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2025 Tidepools Contest Winners

Youth Categories 

Art (Ages 0-9) 
1st – Mountain Gazing in the Sunset by Ailo Saari, Port Angeles 

Art (Ages 10-13) 
1st – Sunrise by Hoko Saari, Port Angeles 
2nd – September by Hoko Saari, Port Angeles 
3rd – shELFed by Valen Atwater, Port Angeles 

Art (Ages 14-17) 
1st – Clown Box by Michelangelo Frank-Barton, Port Angeles 
2nd – Water Lilies by Michelangelo Frank-Barton, Port Angeles 
3rd – Celestial Body by Michelangelo Frank-Barton, Port Angeles 

Writing (Ages 0-9) 
1st – Me and the Earth by Norah Armstrong, Sequim 
2nd – Waterfall by Harmony Tipton, Sequim 
3rd – My Little Cactus! by Norah Armstrong, Sequim 

Writing (Ages 10-13) 
1st – Calm Storm Acrostic by Hoko Saari, Port Angeles 
2nd – Autumn Fields by Hoko Saari, Port Angeles 
3rd – Heartache by Eleanor Mahaney, Port Angeles 

Writing (Ages 14-17) 
1st – The Feeling of Yellow by Emma Rhodes, Sequim 


Peninsula College Categories 

Art & Digital Art 
1st – Water Tower by Reign Mayhem, Port Angeles 
2nd – Face to Face by Colby Barker, Forks 
3rd – Looking into Thought (Self-Portrait) by Pema Hutter-Rennilson, Sequim 

Photography 
1st – Midnight Blooms by Patrick Singhose, Port Angeles 
2nd – Holiday Spins by Patrick Singhose, Port Angeles 
3rd – Reflections by Thomas Buscher, Sequim 

Writing 
1st – Raven Wings by Mary Hofer, Port Angeles 
2nd – Faded Crimson Strings by Javante Philips, Sequim 
3rd – She Became the Light by Sarah Robbins, Sequim 


Community Categories 

Art & Digital Art 
1st – Brazilian Dancer by Cyrrah Gunia, Port Angeles 
2nd – Whaler’s Moon by Jeffrey Mauger, Port Angeles 
3rd – Beach with Green by Wynelle Bridge, Sequim 

Photography 
1st – Nutcracker by Ernst Schafer, Port Angeles 
2nd – Call of the Wolf by Alajiah Estes, Forks 
3rd – Backlit Indian Plum by Mark Klinke, Carlsborg 

Poetry 
1st – Lüften by Anna Foster, Port Angeles 
2nd – Cutting My Daughter’s Hair by Katherine See Kennedy, Port Angeles 
3rd – Sentience by Eva McGinnis, Port Angeles 

Prose 
1st – Priscilla and the Cage-Free Bears by Linda B. Myers, Port Angeles 
2nd – Summer Nights by Chris Kleinfelter, Port Angeles 
3rd – Twin Fiddles by Stephen Workman, Port Angeles 

Music 
1st – Prairie Dog Town by Lake Lust, Port Angeles 
2nd – Meta for Us by Amelie Atwater, Port Angeles 
3rd – Eat the Rich by Malik and Zero Atwater, Port Angeles

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