1st Place – Pandemic Percussion
by Athena Gillespie, 06/30/2020, Traverse City, MI
High School 9-12 Category
As I lay in bed, the natural light from my window slowly dwindling, I hear them. A cacophony of drums, maracas, pots, pans, and more. I glance at the clock. 8:00 PM on the dot. I wasn’t expecting a tradition that started in March to last all the way to May, but it was something I had adjusted to and learned to appreciate. Every night, my neighbors stood on their porches and banged on drums, etc. for one full minute. No less, and (usually) no more . . .
It’s a Small World After All
by Barb Gordon-Kessel, 06/30/2020, Traverse City, MI. Adult Category
Daybreak
by Susan Odgers, 06/30/2020, Traverse City, MI. Adult Category
Coronacation
by Anika Hintz, 06/29/2020, Interlochen, MI. Middle School 6-8 Category
Breaking Quarantine
by Betsy Emdin, 06/29/2020, Traverse City, MI. Adult Category
Family Happiness: A medicine for us all
by MICHAEL SIMS, 06/29/2020, Traverse, MI. Adult Category
Our Fight
by Sophie Nickel, 06/16/2020, Traverse City, MI. High School 9-12 Category
RIDING OUT THEPANDEMIC
by Kathleen Stocking, 06/18/2020, Traverse City, MI. Adult Category
History in the Making
by Catherine Meyer-Looze, 06/16/2020, Traverse City, MI. Adult Category
3rd Place – New Tricks for Old Dogs
by Robert Brintnall, 06/13/2020, Buckley, MI
Adult Category
New Tricks for Old Dogs
At a staff meeting earlier this year the principal demonstrated a teaching tool where kids held up a special card to represent their answer to a question. Then the teacher could scan the whole room with an app on their phone and instantly project the results on a screen . . .
