Highly Commended
- Miranda Cossar, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland: ‘I Used to Wonder'
- Rex Cullen, Lawrence Area School, Otago: '10 to None'
- Pramudie Giunaratne, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland: 'Inamorato'
- Lexie Hughes, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland: ‘Friday and the Problems Flowers Present'
- Jenna Kerley, Wairoa College, Wairoa: ‘Summer Lunch'
- Allison Tang, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland: ‘Albert Park’
- Lizzi Tollemache, Marlborough Girls College: ‘Remembering Ana’
Commended
- Rhonda Bridges, Awatapu College, Palmerston North: ‘Not a shortcut’
- Jasmine Kim, Otago Girls High School: ‘Night in the playground’
- Renee Lyons, Tawa College, Wellington: ‘The Exam’
- Kate Mead, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland: ‘Cuba St’
- Hannah Ellen Rogers, Epsom Girls Grammar School, Auckland: ‘Logan Terrace’
- Meg Wearing, Wellington East Girls Grammar School: ‘Lunch’