The Contest at The Magic Edible Garden is a modern-day story of a mom and her two children that enter an organic farming contest. The narrative flows with the wonders of farming activities in each season successfully, capturing the cycle of life, meticulously planning, and the effort behind agriculture. This is a S.T.E.M. novella that supports and enriches student learning with embedding virtues, like patients, kindness, gentleness, and more in the characters with an ethical guideline to make it not just educational but scientific. The Contest showcases sustainable livings through the use of biodiversity, permaculture and farming skills. There is a call to actions that encourages the reader to be good stewards of the Earth, and invest time productively. It is both informative and motivational. It shares ways families and reunite to build strong loving bonds that will last a life time.