2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

2006 YoungArts Winners

FINALISTS

Cinematic Arts

Susannah Davidson New Trier Township High School | Glenview, IL

Lillian Ripley Tacoma School of the Arts | Vashon, WA

Gavin Shapiro Kent School | West Cornwall, CT

Thomas Smith Horizon Senior High School | Scottsdale, AZ

Andrew Wesman San Francisco University High School | San Francisco, CA

Douglas Williams Stonington High School | Stonington, CT

Steven Wilson Santa Ynez Valley Union High School | Solvang, CA

Dance

Tyquan Barnard | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

James Boyd | World Dance Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Kelsey Buchanan | Ballet Honeoye Falls-Lima High School | Honeoye Falls, NY

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Jonathan Campbell | Jazz Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Cedar Hill, TX

Garrett Coleman | World Dance Central District Catholic High School | Pittsburgh, PA

Krista Ettlinger | Ballet St. Thomas Aquinas Senior High School | Hollywood, FL

Rory Freeman | Modern Classical High School | Providence, RI

Joseph Gorak | Ballet Home School | Orlando, FL

Allysen Hooks | Modern High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Ramona Kelley | Modern Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA

Maggie Kim | World Dance Stuyvesant High School | Douglaston, NY

Keyunna Lawrence | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Perform | Manhattan, NY

Mangala Maddali | World Dance Clinton High School | Clinton, MS

LeBaron McClary | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Perform | New York, NY

Danielle Mills | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Perform | Bronx, NY

Andrea Murillo | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Roxanne Nimmons | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Dallas, TX

Angelina Nockai | World Dance Stadium High School | Tacoma, WA

Justin Prescott | Tap High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Missouri City, TX

Preethi Ramaprasad | World Dance Ridge High School | Basking Ridge, NJ

Deirdre Robinett | World Dance Mount Notre Dame | Loveland, OH

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Andrea Smith | Modern New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Ashley Smith | World Dance Westwood High School | Westwood, MA

Priscilla Villanueva | World Dance Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Dallas, TX

Alexis Wilson | World Dance Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Cedar Hill, TX

Jazz

Chase Michaels Baird | Saxophone Acalanes Senior High School | Lafayette, CA

Billy Buss | Trumpet Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA

Nathan Cepelinski | Saxophone Ontario Canada, FS

Michael Gleichman | Percussion North Springs High School | Roswell, GA

Julian Pollack | Keyboard Berkeley High School | Berkeley, CA

Alex Wintz | Guitar Morristown High School | Morristown, NJ

Music

Hari Bernstein | Viola Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Perform | New York, NY

Sean Chen | Classical Piano Oak Park High School | Oak Park, CA

Samantha Fang | Classical Piano The Harker School | Sunnyvale, CA

Elizabeth Fayette | Violin Shoreham-Wading River High School | Wading River, NY

David Feldman | French Horn Thousand Oaks High School | Thousand Oaks, CA

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Michael Gilbertson | Composition Stephen Hempstead High School | Dubuque, IA

Daniel Goltz | Organ Walla Walla Valley Academy | College Place, WA

Anahid Gregorian | Oboe Franklin Senior High School | Glyndon, MD

Caleb Hudson | Trumpet Interlochen Arts Academy | Lexington, KY

Tracy Jacobson | Bassoon Newark Academy | Berkeley Heights, NJ

Hana Jo | Clarinet Lawrence Woodmere Academy | Malverne, NY

Mi-Eun Kim | Classical Piano Blue Valley North High School | Overland Park, KS

Susie Kim | Violin Neuqua Valley High School | Naperville, IL

Christopher Lim | Composition Trinity School | New York, NY

Hiro Matsuo | Violoncello Glenbrook South High School | Glenview, IL

Sun-A Park | Classical Piano Bergen County Academies | Little Ferry, NJ

Kristen Predl | Flute Lincoln-Way Central High School | New Lenox, IL

Brian Santero | Trombone Roy C. Ketcham High School | Poughkeepsie, NY

Daniel Schlosberg | Composition Lower Merion High School | Merion, PA

William Short | Bassoon Round Rock High School | Round Rock, TX

Ariadne Smith | Classical Guitar Prospect High School | San Jose, CA

Hanah Stuart | Violin Libertyville Senior High School | Libertyville, IL

Andrew Tyson | Classical Piano Durham Academy | Durham, NC

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Jaie Woodard | French Horn Interlochen Arts Academy | Jackson , MI

Derek Zadinsky | Contrabass Skyline High School | Issaquah, WA

Photography

Michelle Alpert Towson Senior High School | Towson, MD

Kathleen Ching Abraham Lincoln High School | Brooklyn, NY

Adam Clunn Cypress-Fairbanks High School | Cypress, TX

Phylicia Ghee Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Randallstown, MD

Leah Goldstein Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Benjamin Guthorn Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Owings Mills, MD

Megan Hunt Cincinnati Country Day School | Terrace Park, OH

Theater

Christopher Blem | Spoken and Musical Theater Howard W. Blake Senior High School | Tampa, FL

Milton Britton, Jr. | Spoken Only Broad Ripple High School-Center for Performing & Visual Arts | Indianapolis, IN

Dustin Bronson | Spoken Only Natomas Performing Fine Arts Academy | Rocklin, CA

Kelsey Dardeau | Spoken and Musical Theater West Orange-Stark High School | Orange, TX

James Felts | Spoken Only Farragut High School | Knoxville, TN

Ryan Fitzgerald | Spoken and Musical Theater Denver School of the Arts | Longmont, CO

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Rosharra Francis | Spoken and Musical Theater Gibbs High School | Odessa, FL

Bridgette Gan | Spoken and Musical Theater Central Dauphin Senior High School | Harrisburg, PA

Lorraine Gayer | Spoken and Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Naples, FL

Shalita Grant | Spoken Only Baltimore School for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Maryum Harris-Johnson | Spoken and Musical Theater High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Jeremy Hawkins | Spoken Only New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Jacob Hoffman | Spoken and Musical Theater Francis W. Parker School | Chicago, IL

Matthew Kacergis | Spoken and Musical Theater Joseph Wheeler High School | Marietta, GA

Amanda Kahn | Spoken and Musical Theater Syosset High School | Woodbury, NY

Caitlin Kimball | Spoken and Musical Theater Bishop Moore Catholic Senior High School | Winter Park, FL

Kelsey Kurz | Spoken Only Roselle Park High School | Roselle Park, NJ

Abraham Makany | Spoken Only Alief Taylor High School | Houston, TX

Lee Marks | Spoken and Musical Theater Idyllwild Arts Academy | Idyllwild, CA

Leonard Navarro | Spoken and Musical Theater North East School of the Arts | San Antonio, TX

Chase Newell | Spoken and Musical Theater Interlochen Arts Academy | Austin, TX

Tiffany Oglesby | Spoken Only Tri-Cities Senior High School | College Park, GA

Amelia Pedlow | Spoken Only Nazareth Academy H.S. | Philadelphia, PA

Blake Pfeil | Spoken and Musical Theater Rampart High School | Colorado Springs, CO

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Gabe Richards | Spoken Only Vancouver School of Arts and Academics | Vancouver, WA

Visual Arts

Gordon Barnard High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Jonathan Carvayal Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Devin Caserta New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Leonardo Castaneda New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Orpheus Collar Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Michael Feliz New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Sara Fowler Wauwatosa East Senior High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Saredt Franco Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Palm Beach Gardens, FL

Rachel Goss High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Bellaire, TX

Jordan Johnson High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Kate Koconis Wauwatosa East Senior High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Morgan Long Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Chelsea Luna High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Nicole Mourino Palmer Trinity School | Miami, FL

Sung Jun Park West Windsor-Plainsboro High School, North | Plainsboro, NJ

Stephanie Rudig

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Wauwatosa East Senior High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Jason Sanford Saint Marks School of Texas | Dallas, TX

Eloise Santa Maria High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Will Schneider-White Duke Ellington School of the Arts | Washington, DC

Samuel Shea Pius XI High School | Menomonee Falls, WI

Thomas Stempka Cumberland Valley High School | Mechanicsburg, PA

Jay Stokes Pius XI High School | New Berlin, WI

Benjamin Sunderlin Lafayette Jefferson Senior High School | Lafayette, IN

Lauren Valchuis Deerfield Academy | Marlborough, MA

Jessica Ventura Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Voice

Stephen Barchi | Baritone Hauppauge High School | Hauppauge, NY

Kendra Berentsen | Soprano David Douglas High School | Portland, OR

Elizabeth Davies | Popular Voice Byram Hills Senior High School | Bedford, NY

Carlton Ford | Baritone Interlochen Arts Academy | Homewood, IL

Tyler Hodges | Baritone Interlochen Arts Academy | Kalamazoo, MI

Betsy Hott | Soprano Los Lunas High School | Los Lunas, NM

Tatiana Mayfield | Jazz Voice Brewer High School | Fort Worth, TX

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Rafael Moras | Tenor Douglas MacArthur Senior High School | San Antonio, TX

Louis Riva | Tenor Frank Sinatra School of the Arts | Woodside, NY

Sarah Shafer | Soprano State College Area High School | State College, PA

Nadine Sierra | Soprano Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Delray Beach, FL

Steven Stuts | Popular Voice Long Beach Senior High School | Long Beach, NY

Katie Thiroux | Jazz Voice Hamilton Academy of Music | Chatsworth, CA

Nadia Washington | Jazz Voice Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Dallas, TX

Grace Weber | Popular Voice Pius XI High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Lucie Alig | Poetry Interlochen Arts Academy | Indianapolis, IN

Emile Boghos | Poetry Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Writing

Sarah Campbell | Non-fiction writing Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Tara Chandra | Non-fiction writing The Harker School | Los Altos, CA

Amy Claussen | Play or Script for Film/Video Idyllwild Arts Academy | Pittsburgh, PA

Anna Corke | Non-fiction writing Interlochen Arts Academy | Bainbridge Island, WA

Courtney Downing | Selection from Novel Arts & Education Center | Metuchen, NJ

Elspeth Iralu | Non-fiction writing Oak Meadow School | Gallup, NM

Dane Jerabek | Play or Script for Film/Video

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS FINALISTS

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Dallas, TX

Tassity Johnson | Short Story High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Melissa Kalbrener | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Honolulu, HI

Taya Kitaysky | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Rachel Mans | Short Story Greensburg Central Catholic High School | Greensburg, PA

Meredith Mantik | Short Story Idyllwild Arts Academy | Rancho Mirage, CA

Haley Moore | Play or Script for Film/Video Zachary High School | Zachary, LA

Serge Morrell | Non-fiction writing Stuyvesant High School | New York, NY

Nancy Nguyen | Selection from Novel Atlantic City High School | Atlantic City, NJ

Chase Pualani | Short Story Davis High School | Yakima, WA

Halley Reed | Selection from Novel Howard W. Blake Senior High School | Seffner, FL

Shaina Strom | Non-fiction writing Alabama School of Fine Arts | Meridianville, AL

Graham Swindoll | Play or Script for Film/Video Interlochen Arts Academy | Houston, TX

Veronica VanBeuzekom | Short Story Brookline High School | Cambridge, MA

Christopher Varlack | Non-fiction writing Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Victoria Wegerski | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Phoenix, NY

Kelly Wilson | Short Story Interlochen Arts Academy | Kirtland, OH

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

HONORABLE MENTIONS

Cinematic Arts

Shawn Craig Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Whitney Ellis Orange County High School of the Arts | Corona Del Mar, CA

Elizabeth Herman Newton South High Shcool | Newton, MA

Michael Larson Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences | Playa Del Rey, CA

David Lipson Seattle Academy | Seattle, WA

Russell Miller Pius XI High School | Brookfield, WI

Ben Sampson Key West Senior High School | Summerland Key, FL

Jonathan Shields Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Mesquite, TX

Benjamin Ziegelbaum John L. Miller Great Neck North Senior High School | Great Neck, NY

Dance

James Boyd | Choreography Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Jonathan Campbell | Modern Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Cedar Hill, TX

Elizabeth Clark | Modern High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Spring, TX

Comfort Fedoke | Other Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Dallas, TX

Tara Ghassemieh | Ballet Canyon High School | Anaheim Hills, CA

Jason Glover | Ballet

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Bullard Senior High School | Fresno, CA

Jason Glover | Tap Bullard Senior High School | Fresno, CA

Nathan Keen | Jazz Carnbrook School | Birmingham, MI

Kathryn Kelley | Ballet Walnut Hill School | Leominster, MA

Mari Moreno | Other Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Dallas, TX

Ramya Murthy | Other Vanguard Senior High School | Ocala, FL

Anjali Nandakumar | Other Rutgers Preparatory School | Somerset, NJ

Priya Parikh | Other Princeton Senior High School | Cincinnati, OH

Jessica Perrilliat | Other Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Cedar Hill, TX

Justin Prescott | Modern High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Cristina Rodriguez | Other Coral Gables, FL

Amrita Saigal | Other Burlington High School | Burlington, MA

Bansi Shah | Other Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy | Naperville, IL

Anita Sivaraman | Other Dulaney Senior High School | Hunt Valley, MD

Stephanie Williams | Ballet Allen High School | Allen, TX

Jazz

John Britton | Trumpet Eastman School of Music Comm. Edu. Division | Odenton, MD

Nathan Cepelinski | Composition

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Ontario Canada, FS

Greg Diaz Diaz | Trumpet Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Whittier, CA

Ravi Joseph | Guitar Montgomery Blair Senior High School | Potomac, MD

William Norris | Double Bass Seminole Senior High School | Seminole, FL

William Reardon-Anderson | Saxophone Walt Whitman Senior High School | New York, NY

Wade Ridenhour | Keyboard St. James Senior High School | Vichy, MO

Nick Sanders | Keyboard New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | Gretna, LA

Nikolaos Syropoulos | Composition New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Music

David Bernard | Composition St. Paul’s School | Baltimore, MD

Jacob Bernhardt | Classical Piano Home School | Harvard, IL

Conor Brown | Clarinet Boulder High School | Boulder, CO

Abigail Coffer | Flute Home School | Brentwood, TN

Kevin Corn | Flute Spring High School | Spring, TX

Jonathan Gregoire | Organ Interlochen Arts Academy | Ames, IA

Natalie Helm | Violoncello Home School | Louisville, KY

Kara Huber | Classical Piano Interlochen Arts Academy | Oakland, IL

Kevin Jablonski | Contrabass Worthington Kilbourne Senior High School | Columbus, OH

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Shane Lamb | Composition Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Nisa Marks | Harp Cleveland Heights High School | Cleveland Heights, OH

Ryan McCullough | Classical Piano Northcoast Performing Arts and Preparatory Academy | Eureka, CA

Deborah Pae | Violoncello Livingston High School | Livingston, NJ

Justus Parrotta | Organ McLean Bible High School | Annandale, VA

Daniel Schlosberg | Classical Piano Lower Merion High School | Merion, PA

Matthew Smith | Composition San Diego School for Creative and Performing Arts | San Diego, CA

Zara Teicher | French Horn Interlochen Arts Academy | West Bloomfield, MI

Chloe Trevor | Violin Spring Creek Academy | Plano, TX

Daniel Werb | Oboe Newton North High School | Newton, MA

Photography

Chelsea Claus Brawley High School | Brawley, CA

Kiah Cohen Valley Oaks School | Petaluma, CA

James Costigan Towson Senior High School | Baltimore, MD

Sara Fowler Wauwatosa East Senior High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Jessica Graves Episcopal High School | Bellaire, TX

Jessica Hodder Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL

Sarah Hogarty

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

The Kinkaid School | Houston, TX

Charolette Jarrett Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School | Biscayne Gardens, FL

Linh Pham Cypress-Fairbanks High School | Cypress, TX

Jared Quarnstrom Jersey Village High School | Houston, TX

Jose Rodriguez Colegio Maria Auxiliadora | Carolina, PR

Hana Skirkey Boston Arts Academy | South Boston, MA

Kristen Smith Pius XI High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Alejandro Stein Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Pinecrest, FL

Clay Willis Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences | Santa Monica, CA

Theater

Kenya Alexander | Spoken Only High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Bridget Armstrong | Spoken Only Walter Johnson Senior High School | Bethesda, MD

Devon Armstrong | Spoken Only Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Chelsea Barker | Spoken and Musical Theater New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | Mandeville, LA

Robert Barnett | Spoken and Musical Theater Booker High School | Sarasota, FL

Alana Barrett-Adkins | Spoken Only Dillard High School | Miramar, FL

Wayne Bennett | Spoken Only Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Julia Bray | Spoken and Musical Theater Cleveland High School | Portland, OR

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Whitney Brown | Spoken and Musical Theater Ransom Everglades School | Coral Gables, FL

Shermel Carthan | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Tchula, MS

Khristy Chamberlain | Spoken and Musical Theater Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Boynton Beach, FL

Galen Crawley | Spoken and Musical Theater Brookwood Senior High School | Snellville, GA

Jamison Daniels | Spoken and Musical Theater Idyllwild Arts Academy | San Bernardino, CA

Brooks Dennard | Spoken Only The Hockaday School | Dallas, TX

Colin Dweir | Spoken Only Nassau Boces Cultural Arts Center | Greenlawn, NY

Breanna Foister | Spoken Only South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Travelers Rest, SC

Matthew Folsom | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Overland Park, KS

Rebecca Foresman | Spoken Only The Bishop’s School | Del Mar, CA

Tyler Gardella | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Bonita Springs, FL

Crystal Heffernan | Spoken Only Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Boynton Beach, FL

Rachel Helson | Spoken and Musical Theater Louisville Collegiate School | Louisville, KY

Paige Herschell | Spoken and Musical Theater North East School of the Arts | San Antonio, TX

Chasya Hill | Spoken Only Alabama School of Fine Arts | Bessemer, AL

Katherine Houser | Spoken and Musical Theater Mount Notre Dame | Maineville, OH

Erica Hughes | Spoken Only Pittsburgh, PA

Cordelia Istel | Spoken Only St. Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Michael Jefferson | Spoken Only New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | Gretna, LA

Sheila Jones | Spoken and Musical Theater Harrison Center for Performing Arts | Bartow, FL

Zachary Layner | Spoken Only Harrison Center for Performing Arts | Auburndale, FL

Marcella Lentz-Pope | Spoken Only Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Pasadena, CA

Jacob Liberman | Spoken and Musical Theater Gann Academy | Needham, MA

Tessa Ludwick | Spoken and Musical Theater Saugus High School | Saugus, CA

Kaleigh Malloy | Spoken and Musical Theater North Springs High School | Atlanta, GA

Stephanie Maloney | Spoken and Musical Theater Upper St. Clair High School | Pittsburgh, PA

Charles Mann | Spoken and Musical Theater Edinburg, TX

William Marshall | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Harbor Springs, MI

Karli Martin | Spoken and Musical Theater Salt Lake City, UT

Matthew McGuire | Spoken and Musical Theater New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Eric Morris | Spoken and Musical Theater Ross Senior High School | Hamilton, OH

Christopher Myers | Spoken Only Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Andres Ortiz | Spoken Only North East School of the Arts | San Antonio, TX

Oliver Poole | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Charlestown, MA

Havalyn Raeuber | Spoken and Musical Theater Davidson Fine Arts School | Augusta, GA

Dominique Salerno | Spoken and Musical Theater The Bishop’s School | La Jolla, CA

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Jonathan Sarlin | Spoken Only Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

Heath Saunders | Spoken and Musical Theater Chrysalis High School | Kirkland, WA

Aidan Schultz-Meyer | Spoken Only Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Pomona, CA

Emily Shackelford | Spoken and Musical Theater Point Loma High School | San Diego, CA

Elysia Shutrump | Spoken and Musical Theater Canfield High School | Canfield, OH

Lauren Sprague | Spoken and Musical Theater Lakota West High School | West Chester, OH

Graham Swindoll | Spoken Only Interlochen Arts Academy | Houston, TX

Danielle Thomas | Spoken Only Suitland High School | Capitol Heights, MD

Christopher Timson | Spoken and Musical Theater Nassau Boces Cultural Arts Center | Greenlawn, NY

Jessica Uher | Spoken Only St. Francis High School | Los Altos, CA

Robert Watson | Spoken and Musical Theater Shawnee Mission South Senior High School | Overland Park, KS

Grace Weber | Spoken and Musical Theater Pius XI High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Eric Williams | Spoken and Musical Theater Tri-Cities Senior High School | Atlanta, GA

Visual Arts

Max Beck High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Raul Bussot Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Rachel Butterfield Kettle Moraine High School | Petaukee, WI

Maria Cartagena

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Eric Chang St. Paul’s School | Concord, NH

Winston Chmielinski The Roxbury Latin School | Jamaica Plain, MA

Susana Diaz Towson Senior High School | Baltimore, MD

Ahren Esquenazi High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Dena Feiveson High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Bellaire, TX

Michael Fusco Foothill High School | Pleasanton, CA

Kristina Gray Kearney High School | Kearney, NE

Marion Hunt The Westminster Schools | Atlanta, GA

Latrice Jackson New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Hilary Loftus Design & Architecture Senior High School | Homestead, FL

Lauren Lyner Marquette High School | Chesterfield, MO

Loide Marwanga Richard Montgomery Senior High School | Rockville, MD

Iliya Mirochnik Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | Brooklyn, NY

Katie Moser New Orleans Center for Creative Arts | Mandeville, LA

Nayeli Nava Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Centa Petersen Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Boynton Beach, FL

AnnaLyssa Powell Bingham Senior High School | South Jordan, UT

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Sabrina Recabarren New World School of the Arts | Coral Gables, FL

Alexander Robbie Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami Springs, FL

Benjamin Rodriguez New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Emma Sartwell Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Kenya Smith New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Paul Smith, Jr. New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Julia Solorzano Harrison Center for Performing Arts | Lakeland, FL

Elisabeth Southwick High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Sylvie Spencer Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Glendale, CA

Paradiso Tara Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Juan Travieso New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Charles Wagers Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy | Fairfield, OH

Evan Wilson Calvert Hall College High School | Baldwin, MD

Roxanne Yamins Great Neck South High School | Great Neck, NY

Voice

Andrea Beasom | Soprano Home School | La Canada, CA

Kathryn Calzone | Mezzo Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Plymouth, MI

Courtney Fortune | Popular Voice

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Bellingham Senior High School | Bellingham, WA

Jeffrey Gates | Baritone Cleburne High School | Cleburne, TX

Emily Goldstein | Jazz Voice Cleveland Humanities Magnet High School | Northridge, CA

Ariadne Greif | Soprano Home School | New York, NY

Elizabeth Hankla | Soprano National Cathedral School | Chevy Chase, MD

Ashley Harrington | Soprano Churchville-Chili Senior High School | Churchville, NY

Carl Hulden | Baritone Moorhead Senior High School | Moorhead, MN

Ashley Johnson | Soprano Mondovi Public High School | Mondovi, WI

Timothy Koll | Tenor Lake Zurich Senior High School | Lake Zurich, IL

Caitlin Kruman | Soprano The Ellis School | Pittsburgh, PA

Steven LaBrie | Baritone Lake Highland High School | Richardson, TX

Carly LaForest | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Highland, MI

Joseph Lattanzi | Baritone Pebblebrook High School | Mableton, GA

Lauren Libaw | Soprano Polytechnic School | Pasadena, CA

Andrew Lipian | Mezzo Soprano Midview High School | Grafton, OH

Michael Maliakel | Baritone The Lawrenceville School | Hamilton, NJ

Ian McEuen | Tenor Walt Whitman Senior High School | Bethesda, MD

Rishi Rane | Baritone Seminole Senior High School | Longwood, FL

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS HONORABLE MENTIONS

Emily Rapisarda | Soprano Home School | Clayton, NJ

Joshua Seals | Baritone Skiatook High School | Skiatook, OK

Austin Stewart | Tenor Interlochen Arts Academy | Ludington, MI

Mackenzie Whitney | Popular Voice Janesville School | Cedar Falls, IA

Adele Wilson | Soprano Highland Park High School | Dallas, TX

Writing

Jasmin Agosto | Poetry Conard High School | West Hartford, CT

Sarah Black | Poetry Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Erin Brophy | Short Story Pius XI High School | Wauwatosa, WI

Rose Cahalan | Poetry Indiana Area Senior High School | Indiana, PA

Diana Chien | Non-fiction writing Holmdel High School | Holmdel, NJ

Margaret Gaddis | Poetry The Fine Arts Center | Fountain Inn, SC

Laura Gottesdiener | Poetry Milton Academy | Newton, MA

Henry Hays-Wehle | Non-fiction writing Milton Academy | Milton, MA

Addie Honeycutt | Short Story William G. Enloe Senior High School | Raleigh, NC

Hannah Inglesby | Poetry Bald Eagle Area Jr./Sr. High School | Fleming, PA

Andrea Jenkins | Short Story Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Taya Kitaysky | Poetry

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Sarah Newberry | Non-fiction writing Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Ni Pan | Short Story Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ

Alexandra Petri | Play or Script for Film/Video National Cathedral School | Fond Du Lac, WI

Glynnis Ritchie | Poetry Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Elana Rodman | Poetry Walt Whitman Senior High School | Bethesda, MD

Hanna Roos | Non-fiction writing Alexander W. Dreyfoos, Jr. School of the Arts | Greenacres, FL

Hannah Rosner | Selection from Novel Bridgman High School | Bridgman, MI

Hannah Rosner | Short Story Bridgman High School | Bridgman, MI

Olga Rukovets | Non-fiction writing Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ

Andrew Valencia | Selection from Novel Reedley Senior High School | Dinuba, CA

Katelyn Walters | Short Story Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Victoria Wegerski | Non-fiction writing Interlochen Arts Academy | Phoenix, NY

Kemper Wray | Poetry South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Rock Hill, SC

MERIT

Cinematic Arts

Arielle Baron Cherry Creek High School | Philadelphia, PA

Danny Belkin

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Thomas S. Wootton Senior High School | Rockville, MD

Laura Caccavo Clarkstown North Senior High School | New City, NY

Elise Coker Union County Magnet High School | Scotch Plains, NJ

Yoko Okumura Perpich Center for Arts Education | Richfield, MN

Billy Sharff Hanover High School | Cornish, NH

Dance

Mary Baird | Other Bronx High School of Science | New York, NY

Samantha Benoit | Ballet Fort Lauderdale, FL

Tara Bizub | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | New York, NY

James Boyd | Modern Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Kendall Britt, Jr. | Ballet Home School | Seattle, WA

Nora Brown | Ballet Hamilton Wenham Regional High School | South Hamilton, MA

Jonathan Campbell | Ballet Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Cedar Hill, TX

Norbert De La Cruz III | Modern Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Lauren Difede | Modern High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Woodlands, TX

Carlos Garland | Other Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Shamony Gibson | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | South Ozone Park, NY

Aarushi Gupta | Other Modesto High School | Modesto, CA

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Aynsley Inglis | Ballet Ursuline Academy | Wilmington, DE

Jayasree Iyer | Other East Brunswick High School | East Brunswick, NJ

James Kopecky | Tap Carmel Catholic High School | Lake Villa, IL

Beverle Law | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | Jamaica, NY

Elizabeth Leahy | Choreography High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Laura Little | Ballet Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Saugus, CA

Michael Love | Tap Seneca Valley Senior High School | Germantown, MD

Levi Marsman | Modern Walnut Hill School | Boston, MA

Marqui Matkowski | Ballet Clonlara School | Walled Lake, MI

Malanie Morgan | Modern Brooklyn, NY

Elyse Morris | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | Brooklyn, NY

David Myrie | Modern Benjamin Banneker Academy | Brooklyn, NY

Kelsey Ottley | Ballet Independence Senior High School | Escondido, CA

Lauren Post | Ballet Harid Conservatory | Indianapolis, IN

Erin Pritchard | Ballet Lake Highland Preparatory School | Longwood, FL

Cassandra Rambaud | Jazz Redwood High School | Visalia, CA

Yarinet Restrepo | Ballet New World School of the Arts | Leisure City, FL

Chelsea Rowe | Choreography Wayzata High School | Plymouth, MN

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Jwyanza Russell | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | Brooklyn, NY

Stephanie Russell | Modern Harrison Center for Performing Arts | Lakeland, FL

Nicole Serra | Tap New World School of the Arts | Miami, FL

Madhvi Venkatesh | Other University High School | Irvine, CA

Ashley Walters | Modern Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | Brooklyn, NY

Jazz

Max Almario | Percussion South Pasadena High School | South Pasadena, CA

Elan Asch | Saxophone Walt Whitman High School | Huntington, NY

Kyle Athayde | Trumpet Acalanes Senior High School | Orinda, CA

Kyle Athayde | Other Acalanes Senior High School | Orinda, CA

Pawan Benjamin | Saxophone Madison West High School | Madison, WI

Kristopher Bowers | Composition Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Los Angeles, CA

Andrew Carroll | Keyboard Manlius Pebble Hill School | Los Angeles, CA

Victor Gould | Keyboard Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Simi Valley, CA

Alex Han | Saxophone Pinnacle Senior High School | Scottsdale, AZ

Jay Rattman | Saxophone Stroudsburg High School | Stroudsburg, PA

Jose Ruiz | Flute Freedom Senior High School | Tampa, FL

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Matt Smith | Violin Chugiak Senior High School | Chugiak, AK

Brandon Tucay | Percussion Iolani School | Waipahu, HI

Corey Wilcox | Trombone Douglas Anderson School of the Arts | Jacksonville, FL

Music

Joshua Archibald-Seiffer | Composition Timberline High School | Boise, ID

Elizabeth Beilman | Viola Ann Arbor Pioneer High School | Ann Arbor, MI

Julian Cartwright | Composition Summit Senior High School | Summit, NJ

Katerina Cramarciuc | Composition Century High School | Hillsboro, OR

Robert Espe | Saxophone Independence Community High School | Independence, IA

Kimberly Everett | Oboe Bolton High School | Memphis, TN

Benjamin Folk | Percussion Interlochen Arts Academy | Leland, MS

Tessa Frederick | Violin Madison Central High School | Richmond, KY

Alden Gatt | Classical Piano Community School of Naples | Naples, FL

Kathryn Hathaway | Composition Rutherford High School | Rutherford, NJ

Jocelyn Jiao | Classical Piano Castilleja School | Cupertino, CA

Riley Karp | Classical Piano Pacific Palisades, CA

Hannah Kuipers | Harp Rochester Community Technical College | Rochester, MN

Steven Limpert | Trumpet

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Delaware County Christian School | West Chester, PA

Loren Loiacono | Composition Ward Melville High School | Old Field, NY

Mary Lynch | Oboe Interlochen Arts Academy | Washington, DC

Corie Melaugh | Popular Piano Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences | Tulsa, OK

Cassidy Payne | Classical Guitar Gulf Breeze Senior High School | Gulf Breeze, FL

Vicki Powell | Viola East High School | Madison, WI

Jaclyn Rainey | French Horn Youth Performing Arts School | Lagrange, KY

Emilia Salazar | Flute Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Ian Sullivan | Percussion Interlochen Arts Academy | Linwood, NJ

Michael Thurber | Contrabass Interlochen Arts Academy | Lasalle, MI

Kate Waldman | Composition Holton-Arms School | Washington, DC

Sang Yhee | Violoncello Tenafly High School | Tenafly, NJ

Photography

Alixandra Baycroft The Kinkaid School | Houston, TX

Andrea Bullen Sherwood Senior High School | Olney, MD

Micaela Carolan Paideia School | Decatur, GA

Maria Cartagena High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Robinson Deckert Westhampton Beach High School | Westhampton Beach, NY

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Drew Doallas-Baxter Yorktown High School | Arlington, VA

Rachel Dorrett Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

David Fricke Collierville High School | Collierville, TN

Jessy Griswold Towson Senior High School | Towson, MD

Juan Guevara Jersey Village High School | Houston, TX

Kat Hughes Interlochen Arts Academy | Summersville, WV

Clare Kobasa Aces/Educational Center for the Arts | New Haven, CT

Katherine Kookogey Towson Senior High School | Lutherville, MD

Katie Krieger Albert Einstein Senior High School | Silver Spring, MD

Shane Lavalette Essex Junction High School | Boston, MA

Kevin Li Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL

Alexander Lorenzen Towson Senior High School | Towson, MD

Zachary Merrick Towson Senior High School | Towson, MD

Kenna Miller North Hollywood Senior High School | Encino, CA

Kathryn Mitchell National Cathedral School | Washington, DC

Lyla Nelson Bob Jones Senior High School | Madison, AL

Sterling Poole Duncan U. Fletcher Senior High School | Neptune Beach, FL

Jennifer Prats Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Miami, FL

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Jacquelyn Sparks Classen School of Advanced Studies | Oklahoma City, OK

Danielle Triana Miami Palmetto Senior High School | Pinecrest, FL

Evan Trine Orange County High School of the Arts | Los Alamitos, CA

Michelle White Lama High School | Arlington, TX

Visual Arts

Frances Ahn Castro Valley High School | Castro Valley, CA

Justin Aragon Chattanooga School for the Arts and Sciences | Hixson, TN

Adrianna Arintok Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Kiriko Brindley Baltimore School for the Arts | New Freedom, PA

Hannah Brooker Victory Christian School | Owasso, OK

Amber Carraway Home School | Utica, MS

Sebastien Coles Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Shawn Craig Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Anne Cremeans Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Towson, MD

Sophia Dawson Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | Brooklyn, NY

Shipra De Green Valley High School | Las Vegas, NV

Jerry Dease, Jr. Crossland Senior High School | Brandywine, MD

Keenan Derby

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Paideia School | Atlanta, GA

Rachel Dorrett Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Irina Dukhnevich Plano East Senior High School | Plano, TX

Kathleen Durkin Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Arbutus, MD

Rachel Engler Walt Whitman Senior High School | Bethesda, MD

Caitlin Fennelly Upper Darby Senior High School | Upper Darby, PA

Taylor Forrest The Chicago Academy for the Arts | Chicago, IL

Laura Friend Ward Melville High School | Stony Brook, NY

Paul Gamo Whitney M. Young Magnet Senior High School | Chicago, IL

Diana Garcia Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Jenna Gard Booker High School | Sarasota, FL

Gloria Gordon Victory Christian School | Tulsa, OK

Leticia Guevara Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Elias Gurrola Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Jennifer Guzman Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Baltimore, MD

Aydin Hamami Walt Whitman Senior High School | Bethesda, MD

Kristin Haner Landmark Christian School | Newnan, GA

Kar Kay Ho Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | Brooklyn, NY

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Samuel Hooper Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Philiadelphia, PA

Charolette Jarrett Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School | Biscayne Gardens, FL

Rawleigh Jones Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Parkville, MD

Peter Kiernan Landon School | Bethesda, MD

Eunice Kim East Brunswick High School | East Brunswick, NJ

Jean Kim Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA

Wendy Knapp Elyria Senior High School | Elyria, OH

Simon Ko Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | Flushing, NY

Jenny Lai Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA

Linda Lang Bob Jones Senior High School | Madison, AL

Shanda Larsen Sky View Senior High School | Logan, UT

Christine Li Dos Pueblos Senior High School | Goleta, CA

Max Liu Harvard-Westlake Senior High School | Los Angeles, CA

Jessica Lyew-Ayee Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Andrew Lyles The Chicago Academy for the Arts | Gary, IN

Kevin McCall Chaparral Senior High School | Scottsdale, AZ

Rachael Miller Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Bel Air, MD

Jonathan Mitchell Sky View Senior High School | Hyde Park, UT

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Sarah Newberry Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Soo Park Rutherford High School | Rutherford, NJ

Marla Parker The Pittsburgh’s High School for the Creative and Performing | Pittsburgh, PA

Priscilla Pena Archbishop Coleman Carroll High School | Miami, FL

Tess Perrin Governor Livingston High School | Mountainside, NJ

William Pfaff Delbarton School | Chester, NJ

Daniel Quirk Springfield Central High School | Longmeadow, MA

Antoinette Ranjbar Patapsco Senior High School Center for the Arts | Baltimore, MD

Jessica Riuo Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami Beach, FL

Katarina Rivera Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts | Dallas, TX

Elizabeth Rosenthal High School for the Performing and Visual Arts | Houston, TX

Nicole Salcedo Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Elizabeth Schaefer Walter Payton College Prep. High School | Chicago, IL

Sadie Scheffer Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | Brooklyn, NY

Ellen Scott Deerfield Academy | Clemmons, NC

Megan Seymour Plano West Senior High School | Dallas, TX

Gwen Shockey Princeton Day School | Princeton, NJ

Cheryl Smith Glenelg Senior High School | Sykesville, MD

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Erma Smith Tacoma School of the Arts | Tacoma, WA

Sydney Stasch Holton-Arms School | Gaithersburg, MD

Emma Steinkraus Interlochen Arts Academy | Williamstown, MA

Natalie Stephens South Carroll Senior High School | Sykesville, MD

Elizabeth Swiderski Baltimore, MD

Joseph Tarantelli Honeoye Falls-Lima High School | Honeoye Falls, NY

Neil Tropel Visual and Performing Arts High School | Jersey City, NJ

Lydia Tyburski Walt Whitman Senior High School | Bethesda, MD

Kerry Virgien Harvard-Westlake Senior High School | Los Angeles, CA

Kate Wignall Plano East Senior High School | Plano, TX

Eric Wiley Centennial High School | Boise, ID

Amy Wong Great Neck South High School | Great Neck, NY

Brittany Wood Design & Architecture Senior High School | Miami, FL

Mina Yi Bayonne High School | Bayonne, NJ

Voice

Julie Adams | Popular Voice Los Angeles County High School for the Arts | Burbank, CA

Rachel Arnett | Soprano Winter Park Senior High School | Maitland, FL

Lauren Barreiro | Soprano

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Coral Reef Senior High School | Miami, FL

Dana Bercowetz | Jazz Voice Northwest Catholic High School | Bloomfield, CT

Karly Bowman | Soprano Urbana Senior High School | Ijamsville, MD

Katherine Crowe | Soprano Hereford Senior High School | Parkton, MD

Pratik Dash | Jazz Voice Franklin High School | Franklin, TN

Sophie Delphis | Soprano Palo Alto High School | Palo Alto, CA

Laurel Dimmick | Soprano EIE Academy | Alta Loma, CA

Natasha Drake | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Mankato, MN

Roxane Fedrigo - Loos | Soprano San Marcos High School | Santa Barbara, CA

Alexis Flores | Soprano School of the Arts | San Francisco, CA

Kayleen Follman | Soprano La Webber High School | Albion, NY

Chelsea Friedlander | Soprano West Morris Central High School | Port Murray, NJ

Lorraine Gayer | Soprano Interlochen Arts Academy | Naples, FL

Shaya Greathouse | Soprano Home School | Lynden, WA

Jermaine Jackson | Tenor Cleveland Institute of Music | Lawrenceville, GA

Jessica Juste | Popular Voice Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School | Miami, FL

John Kapusta | Baritone Roy C. Ketcham High School | Wappingers Falls, NY

Stephanie Maloney | Mezzo Soprano Upper St. Clair High School | Pittsburgh, PA

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Maia Masuda | Soprano Classical High School | Providence, RI

Kristen McElwain | Soprano Cinco Ranch High School | Katy, TX

Emily McHugh | Soprano Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School | Arlington, VA

Emma McNairy | Soprano Gonzalo Garza Independence Senior High School | Austin, TX

Marielle Murphy | Soprano Robert Louis Stevenson Senior High School | Carmel, CA

Amanda Opuszynski | Mezzo Soprano University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI

Christopher Remmel | Bass Mount Everest Academy | Los Angeles, CA

Sarah Reynolds | Soprano Gonzalo Garza Independence Senior High School | Austin, TX

Tahirih Silcock | Soprano Walnut Hill School | Natick, MA

Tess Thorman | Soprano Castilleja School | Palo Alto, CA

Erica Tsacoyeanes | Soprano Pomperaug High School | Southbury, CT

Blair Van Horn | Bass Interlochen Arts Academy | Bellefontaine, OH

Alexa Wildish | Soprano Orange County High School of the Arts | Laguna Beach, CA

Irene Zarr | Soprano Grand Blanc Community High School | Grand Blanc, MI

Yaritza Zayas | Soprano San Juan, PR

Writing

Daniel Adamsky | Short Story Phillips Academy | Pelham, NH

William Alden | Short Story

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Harvard-Westlake Senior High School | Santa Monica, CA

Genevieve Andreas | Short Story Breck School | Golden Valley, MN

Kathleen Bagley | Short Story Carthage High School | Carthage, TX

Miranda Bailey | Poetry Howard W. Blake Senior High School | Tampa, FL

Elizabeth Bartels | Non-fiction writing Noble and Greenough School | Lexington, MA

Justin Beltz | Non-fiction writing South Carolina Governor’s School for Arts and Humanities | Bluffton, SC

Rebecca Berkman-Rivera | Poetry Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts | Brookyln, NY

William Braun | Short Story St. Cloud, MN

Sarah Campbell | Short Story Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Eric Chang | Short Story St. Paul’s School | Concord, NH

Amanda Charlton | Poetry Cumberland Regional High School | Bridgeton, NJ

Peter Chestnut | Poetry Perpich Center for Arts Education | Faribault, MN

Peter Chestnut | Short Story Perpich Center for Arts Education | Faribault, MN

Ailen Cruz | Short Story Howard W. Blake Senior High School | Tampa, FL

Sinead Daly | Non-fiction writing St. Ann’s School | Brooklyn, NY

Aditya Durgam | Short Story Pflugerville Senior High School | Pflugerville, TX

Colette Earnest | Poetry Howard W. Blake Senior High School | Riverivew, FL

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Katharine Ehrenberg | Poetry St. Ann’s School | New York, NY

Mgbechi Erondu | Short Story Phillips Academy | Englishtown, NJ

Barbara Greenberg | Non-fiction writing Western High School | Davie, FL

Robert Gruber | Poetry Chamblee Senior High School | Atlanta, GA

Lili Gu | Short Story Pine Crest School | Weston, FL

Emily Gustason | Short Story Perpich Center for Arts Education | Rosemount, MN

Kyle Hansen | Short Story Georgiana Bruce Kirby High School | Santa Cruz, CA

Miles Hopgood | Short Story Paul Laurence Dunbar High School | Lexington, KY

Rachel Huskey | Short Story The Fine Arts Center | Greenville, SC

Christopher Huynh | Short Story Spring High School | Spring, TX

Paula Kaufman | Poetry South Charleston High School | Charleston, WV

Carolyn Kerchof | Poetry Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Courtney Kersten | Play or Script for Film/Video Eau Claire Memorial Senior High School | Eau Claire, WI

Hannah Klinger | Selection from Novel Alabama School of Fine Arts | Birmingham, AL

Jessica Lawrence | Poetry Newton High School | Conyers, GA

Allison Levin | Play or Script for Film/Video Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Owings Mills, MD

Anastasia Lugo Mendez | Non-fiction writing Interlochen Arts Academy | Interlochen, MI

Alberto Luperon | Short Story Howard W. Blake Senior High School | Brandon, FL

2006 YOUNGARTS WINNERS MERIT

Dillon Magrann-Wells | Short Story Acalanes Senior High School | Lafayette, CA

Katherine Marple-Cantrell | Non-fiction writing Episcopal School of Dallas | Richardson, TX

Jeremy Meisinger | Non-fiction writing J.P. Stevens High School | Edison, NJ

Alysse Padilla | Play or Script for Film/Video Harvard-Westlake Senior High School | Los Angeles, CA

Brigid Pasco | Selection from Novel New Britain, CT

Alexandra Petri | Short Story National Cathedral School | Fond Du Lac, WI

Ashish Premkumar | Poetry Rock Bridge High School | Columbia, MO

Rachel Rocklin | Short Story Carver Center for Arts and Technology | Timonium, MD

Justo Santeliz | Non-fiction writing Meade Senior High School | Jessup, MD

Sarah Scafidi | Selection from Novel Tewksbury Memorial High School | Tewksbury, MA

Diana Shen | Poetry Hunter College High School | Astoria, NY

Theresa Stefaniak | Short Story Milwaukee High School of the Arts | Milwaukee, WI

Elsbeth Teague | Non-fiction writing Interlochen Arts Academy | Madisonville, KY

Nicolette Vestrich-Shade | Selection from Novel Towson Senior High School | Ruxton, MD

John Wait | Short Story Riverside High School | Durham, NC

Rebecca Waits | Short Story School for Creative and Performing Arts | Cincinnati, OH

Sarah Yeung | Poetry Arts & Education Center | Piscataway, NJ

Gregory Young | Short Story Alabama School of Fine Arts | Jacksonville, AL