Ayan Ahmed, grade 10, Humboldt High School. Ayan Ahmed likes to listen to soft foreign songs and write poetry or short stories. Currently, Ayan is learning how to play Badminton to play for her school. For fun, Ayan likes to volunteer at Feed My Starving Children and summer camps in the summer. Entries: Seasons of Pain

Louis Barber Wahl, grade 10, Morris Area High School. I like to go for walks in the prairie, sculpt things, and write things. Entries: bury me in twilight, Non player error

Oleander Bellanger, grade 11, Morris Area High School. I like to go for walks in the prairie, sculpt things, and write things. Entries: Decomposers, Exchange, Midnight Stroll, The Sea Wolf

Brian Cummings, grade 12, Morris Area High School. I enjoy fighting games and collecting books (prose and manga) in my spare time. I plan to be an accountant in the future with the goal of being a CPA and helping immigrants do their taxes. If I didn’t have to work to survive, I would be a horror writer and movie director. Entries: The Cigarette, To My Son, Kenny

Vylot Frank, grade 12, Morris Area High School. I’m a senior in high school and I plan on attending college this fall to go into medical field, i wrote this poem during my choir class as the idea kinda just struck, it got me looking outside the box and looking at life. Entries: Generational love

Timmeon Pate, grade 10, Mayo High School. I started writing in early 8th grade, and found it to be a coping mechanism, so now i like to use my spoken word to hopefully save a life once like my own, i hope to go to TSU in Canada in the future and study in (free writing/creative writing/English) anything writing inclined i want to do it. Entries: One pill

Nora Roseth, grade 12, Morris Area High School. I love to draw, paint, and write in my spare time. The rest of that time is spent finishing high school and making a paycheck outside of those walls. Entries: A Broken Union, We the Prideful

Jacob Rowell, grade 11, Washburn High School. I love playing sports such as basketball and baseball, playing guitar and drums and writing spoken word poetry. I am also involved in Theater at my school, Washburn. Entries: Out on the Surface, The Narrow Way

Heidi Seales, grade 12, Morris Area High School. My name is Heidi Seales and I am from Morris, Minnesota. I have always had an interest in reading and writing, as well as playing tennis and spending time with my family and friends. I am going to college at the University of Minnesota – Duluth in the fall of 2025 to study Psychology and Spanish. Entries: A Withering Rose

Sofia Skuza Rivera, grade 10, St. Paul Academy and Summit School. Sofia takes pride in the versatility of her interests, which encompass the performing and liberal arts as well as STEM. Some of her favorite hobbies include glassblowing, dancing, reading, and writing. Her ultimate goal for the future is to maintain a balanced life, keeping all the passions she loves close to her regardless of what lies ahead. Because of her love for creativity and creation, she enjoys incorporating a creative process into everything she does, especially in places where it may not seem intuitive. Entries: 1/100, Us in 20 Years

Samuel Wenzel, grade 10, Humboldt High School. Sam Wenzel is a 10th grader at Humboldt high school. He participates and volunteers with JROTC, participates in band on the bass clarinet, is treasurer of the student council, and is part of the policy debate team. Sam’s favorite book is “No Longer Human” by Osamu Dazai. Entries: Cranberries, Never ending

Avianna Xiong, grade 10, Humboldt High School. Some hobbies that I like to do is crochet, sing, and draw. I also like to write sometimes and play an instrument like the clarinet. I plan on going into the trades after I graduate and earn money so I can travel the world. Entries: Fireflies Fireflies, Sun and Moon

Kirstin Zaske, grade 12, Morris Area High School. Kirstin plans to go to the University of Minnesota Crookston in the fall of 2025 for their pre-mortuary science program. In her free time, she likes to write, read, and play cozy games on her laptop. Entries: I Should Have Known, My Strange Old Man

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