Whiz Kid -- and Short Story Finalist -- Alice Chang

Alice Chang is a junior at Wootton High School in Montgomery County, Maryland. She's an aspiring businessperson. She's also an incredible writer... proven by her selection as one of 12 finalists (out of more than 100 entries) in the festival's first annual short story contest for high school students.

"I wanted my story to take my readers on an exhilarating journey of raw emotion..." she told the North Potomac-Darnestown Patch in a recent interview.

Read the full Whiz Kid feature on Chang.

Read Chang's short story.