Southwestcontest Stories

As she gets ready to travel for the first time, a thought comes to mind: Can I be able to navigate the airport without the help of my mom? She has always helped her communicate with the hearing world up until now. But now she feel is her turn to figure out how to navigate the hearing world all by herself. **I do not own the picture on the cover. If anyone knows who the author of the picture is, please let me know to give him/her credit**

"Kiss, Marry, Kill Tate? It's your turn." Tate is a 16 year old girl who hates parties, but her outgoing friends lead her to one. That night they play a game of kiss, marry, kill but Tate's drink is spiked, causing her to black out. She wakes up in a van with a middle-aged, psychotic man saying she was now his daughter. She wants to break free but meets a boy named Finn, who is also held hostage. Finn wants to help Tate. But will she let him?

After some events, the raven haired male is stuck in a fantasy-like world. He has no memories of what happened to him previously, but he begun having flashbacks from the past. He finds that this isn't a terrible dream and so tries to find a way out this mess. The man with the gun. !Warning! : Contains some disturbing topics like gore.

Everything I wanted to say, everything that I couldn't. Just honest feelings from a dishonest person. Oblivion: the state of being unaware or unconscious of what is happening around one. . Excerpt from book: She was the one who brought white flowers, who cried and cried at his grave. The flowers knew nothing of what had trespassed, but yet they embraced his grave as their own and lay there till they withered and passed away. No flower met another anymore. Each one was buried in their own graveyard. Their own destiny, their own world. But all met the same end. Each and every flower withered and withered till it could not be found anymore. ''We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.'' -Dead Poets Society

16 year old, Ally suffers from all sorts of mental illnesses due to the recent death of her grandad. The tragic death makes Ally mad at life, however will her mind change when she meets him?

I >∧∨ Find entertainment and/or knowledge through my flaws in my occurrences.

A short story highlighting, but not glamorising the darkness of depression. Chloe was on her final trip, only she knew her intentions. But a flight attendant recognised her pain, from one small act of kindness she saved Chloes life.... And many more...

Josie takes a very important flight back to her hometown. She's got a short amount of time and a pressing schedule. Her plans face derailment when the plane gets stuck on the tarmac. One of the flight attendants takes notice of her situation and has to act fast. This flight turns out to be meaningful not only for Josie but for the flight attendant as well.

even though i am from none of the eligible countries to participate in this contest, i still wanna give it a go, so hope you enjoy this! . . . . story cover is not relevant to this story heh Southwest: Storytellers On The Rise Writing Contest

After a bad divorce Jessie gets on a Southwest flight headed for Peru and realizes it's the journey that sometimes gives you the most happiness.

Kirishima and Bakugou are going on vacation Read to find out more

People are escaping, in hope of a better future. Hope for better jobs and work. Hope that they can support their families. Still, it's hard to leave loved ones behind, and keeping in touch is hard, even with letters.

The trip to Jacksonville Florida to visit my Grandmother's brother changed my life , events happened that showed me the true meaning of family .

A trip to Mexico was something that Enola dreamed about ever since she was 7 years old. She dreamt about the sunshine kissing her delicate skin, About the clear waters between her toes, and most importantly the deliciously authentic, exotic food making her tastebuds dance. When Enola wins a trip for one to Cancun through an online raffle, She's no doubt the happiest girl in the world- That is until her trip takes an unfortunate turn and the only person to help her is a stranger with a heart full of kindness and a one way ticket back to Cali. (This is my southwest contest short story!) I hope this story encourages you to pay it forward! Whether it be in large or small amounts, an act of kindness in any shape or form, goes a long way!

She wanted to go on a trip. It has always been a dream of hers to travel. But what if someone needs it more.

She is a young, artistic girl who for her work as an artist has taken her to many places, such as Italy, Spain, Korea and Colombia, one of her dreams as an artist was to visit the United States, and a specific part, Phoenix and soon she will discover that would fulfill your dream, I invite you to read this story.

Stella and her best friend Alice depart on a long journey to Paris. All well and. The trip is wonderful. The wonderful trip is long and exciting but there is a lot stress. Will Stella and Alice receive a random act of kindness?

Part One: The night was dark and cold all you hear are gunshots in alleyways and people screaming I don't want to die please! Hi I am Anna the main character I will be telling the story the way I remember it by memory, of the way it was at that time to me this was just like yesterday thank you reader for being brave and reading this book thank you.

During a visit to the fabled Barcelona, two tourists find the kindness of strangers in the midst of protest.