The Fralin is excited to announce the winning selections for the 38th Annual Writer’s Eye competition.
Please join us in congratulating these writers on their exceptional work. Thank you to all who participated in Writer’s Eye 2024 and to all who help make this program possible!
Eleanor Hale, Imagination
Ivy Elementary School
Elliot Hickman, Jackson
St. Anne’s-Belfield School
Anika Patel, Time and Space
Free Union Country School
Abel Richardson, Dragon Dog
Virginia L. Murray Elementary School
Sammy Sherriff, I Know I’m Safe with You
Free Union Country School
Kate Gromoll, The Jazz Giants
Broadus Wood Elementary School
Lydia Jones, A Drip in the Silence
Brownsville Elementary School
Violet Petralia, Staring into My Lives
Burnley-Moran Elementary School
Beatrice Ragosta, The Stolen Haunted Chacal
Virginia L. Murray Elementary School
Anna Saielli, The Storm Out at Sea
Free Union Country School
Hazel Cavens, Rust Magic
Peabody School
Lucy Lein, Pollution
Fluvanna Middle School
Risa McWhorter, Tension
Buford Middle School
Valentino Nigmond, The Mistake
Grymes Memorial School
Greta Tallman, Threadbare
Grymes Memorial School
Paisley Brown, Just Quiet
Leslie H. Walton Middle School
Emma McArtor, The Trunk
Leslie H. Walton Middle School
Althea Montague, Rebuilding
North Branch School
Emma Murphy, My New People
North Branch School
Liam Scibal, Ruined Lives
Grymes Memorial School
Fairouz Bsharat, Silken Expanse of Space
Appomattox Regional Governor’s School
Xero Hawthorn, MOTHER
Staunton High School
Tris Meagher, Exploration
Appomattox Regional Governor’s School
Julian Pollard, The Dog
Woodberry Forest School
Reagan Weathers, As is Mine; Intertwined
Western Albemarle High School
Remington Dame, The Pale Orb
Waynesboro High School
Dorothy Harden, Spirit Bus
Waynesboro High School
William Litton, The House
Woodberry Forest School
Telfair Parker, Rising Tide
Woodberry Forest School
Ollie Scheidler, Fizz Out
Staunton High School
Prizes in this category were generously provided by Jane Heblich and Isabel Heblich Zermani in Memory of their mother, Mariflo Stephens, an author and previous judge of Writer’s Eye.
Gail Giewont, A Marriage
Appomattox Regional Governor’s School
Tessa Howard, In the Forest
University of Virginia
Kaley Hutter, Love Letter
Jaden Wang, A Meditation on Blue
University of Virginia
Grace Whitaker, What I meant to say earlier
University of Virginia
Nicole Bonino, Hope’s Last Harvest
University of Virginia
David Judd, A Mousa
Julie Yauger, Profiles of Lady Peg
We thank these generous donors for their support of Writer’s Eye 2024
Jane Heblich and Isabel Heblich Zermani in memory of Mariflo Stephens
June Heintz
The Daniel M. and Wilma T. Horner Foundation
Edith Horner Warner
Thesa Jolly
The Fralin Museum of Art Volunteer Board
The Joseph and Robert Cornell Memorial Foundation
The Marjorie B. Burris Educational Endowment Fund
The Virginia Club of New York