Stricken by tragedy, a once expectant mother struggles to put her life back together.

Some summer contests are about eating pie, or pitching baseballs, or diving all the way to the bottom of the lake. Ours is about writing—specifically, writing a true-life story with the phrase “what you don’t see” in mind. Each of our multiple winning scribes has a deft way with words, and a gift for insight or humor. As for what they say blindsided them—oh, you’d be surprised!