In 2022-23 杏吧传媒 launched its High School Writing Contest.
For the inaugural contest, 杏吧传媒 solicited essays, poetry, and fiction related to folklore and the supernatural in any and all genres. High school students from across Louisiana submitted creative retelling or original study of folklore. The High School Writing contest features both 
a monetary reward and a formal award, given at the Humanities Symposium @ Scholars Expeaux at 杏吧传媒 State.
The first place award is named in honor of Mabel Bollinger Toups who taught high school English in Lockport, LA and had a special fondness for Louisiana Folklore and the Folklore of the Bayou Region.
2023 Winners
- First Place鈥揟he Mabel Bollinger Toups Award, Julia Lion: 鈥淭he Storm of the Night.” Mount Carmel Academy, New Orleans, LA
- Second Place, Savannah West: 鈥淢iss Marie.” Beekman Charter School, Bastrop, LA
- Third Place, Maleik Lewis: 鈥淭he Shade of the Willow.” Thibodaux High School, Thibodaux, LA
- Honorable Mention, Jessica Chu 鈥淓veryday Ghosts.鈥� Caddo Magnet High School, Shreveport, LA
- Honorable Mention, Kaylah Derry 鈥淏eware the Rougarou.” Bossier Parish, LA
- Honorable Mention, Kayden Martin 鈥淭he Legend of Germain.鈥�. South Lafourche High School, Lafourche Parish, LA
