Kick-off Writing Library

Enjoy the entries for the Circle C Kick-off Summer Writing Contest. Here is the contest prompt:

Imagine yourself living on a ranch in the 1880s. What would you spend your time doing? Lassoing? Riding a horse? Watching a sunrise or sunset? Or? Use your imagination to write an original piece about your favorite place on the ranch or a favorite ranch activity in less than 500 words, or create a short poem. Or you may create an original piece of artwork about your favorite place or favorite activity.

Thanks to Kregel Publications for providing the awesome books for prizes and for helping judge this contest.

Writing Winners

All 26 writing pieces are posted in the order in which they were received. Note: some submissions did not follow the prompt. During the judging, when a decision had to be made between two pieces of artwork, the one closest to following the prompt received priority.

Writing Entries

• Dust and Sunrise . . . Esther Campbell
• A Day of Rest . . . Jonathan Hadley
• An Unforgettable Experience . . . Verity Fisher
• My Happy Place . . . Kaylah Mead 🥇
• Joys of Ranching . . . Fidelity Eager
• A Day in my Life . . . Micaiah Christenson
• A Ranch Like Andi . . . Brinley Agnew 🥈
• Sunrise at the Water Hole . . . Alyssa Long
• My Childhood Was a Dream . . . Elianna Barger
• The Best Place in the World . . . Rebekah Barger
• Three A.M. . . . Isabella Seliquini
• Cassidy Grace on the Circle C Ranch . . . Grace Anderson
• The Best Ranch . . . Elizabeth Swan
• My Writing Assignment . . . Naomi F.
• Let Freedom Ring . . . Hannah Haywood
• If I lived on a Ranch . . . Lydia Linke
• A Good Day on the Ranch . . . Briana Ku
• The Stall Cleaning . . . Tiffanie Sileo
• Caleb’s Ride . . . Hailey Moser
• Ranch Memories . . . Selah Barger
• Our Life in the 1880s . . . Sylvia Widman
• My Favorite Thing to Do . . . Boaz Widman
• My Favorite Place to Spend My Time . . . Anah Miera 🥉
• Life on the Ranch . . . Rebekah Clark
• A Singing Pines Birthday! . . . Abigail E. Clark
• The Mystery on the Circle C Ranch . . . Caroline Knelsen