The four winning vignettes are from four different campuses. They were entries in the One Book, One Community Writing Contest inspired by the chosen book, The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros. The contest was sponsored by the Florida Center for the Literary Arts. Each winning vignette was inspired by the writing style found in the book, short literary sketches, sometimes (but not always) from a child’s point of view.

The writing contest inspired by Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street generated many entries worthy of publication. The staff realized some were too good to ignore. Here are the vignettes they chose as their Staff Picks.