Subway Kids sandwich stories

Amid tales of murder and sandwich crime in their stores, Subway has launched a feel-good contest for U.S. grade schoolers. In the Every Sandwich Tells a Story Contest, Subway urges our nation's children to write a short story "that is as delicious to read as a Subway sandwich is to eat." Appropriately, the story must include not only a beginning, but a middle and end, too.

Due to the United States' inconvenient child labor laws, It's What's between doesn't have any K-6 staffers. Nonetheless, we are entering this contest. The winner gets $5,500 worth of prizes! For writing about sandwiches! So keep watching for our Subway Kids entries on the following themes: The Mysterious Meatball, Turkey Doesn't Live Here Anymore, The Race to Red Onion Ranch, and Crunch, Crunch!

Let's go kids, it's time to get writing!

Comments

The Freakin' Deacon said…

The Meatball Ball? Who writes this shit? Anyways, we over at the Church will pray for you, and if you lose we will ask the good lord to smite the non-believers at Subway. We think that's how it works, we don't really know...

August 18, 2008 at 11:24:00 PM EDT

Alex Headrick said…

Thanks, Free-Dee! With the power of prayer, I shall overcome those heathens' so called "contest rules" and win the gift card I rightly deserve.

August 19, 2008 at 12:07:00 PM EDT

The Freakin' Deacon said…

clearly

August 21, 2008 at 8:18:00 PM EDT

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