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2023 Youth Writing Contest--Our Authors
Senior Division
GRAND PRIZE: Hannah Wharton-Hand of Tomorrow
SILVER PRIZE: Grace Bunch-I'll Come Running
BRONZE PRIZE: Savannah Tully-Mangroves Whisper Life and Death
Finalist: Sky Henderson-The Three Wooden Figures
Finalist: Maya Welch-Raging Ice
Dylan Bailey-The Quarantine Zone
Makenzie Best-Without a Goodbye
Robert Connor-What a Walk in the Woods
Haydn Hansen-Tough World
Kaylah Harvey-What is on the Walls
Hunter A. Heath-Someday: Jacob Ernest
Curtis Heinze-Long Lost Trail
Gianna Kelley-Animal Boy
Eden Merrill-I Won't Be Cut Out for This
Casius Orlet-Sharing the Same Sky
Mary Jane Roberts-Someday
Cris Robertson-Maybe Someday
Benjamin Roy-The Falling Embers
Riley Swann-Maybe Someday
Hana L. VanHouten-Drift Away
Junior Division
GRAND PRIZE: Benjamin Bishop-Rings, Doughnuts, & Kings
SILVER PRIZE: Aberlyn Leon-Someday
BRONZE PRIZE: Eliza Schwander-Loona's Dream Will Someday Come True
Finalist: Ephraim Bunch-The Messenger
Finalist: Alexis Davis-Rose and the Missing Kitsune
Finalist: Owen Hill-The Beginning of the End
Finalist: Taya Martinez-Barrels With Belle
Finalist: Aidan TwoCrow-Glitch
Finalist: Brooklyn Bell-The Family Dilemma
Jennifer Allen-The Dark Turn
Chase Bates-Someday
Phaedrus Berkenkotter-The Lightning Pets
Seth Allen-The Prank
Audrey Jean Bobo-The Fog
Riley Christensen-A New Vehicle
Jesse Tyler Arnold-Lost
Hailey Bowman-Eloise's Story
Lauren Michael Cartner-Leave It Lost
Hannah A. Eisemann-Someday
Daniel Feeney-The Green Notebook
Titus Dufur-Together Again
Sophie Eggleston-World War Three
Luke Foster-The Mole People
Garrett Gillespie-Garrett's Story
Kai R. Kontz-Someday
Emma McWhirter-Someday
Miles McCool-Someday...
Chase McKenna-Shapeshifter
Serenity Meister-Utopia
Lucan Merrill-Dead Past
Ryder Moore-Someday
Andee Quilico-Someday
Maebelle Quilico-The Children's March
Jace Piefer-Someday...
Curtis Beavis Rose-Dragons
Max Saltzman-Someday...
Carter Shearer-The Bright Light
Alicen Sovocool-The Joke
David Sovocool-David's Story
Natalie Pidgeon-Grief is an Adaptation of Life
Ayanna X. Garcia Sakata-Never Was There
Clara Harris-Maybe Someday
Jazzlynn Jean Quintana-Present to Past
Jamison Thurston-The Land of Your Dreams
Kenny Teter-Machine in the Woods
Jonah Jamerson-Why You Shouldn't Work at a Propane Company
Delayed Entries
Mason Young (JR)-The Someday Adventure
Wade Massey (SR)-How the Bow Curves
Aleah Mullenax (SR)-Annie's Antiques
Finley Reinan (SR)-Someday
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