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Sewickley’s Shakespeare wins WPCTE Flash Fiction contest
Ari Shakespeare, a Grade 6 student at Sewickley Academy, was recently named the Grades 4–6 band grand prize winner of the Western Pennsylvania Council for Teachers of English (WPCTE) Flash Fiction contest.
Why it matters: Shakespeare was one of 349 students participating in the regional competition.
- The annual contest is open to students in grades 1 through 12. It requires a 500-word piece of fictional writing with a plot and developed characters.
Reality check: Judges are only informed about the grade band and writing. They are not provided with information about the schools, teachers or students.
- WPCTE partnered with the Sigma Tau Delta Xi Xi chapter at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania to help judge this year's submissions.
Go deeper: Read Shakespeare's winning piece, "The Quantum Simulator."
