Storytelling is an important oral and written tradition that ensures the continuation and enhancement of Germans from Russia history and heritage among future generations.
The results are in for the 2025 AHSGR Storytelling contest!
Winning stories and poems will be presented on November 25, 2025 at the Storytelling Contest Finalists Treffen Tuesday presentation via Zoom. Register for the presentation here.
Short Story Category
1st Place: “Nothing But White Ash” by Boni Wagner Stafford
2nd Place: “Trapped in Moscow: A Russian Tale” by Ann Marie Stewart
3rd Place: “Grandma and Grandpa “Not Russian’” by Sharon Mohr
Honorable Mention: “My Father and Catherine the Great Had One Thing in Common” by Kenneth Vogele
2nd Place: “Trapped in Moscow: A Russian Tale” by Ann Marie Stewart
3rd Place: “Grandma and Grandpa “Not Russian’” by Sharon Mohr
Honorable Mention: “My Father and Catherine the Great Had One Thing in Common” by Kenneth Vogele
Poetry Category
Other Submissions
“Amelia” by Linda Buck
“Grandmother, Maria Katherine Haberman Zieg” by Judith Zieg
“Katie and the American Dream” by Julie Holovach
“Memories of My Adopted GR Family” by Corinne Koehler
“Following the Haunting” by Anna Kokareva
“A Pocket Watch’s Journey: Witness to History and Hope” by Rosalind Rockweit
“Ortenberg” by Lilija Tenhagen