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2025 Winners


Congratulations to the 2025 Literary Winners! The winning stories and poems are linked below.
Best in Show: Millie Hansen, “Mirror Mirror”
Youth Fiction:
1st: Madeline Steadman, "The Best First Day on the Job Ever"
2nd: Brooklyn Wallace, "Unseen"
3rd: Gavin Stanley, "The Girl Who Dreamed Awake"
Adult Fiction:
1st: Deborah Hegewald, "The Way Home"
2nd: Kelly Hunsaker, "Curiosities"
3rd: Judith Hegewald, "Henni"
Hon. Mention: Emily Howsley, "The Test"
Youth Poetry:
1st: Madeline Steadman, "This is Me"
2nd: Koda Nelson, "Actor"
3rd: Brooklyn Wallace, "Am I the Villain"
Adult Poetry:
1st: Kristie Post Wallace, "Harvest Keening"
2nd: Andrew Walker, "And Yet We Create Anyway"
3rd: Gray Thomas, "Small Advice for Healing"
Hon. Mention: Julie Kennard, "Gaia Wakes"
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