1. "battered pride" by

2. "the dilemma of the recently widowed" by , "PINK SUITS AND HEARTTHROBS" by

3. "eleven-twelfths" by

runners up: "My true colors" by AdiraMinhaj , "sunflowers" by

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These entries were absolutely breathtaking, and some of them may or may not have brought us to tears, so great job! We had such a good time reading through these, and we highly encourage you to read through the submissions to get an idea of what we mean. Thank you so much for your courage to share your work with us, we appreciate it so much.

Keep writing,

The admins of the Echo Awards