Young Voices

I'm getting published in Young Voices! Cool, isn't it?

My short story - A New Face in a New Country won the entitlement. To be honest, I wrote this between the summer of grade eight and grade nine, so it wasn't exactly my best piece ever. However, when I thought about stories I could send to the Toronto Public Library annual young adult magazine, this was one of my only stories that delt with a topic that seemed appropriate.

I think you can guess what the topic is about just by looking at the title. It's very short (approx. 500 words) detailing the first day of school for a Romanian girl who just arrived (in Canada?)... it really could be anywhere. She goes on to being humiliated, but in the end finding a good friend.

Cheesy, huh? Well, it's not my usual cup of tea, but my fingers were itchy to try out a lot of stuff back then. I've explored a variety of genres since then, including an awesome love story that all of my friends like. It just goes on to show how I've changed.

On another note, this is my first time being published (I think... if you don't count letters to the ed. and all that stuff). I'm looking forward to seeing it in print.