Bill Janssen, "Tears"

Cathy Broderick, "The Out House Crooner"

MaryAnn Saunders, " A Smile Timed Life"

Jacob Halabe, "Please Remember Ron Nichols"

Juliette Kilgore, "A Storm of Color"

Young Adult

Sky Upender, "The Beautiful Monster Within"

Devon Shih, "The Light of Leftover Storms"

Kari Trail, "The Glimpse Before"

Tenzin Chang, "My Dad's Dad"

Jack Poon, "Lunar New Year's Dinner"

Micheal Zhang, "Walking Forward"

Amelia Klingberg, "Escape for a Moment"

Rebecca Kapiloff, "COVID Killed My Friendship"

Teen

Kaitlyn Chen, "This is How it Ends"

Ayda Diril, "Sour Purple Pomegranates"

Claire Sun, "Grandma Honey's Almond Butter"

Naomi Jones, "Violet and the Time Machine"

Mei Knutson, "Reiko's Flying Machine"

Benjamin Wu, "Second Rate"

Anika Nair, "A Messy Stitch"