Honorable Mention: Mourning You Already, by Emma Lawson

Honorable Mention: palmful, by Anaya Ertz

Honorable Mention: Arachnid, by Ethan Ramm

Honorable Mention: A Careless Wind Blows Through Me, by Ava Isabelle

Honorable Mention: The Cry of Broken Cycles, by Story Hadfield

Third Place: Breaking the Old, Bad Habits, by V Cunningham

Second Place: first breakfast after coming out, by Sophia DeMoe

First Place: Slim's Nocturne, by Elina Kumra

Honorable Mention: 988, by Jordan Silver

Honorable Mention: Thanks for the EIGHT BUCKS, Grandpa by Anita Luo