2017 "It's All Write!" Contest Finalists

569 writers sent their stories to the 2017 "It's All Write!" Teen Writing Contest! Below is a list of the 2017 winners and finalists.

2017 Winners in Flash Fiction:

6th-8th Grade Winners:

1st	Lily Patterson	"25 Pills"
2nd	Madeline Gupta	"The Color Blue"
3rd	Jeremy Klooster	"The Cycle"

9th-10th Grade Winners:

1st	Julianna Eng	"A Hymn from a Mother"
2nd	Seun Ajepe	"They Came for My Tusks"
3rd	Jessica Xu	"The Orange Tree"

11th-12th Grade Winners:

1st	Darby Baird	"Unseen"
2nd	Mackenzie Konschuh	"The Monsters in Us"
3rd	Miranda McCarthy	"Open New File"

2017 Winners in Short Story:

6th-8th Grade Winners:

1st	Billie Hoffmann	"Dans le Trou de Lapin (Down the Rabbit Hole)"
2nd	Delaney Christy	"5 Million 270 Thousand Seconds"
3rd	Amber Yu	"Why I Loved You"

9th-10th Grade Winners:

1st	Adam Whitbeck	"The Sky and the Land"
2nd	Sophie Nadel	"The Traveling Hat"
3rd	Julia Somma	"His & Hers"

11th-12th Grade Winners:

1st	Anya Svintsitski	"Watchman"
2nd	Sara Roza	"Leave the Doors Open"
3rd	Kaleigh Perkins	"California"

2017 Finalists in Flash Fiction:

Finalist 6-8 Grade:

Cate Weiser	Melia Austin
Aidan Quinn	Tyler Diehl
Anonymous	Logan Yoon
Anonymous	Elyse Thomas
Duncan Powell	Caroline Plotner
Anonymous

Finalist 9-10 Grade:

Rajunea Stevens	Alexis Greca
Sonja Benjamins-Carey	Leah Fleming
Alexandra Grossman	Anna Rinvelt
Anonymous	Livvy Dayney
Anonymous	Benjamin Vanderhyde

Finalist 11-12 Grade:

Brendan Wayne	Anonymous
Nicholas D'Oria	Anonymous
Owen Brooks	Stina Trollbäck
Cierra Taber	Katie Watson
Kamryn Thomas	Soo Yun
Anya Bothner	Anonymous
Sofia Amanda Bening

2017 Finalists in Short Story:

Finalist 6-8 Grade:

Sabrina Guo	Anonymous
Emma Hudson	Maya Miller
Catherine Bui	Diane Glasford
Max Janevic	Aidan Quinn
Avani Hoeffner-Shah	Sydney Thompson
Leo Nelson	Sofia Brimhall
Serafina Sabatini

Finalist 9-10 Grade:

Seth Wimberly	Christina Diaz
Jarod Werner	Elliana Branchesi
Destiny Piela	Marissa Minor
Emily Hampton	Chelsea Macasaet
Sofia Aleem	Hannah Kat Cohen
Julianna Eng

Finalist 11-12 Grade:

Gwen McCartney	Adrija Bhattacharya
Anonymous	Mechelle Horelick
Angeles Parada	Annasofia Padua
Allyson Koda	Annie Ning
Isabel Sicree	Anya Bothner
Mary Collins	Alaina Pellar-Kosbar
Zoë Stephan