SHORT LIST: 21 and above

Aiden Briar  
U & I
 
Ava Laker
Interstellar Lover
 
Breanne Weber
Even Art Won’t Fix it
 
David Caboz
My Greatest Accomplishment
 
Greg Shearer
Inheritance
 
Hillary McKinney
I’d Rather Find Beauty in Pain
 
Jennifer Austin
We Clicked
 
Joseph Interligi
His and Hers
 
Kathy Hamidovic
Love and Math
 
Kevin Moras
You & Me
 
Lynnie C.
Wishes
 
Lynnie C. 
Words in the Wind
 
Lynnie C.
Hope Chest
 
Maya Kazehaya
Untitled
 
Muby Williams
For Better or Verse
 
Nikita Gregory
Your Guitar
 
Shelley Allen  
Plunge
 
Sophie Hardcastle
Pink Castle
 
Tyrell Tinnin
A Day

SHORT LIST: 20 and under

​ A. H.  
Goodnight
 
Benita A
A Cinderalla Story
 
Brenna Fox
New Story
 
Claire Latendresse
The Stars of Amsterdam
 
Emily Davis
The Well
 
Emmy White
Fire
 
Jace Guynn
Mini Golfing in the Avenue
 
Jace Guynn
Pvarotti and Peanut Butter
 
Jaidyn L Attard
 Drift in The Always Blue
 
Kyla Langley
To Have No Identity
 
Laura Kim
City Lights
 
Meela A
 Little White Lies
 
Meg Smith
The Poetess
 
Pary Sachdeva
Kitchen in Solace
 
Ria Chakraborty
 Shards of the Past
 
Sai Mithlesh
Rise
 
Srishti Banerjee
The Boat Song
 
Supneet Mann
The Lost Face
 
Yashika Sangtani
The Gaps
 
Zoe Zeppelin
Melatonin