Our Dragon Story Contest Winners Read the winning stories from ASI’s young authors writing contest
Earlier this year, young writers ages 3–18 were invited to submit original stories to ASI that featured dragons or were inspired by ASI’s exhibition Paper Dialogues: The Dragon and Our Stories. One winning story was selected from each of four categories. The competition was as fierce, and many creative and exceptional stories were submitted for consideration. The winning four stories have been published in their entirety at asimn.org.
Preschool category (age 3–5): Thorvald the Greedy Dragon By Reegan Carl, age 5, with Grandma Chris Cairl Reegan, CJ and Charlie were eating knäckebröd in their playhouse. They were laughing and gasping for air. The group calmed down and Reegan spread the secret treasures from the pouch on the table. Thorvald the little dumpy dragon was lurking outside the window peering in. He was very lonely and wanted to be prat of their play. He was sad that they were laughing and he wasn’t. He thought their treasures would make him happy. The treasures on the table were a dala horse meaning courage, a crystal stone for pureness and honesty, and a gold pocket watch owned by great
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