USU Creative Writing Contest Results
2025 USU Creative Writing and Art Contest Winners
ART
First: Kaisha Mills, “Self Portrait”
Second: Sterling Brinkerhoff, “Silent Sentinel”
Third: Myleigh Peterson, “(Lucky Number) 5”
Honorable Mention: Kaisha Mills, “Away; Thunder”
Honorable Mention: Lily Webb, “Watchman”
Honorable Mention: Brianna Pickering, “Return to Earth; The Great Divide”
Honorable Mention: Abigail Hong, “Bone Appetit”
Honorable Mention: Sarah Monsen, “Chocolate Cake”
Honorable Mention: Myleigh Peterson, “(Lucky Number) 2”
Honorable Mention: Hannah Smith, “Crest; Fairytale”
Honorable Mention: Emmaline Jones, “Haven”
Honorable Mention: Crius Palus, “Before It Broke the Rules”
Honorable Mention: Addie Hemsley, “Almost”
FICTION
First: Eva Nelson, “Breathe”
Second: Sarah Ellis, “Whatever Did Happen to Cornelius”
Third: Hannah Smith, “Let’s Play Mermaids”
NONFICTION
First: Chloe Scheve, “Moonchild”
Second: Yash Rivera, “Cyclical”
Third: Luka Rompato, “Feast”
POETRY
First: Brook Haight, “your nature; fill me; cycles”
Second: Noelani Hadfield, “Too Much Information; Grandmother’s Cotton Fields; Sea-Salt Atonement”
Third: Rose Ivins, “Sign Of; 7:30 a.m. tuesday extinguisher; CRAQUELURE”
Previously, winners were published in a special issue of the magazine Scribendi. However, since 2017, winners have been published in a special contest issue of Sink Hollow. The online versions of past and present Creative Writing Contest magazines are available to the USU community.
In addition to publication in a special Sink Hollow issue, contest winners are eligible to apply for the Ralph Jennings Smith Endowment - Creative Writing scholarship.