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Writing Contests

Welcome to Inscape‘s writing contests! Starting in 2024, Inscape began seasonal writing contests designed to reward and honor authors with superb writing skills that are bizarre, believing, and beautiful.

Art Contest 2025: Metamorphosis

Winner

Self-Portrait by Moriah Smith

Runner-up

BLOOM by Mary Ann Jensen

Honorable Mentions

Hands: A Love Story by Ellie Munoa
Little Tear Girl by Ellie Munoa
When I Let It Go by Avlynn Hammond
Tolmie State Park by Morgan Cardon
The Discovery of Others by Cecily Nicoll
Ancient Mosaics Gone Astray by Aleta Goodwin
Impermanent by Abigail Erdman
What the Flesh Surrenders by Daniela Busse
Broken Wings by Alyssa Brown
Knowledge Is Evolution by Isabella Mercer
Braindead by Keira Hansen
Husk of Body by Donelly Clark
Amy Stops Traffic by Rosie Nielsen

Poetry Contest 2025: An Ode to Anything But a Person

Winner

Ode to Edges by Karen George

Runner-up

Ode to an Electric Guitar by Neah DePoe

Honorable Mentions

Ode to My Pulmonary Emboli by Jennifer Saunders
Ode to Showers by Molly Smith
Love Poem to a Heartbroken Zombie by Hollie Dugas

Halloween Spooky Short Story Contest
2024

Winner

Toes, Teeth, and the Thing Under the Bridge by Eli Tillemann

Runner-up

Hypothesis on the Human Brain by Jacob Nef

Honorable Mentions

Cinders by Ariel Hemloch
How to Survive a Horror Movie by Richard Scott
Leave the Lights On by Atticus Pixton
Deserted Highway by Alexander Dunn

Flash Summer Contest
2024

Winner

The Hollow by Mikayla Johnson

Runner-up

Not Yet Blue by Britney Wells