32nd Annual High School Writing Contest Winners
POETRY
- 1st Place “Turkey Procession” by Alyssa Scull
Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale, NJ, Ms. Svea Barrett
12th grade
- 2nd Place “Variation on ‘Black Stone on a White Stone’” by Emma McNairy
Woods Charter School, Chapel Hill, NC, Ms. G. Gray
12th grade
- 3rd Place “Dent” by Kyndall Jones
Oak Park and River Forest High School, Oak Park, IL, Mr. Peter Kahn
12th grade
- Honorable Mentions
- “Bare Revenge” by Grace Henderson
Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale, NJ, Ms. Svea Barrett
11th grade
- “Bloodbeat” by Hannah Srajer
Oak Park and River Forest High School, Oak Park, IL, Mr. Peter Kahn
11th grade
- “Gulp” by Lida Weinstock
Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale, NJ, Ms. Svea Barrett
12th grade
- “Combustion” by Brooke Poznak
Livingston High School, Livingston, NJ, Ms. Susan Rothbard
12th grade
- “para site”, by Tiffanie Yakum
Livingston High School, Livingston, NJ, Ms. Susan Rothbard
11th grade
- “Solitary”, by Shira Gorelick
Livingston High School, Livingston, NJ, Ms. Susan Rothbard
12th grade
- “At the Dinner Table”, by Dorothy Moore
Oak Park and River Forest High School, Oak Park, IL, Mr. Peter Kahn
11th grade
- “Nobody Has Ever Loved Me As Much As I Loved You”, by Brianna Matava
Rockville High School, Vernon, CT, Mrs. Victoria Nordlund
12th grade
- “Stop Pretending”, by Tara Adelberg
George Washington Carver Center for Arts & Tech, Towson, MD, Mr. Jay Imbrenda
ESSAY
- 1st Place “A Love Story” by Quinn Squyres
Columbia High School, Maplewood, NJ, Mrs. Lori Martling, 12th grade
- 2nd Place “Essay (Personal Narrative)” by Austin Heffernan
Ellington High School, Ellington, CT, Mrs. Robert, 12th grade
- 3rd Place “Benzene, Not Care Bear” by Hong Joon Park
Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ, Mr. Richard Weems, 12th grade
- Honorable Mentions
- “Conifer Hands” by Jacob Oet
University School, Hunting Valley, OH, Mr. Garrett, 12th grade
- “Playground Love” by Hadar Lazar
Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ, Mr. Richard Weems, 12th grade
- “On Dr. Seuss”, by Aishwarya Raja
Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ, Mr. Richard Weems, 12th grade
- “London Calling”, by Nora Bryson
Mt. St. Joseph Academy, Flourtown, PA, Dr. Bonnie Balcer, 12th grade
- “Defining Features”, by Jessica Goldman
North Shore Hebrew Academy High School, Great Neck, NY, Mrs. April Zabinsky
- “Charlie”, by Ji Seok Kim
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, Ms. Mary Fulton, 9th grade
- “Opportunity Cost”, by Henry Willshire
Columbia High School, Maplewood, NJ, Ms. Lori Martling, 12th grade
FICTION
- 1st Place “Crooked” by Hanel Baveja
Huron High School, Ann Arbor, MI, Mr. Kip Wilson, 10th grade
- 2nd Place “Ruined” by Kate Sheridan
Mt. St. Joseph Academy, Flourtown, PA, Dr. Bonnie Balcer, 12th grade
- 3rd Place “Black Walnut” by Josie Benson
Bowling Green High School, Bowling Green, OH, Mrs. Jennifer Dever, 11th grade
- Honorable Mentions
- “Higher Ground” by Anjali Nair
West Windsor Plainsboro High School, Plainsboro, NJ, Ms. Jessica Wong, 11`th grade
- “Unwilling Babysitter” by Shannon O’Leary
Mt. St. Joseph Academy, Flourtown, PA, Dr. Bonnie Balcer, 12th grade
- “Short Story” by Emily G
East Mountain School, Belle Mead, NJ, Mr. Ian Eilbacher, 12th grade
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