"Dancing with the feet is one thing, but dancing with the heart is another." All Bryar Kerrington ever wanted to do is dance. More specifically, dance at the best dance school in the entire world: St. Vitus Academy. When she arrives she immediately loves the place. It has a unique and historic feel to it that leaves Bryar interested. St. Vitus isn't only known for its dancing, but also for its legend. Three hundred years ago two boys fell madly in love with the same girl. The legend didn't have a happy ending. As Bryar attends to the school she starts to notice strange things happening that she can't explain. She meets three boys who seem very interested in her. But just when she thinks she knows them, she finds out that nearly everything at St. Vitus isn't all what it seems. Will she find out what's happening before its too late? Young Writer's Prize 2014 entry

Everyone was quiet as they stared at the letter in the middle of the table. My mother and my maid watched as I gingerly extended my hand and grabbed it opening it ever so slowly. "What does it say?" Diana my nanny sinceI was two asked. I read the letter completly before letting a wide smile spread across my face. "Well?" My mother asked the anticipation probably eating her. "I got accepted!" I yelled throwing myself at the two women sitting infront of me hugging them tightly. "I got in! I got in!" I chanted happily. I couldnt belive I actually got in the California's Dance Academy.

{pir·ou·ette [pir-oo-et] noun 1. a whirling about on one foot or on the points of the toes, as in ballet dancing.} You can live your entire life and never make it doing what you love. You can put it off, your can not do it, or you just might not be good at it. I don't want to get to the end of my life, look back, and realize that I didn't do what my heart wanted. I want this, right here, right now. And I'm gonna go get it." The story of the dancer, her ballet shoes, and her heart.

Libby is going to dance camp for the summer with her team to do what she loves, dance. Only there's one obstacle in the way: a football camp is being held at the same campsite. Libby tries her hardest to keep both herself and her team to ignoring them. But it gets even harder when a hot football player keeps flirting with her and she's starting to like him. Could this turn out to be the best or worst summer of her life?

"Excuse me, there must have been a mistake but I never applied for...ballet classes?!" Melody Kane has the biggest dream to go to Maryland Summer Camp for Arts, the only problem being her Mom. When her Mom finally agrees to let her daughter go to the summer camp, Melody is more than thrilled about going there with her two friends. In fact, she is so excited that she doesn't even acknowledges that her Mom enlisted her for Ballet classes instead of Modern ones. So when she gets to know about it, she labels it as nothing but a big disaster and that is exactly what her summer is going to be. With the school jocks on her tail making fun of her and those annoying little ballerinas in her ballet class, she has no where to escape or hide. But when she finds out the real reason why her Mom did this, will things finally take a new turn in her life? Will she finally stand up for her dream and against those school jocks? And maybe steal the heart of an unexpected one? -She might fall but won't know how to dance her way back up- Warning: Slow editing. Read at your own risk.

Lilly’s life could be seen as the definition of perfect. A perfect family, perfect home, perfect looks, perfect friends, perfect boyfriend. But there is one thing Lilly thinks she could do to make it better. Mastering 32 fouettés en tournant. With each turn, her life unravels before her eyes, and she desperately tries to make the pieces fit again.

15 year old Julia ward has just been accepted into the prestigious Elmhurst School for Dance in Birmingham, and is moving in as a full-time student from Florida. It's more than she could have ever hoped for, but between draining ballet classes, jealous classmates, and ballet boys, life as the new girl is going to take a whole lot of effort for things to work out. With up-coming choreography competitions, performance oppertunities, and end-of-year appraisals, Julia's got a lot keeping her up on her toes. Literally.