Grand Prize Winner

"Just an Instrument" by Elizabeth Chilson, Soldotna  

Editors' Choice 

"Why Do I Have to Have You, PTSD?" By Sam Bosarge, Kenai Middle School, Kenai

Story

Grades K-2:

First Place:  "How the Northern Lights Saved Alaska" by Alana Morse, Mt. Eccles Elementary School, Cordova

Honorable Mention:
"Princess Elizabeth and the Garden of Darkness" by Kimber Jared, Skagway School, Skagway

Grades 3-5:

First Place: "Mari: The Abnormally Normal Day" by Catherine Warren, AK Choice, Anchorage

Honorable Mention: 
"Magic Marker Mayhem" by Ryan Clark, Family Partnership Correspondence School, Anchorage
"Monster Cookie Dough" by Melody Wardlaw-Bailey, IDEA Homeschool, Anchorage

Grades 6-8:

First Place:  "The Gateway to Dreams" by Luciana Liu, Goldenview Middle School, Anchorage

Honorable Mention:
"The Leaf" by Evan Algiene, Frontier Charter School, Anchorage
"The Never-ending Chase" by Cadence Callaway, Goldenview Middle School, Anchorage

Grades 9-12:

First Place: "Amka's Storyknife" by Jasmine Levi, Anchor Lutheran School, Anchorage

Honorable Mention:
"A Walk to Remember" by Rachel Bonjour, Delta High School, Delta Junction
"Run" by Sean Norris, Soldotna High School, Soldotna

Open to the Public:

First Place: "Keeping Up with Mrs. Jones" by Laura Lancaster, Fairbanks

Honorable Mention:
"Summer Seventeen" by Nora Gecan, Anchorage
"Time, Gentlemen" by Robert Raven, Anchorage

Nonfiction

Grades 3-5:

First Place:  "A Fishy Battle" by Ryan Clark, Family Partnership Correspondence School, Anchorage

Grades 6-8:

First Place: "The Little Cabin on Lake Louise" by Rosy Fry, Birchtree Charter, Palmer

Honorable Mention:
"Memories" by Marley Mesa, Kenai Middle School, Kenai

Grades 9-12:

First Place: "Unseen Strength of Time" by Olivia North, Delta Junction High School, Delta Junction

Open to the Public:

First Place: "Just an Instrument" by Elizabeth Chilson, Soldotna

Honorable Mention:
"Motherhood is the Neck of the Chicken" by Rachel Fry, Palmer
"Family Week" by Peter Garay, Homer"
"Decisions" by Peter Jenkins, Anchorage
"Entomophobia" by Rachel McKinley, Fairbanks

Poetry

Grades K-2:

First Place:  "Cold" by Jackson Frisco, Anchor Lutheran School, Anchorage

Honorable Mention:
"Trees" by Jackson Frisco, Anchor Lutheran School, Anchorage
"The Griffin" by Silas McKinley, CyberLynx Homeschool and Correspondence, Fairbanks
"Wind" by Luke Rodriguez, Anchor Lutheran School, Anchorage

Grades 3-5:

First Place: "Glorious Pennies from Heaven" by Rachel Dailey, Family Partnership Correspondence School, Anchorage

Honorable Mention:
"A Pirate" by Catherine Warren, AK Choice, Anchorage
"Elefante I Love You" by Catherine Warren, AK Choice, Anchorage

Grades 6-8:

First Place: "Why Do I Have to Have You, PTSD?" By Sam Bosarge, Kenai Middle School, Kenai

Honorable Mention:
"Fish" by Ula Scheidecker, Craig Middle School, Craig
"The Word Sorry" by Isla Wackler, Soldotna Montessori Charter School, Soldotna

Grades 9-12:

First Place: "Grey Sky and Willow Leaves" by Phoebe Wooller, West Valley High School, Fairbanks

Honorable Mention:
"Reflection in an Anchorage Hair Salon" by Sarah Kim, West Anchorage High School, Anchorage
"A Tapestry of Stories" by Julia Wang, Fairbanks BEST Homeschool, Fairbanks

Open to the Public:

First Place: "Prague" by Sarai Etheridge, Anchorage

Honorable Mention:
"Trapper" by Wayne F. Lewis, Anchorage
"perhaps out at sea it is raining" by Julianne Warren, Fairbanks

Thank you to this year's judges and coordinators:

Judges

Amanda Andros
Keelin Baughman
Ella Berryhill
Robin Brooks
Tricia Brown
Kris Capps
Louise Dekreon-Watsjold
Sherri Douglas
Christina Gheen
Trish Jenkins
Hannah Johnson
Mary Kancewick
Taylor Keister
Sarah Kirk
Kaylene Johnson
Sara Juday
Marie Lundstrom
Mariah Oxford
Elise Patkotak
Warren Rhodes
Karen Sobolesky
Susan Sommers
Katy Spangler
Ronald Spatz
Rayette Sterling
Carol Sturgulewski
Lila Vogt
Dan Walker
Mark Weber
Toby Widdicombe

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