Kamiakin High grad wins writing contest

A Kamiakin High School graduate has been picked as a winner of the Writers of the Future contest.

Jeremy TeGrotenhuis, who graduated from the Kennewick school in 2010, now lives in Spokane, where he’s pursuing a master’s degree in teaching at Whitworth University.

He won for a short story, and his prize includes a cash award, a trip to Hollywood for a weeklong workshop, an awards ceremony, and a shot at the Golden Pen Award and $5,000 grand prize, a news release said.

The contest honors writers of speculative fiction, which is a genre that involves settings outside the real world. L. Ron Hubbard is the contest’s founder.

This story was originally published October 5, 2017 at 6:18 PM with the headline "Kamiakin High grad wins writing contest."