2019 Honorable Mentions

2019 Awards Ceremony

2019 WINNERS

Poetry-6th Grade 

1st Place – Jessy Wallch, Everyday_Perfection
2nd Place – Serafina Hwang, Time
3rd Place – Krisha Singhani, Latte with Extra Sugar!

Poetry – 7th Grade

1st Place – Kylie Wang, The Sky is dark_the rain is falling
2nd Place – Joshua Yang, The Swim
3rd Place – Braden Ou, Rewinding Time

Poetry – 8th Grade

1st Place – Jade Peng, Glimpses_into_Insanity
2nd Place – Siena Fershtman, No Wings
3rd Place – Eloise Anagnost, Time

Personal Narrative

Special thanks to the Tenney family for the Betty Tenney Personal Narrative Award for 1^st Place winners.

Personal Narrative – 6^th Grade

1st Place – Serafina Hwang, Bigots
2nd Place – Sean Kwok, And the Winner is…
3rd Place – Neil Chandran, My Greatest Fear

Personal Narrative – 7th Grade

1st Place – Bilva Medamurthy, Flight_to_Acceptance
2nd Place – Alejandro Riofrio, Final Fight
3rd Place – Indie Lee, Guzheng, The Ancient Well

Personal Narrative – 8th Grade

1st Place – Jade Peng, Battle_Song
2nd Place – Sandhya Nayar, Leftovers
3rd Place – Sameeha Ahmed, The Notepad

Short Story – 6^th Grade

1st Place – Sydney Mielcarski, The_Creation_of_Something_Therefore_Everything
2nd Place – Sydney Yee, White is Alright
3rd Place – Emma Wong, A New Homeland

Short Story – 7^th Grade

1st Place – Ava Filer, Winn
2nd Place – Leila Maboudian, Two Blue Wings
3rd Place – Penney Daisy, The Sun Will Come Out

Short Story – 8^th Grade

1st Place – Saanika Medishetty, Currents
2nd Place – Vivian Chang, Serengeti Struggle
3rd Place – Jackson Hansell, The Golden Goblet

Humor – All Grades

1st Place – Daisy Penney, The_Impossible_Climb
2nd Place – Kush Rajesh, My Love Letter to Ginger Ale
3rd Place – Mary Carrasco, A Walk in the Park