Guest post by Katie Colletta

Are you looking for new ways to encourage your students to explore their creative writing? The Old Creamery Theatre needs stories from your students to use in its brand-new show, Best Quest, which will be seen by over 50,000 people in 2017!

Every year the Old Creamery Theatre holds a national writing contest for students in grades 1-6 and adapts some of their favorite stories into a high-energy 45 minute performance inlcuding song and dance. Story submissions should answer the question “How can I be the best version of me?” and highlight at least one of the Six Pillars of Good Character: trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship. Besides having the opportunity to see their work performed live onstage, students can also win bookstore gift cards.

Who: Students in grades 1-6

What: The Old Creamery Theatre’s Creative Writing Contest

When: Stories must be submitted by January 16^th, 2017

How: Stories can be submitted online to writingcontest@oldcreamery.com or mailed to:

Writing Contest, c/o Old Creamery Theatre

39 38^th Avenue

Amana, Iowa 52203

Interested? Check out the full writing contest guidelines to get started!

The Old Creamery Theatre Company is proud to be the longest running professional theatre company in the state of Iowa! The Old Creamery Theatre is a nonprofit professional theatre founded in 1971 in Garrison, Iowa and currently resides in Amana, Iowa. This year they are celebrating 46 years of bringing live, professional theatre to the people of Iowa and the Midwest.

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