2023 Young Writers Exposition Award Winners

 

Elementary School

Poetry:

1^st Place: “Bob the Dog” by Shain Mahaney - St. Francis Xavier School, 5th Grade

2^nd Place: “Dance Dreams” by Zoe Kaufman - Central Elementary School, 5th Grade

3^rd Place: “Fox” by Lillian Berry - St. Francis Xavier School, 5th Grade

Honorable Mention: “Spring” by Sam Kaufman - Petoskey Montessori Children’s House, 3rd Grade

Honorable Mention: “Mors” by Layla Forester - St. Francis Xavier School, 5th Grade

Honorable Mention: “Your Soul” by Helene Norcross - Petoskey Montessori Children’s House, 1st Grade

 

Prose:

1^st Place: “Stuck in a Pyramid” by Lillian Berry - St. Francis Xavier School, 5th Grade

2^nd Place: “The Legend of the Sunset” by Eliza Shoskey - Lincoln Elementary School, 4th Grade

3^rd Place: “The Unexpected Visitor” by Jane Horsburgh - St. Francis Xavier School, 5th Grade

Honorable Mention: “The Ocean Library” by Emery Clanton - Central Elementary School, 1st Grade

Honorable Mention: “Magic” by Sean Sullivan - St. Francis Xavier School, 5th Grade

Honorable Mention: “The Not So Scary Monster” by Ella Lattaie - St. Francis Xavier School, 5th Grad

 

Middle School

Poetry:

1^st Place: “The Woes of a Euphonium Player” by Owen Saunders - Petoskey Middle School, 7th Grade

2^nd Place: “Dear Babysitter” by Madeline McDiarmid - St. Francis Xavier School, 8th Grade

3^rd Place: “Stupid Cancer” by Vanessa Silveus - Alanson Middle School, 7th Grade

Honorable Mention: “A Lovely Day” by Ayla Keene - Petoskey Middle School, 7th Grade

 

Prose:

1^st Place: “A Fearful Encounter” by Zane Parish - Charlevoix Middle/High School, 8th Grade

2^nd Place: “I Hate When People Look at Me Like That” by Madeline McDiarmid - St. Francis Xavier School, 8th Grade 

3^rd Place: “If I Could Give You The Moon and Stars” by Sadie Tebeau - Petoskey Middle School, 6th Grade

 

High School

Poetry:

Best in Show:  “Where I’ll Be” by Ealleannore VanNortrick - Concord Academy Petoskey, 11th Grade

1^st Place:  “Rebound” by MaKayla Ramsay - Harbor Springs High School, 10th Grade

2^nd Place: “The Mirror” by Callie Carlson - Concord Academy Petoskey, 10th Grade

3^rd Place: “Unanswered” by Lucy Uy - Boyne City High School, 11th Grade

Honorable Mention: “Seed” by Jamie Ploe - Boyne City High School, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention: “I am From” by Breanaka Spang - Boyne Falls High School, 10th Grade

 

Prose:

Best in Show: “Soldier, Poet, King” by Savannah Coppersmith - Charlevoix High School, 12th Grade

1^st Place: “Late Spring” by Rachael Rosenthal - Harbor Light Christian School, 11th Grade

2^nd Place: “Identity” by Isabel Dunn - Harbor Springs High School, 12th Grade

3^rd Place: “The Entries” by Katie Hunt - Boyne City High School, 10th Grade

Honorable Mention: “When the Ink Flows” by Amaya Budd - Homeschool, 10th Grade

 

 

Thank you to our event sponsors and partners!

McLean & Eakin Booksellers of Petoskey • Petoskey News-Review • Little Traverse Literary Guild

The Bob Schulze Fund for Creative Writing at Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation • Walloon Writers Review

 

 

 

If you have questions about the 2023 Young Writers Exposition, please contact Bobby Yarger at

231-347-4337 / bobby@crookedtree.org.