UA/Alaska Dispatch News Creative Writing Contest 2015 winners
• Grand Prize: "The Old Road: Measles 1963" by Cass Crandall, Homer
• Editor's Choice: "Atop a Hill" by Daniel Tantanella, Wasilla
• K-2 Story: "Those Brazilian Nuts" by Lael Bartch, Fairbanks Focus Homeschool, Fairbanks (winner); "Hummingbirds" by Raegane Cash, Classical Conversations Homeschool, Fairbanks (honorable mention)
• Fiction 3-6: "The Great Eppling Ridge" by Claire Engstrom, Dzantik'i Heeni, Juneau (winner); "The Spirit of a Hunter" by Sierra Brower, Fred Ipalook Elementary, Barrow (HM), "The Land of Legends" by Abigail Moffett, Kenai Middle School, Kenai (HM)
• Fiction 7-9: "Saving Amelia" by Sheeshao White, Haines Middle School, Haines (winner); "Pack Ice" by Katelyn Boswell, Wasilla Middle School, Wasilla (HM); "How to Attract a Taco" by Jazzel Remetio, Pilot Station School, Pilot Station (HM)
• Fiction 10-12: "The Transcendence of Irelia" by Isaac McElwee, Galena Interior Learning Academy, Galena (winner); "The Girl with the Butterfly Clip" by Roslyn McCormack, Dimond High School, Anchorage (HM); "Despair" by Kennedy Trabold, East Anchorage High School, Anchorage (HM)
• Fiction Open to Public: "Atop a Hill" by Daniel Tantanella, Wasilla (winner); "Boomerang" by Ian McGaughey, Homer (HM); "Modern Love" by G.M. Whitley, Anchorage (HM)
• Nonfiction 3-6: "Going to Petersburg" by Brennan Palmieri, Haines Middle School, Haines (winner); "Ina's Most Prized Possession" by Ina Allen, Inlet View Elementary, Anchorage (HM); "My Rich Uncle" by Mandalyn Gala, Haines Middle School, Haines (HM); "A Smile Can Change Your Life" by Atlin Zahnow, Haines Middle School, Haines (HM)
• Nonfiction 7-9: "Night Watch" by Richard Gordon-Rein, Central Middle School of Science, Anchorage (winner); "Our Deep Cuts" by Lillianna Benassi, Haines Borough School, Haines (HM); "My Journey to Kenya" by Charlee Demientieff, Interior Distance Education of Alaska (I.D.E.A.), Anchorage (HM); "Some Like it Hot" by Helen Laird, Interior Distance Education of Alaska (I.D.E.A.), Cordova (HM)
• Nonfiction 10-12: "The Sound of Memory" by Haley Rasmussen, Dimond High School, Anchorage (winner); "Disagreement" by Roslyn McCormack, Dimond High School, Anchorage (HM)
• Nonfiction Open to Public: "The Old Road: Measles 1963" by Cass Crandall, Homer (winner); "The Coffin" by Steven Levi, Anchorage (HM); "What the Raven Knows" by Joseph Robertia, Kasilof (HM); "Hunting for Myself" by Erin Witmer, Anchorage (HM)
• Poetry K-2: "The Moon" by Jori Huntsman, Anchor Lutheran, Anchorage (winner); "Bananas Are Delicious" by Raegane Cash, Classical Conversations Homeschool, Fairbanks (HM); "The Best Things in Life" by Kinsley Pinkston, Anchor Lutheran, Anchorage (HM); "A Race Car Story and My Dog" by Jake Weihrich, Homeschool, Eagle River (HM)
• Poetry 3-6: "Frosty Embroidery" by Maia Brown, Bayshore Elementary, Anchorage (winner); "Bubbles" by Maia Brown, Bayshore Elementary, Anchorage (HM); "I Am From" by Brianna Daems, Teeland Middle School, Wasilla (HM); "Breakfast" by Jamila Mastny, Teeland Middle School, Wasilla (HM)
• Poetry 7-9: "Fast Cars" by Jessica Johnson, Randy Smith Middle School, Fairbanks (winner); "Happy" by Victoria Fonov, Teeland Middle School, Wasilla (HM); "The Last Thing I See" by Kaleah Haddock, Montessori Borealis Public School, Douglas (HM)
• Poetry 10-12: "What It Means to be a Fat Girl" by Sharadon O'Connor, Dillingham High School, Dillingham (winner); "Who Am I?" by Shannon Feliz-Hamilton, Wasilla High School, Wasilla (HM)
• Poetry Open to Public: "Bloom" by Mistee St. Clair, Juneau (winner); "A Simple Hunter" by Tim Troll, Anchorage (HM)