1st Place, Short Play – 2026 TCCL Young People’s Creative Writing Contest

How the Stars Fall (And Rise Again) reimagines the myth of Andromeda through a short play. While inspired by classical sources, this version departs from the traditional telling in order to explore themes of hubris, beauty, and power. In many versions of the myth, Andromeda is a passive figure, sacrificed to appease the wrath of Poseidon. This adaptation instead centers her agency. Through the voices of the Stars (those who have suffered before her), Andromeda learns that divine power is sustained not by inevitability, but by belief. When that belief is withdrawn, even the gods may falter.