First Place:
"David," by Cassidy Havens of Lucedale High School
Second Place:
"Knives and Roses," by Dustin Alexander Adcock of Laurel High School
Third Place:
"Ashes, Ashes, We All Fall Down," by Kaley Brand of Jackson Academy
Honorable Mentions:
"My Candle Burns," by Stella Nickerson of The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science
"The Reluctant Killer: A Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe," by Timothy Hopper of St. Andrew’s Episcopal School