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