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Our Own Expressions
Celebrating 25 years!
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
Congratulations!
Congratulations to the 36 winners of the 25th annual Our Own Expressions Teen Writing & Art Contest. Thank you to the more than 700 talented students who entered and to our final judges: Michael Magee, Brandi Douglas, Lisa Roden, and Abrian Curington. The winning entries are published in a chapbook available in print later this summer, as well as on Instagram @pclteens.
2021 Our Own Expressions Booklet
Poetry Winners
Grades 7 & 8
1st Place: Kaylina Warren, Sumner Middle School
2nd Place: Alexa Kotansky, Kopachuck Middle School
3rd Place: Natalie Bates, Aylen Junior High School
Grades 9 & 10
1st Place: Clarisse Fowlkes, Bellarmine Preparatory
2nd Place: Audrianna Rouse, Emerald Ridge High School
3rd Place: Olivia Lathrom, Bethel High School
Grades 11 & 12
1st Place: Benita Kisembo, Curtis Senior High School
2nd Place: Lily Tamminga, Covenant High School
3rd Place: Honor Tamminga, Covenant High School
Drawing Winners
Grades 7 & 8
1st Place: Tia Norman, Giaudrone Middle School
2nd Place: Chelsea Bass, Key Peninsula Middle School
3rd Place: Erika Rusak, Sumner Middle School
Grades 9 & 10
1st Place: Iris Rogel, Bonney Lake High School
2nd Place: Julia Clarke, Gig Harbor High School
3rd Place: Charlotte Southworth, Stadium High School
Grades 11 & 12
1st Place: Sam Johnson, Bethel High School
2nd Place: Chloe Brown, Home School
3rd Place: Taylor Swensen, Bonney Lake High School
Photography Winners
Grades 7 & 8
1st Place: Michael Fulkerson, Other
2nd Place: Morgan Ackerland, Home School
3rd Place: Natalynn Kirkendoll-Graham, Key Peninsula Middle School
Grades 9 & 10
1st Place: Sofia Anderson, Steilacoom High School
2nd Place: Alana Rojas, Steilacoom High School
3rd Place: Anna Salmon, Steilacoom High School
Grades 11 & 12
1st Place: Jehlil Ruffner, Steilacoom High School
2nd Place: Jade Edwards, Steilacoom High School
3rd Place: Elliot Carlsson, Steilacoom High School
Short Story Winners
Grades 7 & 8
1st Place: Audrey Douglass, Other
2nd Place: Gabriella Vonada, Home School
3rd Place: Lia Hartley, Ferrucci Junior High School
Grades 9 & 10
1st Place: Rylie Wood, Covenant High School
2nd Place: Jacob Lawty, Covenant High School
3rd Place: Nathan Schmidt, Covenant High School
Grades 11 & 12
1st Place: Mary Funches, Covenant High School
2nd Place: Honor Tamminga, Covenant High School
3rd Place: Aubren Reis, Covenant High School
Pierce County Library Foundation awards prizes in four categories:
Past Winners and Archives
Visit the contest archives
to view 25 years of creative teen talent.
Call for Submissions: Pocket Art Collective Zine
Pierce County Library System is publishing a teen-created zine this summer to be widely distributed at all of our library locations as part of Summer Reading! Learn more about zines here.
The Pocket Art Collective: Teens Make Zines
View Issue 1
Pick up Issue 2 at any Pierce County Library location
Issue 3 will be published in August
Discord Community
Join the Discord Community
Meet teen writers, poets, artists, and photographers from all over Pierce County and get to know each other. This is your place to share, connect, and build a teen art community online!
Join the server:
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The Writing Lab
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Did you know you can receive professional feedback on your writing for free?
Send any kind of writing (research papers, college application essays, scholarship essays, creative writing, short stories) to the Writing Lab and receive professional feedback within 24 hours! |
| Watch this video to learn more | Check it out today! |
Sponsors
Our Own Expressions is generously sponsored by the Pierce County Library Foundation.
