We received 56 poetry entries and 25 short story entries overall from numerous schools across Pasco in our First Annual Teen Writing Contest.  Thank you to all of our participants, both entrants and judges, for your exceptional efforts. Our fabulous judges had to make some tough choices in a short amount of time.

Our winners and Honorable Mentions are listed below.  You can click on any name or title to view the full work (coming soon!).

Poetry:

1st place: Daniel Rivera - "Adolescent Nothing"
2nd place: Calee King - "Questions"
3rd place: Daniel Rivera - "Corrupted Love"

Because of the high quality of entries and several ties between selections we had four Honorable Mentions:
(in alphabetical order) 

Roberta Dillon - "Dear Vincent"
Aditya Shah - "Entranced: An Allegory"
Tien Tran - "The Net of No Return"
Sarah Wasson - "Watching Over Me"

Prose:

1st Place: Tyler Waide - "Multiples"
2nd Place: Veronica L. Grady - "Do"
3rd Place:  Holland Hayford - "Escort"

Three Honorable Mentions:
(in no alphabetical order)

Callie Boyet - "Golden"
Samantha Rapacioli - "Raindrops"
Nicole Stubbs - "Untitled"

Congratulations to Veronica L.Grady on her award for second place in the prose category.