Along with teaching short fiction in my 10th-grade English classes here at CORE, I was also invited by teacher (and CORE dad) Scott Bailey to give a quick lesson at Juvenile Hall. Bailey ran his own 99-word...

Last February, the CORE Insider held its second school competition, "99 Word Stories from Highway 99." Students were challenged to write stories with a word count of exactly 99. The following are the winners...

Writers! Welcome to CORE Butte’s flash-fiction short story contest: 99 Word Stories From Life Along Highway 99!  The CORE Insider will be awarding 1st and 2nd place trophies, prizes, and everlasting...