Here are the 2018 Literary Arts Nominees.
NOTE: Some entries may contain adult themes. Minors, please ask for parental permission before reading.
- Artios of Grand Haven – Julianna Lindemulder – “Contrast”, “Loss and Loneliness”, and “Forgiveness”
- Calvary Christian School – Audrey Walker – “If Only For a Car Window”
- Fremont High School – Dayna DeKryger – “Expected (Of Me)”, “Nonsense”, and “As Opposed To You”
- Fruitport High School – Jakub Duchnowski – “Mold”, “True Love”, and “Part 1”
- Grand Haven High School – Xavier Golden – “The Unlikelihood of World War III”
- Grant High School – Heather Schoenherr – “When the Sea Whispers, I Hear Your Voice”
- Hart High School – Rachel Wade – “Smile, Girl”
- Hesperia High School – Maeli Cardiff – “Wake Up, Alice”
- Holton High School – Abby Wisniewski – “Dancing Silhouettes”, “Forever Spinning”, and “Tainted Words”
- Kent City High School – Jessica Barnard – “Song Inhumane”, “A Brief History”, and “The Dedication of the Soldier”
- Mason County Eastern High School – Taylor Dykman – “This is Who You Are Now, Right?”
- Mona Shores High School – Stevie Averill – “Maelstrom”, “How People Become Poetry”, and “at one point we were like art”
- Montague High School – Elizabeth Hill – “Birth Puzzle”
- Muskegon Catholic Central High School – Aremy Salazar – “Where I’m From” and “Dear Hot Guy”
- Newaygo High School – Daisy Hagen – “Capital ‘L'”
- North Muskegon High School – Grace Goszkowicz – “Sonnet I: ‘Sand'”, “Sonnet II: ‘Waves'”, and “Sonnet III: ‘Wind'”
- Oakridge High School – Aubrie Higley – “Life Is Short, But So Am I”
- Orchard View High School – Jourden Sharps – “Greed”
- Ravenna High School – Laine Rogers – “Everything”
- Reeths-Puffer High School – Lindsay Richardson – “The Color of Regret”, “Losing Freckles”, and “Dear Papa”
- Shelby High School – Calibretto Kinstner – “Underpasses”, “Dad”, and “A Blue Cloth, A Cold Can and A Very Perfect Person”
- Spring Lake High School – Ivy Anderson – “Are We There Yet?”
- Whitehall High School – Brooke Sheesley – “Eulogy”