
MEXICO Is One of My Favorite Fun Countries, Monica Garcia Zagada
An Alphabet Story, SirYahweh Goods
Tiana's Story, Nahomi Guzman
The Gingerbread Boy Alex, Alex Herrera Islas
Boulder, Erik Lamy
Snow, Bianca Lopez-Hernandez
Space, Bianca Lopez-Hernandez
How Snoopy Saved Woodstock from a Bad Guy, Samantha Lopez Ixcoy
Cubby on the Moon, Diego Lopez Mejia
Mexican Chihuahua From Chihuahua with French Bull Dog, Miguel Magana-Salinas
The Underground Ghost Girl, Samuel Melgar
Alien Invasion, Alex Newby
Hurricane Katrina, Manfred Rodas Garcia π
All About Baking, Emely Gutierrez
Water Monster, Axel Sanchez Flores
The Girl Who Could Time Travel, Alexis Shore
Dolphins Falling in Love with Each Other, Telayah Snuggs
Coraline and the Endless Tunnel, Eliana Solano
How Spider Man Saved the World, Alisson Suarez Estrada
About Castles, Mariana Tadeo Zagada'
Lilo y Stitch, Griselda Tolentino Fonseca
Ready or Not, Here We Come!, Kaicy Vero Hernandez Romero
A Story About a Stickman Named Runner, Jonathan Whitfield
Cheeto the Hedgehog, Travis Womble
Yasmin the Gymnast, Ximena Zagada Ponce
The Life of a Shark in the Sea, Alexander Zaragoza Ortiz
The Murderer, Nathaly Zarate Rivera
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