WriteOn! 2024

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6th Grade 

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1st Place

 Argesa Hereni, Kukes 

Prompt A

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There was a little girl called Antie. All her friends thought she is an ant. It’s began a night. She was so scared. Hundred ants came to take her. One of her friends heared her to cry and followed them. They goes in a very small build. Antie was very small. Three years ago that she lives with ants, she was not more scared. She thought they were her family. She doesn’t love the peoples because they just tried to kill a little ant. She was very happy with ants, but ones day her family found that she lives with them. They tried to take her back. When they taked her back she was so small and unhappy. Her family found a medicine to bring her big, but she don’t wanted. She found a way to tell her father that she loves ant family and wants to live with them. Her father found another medicine that can bring all her family small. Antie liked this thing. She started a new life now. All things were great. Antie has two big familys now. I wanted too to have a life like Antie’s. An anventure life with mistakes.

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2nd Place

Albjona Gjana, Kukes  

Prompt A

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If I was an ant I always can be afraid. This is story of ants?

Once time ago it was a big oval. There lives a 1,000,000 ants. It was a big family and they lives so afraid of people. Everyone see ants like ugly animals. They want’s to killed them. Ants was like fairy. They created some wings and they flies all over the world. They go away from people who want’s to killed them. They go to America for “Dragon’s war.” Ant’s love to see the war they do. But Rex the bad dragon of America fall down of area. The ant “Lue” cacget his hand and he fall down. Rex be so confused and said:

“What did you do?” he said

“I’m really sorry.” Lue said. And then Rex raise his hand and said, “The war doesn’t finished?”

“Whyyyyyy?” people said

“I’m the lord. I chosed everything. I want to do this, and I am ready. Are you ready Lue?” said Rex

“Yes, I am ready!!” said Lue

When the war started Rex fight. And finally Rex win. But unfortunately Lue was very damaged. The ants take him on hospital. He was unergetic and in coma. All ants thinks he doesn’t maybe alive anymore. And one day he die, die.

But the story doesn’t end. He goes every week at his family. And he make his family doesn’t know. He goes at their dreams and he said, “I am not alive but don’t go to Rex?!”

They were so scared!!!!

“Don’t be scary. I am your father and your husband. But don’t be scary, pleasy?!” he said

“I always. If you come to meet us?!”

The wife was so happy but her happiness end when she wake up in the morning because the ants was screaming of someone or something!

She woke up and go to the garden, and what she saw. All ants was saying this word, “Fight! Fight! We need fight!” The ant go up and say in microphone he created. “I see a dream, there was a Lue, he said to me we don’t need fight. We are small but we have thinking. We are especially creative. That we need.”

One day comes and someone can fight with Rex. But not us. We are going to do our life. Let Rex happy because the God is here and he is going to do something to us. And with this words all goes on their houses. And the word “fight” doesn’t exist for they.

Message: The ants are small but they have think, and creativitet who be them good animals/insects.

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3rd Place

 Klea Goleci, Peshkopi,

Prompt A

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If I would be in the size of an ant I think that my life will be very difficult because I will be very small. But it will be and beautiful because I will see the world different of other people. It will be very big. Ants are very cute and very busy insects. I want to be an ant because I’m curious to know how is the ant’s house.

 

 7th Grade

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1st Place

Emine Feta, Peshkopi,

Prompt B

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One day my classmates and my teacher said to me that this Monday we will go in space. I can’t believed this. I was very excited. I will see the moon, and other planets. When I said to my parents for this travel they didn’t let me to go in space with my classmates and my teacher. I was so boring. When the next day I went in school my classmates were very happy. It was my terrible day. The lesson finished and I went in my home. I was unhappy. I didn’t talk with my parents.

My mum said, “Emma why are boring? We don’t let you to go for your best. Do you know?”

I didn’t talk. She saw on my eyes and she said to me, “I will talk with your dad again.” My smile return. 4 half later my dad came in my room. I was studying. Emma I have a good news for you. We will let you to go in space like your classmates. Wow. I was surprised. I was happy! Two days later we will go in space, but I couldn’t take more than two things. This is a big problem. I decide. I with take my dog, my love, my big love. I can’t live without my dog. And other thing are my books. I love reading. It is the most thing I do always.  Today it’s the big day. In my bag I have my lovely books and in my hands it’s my dog. I was boring because I couldn’t take my phone. I would like to do photos.

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2nd Place

Rovena Uka, Kukes

Prompt A

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One day I waked up I was home alone. My mum was at grandmother’s house, my dad it was working. When I went to bathroom I saw myself in mirror. I felt something is wrong. I saw its ok but when I catch my hair I touch something. OMG! I had 2 eyes on the back of my head. I went to bedroom and went under the bed. Anyways I don’t made panic but I took my phone and wrote in google about “Two eyes on the back of our head.” I click the link and the internet say if you want to destroy your eyes back of head you had to go in the forest and to meet any magician. I was scared but I went before to come my mum at home and to see me. When I go in the forest I was looking everything because I had 4 eyes. When suddenly I heard a noise voice. It was wolf. I tried to run very fast but he catch my hand! I made a loud voice AAAAAAA! When… I waked up it was just a bad dream. Ok I waked up in bathroom to see myself in mirror if I had 4 eyes but NO thanks God. It was just a dream. I went very fast to my mum and I hugged her. It was really strange dream. But its ok and if you had 4 eyes.

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3rd Place

Nadia Meta, Peshkopi 

Prompt A

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I wake up one morning and all that I saw, everything, was strange. I wanted to see myself in the mirror, but I can’t. I used to get back to see my eyes, but it was so scary thing: my brown eyes on my brown hair. I screamed and cried for 1 hour. I think that something strange happened during the night. Maybe someone wished that I was ugly or someone did an experiment on me. It was Monday, so I must to go at school. Oh my god, everyone will joke with!... I thought, but it wasn’t like I think “My eyes in the back of my head,” only I can saw them because anyone didn’t see them and joke with me. This is one few problem. It was very difficult for me to listen the teachers. I anyway saw the things, that the people, but this time I saw all of the things that the people do and no some. In this moment I remembered something that my geography teacher said to us (to the class), “I’ve got eyes and behind my head.” The time passed and I went to sleep. In midnight, I felt something strange I waked up. The something that I saw it was amazing. I had four arms… no I’m joking, this is not real… I just saw that my eyes were normal. They’re in my face. And now I can sleep relaxed.

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8th Grade

 

1st place

Samanta Gjinaj, Fushe-Arrez

prompt B, 8th grade

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    It was Sunday morning and I got up very late. The clock was about going 1 am. When I get up. I was very hungry. So I make my breakfast and I sit down on the couch and get ready to enjoy my delicious breakfast. I turn on the TV and watch my favorite programs. It was the time of the news so I decided to watch the news. I began to see when I heard that a bank has been robbed in the city center near my mum’s work. I begin to feel stressed and worried for my mum. I call my mum but she didn’t open the telephone. Suddenly, I heard a noise like a car ambulance. I was afraid because all the time I think that it happened something to my mum. I looked in the window when I saw police officers and police cars with their lights flashing in my garden. “Open up!”, they shouted. I was shocked. I stayed for some seconds, then I opened the door. I go get outside and I see the police officers. I was really afraid. The police officers are so angry and nervous. “Hey you!” He shouted to me, “Yes” I say. “Who are you?” He asked me. My mouth was shaking so I couldn’t speak. For me it was a really stressful situation. “I’m Samanta!” I said. The police officers see that I was very afraid so he speak to me quickly. He said to me, “A bank was robbed today and the thief lives in this neighborhood. We are controlling all the houses to see if we can catch the thief. Can i control for some minutes your house?” “Yes” I said.

    After some minutes they control my house and didn’t find any persons or anything. They go to control other houses. And in the end they say to be careful. After they go I can my mum. My mum open the phone and say that in her work everything was okay. I tell all of  what happened to me and she says to me to close the door and the window and to be careful. At that moment I keep calm but again was afraid because I think to myself that the thief can come to my house and “kill me.”

    It was becoming dark. My mum has 3 hours to work then to come to the house. I had forgotten all the things that happened to me. Suddenly the light turns off. I turn on some candles and I stay on the couch waiting my mum coming. I heard a terrible noise. I start to feel afraid. I get outside when I see the leafs moving. I get a torch and see what was there. I was really afraid. The leafs begin to move more and more. I get inside because I was afraid. I stay for some minutes and planning anything. I think that behind the leaves were a thief waiting for the moment to rob my house. I call the police. The police come very fast but very quickly because they want to catch the thief and not for the thief to hear that they are coming. The police come and make a plan to catch a thief. They move their position and wait. I get out and see that the leaves are moving again. The police say, “Who is there?” Suddenly a small and beautiful rabbit gets out. When everybody saw it they began to laugh.

    After some minutes my mum came and I tell all the things. We were all laughing for this and I was too. It was really a day to remember which began with a horror story and ended with a comic story. This is a day to remember for me with an amazing history.

 

2nd place 

Andela Lleshi, Fushe-Arrez 

prompt A, 8th grade

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It was an ordinary day like others. I got up, washed my face, brushed my teeth, brushed my hairs and I went to the kitchen. I saw a small cat. I was so beautiful.

    I made my breakfast and I started eating, it was watching me, after some minutes it started talking. I was shocked. I started shouting. My mums came down in the kitchen she saw that, in that moment the cat started talking again, but mum didn’t understand. In that moment I understood that I have a power to talk with animals. I walked in front of the cat and when I was near with her I started talking. In fact she was so scared but after some seconds she started talking to me. She told me everything about my power. In that moment she wants to drink some water. I went to get the water but when she came back I saw that the cat wasn’t there. I was so excited but upset too, because I didn’t know what to do with these powers.

    The next day I went to a zoo with my friends. All my friends went to see the elephant but my heart said me that I should visit the lion. I went to the lion but I saw that the lion was out of control. I went inside at the lion and I touch it, he was scared, I started talking with it. He says that he heard some man talking about him and they wanted to kill him. I was so upset. I went to another animal. It was a panda. He was talking to another panda about the terrible food. I didn’t know what to do. I started walking and I saw a snake. The snake was very bad. The artificial habitat of the snake didn’t provide all things that a snake needs. I was shocked because of the conditions of the zoo.

    I decided to talk with the boss but I couldn’t. I saw that the boss and the staff wanted to make nothing for animals. I talked with a friendly person that worked in that zoo but when I told the problem that animals have he started smiling. I realized that no one was going to help me. I was so stressed. When I was going out of the zoo I saw a telephone number. It was the number of a company that makes controls about the habitats that a zoo provides.

    I called that number. After 20 minutes the control came and saw all the habitats of the zoo, made analysis of the foods and made tests about the way that animals feel in the zoo.

    After two days they called me again and they said that I was right. They closed the zoo and took all the animals to another zoo.

 

3rd place 

Andeta Dodaj, Fushe- Arre 

prompt A, 8th grade

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It’s Sunday morning. I’m sleeping peacefully and dreaming. My name is Sofie and I’ll tell you about my incredible story that happened to me. Shall I start?

    Ok, while I was dreaming I felt something with fur on my face and it was really tickling  me. I woke up to see when I saw a little rabbit on my face. I was totally surprised because I didn’t know how it came in my room. I took the bunny in my arms and I started playing with it. I named it Bunny. I put him in the bed and I went to the bathroom. When I came out I saw that my dress was on the bed. I was totally surprised and I said “How did come here, it was inside the wardrobe.” Suddenly the rabbit said, “I brought it here.”

    I totally freaked out and I started screaming and shouting. Bunny jumped out of the bed and came to me. I was shaking like a leaf and he said to me: “Calm down. I’m not going to hurt you instead I’m here to help you.” “Help me?”

“Yes”

“Am I dreaming? Yes of course I’m dreaming it. Can’t be true” I said.

“No you’re not in a dream. And I’m real.”

“But that can’t be true”

“But it is, now listen. The only reason I’m talking to you is because of your necklace. This necklace is special. It gives you the power to talk to animals. If you do something good to someone you’ll get another ability but if you do something bad you’ll get cursed.”

“Oh I get it. Thats why I hear singing in the morning and I think it’s my mom. It’s that bird I give food to.”

“This necklace is really special so make sure to not lose it and always keep it with you.”

“Ok I promise.”

    Years passed and Sofie died and the necklace found someone else with a good heart. But she lived she lived happily with her friends and family for the time she lived.

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9th Grade

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1st place:

Doris Cenaj, Puka

Prompt B, 9th grade

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    All humans are born with an animal companion they can talk to. My animal companion was a bear. My parents were very happy but I was too little to know why at the time. When I grew up, at the age of 12, they told me that people who are born with a bear as a companion are very kind yet strong and are going to be important in everyone’s life as they grow up. I still didn’t understand but went along with it.

    My bear was the greatest friend I ever had. Dima was his name and he knew all my secrets since we talked a lot to each other. We would stay together, eat together, sleep and play together. I would tell him all my stories and he would listen until the moon on the sky fell down to leave its place to the sun.

    As days passed on, the things my parents said to me when I was little started to take their place in my life. People liked me a lot and they would respect me even if they didn’t know me. My friends adored me and my enemies feared me. I was at the age of 25 when Dima left my side for the first time. I had let him home because I had an important interview in a great company. That day he was acting strange and not obeying me for anything, but I was late and did not do anything for it. After the interview I was flying from happiness because I got the job a hundred people were looking for. I went to open the front door of my house but couldn’t. It was ripped to pieces and I was pretty shocked. I went inside in a big hurry. After looking everywhere around my house Dima was nowhere to be found. Almost falling on my way out, I ran outside to start looking around the neighborhood. After 2 hours of looking Dima was still missing. I had called everyone. My parents said they hadn’t seen him, my friends said that too. I was almost giving up when I had an epiphany.

    In my free days we always liked to go for a walk in the park nearby. Dima would always sit with me by the lake and we would remember the times we used to spend with each other when we were young.

    I ran to the park and almost got ran over by two cars. When I got there, sitting by the lake, a brownish figure was sitting and from what it seemed he hadn’t noticed me yet. I sat next to him and immediately hugged Dima with my eyes filled with tears.

    “Dima! I missed you so much. I almost thought I’ll never see you again. Why did you run away?” I managed to say through his bear body.

    “Well Haley.. I needed some time to think alone. And sorry for the door, I didn’t mean to break it.”

    To think? Why would he run away to think? Questions kept coming in my head when suddenly he spoke again.

    “You never speak to me like you used to. You are always out with job or school, or even friends to even notice me. I’m not saying to not do what you do but at least talk more with me while you are at home. I really miss the old Haley. That Haley that would run through the whole city without getting tired. That Haley who everyone would call weird and loud, even though she doesn’t care. That Haley that would wear slippers and pajamas to school. I miss the little girl with big curly hair in a pineapple style who looks at life’s face and shoots lemons at her. That’s why I ran away! Because you’ve changed so much and I don’t even know why.”

    At this point was was crying so much. It was true that I didn’t pay as much attention to Dima like I used to but I didn’t know it was this much.

    I finally got Dima to come home after 2 hours of standing with him by the lake. When we were back home I sat by Dima and told him one thing.

“I’m sorry I haven’t been a good friend to you. I swear I won’t let that happen again. So do you forgive me?”

He looked at me. His mouth slightly opened in the form of a smile.

“Okay.” He said slowly “but you’re buying me ice cream tomorrow!”

I was laughing at the last part. God! Dima will make me bankrupt with his ice creams.

“Deal! I forgot to mention I got the job as an editor at that great company I have told you about.”

“That’s great!” Dima said while hugging me. “Now we need to celebrate!”

And that’s what we did. We celebrated with pizza and ice cream and remembered old times.

So this was our story. It didn’t contain great kingdoms or knights. Also didn’t have epic fights or princes and princesses. This was my story of my life with an animal companion. The story of Haley, that weird girl and Dima the brown bear.

 

2nd place:

Edona Shehu, Peshkopi, 

prompt A, 9th grade

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    If there was no land but only water, I think it might sucks a little. Like, you can’t use cars,or bike, or whatever else, only boats. All that matters for kids and teenagers most are having fun, so I would probably mention sports, saying that I mean there will only be water sports. Also, about animals… what about the animals and insects which live on land. Would they exist? If yes, would they even survive? What about us humans? We can’t live underwater. There will be no trees and other nature things so even the boat wouldn’t have been created. Let’s get back to some theories. It has been said that the origin of humans comes from monkeys. But, as we know, monkeys live on land. So, would humans exist? Or not? Let’s bring down this theory for a moment. Let’s say that humans lived and their origin is unknown. We can make a joke there by saying that humans would be “underwater humans”. But, anyway, we can’t live without food. As we know, the average that a human can stand, without eating anything is some weeks. Yes, we would have water, but we can’t live only with water filling our bodies. Let’s say too that they will catch fishes. But, where’s the fire? Underwater there are so many dangerous creatures. Then, we can just wait until a shark comes to bite us or something else. Humans wouldn’t exist. I don’t know what to write anymore. I just can’t imagine something like that… if that happens, then let’s just die and reborn as aliens. At least that would be cool!

 

3rd place 

Olta Shehu, Peshkopi 

Prompt B, 9th grade

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My name is Olta, and I’ve got a really special friend. It’s name is Avril and guess what? He’s a chameleon. Avril and me have been knowing each other since I can remember. The girl’s best friend might be cats, cute dogs, or birds. While mine is an unusual “pet”. I remember that when I was younger I wasn’t so pleased with him (I said “him” because I don’t consider him only an animal). I felt a bit unlucky about the animals which was chosen to be my companion. I mean, such as I said, other girls, for example my neighbors or classmates, had a normal pet as their companion, while mine was a chameleon. But I understand that I was totally wrong with my opinion. And Avril proved that.

    Long ago it was a period of time when I got annoyed and angry with Avril. When I was about 10 my parents died, so I had to live with my grandma. I don’t know why, but at that age, I got angry with everyone for my parent’s death. During that time, I acted so badly with Avril, but he still stayed with me, even if he was free to choose whoever he wanted to be with. But, to be honest I didn’t appreciate that thing.

    When I was about 12 I had to do a performance in front of all my schoolmates. (Including teachers and students). It was my first appearance on a stage, that’s why I was so confused and frightened. I learned my part so well, but still I just couldn’t forget the fact of being in front of a public. My grandma did her best to make me feel relaxed and to take it easy. She helped me to learn the part perfectly, and luckily we did it. During that time, when I was busy with preparing for the performance, I forgot about Arril. He disappeared strangely and to be honest I didn’t care so much.

    If I’m not wrong it was 14th of March when we performed. Before the show started I was a bit upset because I couldn’t find my grandma in the public. I felt bad because I thought that she forgot about it and it was so disappointing for me.

    It was my turn. Finally, the moment of “the truth” came (just kidding). When I entered the stage my heart started beating so fast. I’ll never forget how it was, my first appearance on stage. Hundreds of eyes only on me, waiting for my performance, but I didn’t want those eyes. I wanted my grandma’s eyes, but unluckily they weren’t there. I lost my mind. All what I learned disappeared in a few seconds. At that moment, I couldn’t do anything else except cry. Maybe you’re asking what happened? Well, just before my tears were appearing I heard a voice coming into my ear. I couldn’t understand it for a moment. That voice was reminding me what I had to say. I was a bit shocked even that I started playing my part. Now, everything in my mind was crystal clear. I lost totally on acting the poem which  (as others said) appeared emotionally to the public. I was sad, the poem was also sad, and that’s why my performance came emotionally to the public. When I finished everyone started clapping their hands and wishing me. The all stood up. What to see? Somewhere in the crowd I saw my grandma, screaming loudly my name. I thanked all of them and started crying. Now, not because of being sad, but because of feeling the luckiest and happiest girl ever. My performance was liked also by the judge and that’s why I got the 1st prize.

    After the show, when I was at home talking with my grandmother I told her about the strange voice. She smiled at me and told me that the voice was Avril’s.

    I understood everything. While I was learning the poem with my grandma, he was learning it too. That’s why he disappeared for a while. Before entering the stade he came into my shoulder being sure to help me at the right moment.

    Since that day I have not only felt lucky about my chameleon but also I love him. Now I am a successful actress and every time I forget something Avril helps me. Can you tell me, am I not the luckiest girl for Avril as my companion!

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10th Grade

 

1st Place

Keida Kuca, Peshkopi,

Prompt B, 10th grade

 

“Camping with friends”

Me and my friends are like homies. We like to do a lot of adventurous stuff together and we couldn’t miss camping in the forbbiden forest. That’s right. It’s illegal to wander there because people say that mystical creatures live and show up there. I’ve always been a fan of these things and I’ve seen a lot of movies, just in case.

    So, we decided to go camping in the forbbiden forest just after we saw the news on TV, where a giant animal had been wandering around and had killed a young lady, precisely a journalist who had gone there to collect information for news. All the town was shook and they even were afraid to go out of their houses. As I mentioned before, I’m attracketd by the supernatural and I thought it could be a supernatural animal.

    But, there was a problem. We weren’t allowed to go and the police had surrounded the entrance of the forbbiden forest.

    In order to enter we should be really smart and strategious and of course careful. Our main goal was to catch the beast. We decided to enter backwards because the place was empty of cops. So we did. We took backpacks and two tents. We were 5. We lighted a fire and because we were tired and couldn’t think of better ideas to hunt the beast, we fell asleep. The fire was still alive when suddenly I saw an enormous shadow passing our tent. In my tent we were 3 and in the other there were 2 because there was no place in ours. As soon as I saw the shadow I thought of the beast. When I first saw it, it was giant, hairy, standing on its feet and with its mouth opened showing 2 huge sharp teeth. I admit I was scared so I wake my friends up, but in that precise moment we heard a loud scream. We took our flashlights and ran out to the other tent. But what to see? None of our 2 friends were there. The beast had taken them and in the tent there was written a kind of message: I hunt those who hunt me; You are next! That was definitely a warning. I started to think. Who is that beast who can think and write as intelligently as a human? That was obvious. It was a were wolf. He was out because he must have shifted because of the full moon. We decided to find our enemy and we took wolfsbane (wolfs are sensitive when it comes to this substance). We also took ropes and our flashlights. We started walking and we found a cave; a bloody cave I would say. It must have been his. We entered there and we were bought in a place full of chains. There was he, the werewolf. We brought the plan into life. We couldn’t get any closer to him but we spread the wolfsbane right in front of him and he sneezed. Then he started to cough and cough and he went out of the cave. I guess he was weakening. Our friends were there, fortunately safe and sound. But that was weird. Why would he take them and not hurt them? We definitely needed to go after him and discover the mysterious truth.

    The wolf was standing on top of a hill howling to the moon as he was shifting into a human. That was the most magical thing I had seen throughout the entire series of supernatural movies. Why is that? I had seen a lot of them during films? Because I was present. I witnessed a shapeshift of a werewolf!! We were left speechless. I felt like I was in a movie and after 4 mins I would be back preparing for the next scene. But no, it was there and the human was a boy aged between 18 and 20.

    He came closer and said: I didn’t want to hurt anybody, I’m a lonely wolf, I don’t have a pack, I’m all by myself. I just realized that he only needed friends because a lonely wolf means a dead wolf. They can’t survive without a pack.

    I really liked him. I was fascinated. Of course we couldn’t tell the police or anyone because then we would have been taken for fools. We promised to keep a secret and now every full moon we go to the forbbiden forest and meet our friend. He teaches us everything about wolfs. Even I am starting to feel like a werewolf even though I’m not!

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2nd Place

Raela Vata, Kukes

Prompt B, 10th grade

 

We are having such a great fun. I think that camping with your friends is kind of much more relaxing and great rather than with your family. I can’t even describe it. OH, it seems like the night is falling. Well, it would be fantastic to light on the fire and here it is, the fire is on. This was what it was like the begining. We were all around the fire and enjoying the different topics. None could ruin our camping night. We had a long conversation with others and waited ‘til the fire was put out. There were only two huge tents backwards because we decided to sleep with each other three by three. When there was completely dark, where only the starry sky could be seen, around 11:30 pm. we decided to go sleep. In fact we had fun again in the tent by playing with pillows, but there, around 12:15 we were all sleepy, so we layed on the mattresses and finally started sleeping for real. To me it was such a deep sleep than anybody could hardly wake up. While I was sleeping, a bad dream woke me up. It was like somebody was following me without stopping, but whatever. I drank a glass of water and sat on the corner of the tent. I started playing on my phone in order to keep my mind away, when suddenly a moving-fast shadow appeared on my eyes. I got terrified but then I kept thinking if it was my imagination’s work. 2 minutes passed when it happened again. That was for real. I was insured about that. I was ready to faint from the fear that had overtaken my body. “Girls, wake up,” - I shouted to them. I told everything what lately had happened, but seriously, none of them believed me. On my luck, the shadow passed again and all what I said was proved. We were all anxious, nervous and didn’t know what to do. Dona, my friend, called the other girls who were awake too and took all our clothes in order to go, but we had a plan too. Knowing that a lot of houses were around us and we had a firework and a match, we decided this. We would light on the firework and frighten that one who was trying to scare us, but at the same time we would notify the villagers. It worked. It really worked and it was great. The villagers came towards us and helped. Than, we passed the night at a family whose children were all dead and there was only a old man and woman. We told them all what head happened when they started crying. We were confused but than terrified. You would say why. They said that the ones who caused all this where their children’s spirits. No, that can’t be true, - we said. The elderly told also that the same thing had happened to everybody who had camped here. It was shocking. All this happened because these children were murdered by officers during night and since than, the children have protected the villagers, includind their family to from foreigners. They were called the “Protecting spirits”. It was unbeliavle and kind of strange but we also were told that the other name of the village was “spirit hunter”. Anyone who had visited this village once, didn’t come anymore. All in terror we passed the night half awake and the moment when the sun rised we lelf. None of my family knows this. It is a secret but today I decided to share that with all of you. Believe it or not, this story was real for everyone, even if I find it sometimes strange. It seems kind of a horror story, and it is true but it is over now. That’s what I keep thinking now for now. It still is a mistery, right?!!!

 

3rd Place

Era Cafi, Koplik,

 Prompt A, 10th grade

 

When every thing is going fine, one day something happens that might change your whole entire life. One day I was watching TV and accidentally went by the news channel. I don’t usually watch news, but today just wanted to. Suddenly, I saw my face in the news report, wanted from the police. I was shocked… I couldn’t move, couldn’t talk… Started thinking for what might have I done… but couldn’t find anything. A few minutes later my door rang and went to open it with fright, because I thought it was the police. Opened the door but what to see?! An identical person was staying there. It was like she and I were twins. I took her inside and starting talking with her. She was the one that the police was looking for, not me. She’d came there to ask me for help. Her name was Laura, and told me that her best friend had traded her. She had stolen the money from her family, and left the fault to Laura. My brain was: “ERROR, ERROR”. How could your best friend do that. A person that you love as your sibling, how could she/he stuck a knife on your back. I rescued myself from those thoughts and asked her for what I could help her for. She told me to change the roles of our lifes, till she proves she’s innocent… No, I couldn’t do this, I’d just met her, couldn’t put my life in danger. Even by this thoughts I said to her a big yes. She started thanking me and the next day I went to the police station, and the arrested me. To be honest I was dying of frightness, but I should help her, because she was innocent… But what she was a bad person? But what she’d done this to rescue herself? This question started eating my brain, and came back in my normal state by doors closing noise. I looked around… It was a place of criminals, murders, violent people. I was terrified but relaxed myself cause I would get out of there in three days… Three days past, but she didn’t come. I think I’ve got my questions responds. She wouldn’t come, she’d lied to me. I started crying quietly. My tears started dropping without realising, until they became like a rain. In a shorter time started crying loudly, not thinking that anyone was there. Of course, the persons were disturbed and just told me to shut up. A week past like that… Every day was the same. Just crying, and thinking about my non-be future. But that day I was feeling better, and didn’t know why. The jail door opened and said my name. I couldn’t believe my ears. They were setting me free. Went home and saw my family and Laura with them. She said just three words: “We’re sisters!”. THE END

 

11th Grade

 

1st Place

Elma Kadia, Lezhe,

Prompt B, 11th grade

 

In the future I’ve always wanted to be a doctor, but if I could switch my live with someone else, he would be the before president of USA, Barack Obama.

    I started loving him at the temi he had to leave the White House, because that time there were a lot of news and portals online, even my sister she’d to talk everyday how such a great man he is, and suddenly I wanted to meet him and to be him.

    He had one of the most important posts in the humanity history. He wasn’t only the president of USA, he was the president “of the world” as well.

    He tried to make a better world and he was the first black man who was chosen as a president in USA, that's why he wanted to show the world that the thing that lead the world is not the color but the wish to make a better world.

    If I was him for a day, I would do already the same things because he did everything with love. I’d woke up near first lady, and then kisset my girls, drink a coffee and thank God for my life and pray to him to give me the power to be a good person and a good president for my people and my country. Then I’d go to work and meet my friends. I mean the Minister, the Primeminister ect but they are all my friends.

    I’d say something funny just to make them smile, because working for your country is such a stressing work. After that I’d go at my office and start doing what I do better, lead my country and take care of my people. During my day I’d go out in the cities as a normal person and see the actual problems that people have, and I really would try to understand every desire or need that everyone has.

    To me, it would be so important (as it was for Barack) that I’m not only a good president, but a good husband, a good father and a good friend, because people need to se the good everywhere. If I was him I’d worked a lot to make USA not only the best place (because to me being the best is not important being the best), I’d make USA a place where good people would come from, and those people would show the world that love and humanity and greatness and being sociable are the only way to save our children and to have a good future.

    At the end of the day, when it would be the time to go at my home, here in Lezha, at my warm family and at my life, I’d say to him during the switch because there has to be a little pause just to meet him. I’d say, “Thanks mister Barack Obama” you are already the man I’d be, but I love my life and there is something of you in my heart that want to change the world, but in this situation the only thing I can change and make better is my life, my family and my friends.

    Everyone need to be a little Barack and try to make the world better by making good decisions and being a good human.

 

2nd Place

Marsilda Preuga, Lezhe,

Prompt B, 11th grade

 

We teenager always like to live somebody else life. Those people maybe famous but not only. This helps us to complete our dreams in the future and we use to create a dear cision about what are we going to do in the future.

    If ask me which life I would switch to live I would answer shortly and clear Angeline Jolie. Not because of her beaty, or being an famous actress or anything else. Her most important job is dealing with charity. I have heard she travels in a lot of places to help people that face with a lot of problems. I admire her for that and in the future I would like to do for those who don’t have a good project where they can benefit.

    But that’s all can’t change for one day, but still I would like to live her life just for one day. Angeline Jolie is a very good person being like her requires many work to do but most of all requires kindness and to be brave enough to face with the reality.

    Helping them who really need it doesn’t mean to sit in a comfortable office, where you can find everything. No. That’s not what I would like. You don’t how to solve the problem if you can’t get in touch with it. Being near to those who really need it’s not expensive. It’s free. You can do that by supporting them every day. Angeline Jolie does that and I'm a big fan of her.

    The only person I would switch to live his life is Angeline Jolie. And the only reason I would do it it’s for charity. And even if I can get this chance there is no problem. During the rest of my life I will try hard to live in world with equal opportunities, where people won’t wake up thinking what they are going to eat. I will fight for a fair world where everybody will be protected trou justice. We are the new generation, and with us will come a big difference. Maybe we can’t do big thing, but with small steps we can do a big difference. Things have to change, and that’s all can be reached, only if we become together as ne and fight for what belongs to us.

“A beautiful world is only there when you can find kindness and love for each-other and appreciate what we have without thinking if it can be better or worse.”

 

3rd Place

Liljana Gjini, Lezhe,

Prompt B, 11th grade

 

I would take my best friend’s and go to a luxury hotel by the beach just so we could spend a great noon having fun in the white island sand with some fancy drink’s with umbrella on it and getting a nice tan. When you think about a celebrity's life you think about their fancy lifestyle and the great vacations they have but taking advantage of having large amount of moneys in my hand i would volunteer to go in Africa and give a huge amount of money for charity for peoples in need. I would love to go by myself to meet them and help them hoping i would make a little difference in their lives. Being able to see someone smiling and knowing you are the reason is one of the most exquisite feeling’s in the world. The vacations and the luxury life sound quite fun but what would really make you happy and a valuable person would be if you help peoples who really need that. Miley is one of the most amazing persons i have seen and she has started alottt of charity organisations for LGBT youth, and poor countries around the world so that is a great reasons to switch lives with her. If i could switch lives with a famous person that would be Miley Cyrus. Why, you would say. Why not? She has the craziest and most amazing life. She lives with her 7 dogs and 2 cats and that sounds like paradise. Being able to go anywhere at any time is the other great plus in her life. Who wouldn't want to stay with Snoop Dog and Wiz Khalifa who organize the best parties? Well i would. Her life is like a roallcoaster always exiting and with unexpecting bump’s on the road. Her family is total GOALS too, her father Billy Ray Cyrus is a great singer and that great voice has passed to Miley, her brother Trace and her little sister Noah. Cool family, cool life, well that is all someone wants isn’t it. What would i do if i was Miley for one be to take the plane and go to one of the most amazing tropical island’s.

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12th grade

 

1st place

Sonja Cenaj, Puka,

Prompt B, 12th grade

 

    Right at the moment when Prince Charming lowers himself to kiss the Sleeping Beauty, his breath slightly caught up in his throat by her very living up to her name beauty, a loud noise causes him to turn around and forget his earlier thought. There is a man standing in front of him. He’s tall, built, and if he could dare say, even handsome. His everys are a dark brown, and his hair a sweet chestnut color, and he is also breathing heavily and looks like he has something important to say.

 

    “They, t-they are coming!”

 

    Before the handsome stranger gets the opportunity to properly finish his sentence an axe flies into the room. Shattering a window and ripping its way to a wall. A loud noise of people shouting can be heard. The unmistakable, dreadful, battle call!

 

    “We have to go, quick!” The stranger says, grabbing our prince by the arm and guiding him through the tight passages of the castle with a suspicious easiness.

 

    They soon enough arrive at the top of the highest tower, only to see the most terrifying sight of their lives. Witches, ogres, giants, goblins, and more of the terrifying creatures that moms used to tell about in their bedtime stories, all gathered in an enormous army.

 

    “There is not time! Come!” the guy says but Prince stops him before he drags him further away.

 

    “What about the princess?” but the stranger just grabs his arm again while saying “Come! She’ll be fine! The curse protects her from harm.”

 

    The Prince does as he’s told, obediently following the stranger through more paths and stairs.

 

    The stranger suddenly stops in front of him, making Prince hit his forehead on the guy’s shoulder. He turns to look at the place, the stranger has brought him and he is left completely shocked.

 

    A great castle hall, slightly ruined and dusty from the lack of use, is filled with 100 maybe 300 soliders. He is able to recognize some faces among them.

 

    Rapunzel, the unmistakable yellow-headed girl, who used her hair as a weapon. Snow White, surrounded by her animal friends. It was said that her voice could kill hundreds. There were also Alice, the Mad Hatter, Rabbit, and more and more faces , the names of whom Prince had only been able to hear in heroic songs. They all seem moved by his presence, as if they had been waiting for him.

 

    “ Is anyone going to tell me what is going on?” the Prince asked, slightly confused by the sudden situation.

 

    “ We are at war!” states the unknown boy that brought him there. “Oh how silly of me! Rider. Flynn Rider. I have heard great things about you, your majesty.” the gu-Flynn says shaking Prince’s hand.

 

    “What is the matter? How grave is our situation?” He asks.

 

    “ I could dare say critical your majesty.” Rapunzel says, leaving her place and pacing towards him.

 

    “The Ice Queen has declared us war, forcing us to leave our kingdoms and rush all the way here to stop her. We need all the men we can gather, as they are too many and very dangerous.”

 

    “I understand.” states the Prince. “If I understand properly, what you ask of me is to join your fair battle to defeat evil. Then I promise I shall give my best, even if it means risking my life.”

 

    “They broke the gate!” a young boy screams, running into the hall to give the news to the people.

 

    “ Then we shall fight! Are we ready?” Flynn shouts, earning a powerful yell form the soldiers. Then they march…

 

    “Mommy, no. Tell me the ending. Tell me how it goes,” Tommy, a 6 year old boy dressed in blue pajamas demands, pouting, moving from his bed just slightly.

    “ Well,” his mother starts, “they march all the way to the despicable army, defeating each and every one of them. You could see cards flying everywhere, witches casting spells, goblins, and ogres destroying everything. Rapunzel could be seen fighting, using her hair as her best weapon. Snow White let out a powerful scream, defeating hundreds. Prince Charming fought bravely with his sword, giving the battle its ending, and so did each and every single one of them, working as a big team to defeat evil.”

 

    “Did Prince Charming get to kiss Sleeping Beauty after the battle ended?” Tommy asks again, hugging his teddy bear a little tighter.

 

    “Well, they had won the battle, not the war, so after that Prince Charming solemly promised to join the army and fought many other battles, giving a great contribution to defating the evil Ice Queen. After the war ended, Prince Charming let the kingdom in hands of his most trusted friend, Flynn Rider and lived his remaining years wandering the sea. Then end.”

 

2nd place

Albjana Pacara, Kukes,

Prompt A, 12th grade

 

    I was surprised better to say shocked, when I saw my older self standing there in front o fme. Was I dreaming? Could I have probably lost my mind? I was really confused when all of a sudden “she” started talking.

 

    “Listen, I know this is going to seem weird but I had to come back in time to tell you this,” she said to me with a very serious expression. That scared me even more.

 

    “I know it sounds really scary, but you don’t have to be scared. I am here for your own sake.”

 

    Very confused, I invited her in so that she could explain me a little bit more what in the world was going on. With a shaking voice, I asked, “How can you be here? Where do you come from? What is going on?”

 

    “I am here about something very important that affects us both,” she continued saying. “I am going to be  straightforward and tell you why I am here.” I could tell by her face expression it was something serious.

 

“Look I did everything I could to tell you that you need to do something now before it is very late again. I know your studies are the most important thing for you right now, as it was for me too, but you should start living your life more than focusing in your school. Soon, when you will go to college, you will start missing on a lot of different, important events that will affect your social life.”

I stood there with my eyes and mouth wide open. I was thinking to myself, I must be hallucinating.

 

“Don’t look at me like that, but listen closely to what I have to say. I don’t have much time,” she said on a very serious note- “I don’t want you to end up like I did.”

 

She was talking as if we were two totally different people.

 

 “ I was so focused on my school, I left my life behind me. I was always fighting with my friends and family. I thought they wanted to put me down and not let me achieve success. I turned into a very antisocial person and I barely went out. I met with my friends and family very rarely until we stopped talking.”

 

I was so surprised by what she was telling me because that was not like me at all! I loved my family and I loved my friends. How could I have possibly done that to them?!?

 

“You have to believe me,” she said with a very persistent look. I was slowly starting to truly believe her. She then continued, “ Things got pretty bad. Because of our fight, I got so angry, I even missed our brother’s wedding. Mom and dad were so disappointed.”

 

I almost started crying.

 

“When I saw their pain and that how much they still cared for me, I understood I had done a really big mistake, getting cold with friends and family. I had truly misinterpreted their actions. I always thought they didn’t want me to be successful. But that was never the point. They had been more interested in my health than my education. I saw myself standing alone and I regretted everything I had done.”  

I was listening to my life as if it was a movie. “So the real reason I am here is to tell you the best advice you will get in your life. To stop worrying about your studies and focus on your life more. In the end, your family and friends and the love they give you is what matter the most. I hope you will take amy advice and change your life’s perspective. Now I have to go.” She opened the door and left. I ran after her but she was quickly lost in the dark.

 

As I stood there processing what just had happened, my mom came down the stairs.

 

“What are you doing here honey?” she asked with her sweet voice. I gave her the biggest hug I had ever given to someone.

 

“Nothing mom. I just have to tell you I love you very much”.

 

Later on, I started making up for my mistakes. I went to every family event, friends’ parties or any social gathering. I understand that what future me said was best advice and I truly took it. I am so thankful to her for helping me change the course of my life.

 

3rd place

Ornela Manja, Peshkopi,

Prompt A, 12th grade

 

    As strange as it sounds, my life for the past two weeks has been a rollercoaster. I have never had this much adrenaline run through my body in my entire life. It all started a quiet Thursday evening. My family was out having fun and I was stuck inside studying for a math test. I was trying my best to concentrate, but my mind kept flying away imagining what the rest of my family was doing. Suddenly, an unexpected knock on the door broke the tranquility of an empty house. Wishing that it would be my family, I ran to open it. I immediately froze in place when I saw who was standing in front of me. I was speechless. The first thought that popped into my head was that it had to be a prank. Maybe it was a mirror, maybe it was a dream. That’s it. It must have been a dream. After all, I was studying math. I must have gotten bored enough to fall asleep. It wasn’t the first time. The tornado in my head finally came to peace when the person in front of me, that looked like a slightly older but much prettier version of me started talking.

 

“ Listen, I know this is going to sound weird, but I had to come back in time to tell you this.” she said.

 

“Wow. Math finally did it. It made me lose my mind,” I replied.

 

The future me was dead serious. I invited her in worried that somebody might see her.

 

“ Don’t worry. Only you can see me,” she answered my question before I could even ask it. That raised a thousand new questions in my head. Could she read my mind or did she know what I was thinking because I was her, and she was me and we had the same brain?

 

“Relax,” she said. “I know this is all too much but I need your help and I don’t have time to answer all your questions. When this is over, I’ll explain everything, but you have to help me. The entire human existence depends on it. You have to come now”.

 

    In front of my yard appeared a big white ship, with hundreds of lights and glasses so clean you could see your reflection on them. Future me held my hand and in a second we were on a totally different environment. We were inside the ship. That was the best thing that had ever happened in my life. I just teleported. I could cross that off of my bucket list. Future me explained that we were going to the future. On the way she told me what was going on. Science was developing really fast in the future. The New York Experimental G6 made an unsuccessful experiment that had put the world in danger. They had created a serum, initially intended to make humans stronger and better. But as any other serum, it had to be experimented on animals first. They had chosen a monkey. At first the experiment seemed to have no success. But overnight when the lab was empty, the serum had worked. It needed the light and energy of the Northern Star. The new modified animal was a gorilla the size of a dinosaur.

 

    “The good news is that during the day the animal turns normal,” she said. “The bad news is that he also turns invisible during the day and we can’t catch him to fix our problem. People have died. So many cities have been destroyed.”

 

    “What can I do, that you can’t? Aren’t you supposed to know more things than me?”

 

“That is technically true, but my powers of mind reading and teleportation and others that can’t know about don’t let me see things that the normal eye does. Besides I was you one day, so I have your capacity. Believe in yourself,” she ended the story.

 

We arrived. That place looked nothing like the future world in my imagination. So many ruins were on the ground. The air was all dusty. The sky was cloudy, and the streets were all empty.

“ Everybody else is somewhere safe. We couldn’t risk anybody else getting hurt,” she answered my questions, freaking me out once again.

 

We were waiting around for the night to come. After a few hours, the Northern Star appeared in the sky. Future me was ready for action as it seemed. Suddenly, I heard a loud noise that made shivers run through my spine. A shadow appeared in the distance. Future me got out her gun, but I was so shocked I couldn’t move my feet. She slapped me, grabbed my hand and took me with her to shelter me from the monster. We ran and ran but he always found us.

 

“He must have laser sight”, she said.

 

We tried to escape from him all night but it wasn’t possible. Just as the sun was coming out, he found us. He grabbed me and was about to smash me with his huge hands. I really thought that was it for me. It was the end. But future me attacked him.

 

“You can’t die,” she said. “ That means that you don’t exist in the past, so you cannot exist in the future if we die, the world is doomed.”

 

She hit the monster with a laser sword in his leg. In that moment the giant gorilla hit future me and she hurt her head causing her to fall to a coma. Then the gorilla disappeared, future me got shelter in a hospital. Meanwhile, I was disappearing as well. Firstly, it was my hand, and my arms and so on. For a week, I spent every day learning how to fight the animal and get him to get the antiserum, and every night I went looking for him. The first three nights he didn’t come out. I thought it was because his leg was hurt. Then the fourth night he came. In that moment I wasn’t brave anymore. I was just insecure. When he touched me, he scratched my arm and that’s when it disappeared. On the last night, I was tired and hungry and I needed sleep. It was so easy for me to die. The monster was torturing me. This was the end. Suddenly he looked very clueless. He was looking for something, or maybe someone. He was looking for me. I had disappeared. I hope that future me was ok. The sun rose up and the gorilla turned into a little monkey. So that was the secret. I had to be invisible to see something invisible. I caught the monkey and gave him the antiserum. He lost his consciousness. I took him to the hospital. Future me was finally better. Everything bad the monster had done was reversed. I appeared again. The future world was actually better than the one I had imagined with skyscrapers, pools, and kids and everything was magical.

 

The monkey got better and we let him into the jungle. We celebrated for 2 days and as a prize, they gave me a necklace with the logo of their world, a falcon. It was perfect. Then we got on the ship and left.

 

The last thing I remembered was saying goodbye to future me. Then I found myself on the couch with my math book on my lap. It was a dream. Unfortunately.

 

But then I looked down in disappointment and I saw the necklace was on my chest. So did it really happen or was it just a dream? I’ll never know.      

 

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