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Science Fiction and Fantasy Writing Award

Past Winners

2022-2023 Artificial Intelligence

Judges: Rich Larson, Rick Wilber, and and Fran Wilde

  • Grand Prize Winner Jaari Moreno
    “Important Questions”
    East Lake High School, Pinellas County
  • First Runner Up Ava John
    “Terms of Agreement”
    St. Petersburg High School, Pinellas County
  • Second Runner Up Devyn A. Asencio
    “Jaslit”
    Brooks DeBartolo Collegiate High School, Hillsborough County
  • Third Runner Up Elle Mehltretter
    “The Core”
    Osceola Fundamental High School, Pinellas County
  • Fourth Runner Up Leah Schuster
    “You Are Obsolete”
    St. Petersburg Catholic High School, Pinellas County
  • Honorable Mentions Teagan Reeves
    “Hey Alexa, Initiate Takeover”
    Pasco eSchool, Pasco County

    Ethan Pelletier
    “Our Judge”
    Newsome High School, Hillsborough County

    Sullivan Bailey
    “Antonio the Intelligent Dog”
    St. Petersburg Collegiate High School, Pinellas County

2021-2022 Fantastic Florida

Judges: Colette Bancroft, Tenea D. Johnson, and and Rick Wilber

  • Grand Prize Winner Lydia Cooper
    “Well Done”
    Home school, Hillsborough County
  • First Runner Up Elle Mehltretter
    “Beach Days in a Summer Haze”
    Osceola Fundamental High School, Pinellas County
  • Second Runner Up Dirk Fernandez
    “Memento Vitae”
    Hillsborough High School, Hillsborough County
  • Third Runner Up Isabella Luettinger
    “Under the Waves”
    Osceola Fundamental High School, Pinellas County
  • Fourth Runner Up Rachel Henderson
    “E-Mail Mayhem”
    Osceola Fundamental High School, Pinellas County
  • Fifth Runner Up Luke W McAllister
    “Fountain of Youth”
    Palm Harbor University High School, Pinellas County

2020-2021 Red Planet

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Judges: Mary Robinette Kowal, Geoff Landis, and Rick Wilber

  • Grand Prize Winner Kaeleigh Dawson
    “Wait, Our Brother is an Alien?!”
  • First Runner Up Shannan Adams
    “Perunya”
    H.B. Plant High School
  • Second Runner Up Timothy Kovacs
    "To Earth"
    Wiregrass Ranch High School
  • Honorable Mentions Benjamin Hartrampf
    “Mouthful of Dust”
    Spoto High School

    Sophie Madle
    “Who?”
    Saint Petersburg High School

    Hannah Moore
    “Ruby Living”
    Osceola Fundamental High School

    Jackson Moran
    “Mars: An Anthology of Hope”
    IMG Academy

    Alex Prothero
    “The Divide”
    St. Petersburg Collegiate High School

2019-2020 I Never Wanted To Be A Hero

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Judges: John Joseph Adams, Ellen Datlow, Scott Edelman, Marissa Lingen and Rick Wilber

  • Grand Prize Winner Rashi Lakhotia
    "Gunshot"
    Middleton High School
  • First Runner Up Witt Pizarro
    "Disco Inferno"
    Armwood High School
  • Second Runner Up Tahreem Cheema
    "Case File 4977: The Happiness"
    Universal Academy of Florida
  • Third Runner Up Timothy Kovacs
    "Nurse"
    Wiregrass Ranch High School
  • Fourth Runner Up Audra Nikolaiski
    "Taking Flight"
    Bloomingdale Senior High School
  • Fifth Runner Up Kaeleigh Dawson
    "The Villains of Citysburg"
    Indian Rocks Christian School
  • Sixth Runner Up Shelley Lawson
    "The Impact of a Single Smile"
    Palmetto High School

2018 Frankenstein's Legacy

Judges: Theodora Goss, John Kessel and Rick Wilber

  • Grand Prize Winner Graham Hill
    "To Whom It May Concern"
    Henry B. Plant High School
  • First Runner Up Olivia Stanley
    "Untitled (Frankenstein's Legacy)"
    Strawberry Crest High School
  • Second Runner Up Allana Taylor
    "How To Resurrect Your Fish In Five Easy Steps"
    Sunlake High School

2016-2017 Fantastical Times

Judges: Greg Bossert, Marie Brennan and Rick Wilber

  • Grand Prize Winner Mindy Do
    "A Thief's Honor"
    Wiregrass Ranch High School
  • First Runner Up Logan M. Cole
    "The Devil of Gila Town"
    Armwood High School
  • Second Runner Up Elisse Amstutz
    "Black Sails"
    Countryside High School
  • Honorable Mentions Collin Boyer
    "My Time in the New Jersey Pine Barrens"
    Countryside High School

    Angelora Cooper
    "Palingenesis"
    Wiregrass Ranch High School

2015 Future Times

Judges: Kathleen Ann Goonan, Joe Haldeman and Rick Wilber

  • Grand Prize Winner Shannon O'Shea
    "2050"
    Shorecrest Preparatory School
  • Runner Up Diana Cisneros
    "The Legend of the Two Strangers at Sea"
    Freedom High School
  • Runner Up Angelora Cooper
    "Finding Gracia"
    Wiregrass Ranch High School

2014 Alternate Times

Judges: Alan Smale, Harry Turtledove and Rick Wilber

  • Grand Prize Winner Brenna Garcia
    "Fools Gold"
    Osceola Fundamental High School
  • First Runner Up Mackenzie Patel
    "Revolutionary Feathers"
    Osceola Fundamental High School
  • Second Runner Up Nate Galipault
    "Unreconstucted"
    St. Petersburg High School
  • Third Runner Up Gabrielle D'Annunzio
    "Untitled"
    Clearwater Central Catholic High School
  • Fourth Runner Up Kyle Mullins
    "Wave of Shining Points"
    Shorecrest Preparatory School