First place: "Snow Cones," by Anna Hirsch

Second place: "I am," by Maggie Bursch

Third place: "Seed," by Drew Turner

Honorable Mentions:

"The Forest," by Madeline Bowen

"Spring," by Serena Kucera

First place: "The Trout," by Clara Noomah

Second place: "Feline Four Paws," by Brennan Palmer

Third place: "Metallic Storm," by Frances Bursch

Honorable Mentions:

"A Broken Life," by Rochelle Purpura, Seldovia

"My Place," by Clara Noomah

First place: "An Ode to Childhood," by Thorey Munro

Second Place: "Untitled," by Emily Kizzia

Third place: "At Least Once a Day," by Amelia Robertson

Honorable Mention:

"Someday," by Ashleigh Nieman

First place: "Dreamer," by Ellen Bauer

Second place: "Words," by Sara Bailey

Third place: "Invisuality," by Vanessa Catron

Honorable Mention:

"I Remember," by Carrara Caley

First place: "A Story to Keep You Here," by Rebecca Lee Yates

Second place: "The Enclosing," by Rebecca Lee Yates

Third place: "Geographer," by Rebecca Lee Yates

Honorable Mentions:

"Pumelos," by Megan Corazza

"Slaughter," by Matthew Hambrick

"Holding Unsteady," by Rebecca Lee Yates

First place: "Cat Rules," by Maggie Bursch

Second place: "Sarem's Defeat," by Halo Multz Howell

Third place: "Gamebird Stew," by Aviva Hirsch

Honorable Mentions:

"When Santa Meets the Tooth Fairy," by Katherine Dolma

"Wolves," by Lily Wills

First place: "Rainy Day," by Teresa Wisner

Second place: "The Peanut Butter Bears of McNeil River," by Ithaca Ivy Sorensen

Third place: "How the Leopard Got Its Spots," by Danielle Gagnon

Honorable Mentions:

"How the Zebra Got Its Stripes," by Kate Linner

"Greatness is the Road that Leads to the Unknown," by Oceana Wills

"Sitara's Diary," by Natalie Betley

First place: "A New Beginning," by Kiersten Skjold

Second place: "A New Style of Snowboarding," by Seth Suydam

Third place: "The Dream," by Thorey Munro

Honorable Mentions:

"Gold Rush," by Hannah Chase

"The River," by Jake Schmutzler

"Gooseneck I," by Hannah Rose Bradley

First Place: "Button Story," by Taneeka Hansen

Second Place: "The Judas Project," Zachary Schindler

Third Place: "Finding Eric Brians," by Dylan Hitchcock-Lopez

Honorable mentions:

"To the Brink of Hell, and back," by Amanda Merchant

"A Time to Shine," by Benay Breyfogle

First Place: "Common Ground," by Megan Corazza

Second Place: "Leroy," by Elisabeth Brennand

Third Place: "Next Door Riches," by Betty Jo Goddard

Honorable Mention:

"Son of Abebi," by A. Rick Cline

"Baya's Book," by Suzanne Bishop

First place: "Baby Barae," by Aviva Hirsch

Second place: "My Favorite Thing," by Theo Noomah

Third place: "Go Bug Go," by Maggie Bursch

First place: "How to Draw an Elephant," Hailey Smith

Second place: "The Seeing Eye Dog," by Frances Bursch

Third place: "Losers," by Patrick Schneider

Honorable Mentions:

"Holly," by Grace Harrison

"Change of School," by Eddie Kratz-Cady

"The Urchin of Emma," Teal Laukitis

First place: (tie): "Little Skiff Man," by Seth Suydam, Seldovia

"Friendship," by Colin McArthur

Second place: "Close to Flying," by Thorey Munro

Third place: "Celebrating Chinese New Year," by Hannah Rose Bradley

Honorable Mention:

"My Marvelous Mess," by Nathan Kinney, Anchor Point

"Make 'Em Think It's Real," by Clara Noomah

"Grandpa," by Avery Ault

"Colorado Escapade," by Angela Singh, Anchor Point

"The Subtle Deed," Reidun Todd

"Sailwood Adventures," by Ethan Martin

First Place: "Kina Asks: What Was it Like Being Hit by a Car?," by Amanda Merchant

Second Place: "The Unalaskan Alaskan," by Andrew Vait

First Place: "Elegy to a Spruce Forest," by Marie McCarty

Second Place: "A Windowpane Away," by Katie Dawson

Third Place: "Hardscrabble Lives," by Dan Crane

Honorable Mentions:

"A Pure Moose Mind," by Sarah Maio