The Key Recognizes Winning Entries in Readers as Writers Contest
Please note that more winners may be added - if so, authors and instructors will be contacted.
| First Name | Last Name | Entry | Agency | Instructor |
| Ralph | Barron | Working in the Fields | Council for the Spanish Speaking | Diane Steigerwald |
| Paul | Bazille | The Unspoken Words of a Father | St. Croix Correctional Center | Donna Stelter |
| Delvaris | Booker | Letter to Myself (Before Birth) | Warren Young School -RYOCF | Ms. George |
| Laurie | Bruckner | Our Troops | Nicolet Area Technical College | Lisa Young |
| Michael | Burton | Saddened Sonnet | Northcentral Technical College | Marianna Rupprecht |
| Marquise | Cade | If Everything Was Clear | Warren Young School -RYOCF | Ms. Bona |
| Gudelia | Calva | A Letter to Karla | MATC-Oak Creek | Karen Moreau |
| Carlos | Castillo | A Gift and an Dream | Even Start-Lakeshore Technical College | Carol Benthien |
| Maria Patricia | Cervantes | Little Joe's Birthday | Even Start Program | Jacki Foss |
| Jaunetta | Chappell | Grandma | Silver Spring Neighborhood Center | Pat Farley |
| Ethan | Chen | The Prison Within | Stanley Correctional Institution | Ms.Curry |
| Jeffrey | Daniels | I Grew Up So Poor | Blackhawk Technical College | Lucy Abram |
| Jeffrey | Daniels | A Crystal Christmas | Blackhawk Technical College | Lucy Abram |
| Jacqueline | Earsley | How We Lost Demetrian | Ser-Jobs for Progress | Christy Breihan |
| Juana | Eichelberger | Sister | Council for the Spanish Speaking | Diane Steigerwald |
| Barbara | Eubanks | Pain | Silver Spring Neighborhood Center | Pat Farley |
| Quana | Fair-Lofton | Education is the Key to a Better Life | Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services | Michael Timm |
| Jason | Fletcher | Prize on the Hill | PDCI | Ms. Barlow |
| Richard | Garner | Just a Name, Just a Number | Warren Young School -RYOCF | Ms. George |
| Abediah | Godwin | My Favorite Things | Curative Central City | Ms. Konrath |
| Donald | Goring | One of the Forgotten | Valleyview School | Peter Garetson |
| Rickey | Gulley | Compared to What | The Adult Learning Center | Elizabeth Miller |
| Ryan | Henderson | Simple Things | Valleyview School | Peter Garetson |
| Teresa | Horton | If I Was a Poem | Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services | Sr. Vonnie De Cleene |
| Janelle | Hundley | Isn't that Just Like a Woman | The Adult Learning Center | Elizabeth Miller |
| Jamie | Hutchinson | From the Inside Out | Silver Spring Neighborhood Center | Kathy Johnson |
| Jeffrey | Jackson | A Greater Later | Nicolet Area Technical College | Betty Madderom |
| Sheri Lee | Janke | Is Love Supposed to Feel This Way? | Waukesha County Technical College | Bette Winkler |
| Lydia | Johnson | The Scooter | Dominican Center | Sr. Ann Halloran |
| Vanessa | Jones | The Final Attempt | Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services | Ms. Joan |
| Kriston | Kellum | The Ghetto | Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services | Helen Kenney |
| Crystal | Klitzka | Life with Lucia | Ser-Jobs for Progress | Christy Breihan |
| Caryl | Koller | I Am Watching You | Ser-Jobs for Progress | Christy Breihan |
| Marcella | Lawver | Journal Entry 02/22/2006 | Southwest Wisconsin Technical College | Carol Rogers |
| Tou Fue | Lee | My Reflections on New Orleans | Wausau Fresh Start | Jill Literski |
| James | LeGrave | Faithful-Fakeness | St. Croix Correctional Center | Ms. Harnisch |
| Gracie | Leonard | What CanYou Say? | Silver Spring Neighborhood Center | Kathy Johnson |
| Amy | Liu | My Pet Hamster | Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services, Inc. | Sr. Helen Wagner |
| Ha | Liu | Monologue from a Daugher | MATC-Oak Creek | Karen Moreau |
| Ali | Lybeshari | ThankYou, America! | MATC-Oak Creek | Karen Moreau |
| Guadalupe | Macias | My Problem is Cooking | Council for the Spanish Speaking | Diane Steigerwald |
| Robert | Malone | A Table for Three | Warren Young School -RYOCF | Ms. George |
| Francisca | Martinez | Don't Forget to Water the Plants | Council for the Spanish Speaking | Diane Steigerwald |
| Maria | Miramontes | Be Part of the Solution | Council for the Spanish Speaking | Diane Steigerwald |
| Patricia | Mitchell | Daddy, Daddy | MATC-Main Campus | Janet Nortrom |
| Arturo | Mora | Hot from the Oven | Journey House | Eileen Marotte |
| Josefina | Mora | Special People in My Life | MATC-Oak Creek | Darlene Jaskoviak |
| Gordon | Murphy | My Name is Gordon Murphy | MATC-Oak Creek | Karen Moreau |
| Sharaine | Murray | Stop the Madness | Gateway Tech-Kenosha Job Center | Kate Dischler-Noreen |
| James Allen | Nafzger | Commencement Speech | Stanley Correctional Institution | Joanne Curry |
| Brandon | Nollenberg | Criminal Losses | Milwaukee County Basic Skills | Susan |
| Javier | Ortega | Poem: The Face of Innocence | MATC-Main Campus | Mary Kay Flynn |
| Sylvia | Ortiz | My Wonderful Mother | Council for the Spanish Speaking | Diane Steigerwald |
| Mary | Parker | A Good Man is Hard to Find | Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services | Sr. Vonnie De Cleene |
| Charles | Patterson | The Journey | Council for the Spanish Speaking | Brenna Carroll |
| Vernus | Presswood | Memories | Valleyview School | Peter Garetson |
| Vernus | Presswood | Then They Grow | Valleyview School | Peter Garetson |
| Blanca | Reyes | The Boarder | Even Start Family Literacy-Blackhawk Technical College | Jewelie Johnson |
| George | Rhoades | There Is No Shame | Fond du Lac Adult Literacy Services, Inc. | Jim Colwin |
| Eva | Rojo | Somebody Special for Me | MATC-Oak Creek | Karen Moreau |
| Mouloud | Roudjat | My Dream | MATC-Oak Creek | Darlene Jaskoviak |
| Agnieszka | Sachajko | My Favorite Place | MATC-Oak Creek | Darlene Jaskoviak |
| Mone | Samounty | A Small Box of Rice | Indochinese Learning Center | Marilyn Hegge |
| Phurbu | Sangmo | My Very Crazy Life | Madison Area Literacy Program | Jasmine Parvaz |
| Tracy | Schinker | Alive and Free | St. Croix Correctional Center | Ms. Harnisch |
| Nina | Shlyakhetko | Katya: My Favorite Name for a Woman | Journey House | Eileen Marotte |
| Chung Nim | Sickels | The Wavy Language | Literacy Council of Greater Waukesha | Mary Jacobson |
| Sarah | Soelter | My Life as Destiny | Ser-Jobs for Progress | Christy Breihan |
| Andrew | Sprung | A Prisoner's Nightmare | Warren Young School -RYOCF | Ms. George |
| Joshua | Staples | My Wonderful Step Dad | St. Croix Correctional Center | Donna Stelter |
| Marina | Stickel | Never Give Up | Northern Waters Literacy | Ann Hanson |
| Christopher | Strong | Saying Goodbye to a Good Man | Northcentral Technical College | Marianna Rupprecht |
| Brandon | Taylor | Zero | Stanley Correctional Institution | Joanne Curry |
| Jonathan | Taylor | Handsome I am, But Ugly, I'm Not! | Warren Young School -RYOCF | Ms. J. Smith |
| LenLatriece | Thigpen | Super Mom | Milwaukee Achiever Literacy Services-Maximus Learning Lab | Sue Sterling |
| Kenisha | Vann | What I Think of Math | The Adult Learning Center | Elizabeth Miller |