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A  big THANK YOU to all the parents, educational professionals, and others  who encourage children to use their imaginations and let their creative  stories, essays, and poems flow.  

6/2/23  WINNERS OF THE 56TH ANNUAL BEMIS FRIENDS CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST 2023

GRADES 1-2

POETRY: 1st: Maya Chan Lyman “Fall” 

FICTION: 1st: William Wright “The Awesome Spiders”; 2nd: Amelia Springer “The Magic of the Mountains”;

3rdJackson Echter ”The Treasure in the Garden”

NONFICTION: 1st: Emileigh Elstun “Star on Stage”; 2nd Ellis Place “The Stinky Snacky”; 3rd Emery Airheart “Life of Malala Yousafzai”

COLLABORATIVE: (graded as grades 1-2) 3rd: “Dogs in the City” by Astrid Rode and Annie Woodman

GRADES 3-5

POETRY: 1st: Aria Eaby “The Beach”; 2nd: Amelia Abel “The Wanderer”; 3rd : Piper Skye Duvall “ A Perspective in a Piggy Bank”; Honorable Mention: Nesbah Shropshire ”Nature Is Home”

FICTION: 1st: Ella Ruger “Ruby to the Rescue”; 2nd: Eleanor Court “From the Mouth of a Dog”; 3rd: Kaycee Stevenson “I am Ellie; Honorable Mention: Gracie E. McMichael “The Cat and The Mouse”.  

NONFICTION: 1st: Charis Wright “Amazing Clara Lemlich”; 2nd: Gracie E. McMichael “Penny, A Miraculous Pencil”; 3rd: Bradley Echter “A Narrative About Davy Crockett”; Honorable Mention: “Sutton Place (021) How to Survive the Dentist” 

COLLABORATIVE: (graded as grades 3-5): 1st: “Saviors of the World” by Sophia Magnatta and Natalie Wright

GRADES 6-8

POETRY: 1st: Noah A. Huffman “When Your Bathroom is Being Redone: A Poem About the Inconveniences”; 2nd tied: Lila Hopkins “Digital Dawn” and Mae Noonan “Shaping the World”; Honorable Mention (three poems tied) Izzie Usagani “My Walls of Solitude”; Paige Pitts “ Factory Farm”; Grant Brandburg “The Key to Steel Doors” 

FICTION: 1st: Maya Ferguson “Tendrement”; 2nd: Zerah Smith “Postgirl”; 3rd: Ryleigh Braden “Tracks”; Honorable Mention: Lillyiana Davydov ”Rogue”

NONFICTION: 1st : Porter Hicks “ Agricultural Farming: Our Worldwide Problem”; 2nd : Katherine (Katie) Usagani “Grandpa”; 3rd: Addie Jones: “In Depth Research of New Zealand”

COLLABORATIVE: (graded as grades 6-8) 2nd place, Lillyiana Davydov and Katie Craig, “When the Lights Go Out”

GRADES 9-12

POETRY: 1st: Caroline May (grades 9-10) ”My Full Story” 

FICTION: 1st: Elise Kriss (grades 11-12) “Lilith” 

NONFICTION: 1st Caroline May (grades 9-10) “The Placed Importance on Conformity”