Poetry
1-4 grade group
First Place – Megan Kroeger for, “Clay Hearts.”
Second Place – Rainn Edwards for, “In December.
Third Place – Caroline Bergmann for, “Winter Beauty.”
Honorable Mention: Keira Kosowski for, “Native American Poem About Me.”
Honorable Mention: Wapanuhkiw Waukechon-Reiter for, “My Native American Poem.”
5-8 grade group
First Place – Jill Guenther for, “The Ocean.”
Second Place – Abriella Morningstar Mahkimetas-Kurkiewicz for, “Dreams.”
Third Place – Abriella Morningstar Mahkimetas-Kurkiewicz for, “The Meaning at Sundown.”
Honorable Mention: Jonas Bushman for, “Rain.”
Honorable Mention: Wyatt Bratz for, “Pizza.”
9-12 grade group
First Place – Bethany Barbara Brennan for, “The Elements of My Love.”
Second Place – Julie Kirchner for, “The Robin.”
Third Place – Claire Guenther for, “The Boy Who Was Too Late.”
Honorable Mention: Jacob Bratz for, “Farming.”
Honorable Mention: Jacob Bratz for, “Big Bad John.”
Nonfiction
1-4 grade group
First Place – Caroline Bergmann for, “One Truly Amazing Bird.”
Second Place – Evie Kuehl for, “Elephants.”
Third Place – Evie Kuehl for, “Playing Football With My Friends.”
Honorable Mention: Dru Oshkeshequoam for, “How I Met My B.F.F.s.”
5-8 grade group
First Place – Jill Guenther for, “Sacagawea.”
Second Place – Jonas Bushman for, “My First Buck.”
Third Place – Wyatt Bratz for, “Country Life.”
Honorable Mention: Wyatt Bratz for “Great Uncle Wesley.”
9-12 grade group
First Place – Jacob Bratz for, “My Big Buck.”
Fiction
1-4 grade group
First Place – Mitchel Kundinger for, “Big Hairy SpongeBob.”
Second Place – Caroline Bergmann for, “If You Were a Fat and Lazy Cat.”
Third Place – Danielle Carroll for, “The Magic Porcupine.”
Honorable Mention – Josiah Kuehl for, “The Chosen, the Evil, and the Dead.”
Honorable Mention – Miles Miller for, “Spot.”
5-8 grade group
First Place – Lily Bubolz for, “The Escape to the Castle.”
Second Place – Jill Guenther for, “The Spider Princess.”
Third Place – Julia Hahn for, “Dream of Absolution.”
Honorable Mention: Ivy Winslow for, “3 Wishes.”
Honorable Mention: Rachael Carroll for, “Pug Kingdom.”
9-12 grade group
First Place – Fiona Hoffman for, “District 2042.”
Second Place – Fiona Hoffman for, “Villain.”
Third Place – Fiona Hoffman for, “The Mansion.”
Honorable Mention: Julie Kirchner for, “Survivor.”
Honorable Mention: Charles Kuhn for, “Creation of the Ancients and the Formation of the Lands.”