Congratulations Write Michigan Winners

Kent District Library, Capital Area District Library, Canton Public Library, Michigan Learning Channel and Schuler Books are pleased to announce the winners of the twelfth annual Write Michigan Short Story Contest. Over 1,150 writers from across the state entered the contest in three age groups —441 adults, 461 teens and 260 youth.

Winners were chosen by public voting at www.writemichigan.org for the $250 Readers’ Choice award and by a panel of judges for the $500 Judges’ Choice and $250 Judges’ Choice Runner-up awards. Winners will be honored at an awards ceremony in March.

ADULT

Judges’ Choice Winner
Gambler’s Rest, Joshua Boers, Grand Rapids

Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
The Hemlock House, Kelly Selby, Mason

Readers’ Choice Winner
Home, Samantha Engel, Freeland

Published Finalists
11:27pm, Nathan Grajek, Battle Creek
Gristle, Witch Hazel, and the Kickball, Margaret VanHaften, Frankfort
My Sister’s Promise, Heather Picardat, Grand Rapids

TEEN

Judges’ Choice Winner
A House with a Garden, Sonja de Wilde, Grand Rapids

Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Mist Men, Finn Rice, Milford

Readers’ Choice Winner
Omaha and Fire, Eli Ferguson, Grand Rapids

Published Finalists
I Will Always Eat Burnt Biscuits, Lucy Yoder, Grand Rapids
High School House-Hunters, by Katelyn Messina, Sterling Heights
The People Beside You, by Jordan Fletcher, Ada

YOUTH

Judges’ Choice Winner
A Long-Forgotten Memory, Leyla Koroglu, Ann Arbor

Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Halloween House, Nora Sportel, Grand Rapids

Readers’ Choice Winner
To You, From Every Ending Cosmos, Elena Hood, Ada

Published Finalists
The Boy and the Dove: A Short Story, Emma Krueger, Ann Arbor
Talons and Thrones, Rylan Day, Brighton
The Seven Principles, Hunter Miller, Jackson