• Children’s Book:
  • 1st Place - The Little Dot Right Where It Belonged by Sarah Pontes Dantas
  • Fable:
  • 1st Place - Amongst the Sheep by Amelia Corbo
  • 2nd Place - The Rule of Reliability by Brandon Bennett
  • 3rd Place - The Blue Jay and the Belltower by Sebastiaan Volkenborn
  • Formal Essay:
  • 1st Place - The Dirge Hidden in the Punchline by Daniel Chernyavsky
  • Informal Essay:
  • 1st Place - Morality of Disobedience by Jonathan Schwartz
  • Honorable Mention - Success vs. Failure by Lucas Calderon
  • Myth:
  • 1st Place - Sealing Dinosaurs by Yike Zhu
  • Personal Narrative:
  • 1st Place - Fleeting Safety by Amelia Corbo
  • 2nd Place - The Day I Learned to Rise by Isabella Torres
  • 3rd Place - 4500 Miles Away by Max Belleh
  • Political/Satirical Cartoon:
  • 1st Place - Unweave by Isabella Fierro Peralta
  • Scene Writing:
  • 1st Place - The Willow Court by Daniel Chernyavsky
  • 2nd Place - Ashes of the Forgotten by Gabriella Duman
  • Short Story:
  • 1st Place - Mission Gone Wrong by Alexander Ngo
  • 2nd Place - The Shadow Man by Avery Hope
  • 3rd Place - Independence by Thalia Cedeno
  • Honorable Mention - Jaded Crown by Brielle Spease
  • Cinquain:
  • 1st Place - Unspoken: A Secret by Charlie Fashny
  • Ekphrastic Poem:
  • 1st Place - The Thriller Man by Antonia Fierro Peralta
  • Free Verse:
  • 1st Place - Almost Burning by Levi Fleischer
  • 2nd Place - The Boy Who Flew by Madeline Zhuravel
  • 3rd Place - Dermatillomania by Anna Chetan
  • Honorable Mention - I Want Someone to Know Me by Francesca Zito
  • Haiku:
  • 1st Place - Solitary Berlin by Eddy Rogers
  • 2nd Place - The Seminole Heart by Aubrey Cypress
  • 3rd Place - Emerald Mountains by Antonio Aristizabal
  • Honorable Mention - The Creek by Camila Doerffler
  • Ode:
  • 1st Place - Ode to Loneliness by Madeline Zhuravel
  • 2nd Place - An Ode to Circus Performers by Siyona Narang
  • Parody Poem:
  • 1st Place - When the Sky Weeped the Night Before by Ellie Baez
  • 2nd Place - A Nap within a Nap by Rachel Cohen
  • 3rd Place - A Juan within a Horse by Mattias Lazzaro
  • Honorable Mention - A Hot Shower with Steam by Colin Camp
  • Poem for Two Voices:
  • 1st Place - Her by Gabriela Greco Tibirica
  • 2nd Place - Words and Codes by Lina Kim
  • Rhymed Verse:
  • 1st Place - A Man and His Corvette by Joshua Reid
  • 2nd Place - Conch Salad by Danica Simmons
  • 3rd Place - A Moment of Silence by Arjun Ravi
  • Honorable Mention - Romeo? by Amanda Rodriguez
  • Sestina Poem:
  • 1st Place - The Trailing Whispers by Viyana Bhagwanani
  • Villanelle:
  • 1st Place - Inside the Pages by Anjali Patel
  • 2nd Place - Love is the Flame by Noell Marrero
  • 3rd Place - liminality by Mandy Wu
  • Honorable Mention - October by Lina Kim
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The Seminole Heart

Haiku by Aubrey Cypress
Stacy Castro • May 7, 2026

Seminole strength flows 

Swamp grass hides the old pathways

Roots hold ancient earth 

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35mm SLR manual film camera by Miranda Pulmano
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About the Contributor
Stacy Castro
Stacy Castro
Hi I’m Stacy, I am a freshman in high school. My favorite color is pink, I have two cats and two dogs. I love spending time with friends, family, and animals.