Poetry
Adult/Open
1st: One Good Horse by Megan Corazza
2nd: We are Flies by Janna Wagner
3rd: Talk Amongst Crows by Steve Delehanty
Grades 10-12
1. the day this body becomes mine once more by Anonymous
2. Courage by Ainsley Boss-Harmon
3. Kingdom of Snow by Jody Goodrich
Grades 7-9
Grades 4-6
Grades K-3
1st: N/A (insufficient qualified entries)
2nd: N/A (insufficient qualified entries)
3rd: N/A (insufficient qualified entries)
Fiction
Adult/Open
1st: Lost Years by Tara Caribou
2nd: The Monster on My Arm by Amy Murrell-Haunold
3rd: Amphibian / Acquitted by Charlie Menke
Grades 10-12
1. Deep Waters by Mason Watson
2. A Book’s Cover by Caitlyn Rogers
3. N/A (insufficient qualified entries)
Grades 7-9
1st: N/A (insufficient qualified entries)
2nd: N/A (insufficient qualified entries)
3rd: N/A (insufficient qualified entries)
Grades 4-6
1. Hendrick’s Halloween by Harrison Mayasich
2. The Nikiski Pool by Sadie Gibson
3. Gnomes in Winter by Harper Bross
Grades K-3
1. Silver Feather’s Journey by Taiga Reader
2. The Ladybug Bomb by Polly Fraley
3. TIE: The Yes Day by Timothy Christman
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Silly Hen by Amilia Botkin
Nonfiction
Adult/Open
1st: No Dumb Grandchildren by Cynthia Atcheson
2nd: Hot Buttered Rum by Gordy Vernon
3rd: The Set by Paula Kulhanek
Grades 10-12
1st: N/A (insufficient qualified entries)
2nd: N/A (insufficient qualified entries)
3rd: N/A (insufficient qualified entries)
Grades 7-9
1. Hot Dogs Are Cooking and I Want Them to Finish Already by Alex Eberle
2. My Poem by Josie Dubbe
3. What I Love About My Community by Bryce Hagge
Grades 4-6
1st: Sunshine by Ilsa Gutschow
2nd: Have You Ever Been to California…? by Ingrid Pederson
3rd: N/A (insufficient qualified entries)
Grades K-3
1. If You Aren’t Falling by Sidney Jones
2. The Day the Waves were Bumpy by Grayson Martinez
3. The Nerf Fight by Gunnar Woolard
*NEW* Flash Fiction (500 words or less)
Flash fiction is a new category and limited to the Adult/Open division.
Condensed writing formats have become popular in recent years. Local writers have taken an interest in micro writing classes at Homer Council on the Arts and KPC’s Kachemak Bay Campus. We hope you’ll be inspired to try it out after reading the winning entries!
1. How to Knit a Warm Warm Sweater by Janna Wagner
2. Nest Lake Monsters by Cynthia Atcheson
3. The Moonlings Jump Up and Down When Passes the One I Love by Janna Wagner