The state where each writer is from is listed next to their name, if the state is absent the writer did not include it on their entry form.

Winner:

Keyana Ray, She’s Dying - IL

Runner Up:

Lawrence White, The Last Starlight - OH

Finalists:

Brittany Washington, The Curse - NC
Christina Costello, What Binds Us Together - MN
Ghera Deysia Hill, Imani’s Picture - OH
Giselle Bodden, Growin’ Up - FL
Makada Duncan, One Stupid Mistake - GA
Ryan Boddie, Wrap It Up - OH
Sharelle Smith, Wrap It Up - OH
Sparkle Wilkerson, Wrap It Up - OH
Vandry King, Nine Lives - OH

Semi-Finalists:

Akilah Smith, Hard Life is Nothing but Words
Alishia Hemmingway, Life with AIDS
Amber Land, Untitled - TX
Amber Wright, The Story of Odessa Williams
Aneesah Banks, The Checklist - CA
Antoinette Williamson, Love's Hangover - PA
Brandon Anderson, From Birth
Breanne McLain, That's Just The Way It Is - LA
Brittani E. Carr, Regret - FL
Brittany Bess, Just a Baby - OH
Calvin Early, If Only I Had Stayed Away
Camaille Clennon, The Unexpected
Catherine Frazier, Staying Positive - GA
Chanel Miller, From Rumors to Reality - FL
Charmaine Brown, Journey - NY
Chiquita Johnson, The Wrong Direction - MS
Daija S. Rivers, 18 With HIV/AIDS - NC
Dawn Davis, Seven Minutes in Heaven?
Delicia Davis, Seven Minutes in Heaven?
Derell Bonner, Secret Miracle - IL
Eric Hawthorne, Turning Point - DC
Erica D. Anderson, A Whisper Goodbye -FL
Georgetta Buggs, Live It Up - TN
Greg Richardson, Roses are Red - CA
Janna Johnson, Exposed - FL
Jasmine Baxter, The Game - DC
Jeremy Clinton Scales, Being Different - CA
Jessica Anderson, Poetic Injustice - FL
Kortnee Burwell, Turning Point - DC
Kwaniya Trotter, Consequences - IL
Maeson Blackwell, The Body Snipes - CT
Maurice Hooks, Between Friends
Morrisania, Untitled - NY
Nelson Washington, Jr., Danga - VA
Raven Moore, My Secret - SC
Reanna McKnight, Untitled
Rivly Breus, Killing Me Softly With His Song - FL
Rousseline Amitie, If Only I Had Stayed Away
Ruby Willmann, A Society of Individuals - TX
Shannon Butler, One Step at a Time - VA
Sheque Burns, HIV I Didn't Know
Stephanie Alston, As I Die Slowly - NC
Sydney Shelton, Sex Education - GA
Thais Karel Meadows, What's Going On -DE
Tyrand Needham, Don't Get It Twisted - IL
Whitney Everage, Growing Up in the World of AIDS - IL

Participants:

Aaron Alghanee, And 2morrow - GA
Aaron Austin, Twisted: Distinguishing Love - IL
Aaron Grady, It Could Have Been Me - CA
Aaron Michael Johnson, Night Date
Adavia Thornton, Real Talk Diaries - MO
Adesuwa Izekor, The Cycle
Adewumi Samuel, AIR - NY
Adrian Kelly, Rape - MO
Adrianna Boyd, Promise - UT
Adrianna Ebron, Untitled
Adrienne Reese, Too Many Mistakes in One Life
Adrienne Stewart, My Days Are Finally Numbered - TN
Ajahlee Williams, Real Deal - CA
Alandreia B. Jones, Who's to Blame - TN
Alante Miller, Why Me? - GA
Alexis Martinez, The Unexpected News - NJ
Alicia Locke, Untitled
Alicia Williams, Love Is Blind - VA
Alterique Hall, Let It Burn - GA
Amanda Gardner, Stages - PA
Amanda King, The Perfect Statistic - PA
Amarai Huggins, Face Behind HIV - CO
Amber Benford, How HIV/AIDS Has Affected My Community - OH
Ambreia Curry, AIDS: And I Did Sex - GA
Amy Hudson, Hope - IL
Andre Williams, Age of AIDS - NJ
Andre Williams, Charmed
Andrea Whitlock, Secrets in the Hallways - TX
Angel Singletary, The Girl Named AIDS - NC
Angelee M. Santillo, Now What? - NY
Angelic McRae, What You Know - MO
Angelica Bass, Reaping What You Sow - FL
Antoinette Singletary, Love, Dimly Lit
Antoiniqua Walker, In Between Lives - WA
April Owens, Temptation
Araina Criner, Teenaged World of AIDS
Aria Aaron, Stolen Innocence, Eternal Consequences
Ariel Jackson, The Majestic - TN
Ariel Smallwood, My Space
Ashley Kelly, Moments in Time - TX
Ashley Robertson, Rap It Up - CA
Ashley Scott, Go By Your First Instinct - CA
Ashley Ukwubiwe, Love, Life, Family, and HIV
Asia Downer, Now, Who's the Loser? - MD
Asia Hall, Mistaken Identity
Asia Lewis, Wish I Would've Known - GA
Ayana Forbes, What's Left of Me - LA
Ayla Carswell, Ignorance of a Young Mind - GA
Azzeb Ababu, The Life of Rocks Turned to Diamonds
Blain Ward, It Only Takes One Time - NV
Bradley Dorismond, Born Beautiful - FL
Brandi Michelle Henderson, Unnatural Desires - TX
Brashia Curtis, Better Safe Than Sorry - PA
Brian Corona, Untitled
Brianna Brown, Reality Shows - ON
Brienna Manore, Coulda Woulda Shoulda
Brionne Vigee, AIDS - The Epidemic: Bianca's Story - LA
Britany Watkins, Silent Killer - GA
Brittany Edge, Teach Me and I'll be Aware - GA
Brittany Harris, Grown - GA
Brittany Hawkins, Truth Hurts - MS
Brittany Holiday, Everyone Isn’t Perfect - TX
Brittany Johnson, Huge Step Down
Brittney Lewis, A Friends Grief - FL
Camaille Clennon, The Unexpected
Camila Arredondo, My Angel - FL
Camille High, The Choice is Yours
Candace Hill, Finding Peace With AIDS - GA
Candice Ballard, AIDS/HIV Changes the Way You Live - GA
Candice Davies, It'll Only Make Us Closer - MD
Candice Moore, What You Know About That
Caressa Moore, Born Beautiful - FL
Carisa, My Generation and AIDS
Carjainae Kemp, The Block for Teens on HIV/AIDS - NY
Carlisa Rhovonda Morris, BET: What's the Deal! - MS
Carlos Ortiz, A Second Chance - OH
Cassandra Gamble, Something Has to Be Wrong
Cassandra Richardson, The Life We Live - TX
Cassandra Stephens, Secrets
Catherine Rivers, Control - IL
Cayla Wildar, Young Eyes Released to the Unbelievable - IL
Cecil Clay Jr., Untitled - MO
Cecil Williams, B.A.L.A
Cescily , Silence - MS
Chanel Sutton, Think - MD
Chantel Smith, How HIV/AIDS Can Affect You
Chantelle Baker, The Wrong Road
Charece Mansfield, The Epidemic - MD
Chasity Wiggins, Always Expect the Unexpected - VA
Chavari Powers, Troy's Truth
Chavon Brent, Perfect Secret
Chelsea Park, B.Y.O.P.
Chelsey Hayes , AIDS, Deal with It! - TX
Chereka Henson, It Could Happen To You - MD
Cherish Robinson, Loving You is Wrong - TX
Cheryl Doyle, Untitled - IL
Chiquawna Coleman, Monique’s Mistake - MI
Chiquita Johnson, The Fast Lanes - MS
Chirae Cannon, Dying For Love - CA
Christina Hubbard, Betrayed
Christopher Donley, The Letter - FL
Christopher Jones, Living with the Disease - IL
Ciara Fields, Life - OH
Clarice Anderson, Real Life, Real Talk - SC
Collin Ferguson, Untitled
Corey Armour, Untitled
Cortney Gibson, The Life I Chose to Live
Courtney Holden, Secrets of the Family - FL
Crystal Beal, Saving Blood - GA
Crystal Gardner, Deadly Weapon - MS
Crystal Robinson, It Can Happen to You - FL
Crystal Vouse, Lies and Deceit - NY
Cynthia Roulette, AIDS in My Community / I Trust Him - OH
Damonica Adams, The Past I Had
Daneya Wheeler, Life Hasn't Been a Walk in the Park
Danica Webb, Situations - NY
Danielle Gurrier, A Curse But a Blessing - NJ
Danielle Hall, The Brown Ease
Danielle Lamb, Taking a Chance - NY
Danielle Pegues, Lost in Lust - OH
Danyale Williams, Monique’s Mistake - MI
Darrelle Williams, Love Changes
David Donald, Knocked Up - TX
David Morris, Choices - PA
Davon Thomas, Tainted Love
Deanna Douglas, Finding Peace With AIDS - GA
Deborah Williams, Fame and Glory - AR
Debresha Shelton, Battle Cry - TN
Deirdre Jones, Chain Letter - RI
Delazuare Cox , Strapped
Demetrius Jordan, This or That - FL
DeMonica Norsworth, Without a Say
Denise Smith, A Second Chance - IN
Dereka Graham, I Have AIDS: Jo Jo's Story - FL
Deshawn Wright, Until the End of Time
Desiree Forthner, Enduring Friendships
Desiree Robinson, Small Town Disease
Destiny Hargraves, Unfaithful - NY
Devair Jefferies, Infinity - SC
Deverick Long, The Future Freshmen - AL
Devion Coleman, The Storm that Cause the Story - MS
Devyn Beal, Parents Just Don't Understand - GA
Dexter Cox, Decisions - NC
Diamond Pringle, My Space
Diamond Travis, Watch Out - IL
Diane Smith, A Tale of Consequences - MI
Doinell Baham, Pleasure and Revenge - LA
Dominique Johns, Growing Pains - IL
Donica Little, What's the Real Deal? - NC
Donielle Kinchen, What's Really Hood - GA
Ebony Beverly, The Ruby Red Blood Stain
Eleazar Flores, The Poison Inside
Elizabeth Hunter, AIDS in My Community - CA
Emaya Toby, A Cold Game
Emaya Toby, A Lesson Learned
Emely Gregorio, Untitled - FL
Erica Monec, Story of a Girl Named Krista - IL
Ericka Johnson, Life's Lessons - NY
Erik Hawthorne, Turning Point - DC
Erin Solomon, Growing Up With AIDS - GA
Erin Swinney, How the Cheater Got Cheated - SC
Esley Tate, When It All Falls Down - NJ
Evelyn Manning, What We all Thought We Knew - TX
Eyomi Aguaze , The Kiss of Death
Floyd Lee, 4 The High - MS
Frank B. Smith, My Brother and Me - OH
Freddie Person, The Package
Glynn Edward Price Jr., What's The Real Deal Growing Up in the Age of AIDS - LA
Gregory Banks, Untitled - MS
Grisel Avila, Rise and Fall - FL
Ivan Jones, Welcome to the Real World! - AL
Jackie Rose, Untitled - NY
Jaeson, An Individual's Desire Sabotaged AIDS
Jahquishia Porter, Untitled - NJ
Jalil Allen, Street Life - FL
Jamal Polk, Lesson Learned - GA
James Jefferson, There is More Than One Way - CA
James Payton, A Cold Game
James Payton, A Lesson Learned
Jamila Babatunde, Pressure - TX
Jamila R. Burton, Torn - CA
Jaquaysha Suggs, Chase's Dilemma - GA
Jarvious Montez Taylor, My Gay Life - GA
Jasmine Hill, What You Know About That
Jasmine Holloway, Pressure - CA
Jasmine Lynn, A Virgin To The Streets - MO
Jasmine Malcolm, Betrayed
Jasmine McRae, A Deadly Secret - GA
Jasmine Parhum, It Ain't No Joke
Jason Anthony Julien, One More Chance - NY
Jay Mayer, The Needle Lies
Jayrian Jelks, Untitled - AL
Jazzmin Smith, It Could Happen to You
Jazzmine M. Burch, When it Seems "All Good" - NC
Jelisa Forde, Abstinence - NY
Jenell Brisky, Too Much to Handle - MI
Jenell McMillon, Why Me Lord? - NJ
Jenette Samuels, Twisted - IL
Jenna Martin, Follow Your Daughter Home
Jennifer Bendolph, Untitled
Jerrell West, John Doe USA - NY
Jerri Brown, Contagious - AR
Jerri Brown, Untitled
Jessica Coats, The Real Deal - GA
Jessica Jones, The Real Deal - TX
Jessica Myers, Two Sides to Every Story - CT
Jessica Reese, What’s Mines is Ours - CA
John Wilkerson, Blackout - VA
Jonathan Francois, Death Risk - CT
Jonathan Hardin, Oasis in the Sun - NJ
Jose Zuniga, Spoiled Future
Julia Sewell, I Went to Sleep with HIV but Woke Up with a Chance
Julian Jackson, The Unexpected - NE
Kadian Francis, It Can Happen to Anyone
KaDrea Coleman, Peer Pressure Gets You Nowhere - FL
Kai Porter, Red Ribbon - FL
Kaitlin Lawrence, Obedience - TN
Kareem McMichael, It Only Takes One Time - GA
Karla Ude, The Game - OK
Karmesha Hicks, All So Sudden - OH
Kathline Chery, Memoirs of a Mother - NY
Kayla Gray, First But Last Time - MI
Kayla Monique Bailey, Untitled
Kayla Sippio, My First
Kayla Williams, Risk Takers
KeAndra Perry, Scarred - TX
Keiuna Jefferson, Nina
Kemaya Cunningham, Test of Trust - AL
Keneisha Whittington, HIV/AIDS 25 Years is Just Too Long - SC
Keon Hogan, A Meaningful Life - FL
Kevin Kirkwood, Tiana's Story - TN
Kevin W. R., Behind the New Guys Wall
Keyandre Rollins, The System - FL
Keziah Ojika, Wake Up - MN
Khemicia Davis, It’s a Hard Knock Life
Khila Wakefield, Unprotected - CT
Kiara James, Lesson Learned - AL
Kiara Shanice Churchwell, She Was Loved - NC
Kiara Shanice Churchwell, Slippin’ - NC
Kierra Watson, Untitled
Kimberly Jones, Sex, Lies and Death - TN
Kimberly Russaw, The Truth - AL
Kizzie Stennis, Look Up and Not Down! - FL
Kortnee Burwell, Turning Point - DC
Kristen Allen, From the Top to the Bottom - VA
Kristian Camacho, First Time Decision, Everlasting Consequence - PA
Krystle Coleman, Making an Important Choice
Krystle Isom, Speak Up
Kymona Singleton, Mi Vida: An AIDS Story - NJ
Laceda Moore, The Life In the Ghetto - TX
LaKeshia Blair, The Silent Killer - TN
Lakiarra K. Lofton, Innocent, In a Sense - CA
Lamar Thurmond, Living on the Downlow - MI
Laniqua Colon, A Dream Kissed Goodbye - NY
Laquisha Cowan, One Night - AL
Laquita Johnson, Ten Minutes
LaShara Ramsey, Hope is the Key to a Better Life - MS
Lashawn Welch, A Second Chance - OH
Lateka Madison, A Second Chance - OH
Laterica Burton, A Teenager Living with AIDS - AR
Latifah Laramore, Young Love - NY
Latrice Marie Handricks, Careless Minds - MI
Latrice Thurmond, Living on the Downlow - MI
Lavon Powell, What's Mine is Yours
Lavoryette Cannon, When It's Too Late - MS
Leacshane Simpson, Price of Broken Innocence - FL
LeJanae Whetzel, The Look That Killed - PA
Lene McAdou, Surprise - CA
Leon Smith, A Second Chance - OH
Leonard Corley, Baller's Grief - NY
Lex Johnson, Mama Joe's Cry - TX
Lloyd Saunders Jr., This is Serious - CT
Madeline Taylor, All at Once - CA
Marcella C. Brewer, Oh No!
Marcus Camper, One Life - GA
Mareka Clark, Heartache of a Teen - OH
Markeet Miller, No Tomorrow - NC
Marquette Banks, Why Are African American Youth Dying? - MI
Marshae Wilson, 2 Cool 4 AIDS - NJ
Mary McPhan Even, A Bishop’s Son Can Have HIV - WI
Maya Shumilova, AIR - NY
Meagan Hunter, Her Mistake - CT
Melisa Harris, A Different Story When It's You - PA
Metelus Dieudonna, Why Me - FL
Mia Savoy, Life's Not Always a Piece of Cake - MD
Michael Jordan Payton, So Sick: An African American Speaks - CA
Michael Kelly, POSITIVE: A Lesson in Disguise - VA
Michael Williams, Everything that Looks Good Always Isn’t - NJ
Mierna McCoy, Untitled - AR
Mike Godio, Stigmatized
Monique Bramwell, Untitled
Monique Brown, Untitled - SC
Myisha Mukaabya, A Second Chance - OH
Nakieta Nicole James, Untitled
Naomi Nina, Teary Eyed - NY
Naphtalie Pierre-Louis, Why Me
Natasha Poole, Moving Too Fast - FL
Natasha Williams, All In a Day's Work - MD
Neville Shaw, The Tri-Effecter - DC
Nikaela Frederick, A Daughter's Choice - GA
Nyeshia Bowman, I Just Want My Sanity - MO
Pamela Galloway, Untitled
Parrisha Louis, Tested Positive - RI
Patrick Harris, Untitled
Phebe Dowels, He Will Never Fail - GA
Portia Sheperd, In It Together - TX
Quinton Blanton, Growing Up
Racquel Gardner, Deadly Weapon - MS
Randi Bibbls, While It's Good - OH
Randy Brewer, Untitled - GA
Rasheena Nash, Untitled - GA
Raven Brown, Lullaby - NY
Rayshawn Henderson, I Just Want My Sanity - MO
Rebecca Linares, The Virus That Rock The Cradle - NY
Rebekka, Stop and Do It Different All Over Again - LA
Remal Walker, The Package
Richard Keys, For The Love Of Money - MI
Robert Cruz, It's Life
Robert Reid, Nine Months to Halo - FL
Roderick Baldwin, AIDS Past, Present and Future - MO
Rolando Rodriguez, Infected - CA
Rondell Smith, Love and Logic - GA
Roneara Rucker, Spring Break - VA
Rony Laurent, The Truth Hurts - FL
Roxanne Larkins, Deadly Weapon - NY
Roxanne Richardson, I Just Want My Sanity - MO
Ryan Beharry, Rise and Fall - FL
Sabrina Hunter, Closed Ears - CA
Saieed Hasnoo, My Awakening - NY
Samantha Smith, Untitled
Samiya McIntosh, Never Know, Never Trust
Sammetria Stevenson, Scattered Vision
Sampson Russell, Struggle - CT
Sarafina Coleman, Why God Wouldn't Let Me Take Her Place - CA
Sasha Thomas, Addicted to the Lifestyle - MD
Serena Copeland, One Night of Partying and a Lifetime of Pain
Shadasia, Danielle's Story - GA
Shadrack Booky, Hypocrite - NY
Shakeara M. Lynch, City vs. County
Shakeria Chambliss, In the Dark
Shakheema Davis, Untitled - MA
Shamari Swinney, How the Cheater Got Cheated - SC
Shana Davis, Watch Out - IL
Shaniece Brown, Rap It Up - MI
Shanika Price, It's Not Supposed to Happen to Me - CA
Shanior McCalla, In the Heat of the Moment
Shanita Jenkins, It Can Happen To Me - OH
Shannon, Gave Over - FL
Shanta Johnson, I'll Tell You the Real Deal on HIV/AIDS: My Story that Didn't Hurt Me, It Showed Me - AR
Shantwania McLaurin, The Life We Live with HIV
Shaquana James, Girl Talk - SC
Shaquille Leflore, A Wake Up Call - MS
Sharell Wilson, Teenager with AIDS
Sharika Williams, Untitled - FL
Shatavia Eady, Living in the Age of AIDS - FL
Shatayvia Brown, If Only My Mamma Knew - GA
Shauntee Johnson, Friends, Love and AIDS - CT
Shawn Overton, Personnel Foul - NJ
Shekeylia Douglas, In Between Lives - WA
Shenika Williams, One Life - AL
Sherma Johnson, Let's Talk About It - GA
Shewonda Leger, What Lies Within - FL
Shiarnice Taylor, How the World Became Blue
Shirley Dat, I Should Have Listened - FL
Sholanda Williams, Untitled - FL
Shondiqua Maye, Untitled
Sierra Stovall, Be Careful - NJ
Silvia Silas, Betrayal - NJ
Simone, What Would You Do - FL
Simone McCoy, HIV Is Real - GA
Sinead Campos, Silent But Deadly - IL
Socarra Stewart, Dear God - PA
Socrates Camilien, Untitled
Sonya Sweetman, A Single Decision - NY
Stephanie Beverly, Love, Life, AIDS - MS
Stephanie Williams, Thankful - AL
Sydney Baloue, Untitled - IL
Tamara Lovett, Regret - GA
Tameka Stokes, Untitled - NC
Tanesha Smith, In One Moment
Tarin Evans, Betrayed
Tashawna Davenport, The Real Deal - PA
Tawana Irving, Death Cries - IL
Taylor Morris, Daddy
Taylor Tinsley, One Moment - OH
Tazea Dukes, Got AIDS - TX
Telieta Malone, Kalmia Blues - AR
Teresita Torres, The Secret - WI
Terrance Harris, Rap It Up - MI
Terrell James, Until the End of Time
Terrence Harris, It Ain't Safe No Mo - MO
Terri Marks, Behind the Deep Blackness
Terry Marks, Untitled
Tesha, All Falls Down - NY
Tezya Tikeyah Jackson, The Bleeding Truth - TX
Tiara Jackson, Education Beyond Our Negative - FL
Tiffany Moten, Stuck - TX
Timika Young, Going South - NJ
Timyra Landrum, It's A Hard Knock Life
Toniechia Franklin, Untitled - WI
Toni-Yen, What Happened to Nevaeh
Tonizia Renfro, The Real Deal - OK
Torie Anderson, Seduced - GA
Torin Floyd, 17 - CA
Travis Vanterpool, The Minister's Son - NY
Troven D. Pearson, As Time Goes By - FL
Tyler Hill, Untitled - OK
Tyrone Coleman, Think Before You Let It Go - TN
Vandell Lyndon McCary Jr., Full Circle
Vandry King, Broken Heels - FL
Vernois Buggs, Untitled
Vikram Mattipa, Am I Selling Bill Clinton?
Vondrea Watts, Dejavu - TN
Wayne Mitchell, Convalescence - LA
Whitney Dukes, Best Friends - CT
Willena Crawford, The 411 - CA
William Fayson, Life Must Go On - DE
Yvonne Mugadza, Living with HIV/AIDS in the Community