Third-place finishes went to West Central in the challenge category, and to Winamac (tie with South Newton) in the junior poetry category.

Other top 3 medal winners for West Central students went to Marissa Bailey (third) for her senior poetry entry "Intertwined," CourtneyTroxel (second) for her junior exposition "Disbelief, Fear and Realization," and Justine Kruger (second) for her senior exposition "Sugarland Concert,"

Other students whose entries were submitted from West Central were (junior poetry) Andrew McKay, Troy Wireman and Madysen Krintz; (senior poetry) Samantha Lincoln and Tyler Nedja; (junior short story) Karina Semrav and Amber Wolford; (senior short story) Alyssa Parish, Lexi Gudeman and Cortney Feuquay; (junior exposition) Andrew McKay and Cameron Owens; (senior exposition) Brandon Wettstein; and (challenge) Travis Combs, Raque Littleton, Lucas Myers, Tyler Nedza and Veronica Leman.

Other Winamac students whose work was entered by the school into the contest were (junior poetry) Ashley Braasch and Corbin Pursifull; (senior poetry) August Hatter, Sierra Stamper and Rhiannon DuBois; (junior short story) Taylor Tripenfeldas; (senior short story) August Hatter; and (senior exposition) Cassie Hanson, August Hatter and Abby Koepky.

Other participating conference schools were Caston, North White, South Newton and Tri-County. South Newton organized the 2012 contest.

The Midwest Conference Math and Writing Contests are conducted each spring among the member schools of the Midwest athletic conference. Schools take turns organizing each year's contest. Each school may submit three entries per category. Entries for each category have a different set of three outside, independent judges who do not see the names of the students or the schools.

The contest winners are announced at an awards program in April.