WINNERS - “Imagination Begins with You…” 2025 HS Writing Contest (15th Annual)

We are pleased to announce this year’s winners of the “Imagination Begins with You…” high school writing contest.

  • Winner: “The Last Step” by Oscar
  • Second: “The Last Flight of the Paper Crane” by Ellen

Finalists and winners of the 2024 or 2025 contest are included in the One Spark 2024/2025 short story collection available now (order on Coolimagination.com or Amazon).

All proceeds go to fund the contest. To date (unlike many writing contests) there is no charge to enter this contest and no required purchase. This publication provides a partial offset to the costs of the contest.

Thanks for entering this year’s contest. There were many great stories this year and determining the winners and finalists was not easy.

Celebrating our 15th year of the annual “Imagination Begins with You…” high school writing contest.

The 2025 finalists stories were:

  • The Beast on The Hill
  • Forbidden Painting
  • The Harder Option
  • The Hungry Hungry Catfish
  • The Last Flight of the Paper Crane
  • The Last Librarian
  • The Last Step
  • Library of Lost Tomorrows
  • Lilly of the Valley
  • No Color
  • Time Collector
  • The Serpent’s Emerald Eyes
  • A Soldier’s Journey: A true Story
  • The Stranger
  • The Sand That Speaks
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