Congratulations to the 2025 Anthology Contest Winners!
The 2025 Contest is now concluded! Below please find a list of all the finalists. Stay tuned as we create the 2025 Anthology, we will be having an event to celebrate its completion and honor the winners!
Student Writing
CATEGORY: NON-FICTION
First Place TIE
Ronan Dutt-Ballerstadt, The Hunt for Chrome Ghosts
Bryar Konruff, Welcome to Softball
Second Place
Harper Barlow, Growing Up
Third Place
Tia Mautner, Summer Days
CATEGORY: FICTION
First Place
Joseph Mason, Decaying Winter
Second Place
August Kirby, The Flower Pot
Third Place
Addison Ulrich, Misty's Meddlesome Magpie Thief
CATEGORY: POETRY
First Place
Trinity Charter, Womanhood
Second Place
Ty Scalabrin, Hope
Third Place
Kyoka Rice, Last Prayer of a Forgotten Child
Adult Writing
CATEGORY: NON-FICTION
First Place
Dori Bash, A Slip in Time
Second Place TIE
Ciel Downing, Accidents Happen
Rodney Dahl, Man I’m Gonna Miss that Cat
Third Place
Janeen Phillips, Comin' Alive at 45
CATEGORY: FICTION
First Place
James DuBois, The Border
Second Place
Darin Bennett, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL BIOGRAPHY OF A MORON BY DOUGLAS MORON, JR
Third Place
T. Thomas Hooker, The Night Air
CATEGORY: POETRY
First Place
Breanna Goodman, Repair
Second Place TIE
Pamala Haskin, Love Again
Molly Reardon, Scars Like Starlight
Third Place TIE
Bryonie Arnold, Young Whales Speak Out
Kristin Koptiuch, A Deeper Elegy for Garibaldi is Overdue
CATEGORY: MUSIC LYRICS
First Place
Rachel Pinci, Hold On
Second Place TIE
Jacob Jenkins, Nothing to Show
Doral Vance, Where Is My Love Now
Third Place
Nik Xandir Wolf, Luigi Didn’t Do It