8th Grade County Winners
Lillian Hymes
Be A Dandelion
Belington Middle School, Barbour County
A Case of the Huccups
Berkeley County
Kaelyn Piatt
The Different Witch Trial
Brooke Middle School, Brooke County
Abigail Grandon
Home Away From Home
Clay County Middle School, Clay County
Brianna Epperly
The Revival of the Wilted Woman
Oak Hill Middle School, Fayette County
Casey Isenhart
The Raid
Gilmer County High School, Gilmer County
Lucy Groves
The Plague
Petersburg High School, Grant County
Baylee Aylor
The Day I Exploded
East Hardy High School, Hardy County
Lucas Messenger
A Murder on Mars
South Harrison Middle School, Harrison County
Victor Greathouse
The Killimanjaro Killing
Ripley Middle School, Jackson County
Carys Schiffer
House Saberton
Harpers Ferry Middle School, Jefferson County
Abigail Tenney
Greta’s Daisies
John Adams Middle School, Kanawha County
Colton Vickers
Fire in the Church House
Guyan Valley Middle School, Lincoln County
Mackenzie Blaniar
Echoes of Strength: A Journey Through Darkness
West Fairmont Middle School, Marion County
Brielle Coburn
Thirteen
Glenwood School, Mercer County
Alanda Puffinburger
A Teenage Girl
Keyser Middle School, Mineral County
Simon Habuda
Skid Row
South Middle School, Monongalia County
Alexa Shaw
Growing up Without Parents
Bridge Street Middle School, Ohio County
Reagan Sturgeon
I Wonder
Pleasants County Middle School, Pleasants County
Nadiya Kerr
The Day I Stole her Life
Green Bank Middle School, Pocahontas
Jordan Edin
Investigation Resumed
Bruceton School, Preston County
Savannah Wilburn
Our Clapping Hands
Winfield Middle School, Putnam County
Raelyn Carr
The Urge
Shady Spring Middle School, Raleigh County
Savannah Gannon
Anxious
Elkins Middle School, Randolph County
Hunter Cole
The Muddled Boy
Ritchie County Middle School, Ritchie County
Addison Lowe
Deep Down
Walton Elementary Middle School, Roane County
Jackson Hildreth
The Flamingo Disappearances
Taylor County Middle School, Taylor County
Landon Ray
The End
Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School, Tucker County
Riddock Shinn
Mona Miller
Tyler Consolidated Middle, Tyler County
Roman Cuppari
Brass
Buckhannon Upshur Middle School, Upshur County
Addison Gardner
Same as You and Me
Buffalo Middle School, Wayne County
Erikka Jordan
Harley’s Lagoon
Hack Valley School, Webster County
Erinn Storey
The Best Gift
Hamilton Middle, Wood County
Elijah Collins
The End of an Odyssey
WVSDB
Malakai Jones
Bloom
Mullens Middle, Wyoming County
Isabella Ikwuagwu
The Sable Case
Wv Academy