2015 Writers Hall of Fame Writing Winners

Nonfiction

Grades 5/6
Name: Tanner Wilson
School: Phelps Center
Title: Why and How to be Prepared for an Emergency
Category: Persuasion
Teacher: Gina Wyckoff

Grades 7/8
Name: Anthony Davis
School: St. Agnes
Title: Anthony Davis: The Life of a Dreamer
Category: Autobiography
Teacher: Lynn Vogel

Grades 9/10
Name: Mariah Krueger
School: Willard High School
Title: I Never Told
Category: Autobiography
Teacher: Sarah Ludlow

Grades 11/12
Name: Rebekah Mauschbaugh
School: Willard High School
Title: Hopeful Cynicism
Category: Journal/Diary Personal
Teacher: Melissa Troxell

Prose

Grades 5/6
Name: James Gambon
School: St. Joseph Catholic Academy
Title: Tovah’s Responses
Category: Journal/Diary Fictional
Teacher: Laura Eise

Grades 7/8
Name: Josh Fisch
School: CHS/Springfield Scholars
Title: A Ferrari with No Brakes
Category: Personal Experience Narrative
Teacher: Julie Chapin

Grades 9/10
Name: Julia Horton
School: New Covenant Academy
Title: March 13
Category: Journal/Diary Fictional
Teacher: Vickie Hutsell

Grades 11/12
Name: Carrie Stoll
School: Willard High School
Title: My Lucky Day
Category: Description of Object/Thing
Teacher: Pamela Hudson

Long Prose

Grades 5/6
Name: Maddie Smith
School: Reed Academy
Title: The Perfect Painting
Category: Short Story
Teacher: Emily Buff

Grades 7/8
Name: Lexi Smith
School: Reed Academy
Title: Cirque De La Mort
Category: Original Book Without Illustrations
Teacher: Matt Campbell

Grades 9/10
Name: Jaclyn Lewis
School: Logan Rogersville
Title: The Road to Insanity
Category: Original Book Without Illustrations
Teacher: Whitney Crosby

Grades 11/12
Name: Sydney Downs
School: Stockton High School
Title: “Inheritance”
Category: Short Story
Teacher: Jesse Fields

Journalism:

Grades 5/6
Name: Dylan Moulder
School: Inman Intermediate
Title: Cooking Geniuses
Category: Feature Story
Teacher: Paula Macy

Grades 7/8
Name: Sophia C. Hom
School: CHS/Springfield Scholars
Title: Classical Roots, Local Impact
Category: Feature Story
Teacher: Julie Chapin

Grades 9/10
Name: Julia Horton
School: New Covenant Academy
Title: Sincerely, Your Favorite Book
Category: Commentary/Opinion Column
Teacher: Vickie Hutsell

Grades 11/12
Name: Daniel Nguyen
School: Central High School
Title: What I Will Miss About the Midwest
Category: Commentary/Opinion Column
Teacher: Deborah Garner

Long Poetry:

Grades 5/6
Name: Will Young
School: Phelps Center
Title: The Cultural Revolution
Category: Long Free Verse
Teacher: Gina Wyckoff

Grades 7/8
No winner

Grades 9/10
Name: Julia Horton
School: New Covenant Academy
Title: Fifth August 5th
Category: Long Free Verse Poem
Teacher: Vickie Hutsell

Grades 11/12
Name: April Schuerger
School: Willard High School
Title: Grape Soda
Category: Long Free Verse Poem
Teacher: Melissa Troxell

Strict Formula Poetry

Grades 5/6
Name: Willow Harris
School: Logan-Rogersville Upper Elementary
Title: Night During Fall
Category: Haiku
Teacher: Nancy Terry

Grades 7/8
Name: Halle Hartman
School: Archie Middle School
Title: The Amazing World of Dreamscape
Category: Biopoem
Teacher: Dana Whitesell Martin

Grades 9/10
Name: Callie Andrews
School: Spokane High School
Title: Eraser
Category: Haiku
Teacher: Laura Rankin

Grades 11/12
Name: Jimmy Moore
School: Spokane High School
Title: Planting Peace
Category: Geopoem
Teacher: Laura Rankin

Other Formula Poetry:

Grades 5/6
Name: Olivia Chapman
School: Reed Academy
Title: Lemonade Stand
Category: Parody
Teacher: Emily Buff

Grades 7/8
Name: Katie Schacher
School: Archie Middle School
Title: This Is My Life
Category: Other Formula Poetry
Teacher: Dana Whitesell Martin

Grades 9/10
Name: Callie Andrews
School: Spokane High School
Title: “The Constants of Me”
Category: Other Formula Poetry
Teacher: Laura Rankin

Grades 11/12
Name: Madison Huffman
School: Kickapoo High School
Title: I Am ….
Category: Other Formula Poetry
Teacher: Hayley Fraser