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Hank shows Dad's home video of eight-year-old John at the Orange County Young Authors Award (2007)

story · status: told 4× · last event: retold (2026-03-03)

In November 2007 Hank showed their dad's home video of eight-year-old John at the Orange County Young Authors Award, calling a girl's compliment the moment John became a writer; John replied it was really the first time he thought a girl might like him. John returned to his childhood writing awards in 2020 and 2026.

Told alongside: Hank finds and reads John's childhood book 'It Just Isn't Fair' (2007)

About: Orange County Public Schools Young Authors Award, Mike Green, It Just Isn't Fair

date event what video
2007-11-02 told Hank shows their dad's home video of eight-year-old John at the Orange County Young Authors Award conference and calls a girl's compliment the moment John became a writer. → refers to October 29th: It Just Isn't Fair November 2nd: John Green at the Young Author's Award 00:00:43
2007-11-05 retold John thanks Hank and Dad for the award video and reinterprets it: the first moment he realized a girl might like him, not his writing connecting him to the world. (playful) → refers to November 2nd: John Green at the Young Author's Award November 5th: John's Not Happy about Pakistan 00:00:31
2020-10-20 (happened 1987) retold John recalls winning a writing contest at nine to attend the 1987 Florida Young Writers Conference, where a famous author he loved refused his worn paperbacks, signing only new hardcovers he couldn't afford; he felt horrible. How to Sign Your Name 150,000 Times 00:01:54
2026-03-03 (happened 1986) retold In third grade John wrote a story about death, It Just Isn't Fair, and won the Audubon Park Young Author Award for 1986. The Best Fan Mail I Ever Received 00:05:03

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