Long Beach students succeeded in their mission — they frightened us, disturbed us, creeped us out.
The Press-Telegram’s annual Scary Stories Contest was another spooky success, with hundreds of Long Beach students submitting terrifying tales and dreadful drawings.
The Halloween tradition asks students to compete to tell the best stories or create the most compelling artwork across three divisions: elementary school, middle school and high school. Today, we present the top three stories and drawings in each division. To read all of the stories, click here.
Stories:
First place: “The Floating Book” by Story Baughfman, fourth grade, Los Cerritos Elementary School.
Second place: “Camp Murder” by Isabella Torres Brava, fifth grade, Kettering Elementary School.
Third place: “The Mysterious Building” by Savannah Grace Hopkin, third grade, Minnie Gant Elementary School.
Drawings:
First place: Evan Baughfman, fourth grade, Los Cerritos Elementary School.
Second place: Griffin Taucher, 10 years old, Lowell Elementary School.
Third place: Madison Frazee, fifth grade, St. Joseph Elementary School.
Stories:
First place: “The Lullaby” by Lillian Calvario, eighth grade, St. Joseph Catholic School.
Second place: “Another Act” by Hazel Ivie-Valle, eighth grade, Leland Stanford Middle School.
Third place: “Why you Should be Afraid of Spiders” by Leah Payne, eighth grade, Leland Stanford Middle School.
Drawings:
First place: Janet Yim, seventh grade, Nelson Academy.
Second place: Victor Cardona, seventh grade, Stephens Middle School.
Third place: Max Salgado, sixth grade, Stephens Middle School.
Stories:
First place: Aaron Lim, 12th grade, Poly High.
Second place: Isabella Acosta, 10th grade, Poly High.
Third place: Francisco Morales, 10th grade, Poly High.
Drawings:
First place: Zion Hontiveros, 14 years old, Renaissance High School For The Arts.
Second place: Emily De La Rosa, 12th grade, St. Anthony High School.
Third place: Lyric Transfiguracion, 11th grade, California Academy of Math and Science.