''The Tempus Stream'' by Brendan Heddle - A small stream separates two nations with a grudge thousands of years old.  Can a simple soldier survive the physical and mental anguish of duty or will a new threat destroy him and everyone else?  (Heat Winner Finalist)

''A Hike'' by Luke Somerville - A man, lost in the woods, discovers an antique chair in the middle of a remote stream.  (1st Runner-Up Finalist)

''The Stream'' by Stacey Leigh - A young boy invades the sanctity of a young girl who takes refuge in a stream that runs behind her house.  (2nd Runner-Up )

''Children of Fish'' by Patrick Riley - When down-on-his-luck bar owner Jason Williams breaks a promise to his father never to explore boarded-up tunnels in the tavern’s cellar, he discovers a strange luminescent stream full of fish and has a mystical experience. No sooner has he restored the bar to its former glory as a popular seafood restaurant than his father returns to town and confronts him with family secrets that reveal Jason wasn’t the first to discover the hidden waterway.   (3rd Runner-Up )

''The Truth About Spells'' by Jason Bellipanni - A desperate father casts a spell in order to find his missing teenage daughter, and he becomes imprisoned inside the mind of her abductor.  (4th Runner-Up )