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Write about a group of people determined to win an award for making the biggest cookie ever.

Posted in High School on Oct 26, 2022

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Quarantine Competition (a Reedsy-Cast Short Story)

Submitted to Contest #71

Note: Hey, all! Here’s my long-overdo Wrirate short story. That means this story features a Reedsy cast! A lot of my Wrirate friends have made this kind of thing (check out Zilla’s, B.W.’s, Amany’s, Rhonda’s, and Orenda’s!) so I decided to write one. Sadly, I can’t have as many main characters as there are close Wrirate friends, so there’s main characters, a secondary character (Bri, which is something B.W. has said I could call her [Hope is also a nickname, so there’s actually two props to my good friend B.W.]), and a bunch of mentions...

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Cookiesplosion

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Submitted to Contest #71

"Out of my way!! I'm from Guinness, out of my way!!" The cameras were crowding the bakers, swarming them as if they were sprinkles on a cupcake. They tried to get to the door, tried to sneak their way into the bakery, but the cameras were there too. Eventually, they started throwing cupcakes at the cameras. Through the power of pastry, they banished them to worlds unknown and slunk inside. "Jeez, all this over a cookie? You guys better prepare yourselves for the big day. I'd suggest bulletproof vests and beekeeper helmets. Of course, that...

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A Good Day

Submitted to Contest #71

The sacks of flour are passed from one man to the next, a few grains escaping from small openings.The women’s voices rise higher and higher, merging and combining, becoming a harmony sounding slightly unpleasant.Large quantities of sugar, butter, eggs, vanilla extract, baking powder and baking soda are passed in the same fashion and put in different piles.“Now,” said Mrs Marano, who was in charge of this, “We will be following a simple recipe to make the cookie, which must be noted and memorized by everyone.”Yeah, she’s a bit strict.But all ...

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A Cookie Rivalry

Submitted to Contest #71

"Lilly," I heard a voice, "are you in there?" “Yes, I am,” I said, as my older sister, Winnie, walked into my room. “You know,” she said, “Philip and Richard shall be here by noon.” Philip and Richard were our cousins. Neither Winnie nor I had visited them often, which was a little unusual. This was going to be the first we were seeing of them, in a long time. I supposed it would be something of a change. * * * “Okay now, where next?” asked I, as Richard, Winnie, Philip, and I made our way through the shops of the summer carnival. “We’re don...

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The Huge Cookie Surprise

Submitted to Contest #71

Title: The Huge Cookie Surprise Author: Haripriya Authors Note: Hello everyone! I hope you all are having a Cookie-tacular Friday! Before reading this story, I think it would be best to grab a cookie, or else you'll start to feel hungry! Even if you don't like cookies, you'll feel like eating them (maybe). So start munching on whatever you like, and read this story about a group of friends, trying to make the biggest cookie in the history of cookies. I hope you enjoy the quick read!  Have you ever heard of true friendship?...

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Cookie of joy

Submitted to Contest #71

“Mrs. Hill, come out and play,” Danny called out. “Dan, you mustn’t disturb poor Mrs. Hill with all your silly tantrums,” I scolded my little brother. “Am not,” He countered. “Are too.” I sighed, being with Dan was just making me throw a fit like a child. “Oh, hello there Danny… and what a surprise to see you here too Taylor!” Mrs. Hills welcomed us in to her rental home, making sure my pesky brother was comfortable as she would ramble about the olden days… no cellphones, no computers, no technology… I was feeling stultify with her small tal...

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Alone

Submitted to Contest #71

Thea wouldn’t talk to her anymore. Unless it was about money or the well-being of her cat Rosie. Who could blame her, really? They exchanged short letters sometimes. It was a broken feeling when Eve saw her older sister dressed in orange, her pretty face split by metal bars.  Or maybe it was an empty feeling. Makeup peeled off Thea’s pretty face and her bracelets unhinged. Her cold hands when they secured them with handcuffs.  Thea was the type of sister who told Eve about happiness but left her at red train stations, all alone. ...

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Kingdom for a Cookie

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A cookie.The thing that would decide wether my cruel cousin Abek, or me, Grimelda, Crown Princess of Flura, would inherit the throne after my father's untimely death.A freaking cookie.I stepped down the sweeping marble stairs outside the grand palace. The thing was almost entirely open-air, a bunch of round, marble rooms connected by thin opal bridges. I looked like the palace, in a way: long white-blond hair, marble-pale skin, a long, flowy white dress that radiated out to the colors of the rainbow in the train and skirts, and one blue...

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Le Grand Biscuit

Submitted to Contest #71

As it so happened, the fate of the small village situated on the bank of a forlorn and mostly dry riverbed was sealed on a dreary and otherwise quite unremarkable December afternoon. It was the Assistant Deputy Treasurer who sealed it, although, in fairness, it was not his fault. He was only doing his job. And his intentions were good.In the precise center of this particular village sat the municipal building, an ashen grey, squat, two-story structure whose marquee had recently fallen askew. The building was crumbling prematurely, the concre...

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The Biggest Cookie

Submitted to Contest #71

“This was it. I could practically taste the sweet victory. My sister and I were just about to set a new record for the largest cookie ever. How, you ask?” “I didn’t say anything.” “I’d love to explain.” The strange boy continued as if I hadn’t said a thing. Or rather, as if I had said a different thing. “Of course, baking a huge cookie was tricky because the oven wasn’t big enough, and it took so long to mix up all the dough that it was hard to make sure the first batch was still good by the time the fiftieth one was ready to join the gr...

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The Sweetlake Incident

Submitted to Contest #71

The following information has been recorded to provide a detailed record of the incident in the small town of Sweetlake. The reader is cautioned not to attempt such a stunt, whether it is for charity or the desire to appear in a record book. We thank the representatives of the Guinness Book of World Records for deciding not to record any further contests determining the world's largest cookie, although records for pies, cakes, tarts, Nanaimo bars and other treats will continue to be accepted. They felt that the Sweetlake incident is an ex...

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The Mega Cookie Contest

Submitted to Contest #71

"Everyone please head to the auditorium for an important announcement at 9:00. Thank you, have a nice day. Also, don't forget to buy merch from the school store." Everyone is whispering about the assembly. Would it be a police officer come to say some rules? Or an early holiday? Or an upgrade to the school? New I-pads or computers? Extra tests? A bake sale? A carnival? None of the teachers know either. When everyone is settled into the auditorium, kindergarteners in the front, 8th grade in the back, the principal walks onto the stage. ...

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Parading Big Cookies

Submitted to Contest #71

For the town’s annual Santa Claus parade there was each year a strange new entry in the parade. For many adults and even some kids it was the highlight of the event. What would it be this year?  No one but the planner and the maker of the entry knew what weird and wonderful piece would grace the parade in any given year. There has been some big mistakes. The nine cats dressed as reindeer (with tied on antlers, and one with a very shiny nose added) pulling a sleigh around a flatbed trailer came to pretty much everyone’s mind wh...

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Creation of the Cookie

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Submitted to Contest #71

My friends and I all stood around the kitchen table, eyes wide in astonishment at the amount of ingredients laying on the table, not knowing where to start. Three giant bags of chocolate chips, a baker's bag of flour, carton of eggs, baking soda, heaps of butter, and so on. It cluttered the long counter, leaving no room for bowls or tools.  We continued to stare, and I laughed aloud.  “So, guys, where do we start?” I asked, turning to my friends, Taylor, Lucas, Noah, and Harper.  “I literally have no idea,” Taylor said, her ow...

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The best ingredient

Submitted to Contest #71

We used to have a television always set in the same cooking channel, which was located in the reception of the bakery shop. There used to be another one in the right corner of the opened kitchen, where customers could see the process of baking bread, cakes and all pastry. That sunny day, the old baker decided to turn the t.v. on another channel. - Look at the television ! That is the ad that i was talking to you about. - The contest? - and my boss stopped whipping the cream , to take a deep look at the screen. A close up of a huge wedding ca...

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