Due this week

5. Haunted. Have you ever been in a house where things go bump in the night? Do you believe that some buildings or places are haunted? Is there one in your town? Tell us a story about it. Make it believable.
Alternate: Lockers. What one thing do you wish no one to know about in your locker? Or what is the most important thing in your locker? Deadline: Friday Oct. 17.

To submit to Newspaper Series

  • Log in. (Click "Not a YWP member?" to create an account.)

  • Click "create content" and create an ENTRY
  • Fill out "title," "author name, school & grade" and "prompt" boxes.
  • Paste story into "body."
  • Click "Submit." You are done.
    NOTES: Your account email must be accurate; a "blog" entry must be resubmitted as an ENTRY to be considered.

Picnic Tables

Picnic tables see a lot.
Happy families with red-checkered
tablecloths, cold chicken, and pie.
Angry families sullenly eating their soggy
turkey and cheese.
Frightened families running from a
yellowjackets' nest and eating in their car
instead.
Children sitting on the bench, their head
on the table, crying because they just can't
get their way.
Picnic tables are pounded by raindrops,
snow, sleet, hail, fists.
And warmed by the sunshine
making it's way through peeling red paint
and layers of wood
until the whole thing is dry.

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