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Scholastic Art and Writing Award Winners 2018

2018 Gold Key Writing Awards Writing demonstrating the highest levels of achievement in originality, personal voice, and technical skill. Gold Key writing is forwarded to New York for National adjudication. Regionally students are recognized with Gold Key pins, certificates and are recognized during an award ceremony at CIA on January 13, 2018.

Listing is sorted by school, then by student last name

Carlen Goebel Solitary Confinement Short Story Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Gold Key

Elizabeth Holup Anatomy of Our Mothers Flash Fiction Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Gold Key

Emma Legeay Ms. Plath Poetry Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Gold Key

Sara Sirignano My Middle School Journal Poetry Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Gold Key, American Voices Nominee

Roman Vatolin Normalcy With Chaos Poetry Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Gold Key

Paul Abou Haidar The Unforgettable Visit Personal Essay/Memoir Birchwood School Educator: Lorraine Tzeng Gold Key

Thomas Gorenc Conquest for Brithright Short Story Birchwood School Educator: Lorraine Tzeng Gold Key

Maggie Mills Okay Flash Fiction Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Ken Kasee Gold Key


Maggie Mills Christmas Present Short Story Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Ken Kasee Gold Key, American Voices Nominee

Desmon Holmes Forbidden Desire Poetry Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Elizabeth Telich Gold Key

Tijuanna Keely Too Much Poetry Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Brittainy Quinn Gold Key

Anijah Wright Anijah Wright CW Poetry Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Elizabeth Telich Gold Key

Margaret Amjad 1, 2, 3 Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Jane Berick Thanks for the Advice Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Jane Berick Little Drummer Boy Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Jane Berick My Brain part 1 Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Yardena Carmi The Thing at the Bottom of the Hole Science Fiction/Fantasy Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Regina Egan Papa Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key


Katrina Frei‐Herrmann Chocolate Chip Cookies Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Daria Gitiforooz My Life in Black and White Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Zuha Jaffar Smithereens Flash Fiction Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Stephanie Kaiser L'appel Du Vide Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Stephanie Kaiser I Find Flour in the Floorboards and the Cracks of my Heart Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Coco Liu Something Learned Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Nadia Malik My Culture Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Layla Najeeullah Call to the Sea Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Rebecca Oet Skin Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Camryn Parsons The Important Letter Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key


Ela Passarelli hard candy by madonna Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

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Sophie Sacks Looking Up Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Alison Xin Smuggling Snacks Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Alison Xin Making Art Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Crystal Zhao Why Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Gold Key

Milena Fernsler The Phoenix Short Story Hawken Lower‐Middle School Educator: Laura Staufer Gold Key

Ella Attell White Harlem Flash Fiction Hawken School Educator: Jack Breisch Gold Key, American Voices Nominee

Emi Cummings How We See Her Poetry Laurel School Educator: Angela Fasick Gold Key

Emi Cummings Growing up with Purseblog Personal Essay/Memoir Laurel School Educator: Angela Fasick Gold Key

Nadia Ibrahim portraits and obituaries Short Story Laurel School Educator: Kimberley Butler Gold Key


Janaan Qutubuddin My Missing Poetry Laurel School Educator: Angela Fasick Gold Key

Daania Tahir Letter to America Personal Essay/Memoir Laurel School Educator: Angela Fasick Gold Key

Annabeth Suchy Flutter Flash Fiction Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery Gold Key

Annabeth Suchy Lewy's Curse Poetry Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery Gold Key

Anna Boyer The Theory of Time Flash Fiction Solon High School Educator: Nanci Bush Gold Key

Clare Valenza The Guardian Short Story St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Gold Key

Martin Ellis Confederate Monuments’ Destructive Messages to a Progressive Society Critical Essay University High School Educator: Brian Hess Gold Key

Cole Fallon Snapshots from a Benighted Village Science Fiction/Fantasy University High School Educator: Jack Somers Gold Key

Cole Fallon Inhabitant Science Fiction/Fantasy University High School Educator: Jack Somers Gold Key, American Voices Nominee

Jake Kapp Thoughts from the Fish Hatchery Personal Essay/Memoir University High School Educator: James Garrett Gold Key


Zachary Keenan Never Just a Hit on the Head Personal Essay/Memoir University High School Educator: Ben Malbasa Gold Key

Eric Miranda Marching Towards Inner Truth Critical Essay University High School Educator: Lee Fallon Gold Key

Liv Adkins Religon Humor Westlake High School Educator: Geoff Friedrich Gold Key, American Voices Nominee

Basya Greenberger Hold My Hand Poetry Yavne High School Educator: Brochie Weinberg Gold Key

2018 Silver Key Writing Awards Writing demonstrating achievement worthy of recognition at the regional level. Students are recognized with Silver Key pins, certificates, and are invited to an exhibition reception on January 13, 2018.

Maggie Allan Only Silence Poetry Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Silver Key

Elizabeth Holup Ode to Online Dating Flash Fiction Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Silver Key

Erhan Ali Importance Of Language Personal Essay/Memoir Birchwood School Educator: Lorraine Tzeng Silver Key

Sean McNaughton A Real Life Short Story Birchwood School Educator: Lorraine Tzeng Silver Key


Anna Sideris The Healing Glow Short Story Birchwood School Educator: Lorraine Tzeng Silver Key

Hadi Tajour What could Go Wrong Personal Essay/Memoir Birchwood School Educator: Lorraine Tzeng Silver Key

Abigail Woodruff Movement Poetry Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Deanna DiFranco Silver Key

Casey Beiswenger Not‐So‐Free Speech: How an Absence of Respect is Destroying American Dialogue Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Jane Berick My Perfect World Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Jane Berick Books II Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Ainsley Bradbury The School Teacher Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Maya Daoud Stories of No Appreciation Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Katrina Frei‐Herrmann Hearth and Warmth: Analysis of Fireplaces within Pride and Prejudice Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Elise Fuente Responding to Achebe and Acknowledging Marlow’s Changing Mindset in Heart of Darkness Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Marty Frazier Silver Key


Molly Gleydura I Was Born in London Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Toni Thayer Silver Key

Stephanie Kaiser Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Stephanie Kaiser 11:29 p.m. Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Isha Lele Here’s to You and Me, Huck! Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Camryn Parsons How You All Left Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Beth Armstrong Silver Key

Tejal Pendekanti A Soldier's Sacrifice Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Anya Razmi the cracks Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Sejal Sangani Pledging Allegiance to Half the Flag Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Farah Sayed Rene Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Farah Sayed A Lonely Winter Day Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key


Lina Zein Great Expectations: Why Estella Chooses to Marry Drummle Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Yasmine Zein Immigration: Who Do We Let In? Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Crystal Zhao The Virginal Midwife Science Fiction/Fantasy Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Silver Key

Ella Attell A Letter to My Brother Personal Essay/Memoir Hawken School Educator: Jack Breisch Silver Key

Jane Jusko His Short Story Laurel School Educator: Kimberley Butler Silver Key

Emma Becker The Menu Science Fiction/Fantasy Magnificat High School Educator: Linda Evans Silver Key

Nicole Kristosik My Queen Sized Bed Flash Fiction Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery Silver Key

Julianna Longano 12 Days of Christmas Poetry Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery Silver Key

Thom Gisser Ready, Aim, Fire Flash Fiction Solon High School Educator: Nanci Bush Silver Key

Gavin Gromen A Swastika and a Secret Short Story St Ignatius High School Educator: Kimberly Gross Silver Key


Julian Guggenheim Old Boys' Home Short Story St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Silver Key

Abigail Lipold Them Flash Fiction St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Silver Key

Crystal Yormick Lost Science Fiction/Fantasy St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Silver Key

Samuel Blocker Diamond Life Poetry University High School Educator: Janice Fazio Silver Key

Mikey Fedeli Angelo Short Story University High School Educator: Janice Fazio Silver Key

Mikey Fedeli This Is It Poetry University High School Educator: Janice Fazio Silver Key

Jake Hamilton Christmas Cheers Flash Fiction University High School Educator: James Garrett Silver Key

Bobby Housel The Book That Uses the N‐Word Critical Essay University High School Educator: James Garrett Silver Key

Eric Miranda On War: Continuing Nature and Changing Characteristics Critical Essay University High School Educator: Lee Fallon Silver Key

John Nestor Tension Flash Fiction University High School Educator: Janice Fazio Silver Key


Isaiah Paik Three Leaders, Two Koreas, One War, and No Atomic Bombs Critical Essay University High School Educator: Janice Fazio Silver Key

Cooper Ross Under Pressure Personal Essay/Memoir University High School Educator: Janice Fazio Silver Key

Zach Zelman The feeling of conviction: a baseball story Personal Essay/Memoir University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen Silver Key

Will Zhang An Insult to Every Black Person in America: Misguided Misinterpretations Critical Essay University High School Educator: James Garrett Silver Key

2018 Honorable Mention Writing Reciepients Writing demonstrating creative potential. Honorable Mention recipients receive a certificate and are invited to CIA for an exhibition reception on January 13, 2018.

Maggie Allan Parallels Flash Fiction Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Honorable Mention

Bennett Andrassy DON Poetry Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Honorable Mention

Anne Beckwith Home Poetry Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Honorable Mention

Elizabeth Holup The Spot Poetry Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Honorable Mention


Jackie Melaragno Silly Me Poetry Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Honorable Mention

Audrey Ray Back Again Short Story Bay Village High School Educator: Kristen Srsen Kenney Honorable Mention

Elisa Renerts Matches Flash Fiction Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Honorable Mention

Sara Sirignano Rapid Thoughts From A Girl With Half Her Face Paralyzed Poetry Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Honorable Mention

Arabelle Skelly World of Error Poetry Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Honorable Mention

Priyanka Shrestha Wrong Side of the Mirror Personal Essay/Memoir Beachwood High School Educator: Todd Butler Honorable Mention

Priyanka Shrestha The Lotus Man Short Story Beachwood High School Educator: Todd Butler Honorable Mention

Priyanka Shrestha Hospital Movie Short Story Beachwood High School Educator: Todd Butler Honorable Mention

Stephanie Yen Honey Poetry Beachwood High School Educator: Todd Butler Honorable Mention

Regina Mason Vows To Justice Short Story Bedford High School Educator: Karen Sullins Honorable Mention


Aidan Berard Alien Intervention Science Fiction/Fantasy Birchwood School Educator: Richard Kurtz Honorable Mention

Praveen Kumar Game 7 Short Story Birchwood School Educator: Lorraine Tzeng Honorable Mention

Joshua Samulak Test Case #49 Science Fiction/Fantasy Birchwood School Educator: Lorraine Tzeng Honorable Mention

Max Wang Home Science Fiction/Fantasy Birchwood School Educator: Lorraine Tzeng Honorable Mention

Marina DiFranco A Ode to Car Rides Personal Essay/Memoir Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Deanna DiFranco Honorable Mention

Julia Kiefer Narration in The Great Gatsby Critical Essay Brush High School Educator: Sallie Fine Honorable Mention

Dy'Mond Henry Message To You Sir Poetry Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Elizabeth Telich Honorable Mention

Sanyale Wright A Message to the Lord Poetry Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Brittainy Quinn Honorable Mention

Alise Adornato Mirror Mirror Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Alise Adornato Symptoms Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention


Alise Adornato More Sauce Please Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Grace Amjad long roads Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Grace Amjad december winds Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Grace Amjad i am a master of being small Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Margaret Amjad My Fall with Hillary Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Margaret Amjad Candy Corn Season Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Kate Aris Irrationally Lucid Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Grace Beedles Unknown Journeys Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Casey Beiswenger Me, the Basketball Player Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Jane Berick 2 Kids and the Highway Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention


Yardena Carmi A Body in Motion Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Kathryn Doherty An Introduction of Myself Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Michelle Dong Gray Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Regina Egan The Sylvan Maiden Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Caitlin Esteves Belittling the True Meaning of Service Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Elizabeth Felderman Three things Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Julia Garson Crystal Blue Eyes Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Molly Gleydura Forever Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Toni Thayer Honorable Mention

Erica Kahn Fire Ice Utopia Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Stephanie Kaiser October Tenth Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention


Stephanie Kaiser Gridlock Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Stephanie Kaiser How do I get to Heaven? Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Kimiya Kian Unexpected Friend Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Anne Lewandowski The Little Moonbeam Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Cassandra Lis Dead Myelin and Turkeys Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Coco Liu One's Kindness, a World's Difference Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Coco Liu The Fairy Godmother without a Magic Wand Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Lekha Medarametla Servant Girl Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Lekha Medarametla Turning the Page Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Julia Sofia Moreno The Tapestry of Life Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention


Rebecca Oet First Blood Paradox Blood Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Ela Passarelli universal Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Simran Patwa Taking a Knee for Justice Journalism Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Tejal Pendekanti Dear Isabella Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Tejal Pendekanti A Bucket List That Will Never Be Completed Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Shruthi Ravichandran The Sweetest Smell of Blended People Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Amaya Razmi Risks Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Amaya Razmi Speak Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Sophie Sacks If I Leave This Time Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Leonela Serrano Life Source Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention


Lexie von Zedlitz What Lies Underneath Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Lexie von Zedlitz A Chance Encounter Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Jennifer Wang Trust and Verify Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Sophie Weyn A Letter to Dieter Shubert, Author of Monkie Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Claire Yohann Blushing in "Pride and Prejudice" Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Lina Zein Jane Eyre: Realizing Emotions Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Lina Zein The Development of Jane’s Character Seen in her Return to Thornfield Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Yasmine Zein Fear and Desire in Nikolai Gogol's Short Stories Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Stephanie Zhou Fishing Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Honorable Mention

Angela Zhu Planting Flowers Personal Essay/Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Beth Armstrong Honorable Mention


Jocelyn Chin Words I Like, I Moved When I Was Nine, Ocean of Life Poetry Hawken School Educator: Andrew Cleminshaw Honorable Mention

Jocelyn Chin Jump Roping Personal Essay/Memoir Hawken School Educator: Andrew Cleminshaw Honorable Mention

Samia Menon Sundara Ladaki Flash Fiction Hawken School Educator: Jane Botella Honorable Mention

Samia Menon Chai Tea Poetry Hawken School Educator: Jane Botella Honorable Mention

Jane Nilson Blood and Figs Short Story Hawken School Educator: Cris Harris Honorable Mention

Raymond Tao Biased by Birth Short Story Hawken School Educator: Laura Collins Honorable Mention

Anthony Koonce The Most Important Documents to Ever Exist on Earth Dramatic Script Homeschool Educator: Divina Koonce Honorable Mention

Anthony Koonce Revenge of the Firefly Dramatic Script Homeschool Educator: Divina Koonce Honorable Mention

Maya Serna Maya (that's my name) Poetry Homeschool Educator: Danielle Serna Honorable Mention

Margot Luria Coastal Life Flash Fiction Laurel School Educator: Angela Fasick Honorable Mention


Jennifer Fraley What Burns Faster? Poetry Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery Honorable Mention

Jennifer Fraley After They Cut Down the Trees Flash Fiction Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery Honorable Mention

Lillian Harrison Love Lost that was Never Found Short Story Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery Honorable Mention

Julianne Kerver The Big Bad Wolf Poetry Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery Honorable Mention

Annabeth Suchy Hello Sunshine Flash Fiction Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery Honorable Mention

Sarah Teckmyer Sycophant Poetry Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery Honorable Mention

Julian Guggenheim Full Moon Flash Fiction St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Honorable Mention

Julian Guggenheim Let Them Grow Poetry St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Honorable Mention

Samantha Mailer Where My Loyalty Lies Short Story St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Honorable Mention

Samantha Werbeck Broken By Silence Short Story St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Honorable Mention


Crystal Yormick A "Safe" Place Flash Fiction St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Honorable Mention

Alex Akins 1933 Short Story University High School Educator: Brian Hess Honorable Mention

Nolan Bingaman Microbeads and Fish Populations in Lake Erie: A Growing Concern Critical Essay University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen Honorable Mention

William Cha Harvey was a Manmade Disaster Critical Essay University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen Honorable Mention

David Diaz The Soldier's DIary Flash Fiction University High School Educator: Janice Fazio Honorable Mention

Martin Ellis Follow in My Footsteps Poetry University High School Educator: Brian Hess Honorable Mention

Cole Fallon Accepted Personal Essay/Memoir University High School Educator: Janice Fazio Honorable Mention

Mikey Fedeli Hope and Love: The Storm Poetry University High School Educator: Janice Fazio Honorable Mention

Mike Grassi Trouble with the Sinker Critical Essay University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen Honorable Mention

Zachariah Halawa As I Sat Personal Essay/Memoir University High School Educator: James Garrett Honorable Mention


Zachary Keum Huckleberry Finn’s Moral Evolution: A Transformation from Passiveness to Man Thinking Critical Essay University High School Educator: James Garrett Honorable Mention

Kiran Krishnamurthi A Tale of Two Cities Poetry University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen Honorable Mention

Clayton Lovell The Great Disrupter Critical Essay University High School Educator: James Garrett Honorable Mention

Clayton Lovell The Origins of Marx Critical Essay University High School Educator: James Garrett Honorable Mention

John‐Shaw Moazami The Syrian Civil War: Choosing Diplomacy Critical Essay University High School Educator: Jack Somers Honorable Mention

Miles Monga Once Upon a Pair of Wheels Critical Essay University High School Educator: Lee Fallon Honorable Mention

Miles Monga Woodpeckers Short Story University High School Educator: Lee Fallon Honorable Mention

Miles Monga Street Lights Short Story University High School Educator: Janice Fazio Honorable Mention

Alex Niederer Coral Bleaching in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef Critical Essay University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen Honorable Mention

Isaiah Paik It Was Hot Personal Essay/Memoir University High School Educator: James Garrett Honorable Mention


Cooper Ross Above The Fire Personal Essay/Memoir University High School Educator: Janice Fazio Honorable Mention

Andrew Rozenshtraukh Movie Magic Short Story University High School Educator: Brian Hess Honorable Mention

Eric Scholem Pleasure isn't Deplorable Personal Essay/Memoir University High School Educator: Lee Fallon Honorable Mention

Riaz Sitabkhan Cyber‐Security Problems in America Critical Essay University High School Educator: Jack Somers Honorable Mention

Graden Snyder Take After Twain Critical Essay University High School Educator: James Garrett Honorable Mention

Gavin Tallal The Positives of Cloning Critical Essay University High School Educator: Brian Hess Honorable Mention

Gavin Tallal Baseball Poetry University High School Educator: Brian Hess Honorable Mention

Zach Zelman Screen time: an investigation of effets and solutions to addiction Critical Essay University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen Honorable Mention

Will Zhang The Corruption of American Education: Hellish Halls of Heads Hacking at Knowledge Critical Essay University High School Educator: James Garrett Honorable Mention

Dev Peyrat 911 Personal Essay/Memoir University School‐Shaker Campus Educator: Lorece Stanley Honorable Mention


Basya Greenberger The Book and I Poetry Yavne High School Educator: Brochie Weinberg Honorable Mention