Summer Reading Teen Writing Winners 2026
Entries are judged in 2 age groups: Ages 12 to 14 and ages 15 to 18.
A winner from each age group will be chosen weekly in each of the 3 genres.
Winners Ages 12-14
Week 7
Fiction
Summer of 2130
Author:
EMmy
Week 7
Poetry
Time is a Crow
Author:
Ava
Week 6
Poetry
Light
Author:
Emmy
Week 6
Fiction
The red door
Author:
Brooklyn
Week 5
Poetry
Timeless
Author:
Lynsie
Week 5
Fiction
Within Waters That Never Resolve
Author:
Lynsie
Week 4
Poetry
In Spring
Author:
Emery
Week 4
Fiction
The Secret Of Stripes
Author:
Darla
Week 3
Poetry
My Dreams-An Etheree Poem
Author:
Gracie
Week 3
Fiction
Ghost in a Green Dress
Author:
Elena
Week 1
Poetry
Snail
Author:
Addy
Week 1
Fiction
The Witch of the Mountainside
Author:
Nora
Week 1
Nonfiction
London Culture
Author:
Evelyn
Week 1
Poetry
A Thousand Pieces
Author:
Evelyn
Week 1
Nonfiction
A Truss Bridge Showdown
Author:
Oriola
Winners Ages 15-18
Week 7
Poetry
Cat in the Sun
Author:
Tessa
Week 7
Fiction
The Sleepover
Author:
Melodee
Week 6
Poetry
Imagine how it was for Joseph Smith
Author:
Anna
Week 6
Fiction
I Those Aren’t Zombies
Author:
Nathan
Week 5
Fiction
Bluebird
Author:
Gwen
Week 5
Nonfiction
Knee Surgery Tomorrow?
Author:
Nathan
Week 4
Fiction
The Hole
Author:
Madeline
Week 4
Nonfiction
Yimmerings and Yammerings
Author:
Nathan
Week 4
Poetry
Dwindling
Author:
Brooklyn
Week 3
Fiction
Bombin’ Day
Author:
Nathan
Week 3
Poetry
Midway
Author:
Brynn
Week 3
Nonfiction
Happily Ever After
Author:
Tessa
Week 2
Fiction
Dear Mabel
Author:
Tessa
Week 2
Poetry
Love
Author:
Peyton
Week 1
Fiction
War
Author:
Ryleigh