Fiction
1–2 Grade Group
1st Place – Briella LaRock
2nd Place – Alayah Lyles
3rd Place – Ellie Cumberland
Honorable Mention – Emily Nguyen
3–4 Grade Group
1st Place – Brielle Arndt
2nd Place – Marciana Beauprey
3rd Place – William Schlais
Honorable Mention – Brielle Arndt
5–8 Grade Group
1st Place – Skewnik Waukechon-Reiter
2nd Place – Bailey Wild
3rd Place – Ellie Ford
Honorable Mention – Kynzlee Arndt
Honorable Mention – Cora Flaig
Honorable Mention – Cora Flaig
9–12 Grade Group
1st Place – Camille Gourley
2nd Place – Camille Gourley
3rd Place – Camille Gourley
Honorable Mention – Willow White
Honorable Mention – Sera Hyzer
Poetry
1–2 Grade Group
1st Place – Opal Kaminski
2nd Place – Milo Gilling
3rd Place – Cole Schlais
Honorable Mention – Opal Kaminski
3–4 Grade Group
1st Place – Xander John
2nd Place – Will Schlais
3rd Place – Aaliyah Church
Honorable Mention – Logan Jensen
Honorable Mention – Maddux Mathews
5–8 Grade Group
1st Place – Elizabeth Schlais
2nd Place – Elizabeth Schlais
3rd Place – Grace Ford
Honorable Mention – Elizabeth Schlais
Honorable Mention – Grace Ford
9–12 Grade Group
1st Place – Noah Suehring
2nd Place – Alana Estrada-House
3rd Place – Alexis Verg
Honorable Mention – Jack Schoen
Nonfiction
1–2 Grade Group
1st Place – Thomas Ullmer
2nd Place – Thomas Ullmer
3rd Place – Jordi Wild
Honorable Mention – Lainey Grignon
3–4 Grade Group
1st Place – Huck Goes
2nd Place – Brock Reedy
3rd Place – Aaliyah Church
Honorable Mention – Maddux Mathews
5–8 Grade Group
1st Place – Elizabeth Schlais
2nd Place – Timothy Ullmer
3rd Place – Cadence Wildenberg
Honorable Mention – Edward Ullmer
9–12 Grade Group
1st Place – Elena Ullmer
2nd Place – Elena Ullmer
3rd Place – Camille Gourley
Honorable Mention – Willow White
Certificates and cash prizes will be handed out to the winning students at 1:00 p.m. on May 18, 2025 at the Mielke Arts Center in Shawano. Students and teachers can sign up for our door prize drawings, which are autographed books. The public is invited. If there’s any questions call John Mutter, Jr. – 715-524-4520.
