2025 Winners

Essay:

1st place: Paige Fetzer, Breath, and Other Things I try To Hold

2nd place: Hanna Eyre, The Roots I Was Grown From

3rd place: Karlie Hunter, What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting

Honorable Mention: Sophie Richards, Reasons Not to Die

Honorable Mention: Gwen Rich, Be the Pepper

 

Poetry:

1st place: Paige Fetzer, Into Stillness

2nd place: Samantha Sorenson, I Used to Dream I Was A Woman Warrior Named Kurrah

3rd place: Kate Romney, Release and Other Poems

Honorable Mention: Amelia Webb, Three Poems from England

 

Short Story General:

1st Place: Ilse Ecklesten, Preachers

2nd Place: Ian Curtis, Betta Fish

3rd Place: George Dibble, Thou Hast Found Favor With God

Honorable Mention: Kenna Fry, The Life of a Sailor

Honorable Mention: Kajsa Jackson, Death

 

Short Story Specialty:

1st Place: Julia Koncurant, Apothecary

2nd Place: Mikayla Johnson, Tight Stitching

3rd Place: Corvin Westbrooke, Genesis

Honorable Mention: Marin Wilson, Files 2107-Alpha

 

Visual Arts:

Juror’s Choice: Jane Wilson, Eternity

Juror’s Choice: Oleanna Aanderud, glitter

Honorable Mention: Olivia Fairborne, 610 racoon, left for 8 days

Honorable Mention: Sam Barlow, Atlas Stone

Honorable Mention: Savannah Liddicoat, San Sebastian with Arrows

Honorable Mention: Ava Craig, Breath

 

Screenwriting:

Honorable Mention: Lily Warnock, El Conejito

Honorable Mention: Anna Kongaika, Hollow Earth Plot

Honorable Mention: Spencer White, Hallow Earth Episode #2: Trash and Treasure

Honorable Mention: Whitney Hymas, The Woods

Honorable Mention: Jeremy Vogel, Night Shift

Honorable Mention: Marin Wilson, Into That Good Night

 

Music Composition:

1st Place: Jinxin Fu, What is Poetry

2nd Place: Daniel Woodfield, Black/White

3rd Place: Jonathan Goldberg, Emmanuel

3rd Place: Allie Smith, Mockingbird

 

Playwriting:

1st Place, Best Play Overall: Garret Gunnell, When Tomorrow Meets Yesterday

2nd Place (tie): Kerri Griggs, That’s the Spirit

2nd Place (tie): Will Isle, Castle Guards

Honorable Mention: Alyssa Call, Alphabet Game

Honorable Mention: Tyler Thompson, A Happy Ish Ending

Honorable Mention: Isabel Ownby, Young Enough for Our Old

 

One Act Play Award: Tressa Wilson, As Love Would Have It

 

Full Length Play Award: Joelyn Schraedel, Homespun

Honorable Mention (Full Length): Robert Hughes, The Girl in the Yellow Dress