Click listed items below to read the students' work!

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

• First Place -  Snip Snip by Lucy Murphy,  Saint Francis Xavier, 5th Grade
• Second Place -  I’m Locked Up, Waiting for Summer by Dylan Schuitema, Sheridan Elementary, 5th Grade
• Third Place -  If the Key Doesn't Fit by Helene Norcross, Shay Elementary, 3rd Grade

MIDDLE SCHOOL

• First Place - So Winter Will Be by Sadie Tebeau, Petoskey Middle School, 8th Grade
• Second Place -  Magic: Gone Forever by Tavian MacLachlan, Alanson Middle School, 7th Grade
• Third Place -  In the End by Alex Haase, Petoskey Middle School, 6th Grade
• Stories Told -  Revenge Beyond Justice by Ella Mae Loomis, Alanson Middle School, 7th Grade

HIGH SCHOOL

• First Place - Miss by Parker Reed, Harbor Springs High School, 11th Grade
• Second Place -  The Coroners' Wife by Evelyn Sharapova, Petoskey High School, 11th Grade
• Third Place -  Bisan Odeh by Aleli Barrera-Bardeguez, Boyne City High School, 11th Grade
• Stories Told - The Coroners' Wife by Evelyn Sharapova, Petoskey High School, 11th Grade

Thank you to our event sponsors and partners!

• McLean & Eakin Booksellers of Petoskey 

• Petoskey News-Review 

• The Bob Schulze Fund for Creative Writing at Petoskey-Harbor Springs Area Community Foundation 

If you have questions about the 2025 Young Writers Exposition, please contact Bobby Yarger at

231-347-4337 / bobby@crookedtree.org.