Poetry Winners
K-4th Grade
1st | Pierce Perret | The Swamp Chestnut Oak | Episcopal School of Acadiana |
2nd | Lucia Moroux | An Ode to the Dragonfly | Episcopal School of Acadiana |
3rd | Benjamin Shaw | Wetland’s Don’t Go | Bains Elementary |
5th-8th Grade
1st | Dason Worthen | Weeping Wetlands | Edgar A. Martin Gifted Program |
2nd | Gabrielle Carney | Her Loss | Edgar A. Martin Gifted Program |
3rd | Victoria Guidry | The Fisherman | Edgar A. Martin Gifted Program |
9th-12th Grade
1st | Jae Fabre | My Dad | Episcopal School of Acadiana |
2nd | Briana Fuentes | To Egrets, With All My Love | Lafayette High School |
3rd | Lily Pillaro | Bayou Memories | Episcopal School of Acadiana |
Personal Narrative Winners
K-4th Grade
1st | Mason Simmons | Bug Houses | Bains Elementary |
2nd | Jenna Parsons | My Swamp | The Dunham School |
3rd | Charlotte Comeaux | Wetlands | The Dunham School |
5th-8th Grade
1st | Emma Cope | The Water | St. Pius Elementary |
2nd | Amalie Lachaussee | Pink Rubber Boots | St. Pius Elementary |
3rd | Kennedy Watson | Home | St. Pius Elementary |
3rd | Thomas Berthelot | Duck Hunting | St. Pius Elementary |
9th-12th Grade
1st | Maggie Lai | Cajunese | Lafayette High School |
2nd | Lauren Gachassin | A Trip | Episcopal School of Acadiana |
2nd | Ava Thigpen | Down the Bayou | Mandeville High School |
3rd | Sadie Fuller | A Picture’s Worth a Thousand Words | Episcopal School of Acadiana |
Short Story Winners
K-4th Grade
1st | Sophie Wilson | The Star | Episcopal School of Acadiana |
2nd | William Cahill | Le Marais | Episcopal School of Acadiana |
3rd | Ryan Leach | The Swamp Monster | The Dunham School |
5th-8th Grade
1st | Declan Shiffer | A Frog in the Bayou | Andrew Jackson Middle School |
2nd | Fiona Mire | Lonely World | St. Pius Elementary |
3rd | Riley Michael | Hunting Fireflies | Andrew Jackson Middle School |