Winners of the 19th Annual Daryl Fisher Creative Writing Contest

Poetry Winners:

First Place: Elaine Gao, “The Sunken Cathedral.” Jenks (Instructor: Emily Stewart)
Second Place: Ava Blakley, “Apocalypse.” Edmond Santa Fe (Valerie Roberson)
Third Place: Ainsley Nidiffer, “Al Balad.” Claremore (Mrs. Andrews)

Honorable Mentions:
Elissa Marks, “Myself Through a Prism.” Edmond Memorial (Kelly Bristow)
Abigail Harmon, “(Double) Standard of Education.” Edmond Memorial (Kelly Bristow)
Nora Garrison, “Among the Silt.” Edmond Memorial (Kelly Bristow)
Liberty Rogers, “Everything Changed.” Dale (Allison Robinson)
Kaylee Irvin, “Inner Monologue of a Pencil.” McAlester (Rachel Morris)
Preseley Boschert, “Austin, Texas, July 10.” Owasso (Sherry Beeson)
Izzy Lewis, “Holding Up Half the Sky.” Dewey (Deborah Thoreson)
Ingeyla Ghori, “My Caged Bird.” Bartlesville (Anna Garrett)
Emilia Chambers, “It Is What It Was.” Bishop Mcguinness Catholic (Kathy Judge)
Emily Spotts, “Elegy for a Best Friend.” Life Ready Center (Maureen Durant)

Fiction Winners:

First Place: Elissa Marks, “The Re-education of Quentin Whatever.” Edmond Memorial (Instructor: Kelly Bristow)
Second Place: Helena Todd, “Starboy 2.” Shawnee (Cathy Megee)
Third Place: Aubrey Whiteside, “Spanish Carmine.” Ada (Preston Mann)

Honorable Mentions:
Maddie Dilley. “Lost in a Long-Forgotten Nightmare.” Harding Fine Arts Academy (Carly Heitland)
Ian Doering. “The Burning Irony.” Edmond Memorial (Kelly Bristow)
Maggie Gower. “Tribulation.” Bristow (Kyle Zapata)
Gracie Kinnaman. “Library in the Dunes.” Cascia Hall, Tulsa (Melissa Halve)
Brynn Peterson. “Inflorescence.” Lawton (Christina Bausch)
Sade Proper. “A Second Chance.” Carl Albert (Brooke Beasley)
Liberty Rogers. “The Fearful and the Fearless.” Dale (Allison Robinson)
Harini Senthil. “Dollhouse.” Jenks (Rachel Games)
Asbah Talal. “A Winter’s Night.” Edmond North (Shannon Coffee)
Patience Williams. “A Dark Night in Orio.” Ada (Preston Mann)