Creative Writing Contest

See Hear Ye Hear Ye on the home page for the 2021 Creative Writing Contest Guidelines.

2011 Creative Writing Contest Winners

The theme was "FOOD… MAY THE FORK BE WITH YOU"

Winners received prizes from local businesses, a free workshop with Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen, and are published in UpStarts Spring 2011. Winners also read at the YWA Glitterary Word Festival at the Eugene Public Library. Honorable Mention pieces can be read using the links below.

Ages 14-18
• Grand Prize: Flora Winters, Mills College
• First Place: Clair Shepherd, Crow High School
• Second Place Tie:  Sydney Wensel, Sheldon High School and Mariah Hardy, Pleasant Hill High School
• Third Place: Kevin Hagel, Thurston High School
• Honorable Mention: Kasey Powell, North Eugene High School

Ages 11-13
• First Place: Amanda McCarter, Emerald Christian Academy
• Second Place: Max Gause, HomeSource Family Charter
• Third Place: Sahalie Pittman, Roosevelt Middle School
• Honorable Mention Tie:  Kristine Taylor, Bethel Schools and Gavin Bronaugh, Oak Hill School

Ages 9-10
• First Place:  Ben Ackerman, Crest Drive Elementary
• Second Place: Tie: Morgan Montgomery, and Helena Wehr, Crest Drive Elementary
• Third Place: Madysen Chesnik, Cesar Chavez Elementary
• Honorable Mention: Sydney McGhehey-Wallace, Crest Drive Elementary

Ages 5-8
• First Place: Caleb Ohrtman, Crest Drive Elementary
• Second Place: Ani Lassley, Crest Drive Elementary
• Third Place: Alex Faber, Crest Drive Elementary
• Honorable Mention:  Tenley Prater, Harrisburg Elementary