Here are the 2016 Literary Arts Nominees.
NOTE: Some entries may contain adult themes. Minors, please ask for parental permission before reading.
- Calvary Christian School – Alex Anhalt – “Bespoke”
- Coopersville High School – Julie Meerman – “Best Buds” and “Fear”
- Fremont High School – Melody Perrin – “No Place I’d Rather Be”
- Fruitport High School – William Krohn – “Wild”
- Grand Haven High School – Josiah Masvero – “These Secrets”
- Grant High School – McKenna Miller – “さようなら (Sayounara)”
- Hart High School – Maia Jonassen – “From My Heartwood”
- Hesperia High School – Claire Rumsey – “The Waiting Game”
- Holton High School – Savanna Weglarz – “His Sinister Reflection”
- Mason County Eastern High School – Megan McCormick – “Plastic Prison”
- Mona Shores High School – Jennifer Peterson – “The Gift of Chance”
- Montague High School – Hannah Dahl – “Life in the Eyes of an Asthmatic”, “Mother”, and “Pencils”
- Muskegon High School – Angelo Hernandez-Sias – “goodjob”
- Newaygo High School – Kayla Duff – “A Small Child”
- North Muskegon High School – Hayden Dobb – “A Love Letter from a Bumblebee the the Bicycle Tire”, “The Painting”, and “Head, Cars, Bending”
- Oakridge High School – Breanna Johnson – “Fear and Love are Not Exactly Separate”, “A Lover’s Gift”, and “Five Letters”
- Orchard View High School – Joseph Morales – “This Is Where The Lie Starts”
- This entry directly addresses the sexual assault of a minor.
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- Ravenna High School – Sydney Theile – “The Sea of Aubree”
- Reeths-Puffer High School – Matthew Johnston – “Eighteen Years on a Bike”
- Shelby High School – Micah Bender – “Constellations”, “Stained Glass”, and “Monologue of the Heart”
- Spring Lake High School – Emma Heinz – “Broken Key”
- White Cloud High School – Christiana Jones – “Explode”
- Whitehall High School – Abigail-Lauren Meredith – “Ten Minutes Too Late”
