Jul 16, 2026 · 20 min · 8 segments
Today’s brand new story asks the age old question: *can* a beard fall off? Written by a 7 year old from Kenya named Zyra. Also featuring an interview with Tabitha, one of the kid authors on our Summer…
And here's something cool, on today's episode, I actually interview Tabitha about her writing process.
Rounding out the individual leaderboard, we have Gus in Canada, Brooklyn in Pennsylvania, Rafi in Rhode Island, Nora in Massachusetts, Adrian in Georgia, Maya in Colorado, Ethan in Washington, Kurt in Pennsylvania, Ziva in Arizona, who is actually Tabitha's sister, Alya in California, Emery in Indiana, and Alessandro in Spain.
But I gotta say, if you're feeling like you still wanna jump into this race, the group leaderboard is really attainable.
And remember that even if you don't make the leaderboard, everyone who participates gets a certificate at the end of the summer, and Story Love telling you how much we loved your stories.
We'll be updating the leaderboard every week at storypirates.com/leaderboard and I'll be shouting out more kids here on the podcast.
Grown-ups, you can find links to the leaderboard and find out how to get your kids involved in the Summer Story Challenge in the show notes for today's episode.
And here's something cool, on today's episode, I actually interview Tabitha about her writing process.
Rounding out the individual leaderboard, we have Gus in Canada, Brooklyn in Pennsylvania, Rafi in Rhode Island, Nora in Massachusetts, Adrian in Georgia, Maya in Colorado, Ethan in Washington, Kurt in Pennsylvania, Ziva in Arizona, who is actually Tabitha's sister, Alya in California, Emery in Indiana, and Alessandro in Spain.
But I gotta say, if you're feeling like you still wanna jump into this race, the group leaderboard is really attainable.
And remember that even if you don't make the leaderboard, everyone who participates gets a certificate at the end of the summer, and Story Love telling you how much we loved your stories.
We'll be updating the leaderboard every week at storypirates.com/leaderboard and I'll be shouting out more kids here on the podcast.
Grown-ups, you can find links to the leaderboard and find out how to get your kids involved in the Summer Story Challenge in the show notes for today's episode.
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Perfection Not Required, Just Write
Her no-perfection rule sparks fearless kid writing
Chalk Poem's Rainy Punchline
Hear the chalk poem's unexpected rainy ending
Random Word Story Method
Tabitha shares her playful trick for ideas
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