Finalists: July 2025

3 Years Ago by Shala White (USA)

A Water Trail by Senegal Tuklor Williams (USA)

Card Game by Isaac Middleton (USA)

Evanesce by Meredith Esquivel (USA)

From Ruins to Stars by Ziyun Xiao (USA)

From Soil to Soul Across the World by Jian Yoon (South Korea)

Gary’s Good Boy by Kavon Zamanian (USA)

High Stakes by Annette Bonner (USA)

If I Let It Win by Charles Lednicky (USA)

Jackals by Harry Fakora (USA)

Little Monster by Alex Cao (USA)

Love Letters by Niglmoro Okuk (USA)

Max by Ace Shu (USA)

Meadowhawk by Shane Hernandez (USA)

Mors by Cilin Chen (USA)

Our Extraterrestrial Neighbors by Shelton Bernard Ranasinghe (USA)

Red Balloon by Renzo Djordan and Melodie Jazz Band (France)

Remote Intrusion by Taige Shi (USA)

Save The Wood Coaster by Gary Kyriazi (USA)

Secret Ingredient by Mikolaj Pacay (Poland)

Serendipity by Sujay Putchala (USA)

Silence by Ziheng Zhou (China)

Step-Dog-Father by Eric Colton (USA)

The Betrayal by Amanda Carselind (Sweden)

The Day of the Twigfid by Tom Whiteley (UK)

The Giants by Oliver Norbu Dai (USA)

The Inventors by Ryan Egypt ElHosseiny (USA)

The Old Man And The Paintbrush by Christopher Loveland (USA)

The Pitch by Sacha Andres-Oliveira (Canada)

The Quest For The Golden Dragon by Tom Whiteley (UK)

The Road to New Orleans: A Tribute to Mr. Riggio by Charles LaValle (USA)

The Sound Within by Ethan Rodriguez (USA)

The Stick-Man by Shreya Thosar (USA)

Twisted by Bryce Michael Hughes (USA)

What Goes Up by Plomo (USA)

Wildflower by Sean Nyambayo (USA)

You Have To Be Wary of Words by Jörg Gottschalk (Germany)

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