Below are the top 25 entries in our Red Light/Green Light contest, where writers are vying for the prizes of a gift certificate to One Stop for Writers AND a phone call with fabulous agent Kimberly Brower at RF Literary!
CONGRATS to all who made it in to our top 25, and good luck going forward! And
for those who didn't make it in, remember that this is all subjective. If
you're unsure about your opening, consider entering AYAP's First Five Pages Workshop, which runs monthly, for some extra guidance!
And now, presenting:
And now, presenting:
THE TOP 25 ENTRIES
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JR Creaden Young Adult SciFi Muffled sobs drummed into my awareness as my vision washed over with endless white. |
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Sheryl Stein Young Adult Contemporary I chugged the final drips of chocolate milk through the tiny, white straw and looked around the noisy school cafeteria, my eyes stabbing madly over faces and hairnets and trashcans all around the room. |
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Amanda Perry Young Adult Other They say the devil was once an angel, no one knew this to be true so well as Evelyn Wharton. |
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Stella Nadene Young Adult Contemporary Through the heavy blackness I somehow find peace for the two seconds it takes before the next burst of white light. |
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Ambiguous_A08 Young Adult Suspense Adam almost didn’t notice the message written on the back of the yield sign. |
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Maureen O'Leary Young Adult Contemporary On the final night of summer vacation it didn’t matter what kind of fun I was having. |
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Valerie Bodden Young Adult Contemporary I bury my face deeper in the sticky-sweet grass and try to tune out the shrieks and splashes coming from the pool on the other side of the yard. |
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Michelle Collins Young Adult Fantasy Bearing the collective memory of an entire village is a burden meant only for a person of great strength and power. |
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Ash Holland Young Adult Dystopian So far, there are no signs of danger. |
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J.A. Ward Young Adult Contemporary Three months ago I watched a stranger die, so I know what death looks like. |
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Ellen Plotkin Mulholland Young Adult Contemporary As if I need any further evidence we don't swim in the same gene pool, my brother bounds down the stairs. |
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Maggie Hasbrouck Young Adult Contemporary My mother and every other woman who lives on Muriel Avenue gets paid to have sex, that’s just how it is. |
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Rebecca J. Allen Middle Grade Adventure I stomped off the bus, weighed down by soul-crushing news and the long school day ahead of me. |
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Jeri Baird Middle Grade Magical Realism The day the preacher called me cursed, I knew my life had changed. |
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Jamie M. Selgen Young Adult Paranormal I tried to scream but my mouth refused to cooperate. |
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Christy C Young Adult SciFi The gun clicks and I smile. |
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Olga Middle Grade Contemporary Antonio glanced at the carved wooden box in his mom's room and opened it quickly. |
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Annie Oakes Middle Grade Contemporary My cool black duffel bag shot out of the plastic curtain onto the baggage carousel and slowly circled towards me. |
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Nova Lee Zaiden Young Adult Paranormal The shock returns in the middle of the night. |
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Becky Young Adult Suspense My best friend had just saved the world, again. |
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Megan Snyder Young Adult Fantasy Somehow she lived for almost 23 years without hearing of it. |
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Jamie Adams Young Adult Paranormal They arrived like thieves, in the dead of night, traveling along the edge of a silence as sharp as a knife. |
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Amira Middle Grade Fantasy Gaia’s lifelong dream was about to come true, and waiting patiently was incredibly hard |
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A Reading Red Sox Young Adult Contemporary The boy in front of me will most likely have to die. |
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Dana Nuenighoff Young Adult Fantasy No one witnessed tears stained my ocean-weathered face. |
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Such great first lines. Best wishes to all!
ReplyDeleteCongrats to everyone! What a great opportunity.
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