2024 Winners

Click on the titles below to read our 2024 winning submissions.

Academic Writing:

1st Place and Student Choice Award: "To Fear Life Itself" by Lydia Roop

2nd Place: "The Five Elements of Magical Realism and its Connection to Identity Exploration" by Alex Fosnaugh

3rd: Place: "Merry Wives of Windsor: Fairy Lore and Historical Significance" by Kenzie Rosenau

Honorable Mention: "The Effects of Visuals within Classrooms" by Madison Kickbush

Poetry:

1st Place: "Suzzanne, the Hero of the Glue Lagoon" by Muriel Mackie

2nd Place: "Red Panda Lego Set Disguised as an I Love You" by Faith Fegley

3rd Place: "Listen to them." by Brock Barger

Honorable Mention: "Old Bones" by Areeba Kazi

Student Choice Award: "To Be Alone" by Cadence Bommarito

Creative Nonfiction: 

1st Place: "The Timeless Train" by Rhiley Paskoff

2nd Place: "My Life as a Borderline"*

3rd Place: "Walking Man" by Samantha Marvin

Honorable Mention: "The Pond" by Lydia Roop

Student Choice Award: "Why I Write"*

Fiction: 

1st Place: "Copies?" by Muriel Mackie

2nd Place: "Dolls" by Ireland Hosey

3rd Place: excerpt from Winter's War by Noah Scherer

Honorable Mention and Student Choice Award: "The Lone Wanderer" by Marshall Rohrbach

*Authors wished to remain anonymous.