Loved One with Cancer

Browse our previous Cancer Unwrapped writing contest winners

I Believe in Miracles

When you find out that your cousin has cancer it feels scary and devastating and sad. Then when you find out your ...

The Wig

I was nine years old when my Grammie came to live with us! She gave up her teaching career, her house, and her ...

The Match of a Lifetime

I met my best friend Jack in seventh grade. It was at a school dance, and amid the movement of young dancers and ...

Dreams can pass through Cancer

I used to live in North Ethiopia, Gonder where it was hotter than the capital city Addis Abeba. Gonder is the ...

The Recital

I am 12 years old and looking for a cello teacher. My mom has been taking me to one potential teacher after ...

You and I

Dear Mom, Because of you it only takes that one word to hit me hard. Cancer. It stops the blood running through my ...

Life After Haircuts…Is Too Short

Today my friend Becca got a haircut. It was strange to watch. My friends and I gathered around her and watched as ...