Grand Prize Winner

"I Don't Have an Alaska Story to Tell" by Kitty Berner, Fairbanks

Editors' Choice 

"The Neurodivergent Mind" by Mya Fielden, Soldotna

Story

Grades K-2:

First Place: "Lucy's Adventures" by Claire Tappen, IDEA Homeschool, Anchorage

Honorable Mention:
"The Super Hamsters"by Clare Boyle, Family Partnership School, Anchorage
"Can Tarantulas Play Hockey" by Declan Boyle, Family Partnership School, Anchorage
"The Case of the Missing Cat" by Abbie Hadley, Raven Homeschool, Eagle River

Grades 3-5:

First Place: "Alice from Wonderland" by Hannah Beveridge, Bear Valley Elementary School, Anchorage

Honorable Mention: 
"The Barnyard Bully" by Ryan Clark, Family Partnership School, Anchorage
"The Loss" by Hudson Guilliams, Skagway School, Skagway
"Mr. Johnson's Pirate Ship" by Jacob Moncibaiz, Skagway School, Skagway

Grades 6-8:

First Place: "Periquito en Rio" by Kara Basye, IDEA Homeschool, Tok

Honorable Mention:
"A Tale of Two Sisters" by Luciana Liu, Goldenview Middle School, Anchorage
"Legacy of the Hunter Pack" by Kierra Tappen, IDEA Homeschool, Anchorage

Grades 9-12:

First Place: "The Red Áo Dài" by Lael Bartch, Focus Homeschool, Fairbanks

Honorable Mention:
"The Heart of the Matter" by Julia Wang, Fairbanks BEST, Fairbanks
"Caroline" by Hannah Weisser, Connections Homeschool, Homer

Open to the Public:

First Place: "Adrift on the Wind" by Steve Roberts, Eagle River

Honorable Mention:
"Dragged through a Winter Wonderland" by Caleb Carroll, Fairbanks
"Healers" by Addison Cox, Anchorage

Nonfiction

Grades 3-5:

First Place: "A Trip with Grandpa" by Michael Toovak, Kincaid Elementary School, Anchorage

Honorable Mention:
"Wax Museum Speech: Khutulun" by Catherine Warren, Rogers Park Elementary School, Anchorage

Grades 6-8:

First Place: "The Sea Is Calling Me" by Marley Mesa, Kenai Middle School, Kasilof

Honorable Mention:
"My Grandpa's Life Story" by Greer Collins, Hanshew Middle School, Anchorage

Grades 9-12:

First Place: "Lifecycle" by Aren Buchheit, Midland School, Juneau

Honorable Mention:
"The Legacy of Soap" by Landyn Longo, Unalaska City School District, Unalaska
"My Hair" by Hailey Mota, Dimond High School, Anchorage

Open to the Public:

First Place: "I Don't Have an Alaska Story to Tell" by Kitty Berner, Fairbanks

Honorable Mention:
"Let's Talk" by George Nagel, Anchorage
"Everything Can Kill You" by J.K. Ullrich, Anchorage

Poetry

Grades K-2:

First Place: "Reaching Out to the Spring Light" by Eliza Coutsoubos, Winterberry Charter School, Anchorage

Honorable Mention:
"Chicken Hands" by Noah Linneman, Anchor Lutheran School, Anchorage
"The Bee" by Thomas Pessetto, Family Partnership School, Anchorage

Grades 3-5:

First Place:  "We Always Write Poems on Asynchronous Days" by Catherine Warren, Rogers Park Elementary School, Anchorage

Honorable Mention:
"A Trip to the Lake" by Ryan Clark, Family Partnership School, Anchorage
"The Magic Box" by Ryan Clark, Family Partnership School, Anchorage
"An Ode to Tardigrades" by Caleb Rhodes, Nome Elementary School, Nome

Grades 6-8:

First Place: "Super Bowl 2024" by Sarah Dailey, Family Partnership School, Anchorage

Honorable Mention:
"Portable Magic" by Kamryn Basye, IDEA Homeschool, Tok
"Purple" by Sarah Dailey, Family Partnership School, Anchorage
"Joy on Wings" by Zorza Szatkowski, Klukwan School, Haines

Grades 9-12:

First Place: "The Neurodivergent Mind" by Mya Fielden, Soldotna High School, Soldotna

Honorable Mention:
"Honest" by Ethan Clark, Family Partnership School, Anchorage
"Lessening" by Adalgisa Reigh, Dillingham Middle/High School, Dillingham
"Monster Under the Bed" by Kyana Thompson, Wasilla High School, Wasilla
"Flight" by Solomon Youngbird, Homeschool, North Pole 

Open to the Public:

First Place: "Gain" by Katherine Hocker, Gustavus

Honorable Mention:
"Fraternity of Icarus" by Breanna Broiles, Kasilof
"Beyond Translation" by Carolyn Kremers, Fairbanks
"A Trailer Park Childhood" by Paige Turner, Skagway

Thank you to this year's judges and coordinators:

Judges

Teresa Ascone
Keelin Baughman
Robin Brooks
Barbara Brown
Tricia Brown
Kris Capps
Louise Dekreon-Watsjold
Sherri Douglas
Christina Gheen
Trish Jenkins
Hannah Johnson
Mary Kancewick
Taylor Keister
Sarah Kirk
Kari Lovett
Marie Lundstrom
Suzanne Metcalfe
David Onofrychuk
Mariah Oxford
Elise Patkotak
Warren Rhodes
Stephanie Schott
Kelsey Skrobis
Karen Sobolesky
Susan Sommers
Katy Spangler
Ron Spatz
Rayette Sterling
Carol Sturgulewski
Lila Vogt
Mark Weber
Toby Widdicombe

Jennifer Arko
Ethan Atwater
Sara Juday
Emily Madsen
Karen Miernyk
Camille Oliver
Julie Stricker