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2013 Creative Writing Contest: List of Winners

GRAND PRIZE	EDITOR'S CHOICE
"The Island," by Ed Craver, Talkeetna	"That Mountain Village," by Maeva Ordaz, West High School, Anchorage

FICTION
3-6 Grade Level

Winner:

"Swallow Cove," by Becky Wohlforth, Chugach Optional Elementary, Anchorage

Honorable mentions:
"The Tale of Matt Cranberry," by Nicholas Alvord, Trailside Elementary, Anchorage
"Snowy Owl Life Story," by Wayne Koelsch, Gladys Wood Elementary, Anchorage
"Not That Kind of Girl," by Olivia Tafs, Chugach Optional Elementary, Anchorage

7-9 Grade Level

Winner:

"The Price of Innocence," by Joaquin Monterrosa, Romig Middle School, Anchorage

Honorable Mentions:
"The Leopard Tree Interpretation," by Lucienne Anderson, Kenai Central High School, Kenai
"The Forgotten Soldier," by Lily Reichard, Bethel Regional High School, Bethel
"Excerpt from Dragon Way," by Mikaela Salzetti, Kenai Central High School, Kenai

10-12 Grade Level

Winner:

"Whistle," by Anna and Claire Trujillo, Grace Christian School, Anchorage

Honorable Mentions:
"The Questioner's Tale," by Addoris Davis, Homer High School, Homer
"Untitled," by Bridget Galvin, Family Partnership Charter School, Anchorage
"And So the Frog Blew," by Heather Woodhouse, Anchorage Christian Schools, Anchorage

Open to the Public

Winner:

"Evan of the Rains," by Kristen Ritter, Anchorage

Honorable Mentions:
"Parameters," by James Bennett, Goodnews Bay
"A God by Any Other Name," by Richard Goldstein, Anchorage
"Hungry for Moon," by Rosalie Loewen, Haines

NONFICTION
3-6 Grade Level

Winner:

"Katrina," by Brooke Dexter, Chugach Optional Elementary, Anchorage

Honorable Mentions:
"Caring," by Anita Koelsch, Gladys Wood Elementary, Anchorage
"Out on the Water," by Jacob Hersh, Rilke Schule German School of Arts and Sciences, Anchorage

7-9 Grade Level

Winner:

"The Roof," by Danielle Garten, Goldenview Middle School, Anchorage

Honorable Mentions
"My Life in ABCs," by Lara Suscha, Kenai Middle School, Kenai
"Ship Wrecked in Seward," by David Cvancara, Family Partnership Charter School, Anchorage
"The Wreck," by Alexa Williams, Hanshew Middle School, Anchorage

10-12 Grade Level

Winner:

"Awaiting the Lights," by Jennifer Baker, Cyberlink Correspondence, Early Honors UAA, Anchorage

Honorable Mentions:
"Alzheimer's," by Sabrina Gamble, Mt. Edgecumbe High School, Sitka
"First Time Going to Regionals," by Shelby Namen, Service High School, Anchorage
"Growing through Changes -- Alcoholism," by Arian Stevens, Mt. Edgecumbe High School, Sitka

Open to the Public

Winner:

"The Island," by Ed Craver, Talkeetna

Honorable Mentions:
"Searching for Evan," by Sonya Lorimer, Palmer
"Suicide Mission," by Sandra Kleven, Anchorage

POETRY
K-2 Grade Level

Winner:

"The Sky," by Blake Hanley, Government Hill Elementary, Anchorage, age 7

Honorable Mentions:
"Hurray!," by Sayeed Mahmood, Turnagain Elementary, Anchorage
"Puddles," by Sabina Monterrosa, Government Hill Elementary, Anchorage

3-6 Grade Level

Winner:

"Poetry Is a Lie," by Jacob Hersh, RikleSchule German School of Arts and Sciences, Anchorage

Honorable mentions:
"Lost Boy," by Nyamiiri Biel, Kasuun Elementary, Anchorage
"Me the Oxymoron," by Eliot Pearce, Government Hill Elementary, Anchorage
"Summer Storm," by Nikos Pennino, Chugach Optional Elementary, Anchorage

7-9 Grade Level

Winner:

"The Night Ski," by Hannah Watkins, Goldenview Middle School, Anchorage

Honorable Mentions:
"Underland," by Shannon Foley, Academy Charter School, Palmer
"Morning's Sun," by Rache Olson, Goldenview Middle School, Anchorage
“Marshmellow Terror” by McKinley Sibbett, Wasilla High School, Wasilla

10-12 Grade Level

Winner:

"That Mountain Village," by Maeva Ordaz, West High School, Anchorage

Honorable Mentions:
"Turning," by Nicholas Fujimoto, Benny Benson Secondary, Anchorage
"The Isolation Contest," by Jacob Owens, Anchorage
"Courage," by Abbigail Utley, Dimond High School, Anchorage

Open to the Public

Winner:

"Open, Smell, Settle, Begin...," by Bryce O'Tierney, Anchorage

Honorable Mentions:
"Elegy to Anjuagagvik," by George Harbeson, Jr., Anchor Point
"Life Drawing," by Sandra Kleven, Anchorage

STORY -- K-3 Grade Level Only
Winner:

"The Sea Voyage," by Kyle Fischer, Chugach Optional Elementary, Anchorage

Honorable Mentions: "The Missing Valentine," by Aurora Larson, Inlet View Elementary, Anchorage
"Sabrina, Her Family, and Her Friends," by Sabrina Monterrosa, Government Hill Elementary, Anchorage

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Editor's Choice and First Place, Poetry, Grade 10-12 : That Mountain Village

Mother -- long ago you awoke on the golden corn husk matete that you called your bed; curled on the dirt floor inside that callous stick house.
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Grand Prize and First Place, Nonfiction, Open to the Public : The Island (excerpt)

The Island was never mine -- leased but not possessed. The only proprietary interest that mattered belonged to the River. Cartographers gave it no note, this five-acre kidney of land tucked in close but not contiguous with, the shore land my wife and I purchased in 1973. We never were consulted ...
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First Place, Poetry, Grade K-2 : The Sky

Rainbow rainbow
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First Place, Nonfiction, Grade 3-6 : Katrina

Brooke Dexter, an 11-year-old sixth grader at Chugach Optional Elementary, wrote a journal-style essay about her feelings on the suicide of a former Chugach student and friend of her older sisters, Katrina Bryant. This excerpt describes an evening memorial service held at the school.
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First Place, Fiction, Open to the Public : Evan of the Rains

Evan Banks always came with the rain. He would show up, just after dinner, his shirt speckled and slick, and he would sit in our den and drink scotch with my father. A nightcap, he called it, as if that made it all right. As if that made him not sixteen.
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First Place, Fiction, Grade 7-9: The Price of Innocence

I could see the immense desperation in the rough man’s brown eyes as he exasperatedly struggled to maintain his grip on the cold steel bar - the only thing keeping him from plummeting into the water a few meters below him. This was his test: he had to hang onto the steel bar long enough for...
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First Place, Story, Grade K-2: The Sea Voyage

Chapter 1: The Voyage Once there were three sons. Their Dad was the King of England. One day when he went to work, the three boys built a boat. First, they got the materials, then they made the boat. The next day, when their Dad went to work again, they sailed off into the unknown. When...
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First Place, Poetry, Grade 7-9: The Night Sky

When the stars come sweeping in, The day is gone; the night begins. Snow whisper-falls on flying skis, Mittened hands brush ancient trees.
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First Place, Poetry, Open to the Public: Open, Smell, Settle, Begin...

Open, smell, settle, begin… –from Hermit Songs , Seamus Heaney
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First Place, Poetry, Grade 3-6: Poetry is a Lie

The reason I don't like poets, is that they always lie to you In every little syllable, in every single haiku. They say that that snow is always pure white, and grass is always so green. It doesn't look like that to me, in any landscape I've ever seen. I know this sounds rather cynical, ...