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This year, Overlake ran its third Story in a Tweet contest. The object was for students to write an entire story—beginning, middle, and end—in 140 characters, including spaces and punctuation; the length of one Twitter.com post, or a ‘tweet.’ Out of all the amazingly short entries, the faculty voted, and here are the winners. Final score: Gold 43, Green 49.

1st Place: 5 points
One day Nate the Pig was bored. He rolled around in the mud, which made him really dirty. The farmer was mad; he couldn’t have clean bacon. –Will, 8th Gold

2nd Place: 3 points
Once an egg rolled down a hill. When it reached the bottom it hit a huge rock. When the dust settled, nothing could be found of the rock. –Max, 8th, Green

3rd Place: 2 points
Bob peered into the gloom, straining to see into the darkness. He was hunting a skunk, which had a penchant for nastiness. He never found it. –Kirby, 6th, Green

Honorable Mention: 1 point
There was a boy with springs in his shoes. He jumped so high, he hit the moon. The craters on the moon are forevermore from his shoes. –Megan, Sana, Diana, 8th, Green

Once upon a time there was a frog. He kissed a princess. The princess then turned into a frog. “That is very unusual,” thought the frog. –Talia, 7th, Gold

Click here for an annotated list of selected new materials received in the library in October. Includes cover images.

Click here for the full annotated list of new materials received in October. No cover images.