Andrea Jarrell Winner In Bethesda Magazine

Congratulations, Andrea!>

Rockville Central contributor Andrea Jarrell won Honorable Mention in Bethesda Magazine’s first-ever short story contest for her story, “Traveling Companions.”

According to the magazine, “Montgomery County residents submitted 128 entries to the first Bethesda Magazine short-story writing contest—88 in the open category and 40 in the high school category.” Here are all the winners.

An excerpt from Andrea’s piece:

The train schedule was on a circular stand that turned round displaying times, track numbers, and destinations. Anna twirled it until she found the train she and her mother had been on. ROMA was in red letters next to it. Rome would be the next stop. Her eyes stung but she wouldn’t let herself cry. She’d cry when she saw her mother again. Immediately below that listing, she saw another red ROMA. She knew she didn’t have enough money for a ticket, just some purple and orange lire amounting to about $9 but she ran toward the listed track.

Her sandals slapped the concrete and she pretended not to see the faces that followed the silly running girl with long yellow hair, who had no purse, no suitcase, only packaged cookies, not even good ones.

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