2nd Place

High School-The Clark School

Grade 11

Fireflies

by Elayna Sturm

You poured a shot of night into your glass.

Let it stand on the coffee table outside

before you drank it, to see

if it would attract any fireflies,

and so it did.

All allured by the promise

of a sweet summer night,

only to drown

in the flat sky of March.

3rd Place

High School-North Shore Recovery High School

Grade 12

The Last Time We Were Together

by Ashley Freda

I was twelve years old, in Hershey Park

with my dad and Kayla

Kayla wanted me to go on this rollercoaster, the Loopdy-Loop

I didn’t want to

I was scared

I asked her if it went upside down

She promised it didn’t

As soon as we were strapped in

She told me, “We’re going upside down, loser!”

I ended up liking it

That was the last time I left New England

The last time we were together

The last time we were a family