AND THE WINNERS ARE-

Each year, it gets harder and harder to choose. You all are getting better and better and it shows. Bravo! Like always Kaitlyn, Kim, and I wish to give each and everyone of you a prize. If you don't see your name on the winners' list, don't let it get you down. Your stories were wonderful and brought joy into the world!

And because we couldn't help ourselves, we are adding another above the slushpile from Kaitlyn because we loved too many stories. Thanks, Kaitlyn!
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​Now for our winners!

Our Winners!

1. Outside, There’s a Poem by Megan McNamara
2. City Side Walk by Elizabeth Volkmann 
3. The Empanada Bandit by Laura Wippell
4. The Snail Who Soared by Jan Schwaid
5. Snowbloom by Daniella Kaufman
6. Easter Egg Hunt & Nepali New Year by Shristi Vaidya 
7. Clementine Bobbin by Rebecca Loveday
8. Bess and Jenny: Figure Eights and Freedom Sharon Korzelius
9. In the Anza-Borrego Desert by Katherine Rea
10. Flora’s Lantern by Randi Lynn Mrvos
11. The Dandelion Field by Erin Rew
12. Homework Mishaps by Kanessa Miller Doss
13. Tornado Watch by Amy Miller
14. The Legend of a Crocus by Katherine Lobur
15. Weather is Funny by Lauri Meyers​
16. Help Wanted: Spiders Need Not Apply by Julie Hauswirth

Just a reminder about how prizes work... if you made the top 16, you will select a prize based on your place. You will receive an email from us with further information. Please do not contact Kaitlyn or me. We will email you. :) This process can sometimes take a few days. But if you haven’t received an email from us, please check your spam folder. :)

Now for the stories that came oh so close!!!!

Queens of Creativity
March into Spring by Mikki DeFever
Equator Chaos by Blair Williamson
Sign Here x_____ for Spring by Alicia Meyer
Sounds of Spring Fling by Kathleen Marcath
LOL!
Easter Egg Revenge by Betsy McGovern
Shhhhhh! By Brenna Jeanneret
Trespassers at the Whitehouse by Katie Schwartz
So Sweet and Promising!
She Bloomed When She Bloomed by Lori Keating 
Sakura’s Promise by Gretchen Pitluk
Lily’s Song by Mother Moon
Maybe Laura McIntosh
Cooking for Mel’s Grandma by Cindy Greene
Adventures in Science
A Spring Quest by Wendy Oliver
Storm Chasers by Libby Demmon
Butterfly Journey by Melanie Kyer

Thank you!
Eric Herrington
Aileen Stewart
​Katherine Lobur
Julie Hauswirth
Maddie Sandell

Thank you for another wonderful Spring Fling!!!!!!