Flash Fiction Contest Winner Announced

Olney Friends School is pleased to announced the winner of the first annual Flash Fiction contest, in which high school students from Ohio and West Virginia were invited to submit one-page stories to be judged by Esquire editor Tom Chiarelli.

The winning story, “Long Live the Average,” was written by a ninth-grader at Olney, Kerri Rogers. “It’s about a girl who decides she needs to fit in and the things she gives up to try to get friends. She has to decide whether or not it was really worth it,” says Rogers.

The contest was initiated by humanities teacher Abby Chew. The school has lobbied nationally to declare October National Fiction Month.

Rogers is a day student at Olney. She lives in Bethesda.

For her winning efforts, she received a $100 cash prize provided by Wesbanco Barnesville.

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