Kent District Library is pleased to announce the winners of the fourteenth annual Write Michigan Short Story Contest. Over 1,000 writers from across the state entered the contest.
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
Installing Empathy, Branden Smith, Midland
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Boundaries, Cathy Lazar Nelson, Williamsburg
Readers’ Choice Winner
The Lantern's Diary, Gretter Luis De La Moneda, Royal Oak
Published Finalists
Present Tense, Jill Hinton Wolfe, Walker
Student of Dreams, Joy VerHoef, Grandville
End of Summer, William Teets, Waterford
TEEN
Judges’ Choice Winner
Before I Forget..., Charlize Sitto, West Bloomfield
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Dust, Ava Schmidt, Ada
Readers’ Choice Winner
The Colors He Left Behind, Adalyn Khon, Armada
Published Finalists
Apparition Forest, Bonny Garlets, Kalamazoo
Everlasting Sunflowers, Alex Oleszkiewicz, Grand Rapids
The Other Side of the Oak Tree, Harper Mervau, Lowell
YOUTH
Judges’ Choice Winner
The Ink and the Pencil, Avery Beard, Grand Haven
Judges’ Choice Runner-Up
Olive and Her Magical Cotton Candy, Olive Davis, Detroit
Readers’ Choice Winner
The Creature, the Magician, and the Cabin, Delilah Nicholl, Grosse Pointe Woods
Published Finalists
The Hero of the Tails, Vivienne Ostoich, Kentwood
Just Try, Juliet Einfeld, Grand Rapids
The Oasis, Evan Kaltz, Ada
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