Teen Writing Contest!

Are you a teen writer? Do you have a piece of poetry or a short story that you think should be published?

If yes, then enter The Claremont Review’s annual writing contest!

Submit your work to the contest for the chance to win a first place prize of $500, or second and third place prizes of $300 and $200 respectively. Your work will also be judged by professional well-known Canadian writers, and if you win your work will be published in The Claremont Review!

This contest is open to teens aged 13-19. There is an entry fee of $20.00 for one genre, or $25.00 for two. Poetry and fiction are welcome.

For full contest details visit www.theClaremontReview.ca

Good luck!

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

Rick Riordan

4/5 Stars

Percy and hid friends have returned to camp half blood with terrible news. Thalia’s tree that protects the magical borders has been poisoned and the only way to save the camp is by going to the Sea of Monsters and retrieving the Golden Fleece. Percy, Annabeth, Tyson and Grover must go on a quest to save the camp, and bring the Golden Fleece to camp.

Madison P.

Parties and Potions by Sarah Mlynowski

4/5 Stars
REVIEW: I think that this book is really good. Even though I’m not into witches and things it was an interesting book to read. I didn’t quite understand everything but other than that I would totally recommend this book to others!

Chelsea

Beethoven’s Big Break

5/5 Stars

The movie Beethoven’s big Break was a good movie because Beethoven and his puppies all became movie stars. Also, when Beethoven was dognapped they rescued Beethoven and the bad guys were put in jail. Then all the puppies and Beethoven all got to live in the pack. Yes I would recommend this movie to my friends because it is a good family movie to watch.

Nicholas P.

Gone by Michael Grant

4.5/5 Stars

I thought this book was very good because it was all about super powers/mutations and supernatural things. One day all the adults disappear and it’s just the kids under 18 left in a big dome. It’s really interesting how all the animals get smaller and more dangerous. Then some kids wanted to control everything and they took over.

Liam J.

The Eternity Code by Eoin Colfer

4/5 Stars

In the beginning Artemis Fowl created a technologically advanced cube that was about 20 years ahead of anything we have now. This cube was made of stolen fairy technology that he got from the previous book. He tries to sell his “c cube” to a billionaire/ evil mastermind, but that didn’t work because instead it was stolen from him. So the fairies were alerted and they teamed up with Artemis Fowl and his bodyguard Butler to regain possession of the c cube because if they don’t the fairy civilization could be found (the fairies were driven underground when the humans came into existence). In the end they got the c cube back, destroyed it and mindwiped him so that he couldn’t bother the fairies anymore, but he gave a dwarf who was helping them along the way a gold coin that had a disk inside of it and got him to bring it back to him a year later so he could remember the fairies.
John B.

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

5/5 Stars

I really enjoyed this book. I read the first 3 books but this one was the best one yet! I really liked how Rick Riordan (the author) described when Percy and his friends were fighting the monsters; it was almost like I was in it! I would also like to recommend this to fantasy lovers because there is lots of fantasy in it.

Patrick G.