Here are the 2017 Literary Arts Nominees.
NOTE: Some entries may contain adult themes. Minors, please ask for parental permission before reading.
- Artios of Grand Haven – Julianna Lindemulder – “Rubbing Alcohol,” “Autumn,” and “Haunted House”
- Calvary Christian School – Sydney Ritsema – “The Way You Should Be”
- Fremont High School – Kaylee Keena – “Beautiful Destruction”
- Fruitport High School – Brooke Niestroy – “11:21,” “embodiment of the place between dusk and daybreak,” and “astronomical theory”
- Grand Haven High School – Aliyah Austin – “Culture is Not a Costume”
- Grant High School – Yule Eve Osband – “Dear Alice”
- Hart High School – Krista Frasier – “A Grade for Mental Health”
- Hesperia High School – Lacey Frees – “Obsession”
- Holton High School – Savanna Weglarz – “Mushroom King Volume 1: A Baker Will Rise”
- Mason County Central High School – Francesca Skridulis – “If You Can, You Must”
- Mason County Eastern High School – Chelsea Gage – “Stranger at Sundown”
- Mona Shores High School – Gabrielle Cree – “Under the Bed”
- Montague High School – Hannah Dahl – “A Year without Sunshine,” “Riptide Connections” and “Life is a Game”
- Newaygo High School – Tatieonna McNeese-Gonzalez – “Beautiful Things”
- North Muskegon High School – Hayden Dobb – “April’s Showers” and “There Was a Time When You Grew Up My Arm Like an Ivory Plant”
- Ravenna High School – Meghan Randolph – “Rust, Riot, and Revenge”
- Reeths-Puffer High School – Taylor Dibble – “Handfuls,” “Nevermore,” and “Just a Touch”
- Shelby High School – Natalie Fox – “Watermelon Seeds”
- Spring Lake High School – Madison Terpstra – “Life in the Library,” “Separation Anxiety,” and “A Letter For My Mother”
- Western MI Christian High School – Karolyn DeKam – “henry’s still king but we’re older this time” and “roots”
- Whitehall High School – Daisy Genson – “Learning to Walk Myself Down the Aisle”