This year, Kaylee Hoffman of Carroll High School, Fort Wayne, Ind., walked away with Best of Show for her piece titled, “Letters to My Dead Mother. The Woman I Chose to Leave. The Woman Who Deserved Nothing Less.”
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| Other notable mentions are: |
1st Place: Austin Daugherty, “Sticks and Stones,” Oak Hill High School, Converse, Ind.
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| 2nd Place: Amber Fernung, “Reach,” Western High School, Russiaville, Ind. |  |
| 3rd Place: Gabby Adams, “By the River,” Peru High School, Peru, Ind. |  |
| Honorable Mentions: |
| Esther Boller, “Silence,” independent |  |
| Carmen Diaz, “AIDA poster,” Carroll High School, Fort Wayne, Ind. |  |
| Nick Sprunger, “Toby Mac,” Snider High School, Fort Wayne, Ind. |  |
| Emily Spatt, “Seriously?,” Homestead High School, Fort Wayne, Ind. |  |
| Hope Coon, “Behind the Blank Pages,” Maconaquah High School, Bunker Hill, Ind. |  |
| Danielle Selking, “In‘Tree’guing Book,” Bellmont High School, Decatur, Ind. |  |
| Caroline Cooper, “Be of Good Cheer,” Homestead High School, Fort Wayne, Ind. |  |
| Cassandra Hacker, “Tiny Black Dots,” Huntington North High School, Huntington. Ind. |  |
| Baili Beck, “Peacock Basket,” Oak Hill High School, Converse, Ind. |  |
| April Larsen, “Yakety Yak,” Maconaquah High School, Bunker Hill, Ind. |  |
| Zack Kittaka, “Always Watching,” Homestead High School, Fort Wayne, Ind. |  |
| Haley Brumleve, “Some Polka Dots,” Huntington North High School, Huntington, Ind. |  |
| Dustin McClory, “Diversity of the Heart,” Lewis Cass High School, Walton, Ind. |  |
| Kelly Reiff, “The Adventure,” Whitko High School, South Whitley, Ind. |  |
| Malina Fairchild, “Sunday Java,” Huntington North High School, Huntington, Ind. |  |
| Sarah Catt, “Paper Oragami,” Western High School, Russiaville, Ind. |  |
| Analee Alford, “All That Was and All That Remains,” Bellmont High School, Decatur, Ind. |  |
| Tyler Keenan, “Genetic Imprint,” Oak Hill High School, Converse, Ind. |  |
| Haylee Richman, “On the Wave,” Huntington North High School, Huntington, Ind. |  |