Edina Reads
Writing Contest 2021
Inaugural Contest
Thank you to the 2021 Edina Reads Writing Contest organizers and judges for creating and executing a phenomenal and well-received event.
2021 Winning Entries
K-2
Edina Reads leaders Dick Crockett and Maureen Millea Smith introduce the 2021 event
Poetry
1st place: Lucille O'Neill, "The Band"
2nd place: Lucy Scoll, "My Dog Sunny"
Honorable Mention: Eva DeBuse, "I Like"
Honorable Mention: Jane Zabel, "Bad, Sad, Glad"
Prose
1st place: Scarlett Downey, "The Decorating Problem"
2nd place: Elise Peterson, "Hiipopotafox Detective Agency: Case of the Missing Crown"
Honorable Mention: Samantha Landun, "Horses"
Honorable Mention: Naksh, Jnagai, "The African Lion Safari"
Honorable Mention: Stella L. Rothschild, 'The Ups and Downs"
Honorable Mention: Annalise Dunlap, "Kittycorn Familey"
Honorable Mention: Ellie Ligob, "My Dogs"
3-5
Poetry
1st place: Grace O'Neill, "Life's Garden"
2nd place: Nishka Pandey, "The Library"
Honorable Mention: Avianna Fettig, "A World Where It Feels"
Honorable Mention: Selena Al-Ramahi, "World II"
Honorable Mention: Nina London, "Us"
Honorable Mention: Audrey Ritter, "Stinky Brothers"
Prose
1st place: Ruby Melander, "Nellie's Rockstars"
2nd place: Paloma Tedesco, "Gratitude"
Honorable Mention: Erin Patterson, "Mystery Circus"
Honorable Mention: Avi Nieves, "Ghost Boy"
Honorable Mention: Selena Al-Ramahi, "Cat Spies"
Honorable Mention: Logan Sanders, "Yeal(ow)"
Honorable Mention: Julia Peterson, "A Witch and a Princess"
6-8
Prose
Top 2: Zeina Al-Ramahi and Aditi Jha
Poetry
Gabrielle O'Neill
9-12
Prose
1st place: Hannah Owens Pierre, "Fog in Memories"
2nd place: Katerina Duda, "The Reckoning of Kamea"
Poetry
1st place: Lily Suckow Ziemer, "Pulling Strings"
2nd place: Alanna Halloran, "What Fools We Were"
Honorable Mention: Macy McKeehen, "When Foxes Stray"
Adult
Prose
1st place: Barbra Swanke, "Effacement 1973"
Poetry
1st place: Areti Georgopoulos, "Exile Dreams"
Honorable Mention: Molly Swiderski, "Epiphany"