2019
Adults
Judges’ Choice Winner
Jessine Van Lopik,
“Spider Wishes”
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Julie Mitchell
“The Job That Wasn’t”
Readers’ Choice Winner
Chad Broughman
“Mother of hanged girl”
Published Finalists
Rebekah Glupker
“An Old Friend”
Lisa McAllister
“The D”
Garrett Stack
“The Widowmaker”
Teens
Judges’ Choice Winner
Justin Wolters
“The Ballad”
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Evelyn Wolf
“The Raven and The Reindeer”
Readers’ Choice Winner
Colin Pearson
“Back Road”
Published Finalists
Eleanor Barrett
“For the Meantime”
Riley Finn
“Flowers are Like Humans”
Rebecca Yeomans-Stephenson
“Revolutionary”
Youth
Judges’ Choice Winner
Janae Brugel
“Helping Paws”
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Henry Minks
“Escape from Thanksgiving”
Readers’ Choice Winner
Olivia Simon
“Ollie’s Woods”
Published Finalists
Anneke Anglin
“Mershifter Secrets”
Hope Patterson
“The Artist’s Last Sculpture”
Celia Stark
“The Tomboy Princess Diary”
Spanish
Judges’ Choice Winner
Shelby Johnson
“La Máscara”
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Daniel Tighe
“Saben que estamos aqui”
Readers’ Choice Winner
Ana Maria Groenenboom
“Aventura Albornoz”
Published Finalists
Lauren Jousma
“Mojado”
Sheridan Llewellyn
“La aventura de Genesis Velez”
Sofia VandenHoek
“Un cambio en la vida”
2018
Adults
Judges’ Choice Winner
Randall Andrews
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Nancy Barr
Readers’ Choice Winner
Debbie TenBrink
Published Finalists
Robert Hudson
Carol Sánchez
Roy York
Teens
Judges’ Choice Winner
Vanessa Olson
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Marie Zelaya
Readers’ Choice Winner
Selah Preston
Published Finalists
Breanna Harris
Josephine Koch
Ryan Park
Youth
Judges’ Choice Winner
Kaylee Hellman
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Ellie Kladder
Readers’ Choice Winner
Nora Winter
Published Finalists
Arya Karki
Tanner Soelberg
Lauren Thompson
Spanish
Judges’ Choice Winner
Sabrina Salazar
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Selene Lacayo
Readers’ Choice Winner
Jenny Jaramillo
Published Finalists
Samantha Huffstetler
Tahvanh Lucero
Adam Newby
2017
Adults
Judges’ Choice Winner
Kenton Smalley
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Jan Ackerson
Readers’ Choice Winner
Andrew Hughes
Published Finalists
Carla Hansen
Jeff Maehre
Christopher Siciliano
Teens
Judges’ Choice Winner
Emma Fenwick
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Sydney Wilson
Readers’ Choice Winner
Lucas Sherman
Published Finalists
Breanna Harris
Josephine Koch
Evelyn Pae
Youth
Judges’ Choice Winner
Remi Kinkema
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Jon Wever
Readers’ Choice Winner
Haylie Kudlack
Published Finalists
Lily Dietz
Olivia Farr
Morgan VanDorp
Spanish
Judges’ Choice Winner
Jorge Pereira
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Johanna Van Dyke
Readers’ Choice Winner
Raleigh Kuipers
Published Finalists
Jovie Cochran
Luis Deya Parreno
Jacob Tillman
2016
Adults
Judges’ Choice Winner
Patricia Clark
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Danielle Adams
Readers’ Choice Winner
Colleen Alles
Published Finalists
Ellen Cassidy
Emily Haines Lloyd
R. Thomas Sheardy
Teens
Judges’ Choice Winner
Chloe Stegman
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Lauren Wilkinson
Readers’ Choice Winner
Katie Winkle
Published Finalists
Audrey Clayton
Rachel Corley
Sammy D’Alexander
Youth
Judges’ Choice Winner
Mae Rintala
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Natalie Smith
Readers’ Choice Winner
Rachel Williamson
Published Finalists
Gabby DesJardins
Parker Hammond
Madeline Oostema
2015
Adults
Judges’ Choice Winner
Fred Thornburg
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Kellie VanHorn
Readers’ Choice Winner
Ed McKenna
Published Finalists
Kenton Smalley
Troy VanKoevering
Teens
Judges’ Choice Winner
Katrina Haaksma
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Elle Waldron
Readers’ Choice Winner
Mia Parks
Published Finalists
Shelby Herschleb
Catherine Jordan
Ashley Nelson
Youth
Judges’ Choice Winner
Ayesha Jeddy
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Beckett Butler
Readers’ Choice Winner
Rachel Lee
Published Finalists
Anika Deshpande
Graham Ezinga
Ana Wittung
2014
Adults
Judges’ Choice Winner
Oscar Bee
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Connor Newton
Readers’ Choice Winner
Eric Dobson
Published Finalists
Anne Brandt
Robert Vander Lugt
Teens
Judges’ Choice Winner
Chloe Lewis
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Natalie Bradshaw
Readers’ Choice Winner
Jackie Guzman
Published Finalists
Emma Fox
Owen Purdue
Youth
Judges’ Choice Winner
Sarah Hoogstraten
Mary Bonnell
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Lilliana Appie
Readers’ Choice Winner
Tyler Barnes
Published Finalists
Suchir Gupta
Holly Holland
Andrew Travis
2013
Adults
Judges’ Choice Winner
Rhonda Wilson
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Matthew Rohr
Readers’ Choice Winner
Andrew Rogers
Published Finalists
Daniel Schoonmaker
Phillip Sterling
Katherine VanZwoll
Teens
Judges’ Choice Winner
Emma Seif
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Ashley Cabala
Readers’ Choice Winner
Sarah McLellan
Published Finalists
Daniel Alexander
Madeline MacLean
Leah Viotti-Ziegler