FICTION - FIRST PLACE
"The Cookie Crisis" (PDF)
Claire Stickler, age 11
Lewes, DE
Worcester Preparatory School FICTION - SECOND PLACE
"Elephant on a Tightrope" (PDF)
Emma Alden Richardson, age 11
Rehoboth Beach, DE
Worcester Preparatory SchoolFICTION - THIRD PLACE
"Detective June Mcfee (a.k.a. D.J.M.)" (PDF)
Emma Alden Richardson, age 11
Rehoboth Beach, DE
Worcester Preparatory SchoolFICTION - HONORABLE MENTION
"Mozzarella, A Fractured Fairy Tale"
Sarah Tappon, age 11
Milton, DE
Mariner Middle SchoolFICTION - HONORABLE MENTION
"Special Delivery" (PDF)
Madeline Niebanck, age 13
Chatha, NJ
Oak Knoll SchoolPOETRY - FIRST PLACE
"Fear" (PDF)
Anna Parisi, age 10
Kennett Square, PA
Unionville ElementaryPOETRY - SECOND PLACE
"The Color Black On Me" (PDF)
Monique Brown, age 11
Washington, DC
Hardy Middle SchoolPOETRY - THIRD PLACE
"I Used To Be" (PDF)
Abigail Davis, age 11
Lewes, DE
Sussex Academy of Fine ArtsPOETRY - HONORABLE MENTION
"September" (PDF)
Abigail Davis, age 11
Lewes, DE
Sussex Academy of Fine ArtsNONFICTION - FIRST PLACE
"Why Me Why Not" (PDF)
Emma Richardson, age 11
Rehoboth Beach, DE
Worcester Preparatory SchoolNONFICTION - SECOND PLACE
"Sassafras Tea:
When life gives you sassafras, make sassafras tea" (PDF)
Holly Kaufman
Dagsboro, DE
HomeschoolNONFICTION - THIRD PLACE
A "Tween" Ready To Work (PDF)
Oriana Pando, age 12
Lewes, DE
Worcester Preparatory School

FICTION - FIRST PLACE
"The Beach" (PDF)
Laura Hunter, age 16
Kenmore, WA
The Attic Learning Community FICTION - SECOND PLACE
"Becoming a Woman: A New Perspective" (PDF)
Jasmine Baker, age 14
Chester, VA
Appomattox Regional Governor SchoolFICTION - THIRD PLACE
"A Day" (PDF)
Kelsey Guarna, age 17
Millville, DE
Delmarva Christian High SchoolFICTION - HONORABLE MENTION
"On Top of the World" (PDF)
Savy Leiser, age 15
West Chester, PA
Unionville High SchoolPOETRY - FIRST PLACE
"Harvest" (PDF)
Jennifer Hu, age 16
Hummelstown, PA
Hershey High SchoolPOETRY - SECOND PLACE
"Biology Experiment"
Emily Collins
Houston, TX
POETRY - THIRD PLACE
"Baby Bottles and Algebra II" (PDF)
Elise Breda, age 16
Delmar Middle and Senior High SchoolPOETRY - HONORABLE MENTION
"The Beach" (PDF)
Ali Schwartz
Seaford, DE
Worcester Preparatory SchoolNONFICTION - FIRST PLACE
"The Year Was 1996" (PDF)
Savy Leiser, age 15
West Chester, PA
Unionville High SchoolNONFICTION - SECOND PLACE
"Twelve came too late For Cinder-Jasmine" (PDF)
Jasmine Baker, age 14
Chester, VA
Appomattox Regional Governor SchoolNONFICTION - THIRD PLACE
"Ocean's Call" (PDF)
Rachel Elizabeth Jolly, age 14
Dalton, GA
HomeschoolNONFICTION - HONORABLE MENTION
"Confessions of a Homeschooler"