Child, Grades 2 to 4

• First Place: Rowan Downey, Truth in the Dark
• Second Place: Matilda Haines, The Wandering Dog
• Honorable Mention: Sky Morgan, The Rainy Night

Child, Grades 5 to 8

• First Place: Lyric Doakes, Truth is, The Streetlights Don't Save Us
• Second Place: Ayla Kempf, No One Is Coming to Save You
• Honorable Mention: Santiago Bell, Gifted

Teens, Grades 9 to 12

• First Place: Marin Weibel, untitled
• Second Place: Macie Yordy, The Truth
• Honorable Mention A: Maria Whisnant, Fayetteville
• Honorable Mention B: Perry Richter, The Earth's True Form
• Honorable Mention C: Aubreanna Gatchel, untitled

Adult, 18 and up

• First Place: Taylor Kingston, aunT RUTH
• Second Place: Jess Phelps, the shower
• Honorable Mention: Ernest Ridgel, Legacy