The contest was open to all high school students in Barry County. Honors were presented at the Barry Community Foundation. The contest was established by Barry county authors Kensinger and Alice Jones in 2004.
TK students receiving honors were:
Feature stories
Logan Garbrecht - first place
Matthew Lenard - second place
Kyler Podbevsek - third place
Lane Head - honorable mention
Short Stories
Jessika Mahler - first place
Poetry - grades 9 and 10
Aniyiah Cook - first place
Karson Raab - second place
Stephanie Green - third place
Hailey Bivens - honorable mention
Abbigail MacDonald - honorable mention
Poetry - grades 11 and 12
Kirsten Hey - first place
Hannah Kelley - second place
Clara Classen - third place