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#HowTheRunShouldEnd
​Writing Contest Winner & Runners-Up

This October, 5,460 middle school students submitted alternate endings to the popular zombie cliffhanger series "The Run." 187 volunteer judges narrowed down the creative, original, and often spooky stories to just one winner and six runners-up!

WINNER

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"Realizations"

Adeline Williams
6th Grade
Watch an Interview with Adeline Here

RUNNERS-UP

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Braulio
5th Grade
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Samuel Meacham
7th Grade (tied)
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Elizabeth Chen
6th Grade
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Camille Gardner
8th Grade (tied)
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Cora Finn
7th Grade (tied)
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Zoey Zwisler
8th Grade (tied)

SOCIAL MEDIA WINNER

Classes also shared #HowTheRunShouldEnd in ten words or less via Social Media with the winner receiving a FREE premium subscription to Quill.org.

FINALISTS

 
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Adeline Williams

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Cora Finn

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Izzy Scogland

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Ava Brown

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Kennady Garvin

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Eliana Almudena Latorre Melendez

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Benji Craig

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Elizabeth Chen

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Lauren Hankins

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​Braulio

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Gavin Lamberti

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Samuel Meacham

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Camille Gardner

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Isabella Smiley

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Zoey Zwisler

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Thank you to all our judges!

We are so appreciative of the 187 writers, librarians, teachers, and professionals that volunteered to judge the overwhelming response to the #HowTheRunShouldEnd Writing Contest.

Finalists Judges

Rachel Dantzler

Quill.org

Kathy Bloomfield​

​ReadWorks

Susanne Nobles

​ReadWorks

Suzy Gruninger

​Literary Scout

Veronica Edwards

​​ReadWorks

Manjula Raman

​ReadWorks

Jorge Lacera

Zombies Don't Eat Veggies

Jeff Fleishhacker 

​​​ReadWorks

Becca Vaughn

​ReadWorks

Megan Lacera

Zombies Don't Eat Veggies

Katy Laird​

​ReadWorks

Lindsey Murphy

Quill.org

Keith Mukai

​ReadWorks

First Round Judges

Tom Segal
​Ann Redpath
Kristen Floersheimer
​Nick Delis
Karly Moura
Diana Lawsky
Kristina Holzweiss
Tami Frediani
Laura Dopp
Daria Wallach
Susan Pretulak
Elena Weiss​
Kirsten Nicholas
Nancee Zimmers
Sara Hunter
Lu Laird
Suzy Gruninger
Daniel Giovanniello
Devin Barrickow
Lindsey Murphy
Rachel Dantzler
Tomeka Asberry
Nellianne Parr
Regina Herbert ​
Carla Ellis
Angela Parham
Jerrica Hagerman
Skivjana Neza
Karen Sterling
Joyce Puccio
Allison Glassman
Alicia Riedel
Karleighn Goodale
Rosalinda Lopez
Lisa McElwee
Laura Robinson
Lynn Stahl
T Ann Jackson
Janet Sirolli
Rebecca Cooper
Leslie Sharbel
Jessica Hoffmaster
Tiarra Mendivil
Kathryn Bruce
Jill Mills
 Laurie Boyd
Cam Amstater
Sara Tornincasa
Barbara Bilos
Brandee Morris
Andrea Wyka
Linda Miller
Kjirsti Jordan
Danielle Gioia
Judy Bedell
Victor Marshall
Alison Ghiglia
Nancy Czajkowski
Robin Gibbons
Gloria Kohler
Jessica Catledge
Karen Penvos
Joan Primeaux
Susanne Nobles
Alison Schriver
Michelle Moore
Shawn Hooper
Kristen Allen
Brandie Buford
Charlene Aldrich
Jennifer Waldera
Chris Zepka
Angela Parshall
Tiffany Hendricks
April Reid
Eva Marlatt
Terry Bowman
Caitlyn Meagher
Suzette Spears
LaTarsha Robinson
Regina Herbert
Danielle Grunert
Kathleen Cullinan
Zoan Stokes
Marcie Jarquin
Veronica Edwards
Sheila Ragin
Renee Stender
Dra Graffigna
LaTarra Railings
Melinda Cameron
Patricia Gale
Manjula Raman
Justin Moy
Opal Euter-Wilson
Alex Tilney
Amber Pitts 
Martina Cardona
Heather Clark
Heather Jacobsen
Tami Ruvolo
Cheryl Dressler
Karissa Santy
Brandi Crum
Becky Gregory
Sandra Accetta
Janice Esty
PG Bluett
Krista Owens
Kristin Hoffmann
Susan Larson
Robin Delaney
Elizabeth Maldonado
Christine Moore 
Kellie Nissen
Paula Horton
Sandra Smithjones
Maggie Kruger
Kathy Bloomfield
Thompson McLeod
Keith Mukai
Bambi Navarte
Margo Doolittle
Susan Barnes
Bakyt Tungatarov
Lorissa Bridgewater
Andrea Matuszewski
Marian Brovero
Rebecca St Marie
Calvin Huang
Donna Hall
Amanda Lamps
Jeff Fleishhacker
Jason Pomerantz
Valerie Collom
Jennifer Yohe
Audrey Boshears
Margaret Mullins
Zhavon Malone
Beth Green
Ana Bakos
Becca Vaughn
Kelly Harris ​
Sylvia Ward
Timothy Greer
Tracey Barnette
Anita Groenwoldt
Maria Lamattina
Shannon Sweat
Erika Saito
Beth Bridges
Bernardo de León
Amy Jackson
Alissa Wilmet
Victoria Bill
Susan Passmore
Mary Papalski
Lena Bishop
Hadassah Rivera
Heidi Conland Sheffield
Blythe Atchison
Justin Pagano
Cameron Swaim
Serina Gray
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