Vicksburg, Michigan
2023 Tournament of Writers Winners
2023 Judges' Choice Grand Prize
Echo Chamber by Rick Chambers
Gilbert & Ivy Youth Award
The Monster and the Girl by Hannah Laughery
2023 Award Winners - Fiction
First Place
Junior Division - Finch High Above by Gabbi Kirchner
Young Adult Division - Egyptian Refuge by Shelbie Walton
Adult Division - Picking up the New Trumpeter by Ross Landers
Senior Division - Echo Chamber by Rick Chambers
Second Place
Junior Division - Moon Bloom by Samantha Ball
Young Adult Division - Frost by Wyatt Walton
Adult Division - Timeless Love by Simon Thalmann
Senior Division - The Angel from Brainerd by Francis Kartch
Third Place
Junior Division - The World Behind the Reflection by Jerzie Harp
Young Adult Division - Words for the End by Alex Roberts
Adult Division - Recursive by Dustin Colwell
Senior Division - Those Lying Eyes by Nancy Smith
2023 Award Winners - Nonfiction
First Place
Junior Division – Schools Need More Recess by Lillian Ross
Young Adult Division – My Sister was an Only Child by Emilie Helmbold
Adult Division – A Trip Down the Pine River by Kristin Youngs
Senior Division – Mapping Reality: Life, Earth, and Everything by Mark Stucky
Second Place
Junior Division - All About Me by Eleanor Ross
Adult Division – Boys Don’t Cry by Ashley Porter
Senior Division – Grouse Hunting Hysteria by Dan Knasel
Third Place
Adult Division – Spark and Flicker by Simon Thalmann
Senior Division- Father’s Whiskey Bottle by Bonnie Oswalt
2023 Award Winners – Poetry
First Place
Junior Division – Ode to a Yellow Pencil by Noelle Germay
Young Adult Division – The Monster and the Girl by Hannah Laughery
Adult Division - Hope by Carolyn Adams
Senior Division – Doc in a Box by Carol Braymer
Second Place
Junior Division - Under Summer’s Wing by Hayden Moden
Young Adult Division – Take the Sun by Ashley Gerber
Adult Division – She and Me by Ashley Porter
Senior Division – An Unanswerable Question by Charles Crouch
Third Place
Junior Division - My Yellow Summer Dress by Hayden McCarty
Young Adult Division – Acceptance? No Foolishness? by Kaylen Holden-Pierce
Adult Division - Lifetime by Dustin Colwell
Senior Division - Waiting by Jo Wiley