Scholastic Storyworks

I had the great honor of being a judge for this year's Scholastic Storyworks' Create-a-Character Contest.

Thousands of students all over the country submitted their ideas for a character: name, physical description, hobbies, problems, etc.

I chose a winner and wrote a story using the character.

How could I not choose a character named Roy Rigatoni, whose hobby is reading?!

Click here to read the story.

But in case that doesn't work, here are a couple of sample pages:

Scholastic Storyworks Magazine

I'm excited to announce that I'm this year's author for Scholastic Storyworks' Create a Character Contest, just announced in the September issue.

Students submit a fictional character. (There are literally thousands of entries.)

I will help choose the winning entry, and then write a story using that character for the magazine!