Past Winners
Get lit 2024 recap
Thank you to everyone who participated and submitted to Get Lit 2024!
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Submission Awards
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Poetry
1st Place: Maya Boehle, “Shattering The Jar” (Moline, sophomore)
2nd Place: Izzy Dudek, “Contingencies” (Moline, junior)
3rd Place: Caroline Girten, “My Last Poem” (Geneseo, junior)
Short Stories
1st Place: Arianna Vesey, “A Bëeg-BAhD Day” (Bettendorf, senior)
2nd Place: Riley Johnson, “Lavender Skies” (North Scott, sophomore)
3rd Place: Connor Culbertson, “The Shattered Throne” (Bettendorf, junior)
Images
1st Place: Leidy Monarez, “Lovers” (Moline, junior)
2nd Place: Vienna Noles, “Charcoal Fox” (Moline, junior)
3rd Place: Ivan Acosta, “Investigation #1” (United Township, junior)
Race/Class
1st Place: Jacquelin Figueroa-Tavera, “Dreaming a Better Life” (Moline, junior)
2nd Place: Rosa Gomez, “La vida entre gentrificación” (Moline, junior)
3rd Place: Lyric Howard, “The Calling/American Pie” (Moline, senior)
Gender/Sexuality
1st Place: Maryam Alhamdan, “Paul and Virginia” (Rock Island, senior)
2nd Place: Stella Lundh, “Finally Free” (Bettendorf, sophomore)
3rd Place: Lyn Kress, “It Comes in Waves” (Rock Island, senior)
Possible Tomorrows
1st Place: Akira Ketner, “Tomorrow” (Moline, junior)
2nd Place: Calla Graham, “Generation Z” (Moline, freshman)
3rd Place: Jami Alonso, “A Path in the Dark” (Moline, junior)
Get lit 2023 recap
Thank you to everyone who participated and submitted to Get Lit 2023!
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Submission Awards
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Writing
1st: Lauren Groene, “Cannibalized” (Rock Island 2024)
2nd: Rachel Sorensen, “Lost to the Wind” (North Scott 2023)
3rd: Maya Boehle, “My Life is a Jar” (Moline 2026)
3rd: Elizabeth Dail, “Crumbled” (Moline 2025)
3rd: Kaitlyn Greenwood, “Crimson Tears” (Orion 2024)
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Visual Art
1st: Noelia Avila, “La Estrella” (Moline 2023)
2nd: Kiara Martinez, “Home” (United Township 2023)
3rd: Jason Pitman, “Blue Phoenix” (Moline 2024)
3rd: Ava Saucedo-Serra, “What Always Wins” (Moline 2025)
3rd: Abigayle York, “’kids with their heads in the clouds’ – NRA” (Moline 2023)
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Environment / Climate / Local
1st: Izabelle Redman, “Drawing” (Rock Island 2023)
2nd: Arata Ketner, “Watercolor on Paper” (Moline 2024)
3rd: Lucas Eaton, “Chaos in a Struggling World” (Moline 2025)
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Race / Class
1st: Sara Schutte, “Happy pills” (Orion 2025)
2nd: Maryam Alhamdan, “A portrait of Apollo (Greek God)” (Rock Island 2024)
3rd: Rosa Gomez, “Porque tan azul?” (Moline 2025)
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Gender / Sexuality
1st: Olivia Haney, “To Be An American” (Moline 2023)
2nd: Samantha Ross, “The Other” (United Township 2023)
3rd: Kylee Whan, “A Natural Feeling” (Rock Island 2023)
Get lit 2022 recap
Thank you to everyone who participated and submitted to Get Lit 2022!
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Submission Awards
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Poems
1st place: “I Was Told,” by Megan Daehler-Burnett, Moline High School Senior
2nd place: “Is It Me?”, by Neena Cameron, Moline High School Junior
3rd place: “Darling, What Are We?”, by Maya Sierra, United Township High School Senior
Short Stories
1st place: “Cicadas,” by Ava Garrard, North Scott High School Senior
2nd place: “The Best Classroom in the World is at the Feet of an Elderly Person,” by Jackie Miller, Maquoketa High School Senior
3rd place: "Just a normal day at the beach,” by Arwen Carducci, United Township High School Senior
Images
1st place: “Women,” by Ava Saucedo-Serra, Moline High School Freshman
2nd place: “The Golden Child,” by Noelia [first name only as requested], Moline High School Junior
3rd place: “Magazine Man,” by Hemlokh Royse, Moline High School Senior
Race/Class
1st place: “Dia de Los Muertos in Charcoal,” by Daniel Contreras, Moline High School Senior
2nd place: “Letter to an Uneducated White Person,” by Janae Walker, United Township High School Senior
3rd place: “My Cents of Body,” Akylah Crowder, United Township High School Junior
Gender/Sexuality
1st place: “You Are a Liar and I Find Myself No Longer Believing,” by Oliver Montan, Moline High School Freshman
2nd place: “Blue Screen, Lucid Dream,” by Celine Suarez, United Township High School Senior
3rd place: “To the Man,” by Abby Berger, United Township High School Senior
Environment/Climate
1st place: “Force of War,” by Kirsten (KJ) Schmidt, Moline High School Junior
2nd place: “Kyiv, My Dear,” by Jaxon Roberts, Moline High School Sophomore
3rd place: “Creation,” by Lucas Eaton, Moline High School Freshman