Venue: Sermet's

Judges: Lisa Annelouise Rentz, Martine Marshall, Carol Tuynman

Winning Stories:
"When the Fire Came", by Thomas McConnell, Spartanburg

"You Will Miss Me When I Burn", by Jacob White, Clover

"A Place in the Mind", by Ceille Baird Welch, Hopkins

"Parish Oak", by Liza Walsh, Charleston

"Buttered Biscuits", by Cynthia Boiter, Chapin

"Road to Visionary", by Charlene Logan, Davis, California

"Rabbits in Birch Trees", by Emily Koon, Lexington

"Together Always", by Betty Beamguard, York

"How I accidentally Pierced My Belly Button", by Cecilia Jones, Wilmington