Story Contest 2019 #1 - Highly Commended Stories

Sub-junior Category

• A Special Gift by Sarah Essid, Turkey
• Cindy and the Magic Tree by Sadiya Tasleem, Sultanate of Oman
• Epiphany of Riya by Shri Varsha, India
• Fire Horse by Amelia Foxcroft, UK
• Golden Days with Grandmother by S.Sai Krithik, India
• Lonely Friends by Gretė Dabašinskaitė, Lithuania
• Moxie by Teniola Thompson, Nigeria
• My Best Buddy by Aderenle Adegboye, Nigeria
• Nothing is Impossible by Rachel Challista Chelcie Hutapea, Indonesia
• PJ Party by Yumna Kashif, Saudi Arabia
• Sammy The Squirrel by Anna Ivanova, Austria
• Silly Planets by Umer Asad, Pakistan
• Six Lost Puppies by Tomi Omar, Nigeria
• Sugar Rush by Sindhuja Govindaraju, India
• Thanks Giving by Manya Harsha, India
• The Elixir of Life by Parisa Maksamphan, Thailand
• The Legend of the Sun Clan by Eleena Alphonsia D'Rozario, Abu Dhabi, UAE
• The Magic Pen and the Superhero by Tudor Achim, Hungary
• The Three Tasks by Trishar Das, India
• When the Volcano Erupted by Greta Trunkey, USA

Junior Category

• 1-2-3 Hours by Sean Markert, USA
• A Lonely Home by Precious Adeyemi, Nigeria
• A Lost Friend by Irene Klapper, USA
• A New Beginning by Alexis Burkhart, USA
• A Strange Sound by Side Iper, Turkey
• Axel, the Lilliputian Man by Eleonora Enza Traversa, Italy
• Escapade to the Past by Umaima Khan, Pakistan
• Everybody Loves Freedom... by Avighna Nambiar, Dubai, UAE
• Fashion Friends Forever by Navya Gupta, India
• Fire And Water Dont Mix by Olivia J. Mcnutt, USA
• Forever by Maha Durubi, Oman
• Forgive but not Forget by Rachael Tay, Singapore
• Friend from the Future by Deetya Chaudhry, India
• Guardian of the Wolves by Lena Rotzer, Switzerland
• It was not a Dream by Harsh Jha, India
• Not My Dreams by Nwigwe Jessica, Nigeria
• Our Exodus to Mars by Candria Misha D’Souza, USA
• Partner Problems by Kira Chapman, USA
• Perfect by Arfan Khan Jeelany, India
• Poetic Justice by Isaac Gabriel Ng Chung Wing, Malaysia
• The Adventure of Little Lizard by Mourah Francis Chizoba, Nigeria
• The Calling Storm by Karthik P.R, India
• The Curious Trip to Braningham House by Sveva Cittadini, Italy
• The Cursed Chandelier by Thoihenba B., India
• The Eerie House by Utomobo Oguname, Nigeria
• The Exasperating Days of my Life by Arwa Asad, Pakistan
• The Failure’s Guide to Flying a Plane by Barry Liu, USA
• The Journey on Dark World by Savithra, Malaysia
• The Loose End of the Knot by Adharsh Prabakaran, India
• The Lost Girl by Zehra Başak Şallı, Turkey
• The Megalo Dasos Forest by Temitayo Ifeoluwa Banjo, Nigeria
• The Mysterious Star by Marta Valeria Cutrona, Italy
• The Potter’s Wheel by Meghna Siripurapu, Italy
• The Power of 2 by Parishi Dua, Kuwait
• The Prodigious, Haunted House by Aarnavii Ganguly, UK
• The Queen's Ring by Mridhula P.R., India
• The Red Flower by Nehir Naz Bekdemir, Turkey
• The School of Repairs by Emily Thompson, Hungary
• The Treasure of Life by Aishani Goswami, India
• The Turtle and the Teen by Adrian Chan, Canada
• The Voice that Killed by Snigdha Priya V, India
• The Worst Day of My Life by Sena Nur ÖZ, Turkey
• Through the Dark of The World by Danica Rave, USA
• Why the World Spins Round by Eabha McNally, USA
• Willow by Hazel Willms, Oman
• With A Little Help From The Cat by Edoardo Mantegazza, Italy
• You Are Beautiful by Malladi Vaishnav Sai Vaibhav, Dubai, UAE

Senior Category

• Dad Where Are You? by K.G.Ushiri N.D.Perera, Sri Lanka
• Dhaba by Pratishruti Majumdar, India
• Hate at First Sight by Mehrin Shehryar, Pakistan
• I Will Always Protect You… by Tanzim Bint Abdul Majid, Dubai, UAE
• Is The Earth Flat? by Ahana Chattopadhyay, India
• Look Beyond by Mishal Abid, Pakistan
• Ocean Eyes by Hasya Fatiha Zuraimy, Malaysia
• Reality Redefined by Nishant Dahma, India
• Somebody’s Nobody by Sanjana Shankar, India
• The Letter from Heaven by Anchita Kharbanda, Singapore
• The Paradoxical Paradise by Payaswini Singh, India
• The School Picnic by Mayank Gurjar, India