Winner: Judith Monroe, Anchorage, Free Fall
Honorable Mention: Karen Tschannen, Anchorage, Wednesday Lover
Jean Anderson, Fairbanks, Wednesday
George Harbeson Jr., Wasilla, Mannik
Jeanne Sprague, Anchorage, Joy
Martin Psimer, MD, Anchorage, Fables for the Gloom Chasers Social and Charity Club
Susan Henry, Alakanuk, Sunset

Winner: Ronald Turner, (UAA), No Money Down
Honorable Mention: Janet Lown, (Sitka Community College), Marlene’s Pony
Annie-Lee Robinson, (UAA), Marvin Mouse’s New Home
Evalyn Preblich, (UAA), Brief Encounter

Winner: Darius Kasprzak, 11, Moser Bay, The Moser Bay Mutant
Honorable Mention: Sara C. Hamilton, 18, (West Anchorage High School), Pocket Promises
Marvin Vann, 18, (Juneau-Douglas High School), A Delicate Passing
Dan Lowery, 15, (Service-Hanshew High School), Obsession
Andrew Beardsley, 17, (East High School), The Sunny Cove Incident
Kelly Burns, 11, (Chester Valley Elementary School), The (Almost) Attack of the Killer Lips
Lisa Limilaco, 13, (Diamond-Mears High School), The Truth about Grandma
Silent Wolf (pen name of an 18-year-old student at West Anchorage High School), Untitled
Evan Brent Holland, 17, (Bartlett-Begich High School), Wanlane and Red Hats

Winner: Martin Palmer, Elegy for Mrs. George
Honorable Mention: Martin Palmer, From Bodenberg Butte
Taylor Henshaw, Petersburg, Ready Robert Bly while Riding a Winter Bus through Anchorage
Margaret Smith, Peterburg, Midway to Jekyll Island
Julie Bedell, Fairbanks, Otis Lynch’s Daughter

Winner: Don Decker, (Alaska Pacific University), From the Airplane
Honorable Mention: Renee MacKenzie, (Anchorage Community College), Skyscraper
Jane Barcott, (UAA), Arctic Valley, Blue Berries

Winner: Paula Anderson, 10, (North Kenai Elementary School), Memories
Honorable Mention: Dusty Lindberg, 6, Uganik Bay, Poem about Vegetables
Daryl Keppner, 12, (Inlet View Elementary School), Ocean
Woody Firm, 16, (West Anchorage High School), …ME?!
Elisabeth Anne Gatelein, 5, Anchorage, Dime Rhyme

Winner: James Caldwell MD, Anchorage, Death of a Nurse
Honorable Mention: Glenn Hackney, Fairbanks, Of Ice and Men
Tim Snapp, Anchorage, The Inside Passage

Winner: James Loft, (Tanana Valley Community College), A Failure: Picture of a ‘50s Child
Honorable Mention: Thomas Boucher, (UAF), Growing up in Rural Alaska
James Loft, (Tanana Valley Community College), Making a Trip

Winner: Tracy Mettier, 13, Ketchikan (La Bouchere Bay School), Chalo, I Can Still Remember
Honorable Mention: Leslie Eden Kusz, (Delta High School), On Being Different
Priscilla J. Bettis, 16, (Service High School), Untitled