Edina Reads

Creative Writing Contest 2023

Congratulations to our 2023 winners

And thank you to the judges and organizers!

K-2 poetry

First Place:  Aadvik Dubey, “Mr. Rocky Rocket Ranger!!!”

Second Place: Arbor Yentz, “Sun Set”

Honorable mention: Ingrid Shiek, “Everything”

K-2 prose

First Place: Anika Krishnan, “Creativity is everything, and creativity is you”

Second Place: Lars McShane, “FOOD FIGHT!”

Grade 3-5 poetry

First Place: Bevin McMyler, “In the Shadow of the Moon”

Second Place: Ava Stocker, “Leaves”

Honorable Mentions:  

Charlotte Moore Nolan, “Be”

Evelyn Connelly, “Eiffel Tower's Perspective”

Sonja Jackson, “Hope”

Mada Yurecko, “My Soul”

Paloma Tedesco, “Untying”

Grade 3-5 prose

First Place: Oliver Ambrose, "The Battle for Bullskull"

Second Place: Avianna Fettig, "Unreachable"

Honorable Mentions: 

Clara Thornton, "Art Rocks"

Riya Sharma, "Adventures in the Atlantic"

Jacob Hegrenes, "The Six Worlds"

Eleanor Griskevicius, "Lisa's Painting"

Grade 6-8 poetry

First Place: Adita Jha, “Question”

Second Place: Kinley Ziegler, “Colors”

Honorable mentions: 

Sriya Potturi, “Reverie Rains”

Genevieve Schmidt, “Madeline Island Night”

Grade 6-8 prose

1st place: Selena Al-Ramahi, “Tiffany’s Diner”

2nd place: Callum McMyler, “HyperBus 6”

Honorable mentions: 

Kallyn Benson, “Untitled”

Zoey Shi, “Then the Clock Strikes Twelve”

Grade 9-12 poetry

1st place: Sadie Slobin, “2043”

2nd place: Hannah Nicklay, “Hold, and Let Go”

Honorable mentions: 

Noah Reardon, “That Which Is Too Human to Be Described …”

Alanna Halloran, “My Little Sparrow”

Grade 9-12 prose

1st place: Catherine Ingrisone, “Imaginative Sequel Scene”

2nd place: Noah Reardon, “Reasons to Legalize Lobotomies”

Adult poetry

1st place: Carol Flint-Kaliebe, “Let the Rain Run Down the Mountains”

2nd place: Areti Georgopoulos, “Fall”

Honorable mention: Asad Dahir, “Eternity”

Adult prose

Honorable Mention: s.s. Lindell, “A Hidden Graveyard”