Winner: Rebecca Nations , Palmer, Colony Middle School, "The Courier ."
Winner: Dawn Baumann Brunke, Wasilla, "Before She Was the Queen of Syrup ."
Fiction
Winner: Dawn Baumann Brunke, Wasilla, "Before She Was the Queen of Syrup."
Honorable Mention: William Blanchard, Anchorage, "Last Bequest"; Andrew Wills, Homer, "To the Sea"; Robert Raven, Anchorage, "The Laughter of Water"; Joyce Bamberger, Anchorage, "The Minyan"; Barbara Brown, Anchorage, "More or Less"; Marie McCarty, Fritz Creek, "108 Chelsea."
Judges: Richard Chiappone, Joann Congdon, Anne Doubesant, Nancy Lord.
Poetry
Winner: David McElroy, Anchorage, "Palimpsest."
Honorable Mention: Deborah Tobola, Anchorage, "On leaping empty-handed into the void"; Tracy Philpot, Seldovia, "for tracy"; Augie Kochuten, Unalaska, "Aleutian Lullaby"; LaVon Bridges, Anchorage, "The Icon."
Judges: Scott Anderson, Erin Dovichin, Arlitia Jones, Tom Sexton.
Nonfiction
Winner: Andromeda Romano-Lax, Anchorage, "Learning to See Birds."
Honorable Mention: Lucy Collins, Anchorage, "The Advisability of Having an Older Brother -- a Memoir"; Jeff Fair, Anchorage, "Finding Spirit"; Linda Hoover, Anchorage, "The price of a meal"; Betty Goddard, Anchor Point, "Taking Turns."
Judges: Sandi Gerjevic, Doug O'Harra, Natalie Phillips
Fiction
Winner: Stacy Lynn Smith, Anchorage (UAA), "Dust Mites."
Honorable Mention: Stacy Lynn Smith, Anchorage (UAA), "Shirts, Not People."
Judges: Sarah Birdsall, Doug O'Harra.
Poetry
Winner: Karen Kavana, Anchorage (UAA), "Texas Two-Step."
Honorable Mention: Susan Gardner Dillon, Homer (UAA), "Breaking Bones, Breaking Bread"; Susan Alexander Derrera, Anchorage (UAA), "The 4-Year Old Studies Mummies"; Jeannie Bench, Anchorage (UAA), "A Theory for Middle Age"; Matthew Oliphant, Anchorage (Alaska Pacific University), "Untitled"; Karen Arai, Anchorage (UAA), "Retrospect to North York, Toronto, circa 1936."
Judges: Ann Chandonnet, Sheila Nickerson.
Nonfiction
Winner: Marti Bradley, Anchorage (Wayland Baptist College), "Autumn in Alaska."
Honorable Mention: Victoria Kondor, Anchorage (UAA), "Aunt Mary"; Jeanna Hawkins, Palmer (UAA), "The Honeymoon with Only One Murder"; Sunny Remmy, Anchorage (UAA), "Checking out the Boys."
Judges: Rosemary Shinohara, David Hulen.
Fiction
Winner: James Kracker, Palmer (Palmer High School), "Arioch."
Honorable Mention: Meghan Planchon, Anchorage (Steller), "Recently."
Judges: Robert Clark, Donna Freedman, Lin Hampson, Tara Wreyford.
Poetry
Winner: Bryan Smith, Anchorage (Service High School), "Humble, Grey Houses."
Honorable Mention: Dan Reese, Anchorage (Steller Alternative School), "Mothers, lie to your children"; Hannah Flor, Petersburg (Petersburg High School), "Water Heart (For Pablo Neruda)"; Rim-Jae Lee, Anchorage (East High School), "Landscape"; Nancy Slagle, Two Rivers (North Pole High School), "Fleeting Glory"; Sheila Vent, Huslia (Jimmy Huntington School), "Graduation Day."
Judges: Michael Catoggio, Sandy Harper, Martin Palmer.
Nonfiction
Winner: Ellie Swanson, Anchorage (Steller Alternative School), "New Kid."
Honorable Mention: David Woods II, Anchorage (East High School), "Mountain View"; Amanda Denn, Anchorage (East High School), "Death of a Cat."
Judges: Mark Dudick, Tom Mitchell, Kim Severson.
Fiction
Winner: Becca Nations, Palmer (Colony Middle School), "The Courier."
Honorable Mention: Jessica Wright, Anchorage (Mears Middle School), "Edibility"; Allison Duncan, Anchorage (Goldenview Middle School), "The Lavender Pearl Necklace"; Brandon McElroy, Anchorage (Goldenview Middle School), "Walking Home"; Andrea Wilson, Anchorage (Goldenview Middle School), "The Seventh Year."
Judges: Lynn Childs, Kaylene Johnson, Connie Jones, Jennifer Summers.
Poetry
Winner: Clare Baldwin, Palmer (Colony High School), "Italian Villas."
Honorable Mention: Melissa McNulty, Trapper Creek (Su Valley Jr./Sr. High School), "Trapped"; Donna Freeman, Anchorage (Polaris K-12 School), "My Room"; Elizabeth Bolling, Anchorage (Mears Middle School), "Nature"; Kara Van Kooten, Anchorage (Grace Christian School), "Mirrors Reflect."
Judges: Shari Douglas, Patricia Kennish, Vicki Radonich.
Nonfiction
Winner: Crystal Edwards, Anchorage (Clark Middle School), "Foster Care."
Honorable Mention: Kimberly Benson, Kenai (Kenai Central High School), "Things to Do"; Kalynn Johnson, Anchorage (Clark Middle School), "Violence Doesn't Solve Anything"; Emily Remillard, Eagle River (Homeschool), "A Day in Seward"; Sarah Campen, Sitka (Blatchley Middle School), "Indian River"; Claire Knudsen-Latta, Anchorage (Central Middle School), "Turning the Year."
Judges: Larry Campbell, Lisa Demer, Don Hunter, Frank Gerjevic.
Fiction
Winner: Anna Barnwell, Anchorage (Bowman Elementary School), "A Square in the Quilt."
Honorable Mentions: Ellen Bauer, Homer (Homer Charter School), "The Other Way to Listen"; Miranda Cortez, Anchorage (Chinook Elementary School), "A Grain of Sand"; Laura Steffens, Anchorage (Northern Lights ABC School), "Baseball"; Alexa Koenings, Juneau (Floyd Dryden Middle School), "The Gonda Diamond."
Judges: Cathy Carpenter, Mike Dunham, Susan Morgan, Peter Porco.
Poetry
Winner: Matthew N.K. Smith, Chugiak (Eagle River Elementary School), "Chess."
Honorable Mention: Susannah Ross, Anchorage (St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School), "Lost City"; Joan Tasker, Anchorage (Sand Lake Elementary School), "Waves"; Laura Steffens, Anchorage (Northern Lights ABC School), "Fourth of July."
Judges: Eric Burkett, Pamela Dunlap-Shohl, Jola Morris, Sonya Senkowsky.
Nonfiction
Winner: Brianne Purcella, Anchorage (Rabbit Creek Elementary), "Regata, My Story."
Honorable Mention: Fernando McKelvey-Page, Talkeetna (Talkeetna Elementary School), "Running Away from Home."
Judges: Tom Bell, Helen Jung.
Fiction
Winner: Andrew Lyle, Anchorage (College Gate Elementary), "Angels' Pride."
Honorable Mentions: Margo Reeve Werner, Anchorage (Polaris K-12 School), "Mumphis"; Dayna Butcher, Anchorage (Polaris K-12 School), "Plant and Water."
Judges: Erik Hill, Linda Sievers, Elsie Wertz.
Poetry
Winner: Maggie Rose McGuire, Anchorage (Turnagain Elementary School), "Autumn."
Honorable Mention: Samantha Williams, Sitka (Verstovia Elementary School), "Waiting"; Caleb Reed, Anchorage (Gladys Wood Elementary School), "My Sister"; Emily Cohn, Anchorage (Chugach Elementary School), "The Train"; Lauren Bell, Homer (West Homer Elementary School), "Hopelessness."
Judges: Carol Ausdahl, Meghan Pembleton, Danielle Stanton.
Nonfiction
Winner: Benjamin Landis, Barrow (Ipalook Elementary School), "Time."
Honorable Mention: Katelyn Duncan, Anchorage (Rogers Park Elementary School), "My Summer Vacation of 1997"; James Musich, Nome (Nome Adventist School), "Half and Half."
Judges: Martha Feenstra, Lisa Scagliotti.
Grand Prize Judges: George Bryson, Linda McCarriston, Kathleen McCoy, Ron Spatz.
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