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Leah Abramson-SlaterHonorable Mention Poetry 13561552 Restlessness

Cleveland High School Eric Levine

Kevin Aday Gold Key Critical Essay 13579697Social Media Activism

South Pasadena High School Diane Shires

Rutie AfriatHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13542838

Animals as Resources: The Painful Product of Our Produce

Yeshiva Univ High School La-Girls Candice Kelsey

Phoenix AfscharHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13579670

The Winning and Losing Hands


Sonia Agarwal Silver Key Poetry 13431366The Strength in Light

Corona Del Mar High School Erin Topping

Ayush Agrawal Silver Key Humor 13529261 Bye Bye OzoneCanyon Crest Academy Kevin Leal

Chiara AguilarHonorable Mention Short Story 13580428

Cycles, Loose Ends, and Other Things Gifted to Me

California Virtual Academies Kimberley Ragland

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Below are the regional American Voices Nominees and Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention award recipients of the 2020 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in West Writing Region-at-Large.

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2020 West Writing Region-at-Large Award Recipients

Daanish AhmadHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13442638

Ezekiel, the Marvelous Empath Cate School Alicia Hammond

Kate Ahn Silver KeyDramatic Script 13501555 Seaweed Soup

Rancho Bernardo High School Karen Kravchak

Sophia Ai Silver Key Short Story 13487114 Cloud Castles Home SchooledMan Lai Esther Peckham

Sophia Ai Silver Key Flash Fiction 13545189Colors Of The Heart Home Schooled

Man Lai Esther Peckham

Maia Aikens Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13561634

Sentry at the Marsh

Meadowdale High School Cricket Sutton

Stella AldrichHonorable Mention Poetry 13583854

I searched for a shepherd in the Arctic and might have found him

Flintridge Preparatory School Genevieve Morgan

Molly Alexander Silver Key Critical Essay 13559345

How To Learn From Rauschenberg

Larchmont Cs-Lafayette Park David Schwartz

Simon AlexanderHonorable Mention

Dramatic Script 13432684 Lord of the Loch Wildwood School Stephanie Fybel

Phoenix Ali Rajah Silver Key Poetry 13483532 Waves

Ramon C. Cortines School for the Visual and Performing Arts Julie McManus

Aminah AliuHonorable Mention Poetry 13585721 Such a Trifle Chadwick School Mark Pangilinan

Aminah Aliu Silver Key Poetry 13435126English Class Discussion Chadwick School Mark Pangilinan

Aminah Aliu Silver Key Poetry 13585992 Dear Nana, Chadwick School Mark Pangilinan


River Almsted Silver Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13499364 Swarm

Vancouver Arts & Academics School Jody Adams

Aurora Alten-HuberHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13564036 The Labyrinth Haines High School Alex Van Wyhe

Sofia AlvaHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13541647

It is impossible to separate art from the artist


Vanessa AlvaradoHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13586336

Synthesis Argument Essay


Danielle Amir-Lobel Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13543227 DynaCarb

La Jolla Country Day School Hadley Zeavin

Danielle Amir-Lobel Gold Key Journalism 13543272

In Afghanistan, winning peace requires diplomacy


Danielle Amir-Lobel Gold Key Poetry 13563441On Days Like Today

La Jolla Country Day School Siham Gheewala

Danielle Amir-LobelHonorable Mention Poetry 13543065

A Farewell to a Dear Friend


Danielle Amir-Lobel Silver Key Journalism 13543140 Coding BodiesLa Jolla Country Day School Hadley Zeavin

Danielle Amir-Lobel Silver Key


Literature is a Life Raft


Danielle Amir-Lobel Silver Key


On Top of the World



Danielle Amir-Lobel Silver KeyWriting Portfolio 13564290

Time to Escape the Social Cage

La Jolla Country Day School Siham Gheewala

Devin AndaluzHonorable Mention Poetry 13581876 Red Island

Kihei Public Charter High School Tara Lindsey

Paige Anderson Silver Key Critical Essay 13562753

An Exploration of Plants and Race St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Megan ApostolHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13452668

In Terms Of Punctuation Home Schooled


Djuna (Demeter) Appel-Riehle Silver Key Poetry 13563598 Excavation SiteAlexander Hamilton Senior High School Hanna Harris

Fizzah Arshad Silver Key Critical Essay 13562808

The Worth of Escapist Literature

Otay Ranch High School

Melinda Hennessey

Fiona Ashton-KnochelHonorable Mention Poetry 13577284 Femme

Herriman High School Erica Plummer

Azaria Grace Au Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13495586 Dear Mom Home Schooled


Edith Avilés-Fitzpatrick Gold Key Short Story 13504511Between Breaths

Olympia High School Carolyn Gilman

Edith Avilés-FitzpatrickHonorable Mention Short Story 13482779

The Mob's Torch


Edith Avilés-FitzpatrickHonorable Mention Short Story 13510539

A Little Fire and Other Lies



Edith Avilés-Fitzpatrick Silver Key Critical Essay 13482638

Silence Equals Death, and it Turns Out Government Action Does Too: On the US Government's Role in the AIDS Epidemic


Andrew BaagHonorable Mention Poetry 13564867 Ocean of Life

West Ranch High School Michael Smith

Iman Baber Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13559702 Hey, Brown Girl

West Ranch High School Rachel Grothe

Angel Bacos Silver Key Poetry 13539527

Five Acts of Felicity: a Collection

Waianae High School Mike Oconnor

Angel Bacos Silver Key Poetry 13541912

Darkness of Man: a Collection

Waianae High School Mike Oconnor

Hayun BaeHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13583372 Comfort

Interlake High School Jueun Shin

Hayun BaeHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13583505 The Forest

Interlake High School Jueun Shin

Santiago Bailey-Musacchio Gold KeyDramatic Script 13579491

The Struggling Writer's Guide to Demons and Exorcisms

Santa Barbara High School Brett Griffith

Joleen Bakalova Gold Key Poetry 13563967 Goddess GirlCitrus Valley High School Clarissa Ngo


Joleen Bakalova Silver Key


Eggplant and Tomato, Boiled Rice, and Cucumbers

Citrus Valley High School Clarissa Ngo

Aidan Bar-Cohen Silver Key Critical Essay 13561902 Safety FirstSouth Pasadena High School Diane Shires

Sophia Bartolotta Silver Key Poetry 13430568big money fridays

El Molino High School Leah Woody

Sophia Bartolotta Silver KeyWriting Portfolio 13430570 Being Smart

El Molino High School Leah Woody

Daphne BeaberHonorable Mention Poetry 13582251

Poetry Collection

Denver School Of The Arts Azar Kohzadi

Cailey BeckHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13563964 Samgyetang

New Covenant Academy Jay Yoon

Cailey Beck Silver Key Poetry 13564418Nothing Special To Be Found

New Covenant Academy Jay Yoon

Maggie BedrinHonorable Mention Poetry 13446651

Dead Man's Choice - The Raven and The Skull

West Albany High School Babette Grunwald

Ayla Belsby Gold Key Poetry 13469049

Where I Learned to Stand

Liberty Bell Jr Senior High School Kelly Grayum

Saffron Bennett-Spurlock Gold Key Short Story 13555594Eve, 1968: a photo St Mary's Academy Anne Evans

Ruby Benson Silver Key


It Hadn't Even Crossed My Mind To Save Myself

Woodinville High School Christine Traxler


Olivia Bernard Silver Key Critical Essay 13538206

Place Priority on Pronouns, for the Love of the Law! Ballard High School Kristin Storey

Jupiter BerrysmithHonorable Mention Poetry 13552398

Ode of Odes 2/14/19 York School Jennifer Berry

Jupiter Berrysmith Silver Key Poetry 13553584 51 York School Jennifer Berry

Audrey BiggarHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13550860

Hate U Give Essay


Lauren Biggs Gold Key Short Story 13461666Every Now and Again West High School Rachel Wall

Noa Blonder Gold KeyWriting Portfolio 13514119 Climbing

Detoledo High School Sarah Golden

Noa BlonderHonorable Mention Poetry 13510572 You Cannot

Detoledo High School Erin Gastaldi

Noa BlonderHonorable Mention Short Story 13513067 Surrender

Detoledo High School Erin Gastaldi

Noa Blonder Silver Key Short Story 13510549 PeriwinkleDetoledo High School Tony Soltis

Leila BloomingdaleHonorable Mention Poetry 13551610 Villanelle Crossroads School Abigail Chew

Gabriel Bloom-O'Sullivan Silver Key Flash Fiction 13578330February 12, 2684 Bush School Chelsea Jennings

Rachel BlytheHonorable Mention Poetry 13582872 The Big "I"

Developing Virtue Girls School Jin Jr Shi

Julianna Boekweg Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13576738 Bipolar Lips


Kassy BonannoHonorable Mention Poetry 13497494

The American Education System St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Suebeen BongHonorable Mention Poetry 13580529

Whetstone For The Mirror

Orange County School of the Arts Derrick Ortega


Liza BorghesaniHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13423548 Epilimnion Cate School Alicia Hammond

Sofia Bowers Gold Key Short Story 13582428The Book's Perspective

Odyssey Charter School Andrew Gagne

Alexia BravoHonorable Mention Poetry 13548506 The Little Leaf

Shahala Middle School Hilary Ireland

Alexia BravoHonorable Mention Poetry 13548637 Perfection

Shahala Middle School Hilary Ireland

Elena Brem Gold Key Poetry 135387902222 B Canyon Drive

Orange County School of the Arts Josh Wood

H. Paul BrenHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13452833 The Caregiver Home Schooled B. Muller

Jane Brinkley Gold KeyWriting Portfolio 13585927

The Little Girl Gets By In This One

South Eugene High School Suzie Mclauchlin

Joseph BroderickHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13555565

To Protect and Serve: Building Better Communities Through Better Policing


Joseph Broderick Silver Key Critical Essay 13562286

Why Tolerate Zero-Tolerance?


Ashley BrowningHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13475256 The Statue Layton High School

Shauna Christensen

Sofia BrunaHonorable Mention Poetry 13538768 The Poet

Raymond & Esther Kabbaz High School John Harris


Velia BuccilliHonorable Mention Poetry 13555589 amicitia


Karissa Buenrostro Silver Key Poetry 13543015Mother Nature's Warning

Puc Community Charter Early Clg High School Michelle McPeek

Jem Burch Gold Key Poetry 13510617

Beachcombing / Storm / Gyration / 3 AM / View from Gilley Buckley School Korama Danquah

Jem Burch Silver Key Short Story 13510689 Falling Water Buckley School Korama Danquah

Kezia BurgoyneHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13562345 Looking Away

Hawaii Technology Academy Pcs Jack Glasser

Kezia BurgoyneHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13562451 Conversation


Kezia BurgoyneHonorable Mention Poetry 13562822

A Night Without The Moon


Claire BurkhardtHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13563665

Is Fake News Really Fake: How Polarized Media Affects Our Country Davidson Academy Rebecca Coleman

Chester BurnettHonorable Mention Short Story 13581443 The Wolf

California School of the Arts John Blaylock

Chester BurnettHonorable Mention Humor 13581485 Jacuzzi


Grace BurtonHonorable Mention Poetry 13572278 This morning

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Sara Cohen


Grace Burton Silver Key Poetry 13572069 JuneHarvard-Westlake Upper School Sara Cohen

Leni BurtonHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13583932 Enough.

Thomas Starr King Middle School Jennifer Hoefer

Daniel Cai Silver Key Critical Essay 13540224

America's Education System is Failing Students Home Schooled Jing Chen

Ben CampionHonorable Mention Short Story 13542735

Peace, Forever Held Bush School Chelsea Jennings

Melissa Canales Silver Key Journalism 13582351

Mobilizing America's Young Voters: What Will it Take?

Quartz Hill High School Leigh Martinez

Annie Cao Gold Key Poetry 13461596 CordeliaProspect Ridge Academy Ari Finkelstein

Annie CaoHonorable Mention Short Story 13533282 Dead Fish

Prospect Ridge Academy Ari Finkelstein

Annie CaoHonorable Mention Poetry 13549931

The Saltwater Theory

Prospect Ridge Academy Ari Finkelstein

Frances Carlson Gold Key Critical Essay 13526231

Nothing into Something: Theaster Gates’ Vision for Change on Chicago’s South Side

Laguna Blanca School Ashley Tidey

Yoon Carlson Silver Key Flash Fiction 13579115 Fruit Loops Wildwood Academy Claire Gilchrist


Disha CattamanchiHonorable Mention Poetry 13563286

Anomalies, Salvation

Juanita High School Stacey Jesse

Elizabeth Cave Gold Key Poetry 13566319 Sailor to Shore St Mary's Academy Anne Evans

Grace ChaHonorable Mention Poetry 13561558 Lost

Walter Reed Middle School Unknown

Joanne ChaeHonorable Mention Journalism 13447592

You’ve Been Matched!

Girls Academic Leadership Academy Adrianne Warlick

Kaden ChaiHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13551442

Self-Medicated Poverty


Garrek ChanHonorable Mention Humor 13433883

Start Queuing Now! Home Schooled Faye Li

Garrek ChanHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13526684 My Trashy Life Home Schooled Faye Li

Jolin Chan Gold Key Poetry 13441406 Of the Orient Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Jolin ChanHonorable Mention

Dramatic Script 13422286

The Last Supper Sage Hill School Jeffrey Crockett

Jolin ChanHonorable Mention Poetry 13442643

disaster of a father; My Mama is Xiwangmu, Queen Mother of the West; Descendant Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Jolin Chan Silver Key Poetry 13449834Hues of the Earthly Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Yee Kit Chan Silver Key Poetry 13582811A Tribute to Friendship


Yee Kit Chan Silver Key Critical Essay 13582998To sleep, or not to sleep?



Ethan Chang Silver Key Flash Fiction 13425523

Opportuity, Time, and A Little Bit More Irvine High School Morgan Rosser

Hyunseo ChangHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13561858

Gender Roles In The Odyssey Through The Modern Perspective St Mary's School Jae Jin Lim

Noah Chang Silver Key Poetry 13527344Persons of Color and etc.

Orange County School of the Arts Youngju Seo

Nicholas Chau Gold Key Critical Essay 13579961Racism in Sports


Allen ChenHonorable Mention Humor 13473661

Sticky Situation: A Satire

Del Norte High School Stephanie DaFoe

Annie ChenHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13542498 To English South High School Carlene Shultz


Writing Portfolio 13542825

Milk for Strong Bones South High School Carlene Shultz


Dramatic Script 13557113 Inertia South High School Carlene Shultz

Carolyn Chen Gold Key


The Solomon Gulch Hatchery

Arcadia High School Sarah Wang

Eileen Chen Gold Key Poetry 13436016The Nine Kinds of Silence Foothill High School Josh Hermanson

Eileen ChenHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13436014 Paper Pals Foothill High School Josh Hermanson

Eileen ChenHonorable Mention Short Story 13542263 Not Okay

Bellevue High School Kristina Dahl


Joy Chen Gold Key Poetry 13533544portrait: four days of faith Irvine High School Peter LaBerge

Joy Chen Gold Key Poetry 13533548

Portraits: Fu Hao & Lin Siniang Irvine High School Peter LaBerge

Joy Chen Gold Key Poetry 13542487 blue movie Irvine High School Peter LaBergeJoy Chen Gold Key Flash Fiction 13579994 ageless Irvine High School Peter LaBerge

Joy ChenHonorable Mention Poetry 13542621

how to kill, then resurrect a culture: in clusters Irvine High School Peter LaBerge

Joy Chen Silver Key Poetry 13542297nanjing origin story Irvine High School Peter LaBerge

Joy Chen Silver Key Poetry 13543038

apology, on chinese superstitions Irvine High School Peter LaBerge

Joy Chen Silver Key Flash Fiction 13564371 taste Irvine High School Peter LaBerge

Joy Chen Silver Key Poetry 13564379pomegranates & sin Irvine High School Peter LaBerge

Kaitlyn ChenHonorable Mention Short Story 13520647 Stars

Lakeside Middle School Sarah Callender

Kaitlyn Chen Silver Key


Moments to Remember

Lakeside Middle School Sarah Callender

Kaitlyn Chen Silver Key Poetry 13521987 Auntie WhoLakeside Middle School Sarah Callender

Laura ChenHonorable Mention Novel Writing 13563589

A Letter for the Ashes

Orange County School of the Arts Nikkia Pannell

Marina Chen Gold Key Poetry 13488280Blood from Overseas

Redmond High School Kevin Joffre

Marina ChenHonorable Mention Poetry 13496945 To save flowers



Marina ChenHonorable Mention Poetry 13497166

Why I've Never Been To Miami



What about Icarus



Dressing on the side


Marina Chen Silver KeyWriting Portfolio 13488303

All Poems, Love Poems


Marina Chen Silver Key Poetry 13497721

A list of things that I am named for


Ethan Cheng Gold Key Short Story 13563272 A Willing Heart Home Schooled Tracy Selina Chan

April ChernilaHonorable Mention Poetry 13422273

Sharper Than My Pencil

Los Alamitos High School

Karen Yoshihara-Ha

Jordan CheungHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13585021 Selfish

Santa Margarita Cath High School Christina Rising

Sophia ChiuHonorable Mention Poetry 13467734 delicacy

Westview High School Bob McHeffey

Sophia Chiu Silver Key Critical Essay 13480142Not a Yellow and White Issue


Lauren ChoHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13542227

Avant-Garde Music: The Cultural Hole in Nazi Germany

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Kendall Rice

Lauren Cho Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13541974 A Child's Choice


Ye Eun ChoHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13542518

Conflicts and the Best Solutions

University High School Youngju Seo


Ye Eun Cho Silver Key Critical Essay 13556705

The fight for black women's health care and reproductive rights


Andrew Choe Silver Key Poetry 13498501Maternal Dorsum

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Julia Grody

Rebecca Choe Silver Key Poetry 13422750 hUsHCypress High School Jennifer Davidson

Annabelle ChoiHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13510874

Hamlet and Ophelia Davidson Academy Rebecca Coleman

Annabelle Choi Silver Key Critical Essay 13510844Sir Gawain’s Motivations Davidson Academy Rebecca Coleman

Erin Choi Gold Key Humor 13455525 Hanyaked Portola High School Clarissa Ngo

Joyce ChoiHonorable Mention Short Story 13585981

Overwhelming Blank Eyes

John Marshall High School Esther Kim

Lyntara ChoiHonorable Mention Humor 13472180 Procrastination

Valencia High School Paul Harrison

Mina ChoiHonorable Mention Poetry 13578705

Hug the Sea For Me

Marymount High School Margaret Brady

Mina ChoiHonorable Mention Poetry 13578929 Figs

Marymount High School Margaret Brady

Minjae ChoiHonorable Mention


American Ninja Warrior


Minjae ChoiHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13527459

Tim Burton: A Magician of Films



Minjae Choi Silver Key Critical Essay 13542541

The Watergate Scandal and Trump Administration


Sol Choi Gold Key Critical Essay 13527574

Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun: The Blistering Heat of Intersectionality in the United States


Sol Choi Gold Key Critical Essay 13527601

Climate Change of Many Faces: Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and the Future Plight of the Poor


Sol ChoiHonorable Mention Poetry 13527538 Indiana Jones


Sol ChoiHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13527593

Reunification with a Human Face: The Long Awaited Meeting of the Two Brothers



Sol ChoiHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13527627

Okonkwo’s Antagonists in Things Fall Apart: Toxic Hypermasculinity and European Imperialism examined through a Psychological Perspective


Sol Choi Silver Key Poetry 13527554 immortalUniversity High School Youngju Seo

Chloe Chong Silver Key


A Year in the Life of a Korean-American

Flintridge Preparatory School Inyoung Seoung

Samantha ChongHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13479218

Dogmeat Anyone? Home Schooled


Erin ChowHonorable Mention Short Story 13523604

The Man on the Beach Catlin Gabel School Sharee Chapman

Erin ChowHonorable Mention


The Brightest Light Catlin Gabel School Sharee Chapman

Annika Christensen Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13452730 Mother

Annie Wright Schools Laura Barber

Seneca Christie Gold Key Poetry 13497229Strings in the Mirror



Seneca ChristieHonorable Mention Poetry 13497136 Falling Deep


Chidera ChukwumerijeHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13480096 My People Cate School Alicia Hammond

Kaylee Chun Gold Key Journalism 13522545

Change In Your View Of The World: A Risky Procedure

La Cañada High School Kendall Rice

Matthew Chun Silver Key Flash Fiction 13524112The Desert Stars

Rolling Hills Preparatory School Emily Balliet

Charis ChungHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13543221 Bread

San Marino High School Michelle Cota

Charis Chung Silver Key Flash Fiction 13543188 The WindSan Marino High School Michelle Cota

Jinny Chung Gold Key Poetry 13447329 Ballad: The Job Cate School Alicia Hammond

Owen Chung Gold Key Flash Fiction 13510268 Table for OneHarvard-Westlake Middle School Damaris Saenz

Yerin Chung Gold Key


New Generation Begins International School Noal Fox

Saige CoatesHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13570001 Growth


Alyssa CobarrubiasHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13427181 Trust Hurts

Santa Fe High School Alison Johnson


Lily CohnHonorable Mention Short Story 13528844

In The House on Thunderbird Hill

Northwest Academy Henry Matusow

Margherita Coiro Silver Key Short Story 13433573 Refugee Story

Immaculate Heart High School & Middle School Suzanne Keogh

Madeleine Conachy Chang Silver Key


Genesis Awakening

Ashland High School Paul Huard

Fiona ConstantineHonorable Mention Poetry 13467800 Summer Snow

da Vinci Arts Middle School Alison Lanigan

Fiona ConstantineHonorable Mention Poetry 13472808

Thorns on the Rosebush


Fiona ConstantineHonorable Mention Poetry 13473378

Tokens from Home


Fiona Constantine Silver Key Critical Essay 13467782

Equal Rights: Why Everyone Deserves Them


Aubrielle Cook Gold Key Poetry 13554153 Parisian SunriseMackintosh Academy Melody Parker

Aubrielle Cook Gold Key Poetry 13554713Queen of the Desert

Mackintosh Academy Melody Parker

Anna Coppola Silver Key Flash Fiction 13548563 The Fear of Fire Home Schooled Jody Best

Lucy Corrie-TannenHonorable Mention Short Story 13524061

The Orange Tree

John Marshall High School Martha Atwell

Lucy Corrie-Tannen Silver Key Poetry 13524037A Different Kind of Love Letter

John Marshall High School Martha Atwell

Elinor Cummings Silver Key Poetry 13521204The Beauty in this World

Lakeside Middle School Susan Mortensen


Daniel D'Agnese Silver Key Short Story 13523446 Grave-digger Classical Academy Candi D'Agnese

Michael Dai Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13527682 Mama's Boy

Sutter Middle School Keith Rowe

Michael DaiHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13527979 The Calling

Sutter Middle School Keith Rowe

Michael Dai Silver Key Flash Fiction 13435519 SurvivorSutter Middle School Keith Rowe

Michael Dai Silver Key Short Story 13461088 Boot CampSutter Middle School Keith Rowe

Tiffany DaiHonorable Mention Short Story 13499950

The Unfortunate Inside

Folsom High School Wendy Pierce

Tiffany DaiHonorable Mention

Dramatic Script 13538404 Checkout

Folsom High School Wendy Pierce

Tiffany Dai Silver Key Poetry 13538814 ViolinsFolsom High School Wendy Pierce

Fiona Daley Silver KeyDramatic Script 13578680

You Are What's Wrong With Me St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Kelly DanielpourHonorable Mention


Story of My Father, of Me Crossroads School Bonnie Gray

Madison DaoHonorable Mention Poetry 13553494

Influence Haikus Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Jordan Davidson Gold Key


Life Will Not Charge an Equal Price Colorado Academy Ross Holland

Jordan Davidson Gold KeyDramatic Script 13538643

The Whole, Dead, Truth Colorado Academy Ross Holland


Jordan DavidsonHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13498043

How to Get to Know a Stranger Colorado Academy Ross Holland

Jordan DavidsonHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13500319 Atonement Colorado Academy Ross Holland

Jordan DavidsonHonorable Mention


Rubble in The Water Colorado Academy Ross Holland

Jordan Davidson Silver Key


The End of the Chivalrous Knight Colorado Academy Ross Holland

Jordan Davidson Silver Key Poetry 13538497

Poems for the New American Child Colorado Academy Ross Holland

Devon Davila Gold Key Short Story 13541600 Butterfly WingsFlintridge Preparatory School Tyke O'Brien

Devon DavilaHonorable Mention Poetry 13541949

Daughter and Son

Flintridge Preparatory School Tyke O'Brien

Emma Davis Gold Key Poetry 13527286 GHOSTS Home Schooled Elaine Davis

Emma DavisHonorable Mention Poetry 13527558

I Hear America Screaming Home Schooled Elaine Davis

Emma DavisHonorable Mention


These False Gods Home Schooled Elaine Davis

Hannah Dawson Gold Key Flash Fiction 13554752 Lost CoastOrange County School of the Arts Josh Wood

Morgan Dawson Gold Key Poetry 13575382 A 2020 VisionMercer Island High School Chris Twombley

Maja De Bonte Silver Key Novel Writing 13554902 DarklightWoodinville High School Christine Traxler


Kate DellettHonorable Mention Poetry 13567187 It's a Joke

Mountain Range High School Brandi Potestio

Kate DellettHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13567348

Following Starlings


Shea DelphinidaeHonorable Mention Poetry 13563331 For You

Bainbridge High School Mary Rowland

Jonathan Deng Silver Key Poetry 13473452 Winter's Wrath Home SchooledMan Lai Esther Peckham

Sofia DenisHonorable Mention Poetry 13433282

Balloons, That One Jacket, Numb, Falling, Words and Bullets


Dana DewHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13457787 Murthwaite


Olivia Di Giulio Gold Key Critical Essay 13522389

The Role of Required Reading: Trading “Big Nate” for Bigger Ideas St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Loela DickeyHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13563846 Stubborn Joy St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Phoebe Dickinson Silver Key Poetry 13555982 Fourth of JulySouth Pasadena High School Rama Kadri

Emmarie Dillard Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13549749 Bye for Now Davidson Academy Rebecca Coleman


Nina Dinan Gold Key Poetry 13435723

The Phantom Ship, Beneath the Spanish Moss

Pasadena High School Joy Lendsey

Iris Ding Silver Key Humor 13535228

An Idiots Guide To Understanding Chinese Superstitions Home Schooled


Sequoia DingHonorable Mention Humor 13539993 Fandom

South Pasadena Middle School Stephanie Jenkins

Sequoia DingHonorable Mention Poetry 13540484

First is the Worst


Sequoia DingHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13540546 The Leg


Julia Do Gold Key Flash Fiction 13578850Cirrostratus Dialogue

La Quinta High School Ken Elliott

Julia DoHonorable Mention Short Story 13557165

Heaven Is Three Blocks Away


Julia DoHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13563395

chrysanthemum tea


Julia DoHonorable Mention Poetry 13586801

Romanticizing the Jock


David Dong Gold Key Critical Essay 13558281

Everybody Be Quiet! Active SETI/METI and the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Odle Middle School

Christopher Nitzsche


Ruoshan Dong Gold Key Journalism 13584959

Why So Serious?: The Incel Controversy

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Jim Burns

Charlotte Dore Silver Key Poetry 13433303 Kids Of America


Isabella Downey Silver Key


Lost In Translation Windward School Kara Nebel

Laura DoyleHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13533483 Voices Tyee Middle School Danielle Schropp

Ryan DuHonorable Mention Short Story 13564495

Yours and Mine Within Irvine High School Natalie Hanks

Ryan DuHonorable Mention Poetry 13564632

I'll See You Soon Irvine High School Natalie Hanks

Ryan Du Silver KeyWriting Portfolio 13575624 A Writer's Life Irvine High School Natalie Hanks

Marielle Dumlao Silver Key Short Story 13523588The Man in the Unknown

Temescal Canyon High School Thomas Collins

Isabelle DuMontierHonorable Mention


Change Through Death


Lily Dunkin Silver Key Critical Essay 13500498To Vote With Your Dollar

Peak To Peak Charter School Kristie Letter

Lily Dunkin Silver Key Poetry 13500836Circle The Hawks


Kaelyn Dunnell Gold Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13532569 WHAT A DOLL.

St Margaret's Episcopal School Kimberly Kim


Kaelyn DunnellHonorable Mention Short Story 13522796

What's One Dagger, Another Dagger Shot


Kaelyn Dunnell Silver Key Flash Fiction 13523580 Black HistorySt Margaret's Episcopal School Kimberly Kim

Kaelyn Dunnell Silver Key Poetry 13532687Self-Examination


Ayden EdgarHonorable Mention Poetry 13554265

Baking Freedom

Mackintosh Academy Melody Parker

Fischer EdwardsHonorable Mention Poetry 13456703 Grandpa

Liberty Bell Jr Senior High School Kelly Grayum

Alex ElshyebHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13430503

The Importance of Immigration Policy in the 2020 Election

Pacific Collegiate School Andrea Roth

Mina Enayati-UzetaHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13585828

An Evaluation of Candyland Home Schooled Amanda Enayati

Clio ErignacHonorable Mention Poetry 13537003

Words of My Travels

International Community School Lauren Jackson

Shaemus Eyre Silver Key Critical Essay 13555027Wind Power--The Future Home Schooled Lindsay Eyre

Elijah EzralowHonorable Mention Journalism 13585206

Armed and Angry Crossroads School Nicole Loomis

Daniella FairleyHonorable Mention


What Once Was

James Irwin Charter High School Nancy Williams

Annie Fang Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13430564 grow up, please

The Bishop's School Anna Clark


Taylor FangHonorable Mention


Reimagine the Self(ie) Logan High School Tracy Cummins

Taylor Fang Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13574063 FOMO Logan High School Tracy Cummins

Taylor Fang Silver Key Poetry 13578420 extraterrestrial Logan High School Tracy Cummins

Nadia FarjamiHonorable Mention Poetry 13539901 eve: re-sculpted

St Margaret's Episcopal School Dallas Clemmons

Nadia FarjamiHonorable Mention Poetry 13545330 to spring


Nadia FarjamiHonorable Mention Poetry 13548757 Genesis Part 2


Nadia Farjami Silver Key Poetry 13540517 the crowsSt Margaret's Episcopal School Dallas Clemmons

Nadia Farjami Silver Key Poetry 13542570 farsi fleshSt Margaret's Episcopal School Dallas Clemmons

Sofia FarmarcoHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13558397

Teen Alienation Leads To Mental Illness


Sofia Farmarco Silver Key Short Story 13551606The Redcoats Are Coming!


Ava FaustinaHonorable Mention Short Story 13542894 The Shot

Sierra Canyon School Victoria Zielinski

Ava Faustina Silver Key Short Story 13532585Golden Slumbers

Sierra Canyon School Victoria Zielinski

Ainsley FawcettHonorable Mention


Tales of Past Lives and Literature Home Schooled Kathryn Denson

Ainsley Fawcett Silver Key Critical Essay 13529849

We Can Prevent Mass Shootings Home Schooled Kathryn Denson


Abia FaziliHonorable Mention Poetry 13500538 Giant Leap Waterford School Kirsten Jorgenson

Abia Fazili Silver Key Poetry 13424009 Starved Eyes Waterford School Kirsten Jorgenson

Abia Fazili Silver Key Short Story 13501150

Young Eyes Through a Green Doorframe Waterford School Kirsten Jorgenson

Lucia Fee Silver Key Short Story 13563115 The PastTechnology High School Elizabeth Fee

Emily Feng Gold Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13582423 Synergy

Interlake High School Ho Sik Sin

Claire FernandezHonorable Mention


The Course of the Gold Dragon

Tri-City Christian School Jody Palmer

Claire FernandezHonorable Mention Novel Writing 13586203 The Dax Portal

Tri-City Christian School Jody Palmer

Anna Field Silver KeyDramatic Script 13447439

The Gadfly and the Monster

Northwest Academy Doug Cornett

Anna Field Silver Key Poetry 13447468Turn up the radio

Northwest Academy Doug Cornett

James FinlaysonHonorable Mention Short Story 13476205 [REDACTED] Layton High School

Shauna Christensen

Sarah FischerHonorable Mention Poetry 13447682

A Once a Year Treat Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Satchel FisherHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13441264 Rat Boy


Kate FlahertyHonorable Mention Poetry 13538233

She Is Why I live Through Each Day

Centaurus High School Jeb Offutt


Finn Flanagan Silver Key Short Story 13586207 The Subway Kid Home Schooled Lilianna Serbicki

Maia FleckHonorable Mention Short Story 13498408

Dreaming of Rain


Michelle Foley Gold Key Poetry 13581205 Into the MirrorCarmel High School Steven Russell

Michelle FoleyHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13578944 Rosio

Carmel High School Steven Russel

Michelle FoleyHonorable Mention Poetry 13580929 Paper Cranes

Carmel High School Steven Russell

Michelle Foley Silver Key Poetry 13433894 HerCarmel High School Steven Russell

Michelle Foley Silver Key Poetry 13434916 LeftoversCarmel High School Holly Lederle

Grace FontesHonorable Mention Poetry 13556269

Myself in Twenty Lines

Mayfield Senior School Of Holy Child Kimberly Gomez

Grace Fontes Silver Key Poetry 13542524 I am


Willow Frady Silver Key Poetry 13475856 SeasonsLiberty Bell Jr Senior High School Kelly Grayum

Kaila Frazer Gold Key Poetry 13532125 Constellations Bush School Chelsea Jennings

Mikaela FrenchHonorable Mention


Senior Writing Portfolio

Idyllwild Arts Academy Kim Henderson

Abby FuehrerHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13441299 Personal Essay

Naches Valley High School Ali Bernard


Ari Fuss Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13548545 Lovers St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Mikaylee FussellHonorable Mention Poetry 13507755

For An Old Friend


Grace Galligan Silver Key Poetry 13509256 DepartureCherry Creek High School Erika DeShay

Jessie GanHonorable Mention Journalism 13423614

Austria or Prussia? The Power of Appeal vs. the Might of Fear

San Diego Jewish Academy Brendan Riley

Jessie Gan Silver Key Journalism 13423617

Plight of the Peasants: A Memoir

San Diego Jewish Academy Susan Wu

Kelly GanHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13423144 Band Aids

San Diego Jewish Academy Stacy Goldblatt

Kelly GanHonorable Mention Poetry 13423150

I Would Like to Be a Star

San Diego Jewish Academy Stacy Goldblatt

Phillip GanHonorable Mention Short Story 13563921 900 Series

Arcadia High School Nancy Beagle

Anbini Ganesh Gold Key Poetry 13520442 Into All SpaceLakeside Middle School Susan Mortensen

Mohona GangulyHonorable Mention Poetry 13581474 Song 49

Harvard-Westlake Upper School LaShonda Long

Andrew Gao Gold Key


A Tale of Two Countries

Canyon Crest Academy Kevin Leal

Caroline GaoHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13461432

Why K-pop Matters

West Albany High School Jordan Ruppert


Caroline Gao Silver Key Short Story 13526198A Midnight Treat

West Albany High School Jordan Ruppert

Sophia GargiuloHonorable Mention Poetry 13438895 Shattered

Santa Catalina School Chris Avedissian

Sophia Gargiulo Silver Key Poetry 13437430Delicacy of the Doll

Santa Catalina School Chris Avedissian

Abby Garner Silver Key Short Story 13556635Lifeless Short Story


Frida GasparHonorable Mention Short Story 13486418

The Day Lauren Got a Job Interview

Immaculate Heart High School

Masha Tatarintseva

Maria GaspariniHonorable Mention Short Story 13433529 The Dead Clock


Katie GavenHonorable Mention

Dramatic Script 13485451 Lost Oakwood School Andrew Shafers

Eleanor Gentry Silver Key Poetry 13585341The End and Other Fears


Luke GialanellaHonorable Mention

Dramatic Script 13463188 Despot Windward School Jeff Miller

Eva Gibbs-ZehnderHonorable Mention Poetry 13537757 When

Culver City High School Susan Grieder

Adam Glasser Silver Key Poetry 13432611

My family is an ever running motor car

San Diego Jewish Upper School Sara Hansen

Sierra GlassmanHonorable Mention Poetry 13458194 Descending

Ocean Grove Charter School Peilin Chang

Sierra GlassmanHonorable Mention Poetry 13458199

Lammergeier’s Feast


Sierra GlassmanHonorable Mention Poetry 13458226 Albatross



Maanit GoelHonorable Mention


Crimson Desolation

Evergreen Middle School Nicole Kesler

Madeleine GoertzHonorable Mention Poetry 13462100

Mariposas on Monsters and Madness


Andrew Gong Gold Key Short Story 13564146 HundredHarvard-Westlake Upper School Jocelyn Medawar

Eric Gong Silver Key Humor 13562914

Ultimate Guide To Surviving School: Elementary and Middle

University High School Elena Pu

Lily Gong Silver Key Journalism 13501580Netflix: The Great Exodus

Palisades Charter High School Stephen Klima

Maya Gonzalez-PachecoHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13578708

Liberty and Equality


Kimberly Gonzalez-Zelaya Gold Key Poetry 13568682Mini Brown Poems

San Ysidro High School Marko Gutierrez

Kimberly Gonzalez-ZelayaHonorable Mention


Letters of Hardship


Kimberly Gonzalez-ZelayaHonorable Mention Short Story 13582962 Aztlan


Zach GorHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13585297 The Hunt Viewpoint School Eboni Rafus

Dhru GoudHonorable Mention


I'm Afraid of Fire Home Schooled Kimberly Grey

Dhru Goud Silver Key Poetry 13424768Log #390-Something Home Schooled Kimberly Grey


Molly GreenHonorable Mention Poetry 13500277 Blue Raspberry

St Margaret's Episcopal School Christie McMahon

Molly GreenHonorable Mention


The Operating Room


Molly Green Silver Key Flash Fiction 13500308 Dear Mom,St Margaret's Episcopal School Christie McMahon

Addison GriffithHonorable Mention Poetry 13457794

Barely Standing, Reflection, Playground Talk

Riverdale Grade School Carrington Light

Audrey Liv Gruian Silver Key Poetry 13522722 ... / a duetEastlake High School Kara Riely

Jiahui Gu Silver Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13536055 Off Balance

Robert Louis Stevenson School Henry Gaudier

Makayla GubbayHonorable Mention


The Art of Feeling

Canyon Crest Academy Holly Austin

Gabi Guidero Gold Key


This Is Not What I Signed up For


Gabi GuideroHonorable Mention Poetry 13516175 Life Renga


Ella GullionHonorable Mention Poetry 13562146

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Ramon C. Cortines School for the Visual and Performing Arts Lesley Harris

Annaliese GumbocHonorable Mention


The City of Gods

Oregon Episcopal School Rick Rees


Brandon GuoHonorable Mention


How I Found "My City"


Christine Ha Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13582839 Hoarder

Arroyo Grande High School Amber Derbidge

Christine Ha Silver KeyDramatic Script 13584731 Daisy


Christine Ha Silver Key Poetry 13584807Suicide's Purgatory


Julian HaHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13563897

A 21st Century Crucible

Loyola High School Of Los Angeles Kendall Rice

Soojong Ha Silver Key Humor 13537141

How to Win Every Talent Show Troy High School Gabrielle Hufferd

Alexandra Hall Gold Key


Rose-Colored Glasses and Other Lies

Cheyenne Mountain High School Kim Will


Personal Essay & Memoir 13455214 'Sweet Ash'




Plato: The Jeweler


Alexandra HallHonorable Mention


How to Drive a Broken Car


Alexandra Hall Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13455174 Dear Gregory


Claire Hambuchen Gold KeyDramatic Script 13542600

Covert Operations St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi


Lilia HamidehHonorable Mention Poetry 13507273 Reflection


Isabel HammondHonorable Mention


Tearing Up My Toes Waterford School Kirsten Jorgenson

Hannah Han Gold Key Short Story 13532482 AngelHarvard-Westlake Upper School Lisa Rado

Hannah Han Gold Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13554850 Ours

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Lisa Rado

Hannah HanHonorable Mention Short Story 13554958 Butter Knife

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Lisa Rado

Hannah Han Silver Key Poetry 13524833 Sa PaHarvard-Westlake Upper School Lisa Rado

Jenny HanHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13547723

A Glitched Youth Home Schooled


Lea Han Gold Key Poetry 13577247 Asking AmericaVista Del Lago High School Kyle Hadley

Lea HanHonorable Mention Poetry 13580689 Kumiho

Vista Del Lago High School Kyle Hadley

Lea Han Silver Key Poetry 13583962 reminiscenceVista Del Lago High School Kyle Hadley

Camille HansenHonorable Mention Poetry 13549993

Out the Library Window Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Camille Hansen Silver Key


The Witch's Murky Mixture Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Gwendolyn HansonHonorable Mention Poetry 13475224 Declaration

Archer School For Girls Kathleen Bergen

Gwendolyn Hanson Silver Key Poetry 13474756 Epic Poem #1Archer School For Girls Kathleen Bergen


Gwendolyn Hanson Silver Key Poetry 13475193 RuinsArcher School For Girls Kathleen Bergen

Selina Haroon Silver KeyDramatic Script 13561541

Best Friends, Right?

Canyon Crest Academy Nicole Baker

Evanna HasanHonorable Mention Poetry 13542968

Wretchedness in the Land to the North

Mission Hills High School Alecia Markgraf

Evanna Hasan Silver Key


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Mission Hills High School Alecia Markgraf

Evanna Hasan Silver Key Poetry 13542951 In SrihattaMission Hills High School Alecia Markgraf

Hannah HathawayHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13585530

Welcome to Yellowclone Park

Northwest Academy Molly Sultany

Clare HawkinsonHonorable Mention Poetry 13508274

On the Gold Line


Ari HeHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13564053

Alcoholism's Need for Balance


Charlotte HeHonorable Mention Poetry 13449450 Selfish Love Cate School Alicia Hammond

Annabelle HealyHonorable Mention Novel Writing 13521241

Whispers Underground

Lutheran High School Diane Hollenbeck

Annabelle HealyHonorable Mention Poetry 13522485

The Brain Behind Two Eyes

Lutheran High School Diane Hollenbeck

Sarina Hegli Gold KeyDramatic Script 13541538

The Woman In White

Canyon Crest Academy Zachary Brown

Molly Heinold Silver Key Short Story 13467097 Finally Free Home Schooled Kimberly Heinold


Joonyoung Heo Silver Key


A Sample of Betrayal

Pacific Cascade Middle School

Caroline Freidenfelt

Andrew Her Silver Key Critical Essay 13541510

The Fight for Year-Round Schools

Heritage Oak Private School Denise Miller

Audrey HerHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13540289

The Malfunction in an Education System: Standardized Testing Troy High School Janet Lewis

Madeline HermanHonorable Mention Short Story 13428547 Asylum

Telluride Middle High School Bonnie Emerick

Jasmine HerriHonorable Mention Poetry 13496399

Goodbye Not Forever


Jasmine Herri Silver Key Flash Fiction 13488546 Burning BrightInternational Community School Lauren Jackson

Jasmine Herri Silver Key Poetry 13499830 Guardian AngelInternational Community School Lauren Jackson

Gili Heyman Silver Key Short Story 13454240 A Nice Girl St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Allison Hixson Gold Key Journalism 13552755

Conservatives Can Help Make America Kind Again

Mercer Island High School Chris Twombly

Alyssa S. Ho Gold KeyDramatic Script 13473657

Rigoberta Menchu



Alyssa S. HoHonorable Mention


Troop 251’s End of Year Video 2019


Tioné HoecknerHonorable Mention Poetry 13507989 America in 2019 Waterford School Kirsten Jorgenson

Genevieve Holliday Silver Key Short Story 13558606 Man UpCherry Creek High School Ariell Bachman

Emma Hong Gold Key Critical Essay 13537225

China’s Gendercide under the One-Child Policy: What is Really to Blame?


Emma Hong Silver Key Flash Fiction 13426897 White RiceThe Bishop's School Anna Clark

Emma Hong Silver Key Flash Fiction 13463517

A Guidebook on Sisterhood: Lost, Found, and Lost Again


Emma Hong Silver Key Short Story 13538970

Don’t Leave Your Coins in a Jar


Stephany HongHonorable Mention Short Story 13542778

It’s Not Even Past

Crean Lutheran High School LaVelle Johnston

Chana Horowitz Gold Key Short Story 13586475 Für EliseYeshiva Univ High School La-Girls Candice Kelsey

Joanna Hou Gold Key


to brown paper bags

Westview High School Laura Cox

Joanna Hou Silver Key Humor 13510732

The Official Author's Guide to Staying Relevant

Westview High School Laura Cox


Jeremy Hsiao Gold Key Poetry 13433033 IdiosyncrasyCalifornia School of the Arts Estella Ramirez

Jeremy HsiaoHonorable Mention Poetry 13433031 Burning Walls

California School of the Arts Estella Ramirez

Jeremy HsiaoHonorable Mention Poetry 13433035 questions


Jeremy Hsiao Silver Key Poetry 13433029 AnthropogenicCalifornia School of the Arts Estella Ramirez

Jeremy Hsiao Silver Key Poetry 13433034 GrowthCalifornia School of the Arts Estella Ramirez

Jeremy Hsiao Silver Key Journalism 13433037

Rapper Nipsey Hussle’s life journey: Crip to community activist


Jeremy Hsiao Silver KeyDramatic Script 13435658 The Nomads


Eleanor Hsieh Silver Key Poetry 13578345new years resolution

John A Rowland High School Leslie Smith

Eleanor Hsieh Silver Key Poetry 13578992 bloody knucklesJohn A Rowland High School Leslie Smith

Deanna Hu Gold Key Poetry 13525777

Real Talk, Fakers, The Venomous Fox, Affirmating

Del Norte High School Jennifer Philyaw

Amy Huang Silver Key Poetry 13497789

Trampled Heart, Remind Me of You, A Search For Life, Clay Can Be Permanent Too

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School Lara Patterson


Andy HuangHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13582066

Immortalized Mortals

Lakeside High School Betty Wang

Andy Huang Silver Key Critical Essay 13581830Can I get a Refill?

Lakeside High School Betty Wang

Corine Huang Silver Key Poetry 13501825She Stands into the Wind

Robert Louis Stevenson School Erin Peterson

Flora HuangHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13537381 Drifting

Stoller Middle School Jenny Baber

Lucas Huang Gold Key Short Story 13462314An Unexpected Adventure Home Schooled Veldorah Rice

Ellie Huh Gold Key Critical Essay 13447589

Feminine Discourse vs Phallogocentric Power in The Tempest Davidson Academy Veronica Huh

Ellie HuhHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13447585

Effects of Political and Economic Expediency on Chinese Migration and Exclusion Davidson Academy Veronica Huh

Ellie Huh Silver Key Critical Essay 13447596

Season of Migration to the North: Orientalism and Decolonization Efforts Davidson Academy Veronica Huh

An Lin Hunt-Babcock Silver KeyDramatic Script 13478754

Feminists Still Like Flowers


Ben IboshiHonorable Mention Short Story 13563895 Devil Music

Ulysses S. Grant High School Sharee Chapman


Emily ImanishiHonorable Mention Short Story 13553820

Technicolor Nostalgia

Arts & Communication Magnet Academy Amy Fanning

Natalia Iniguez Loza Silver Key Short Story 13551432The kind that, hurts Knight High School Vanessa Bravo

Jack Ishibashi Gold Key Critical Essay 13549307

The Hate U Give Argumentative Essay


Rohan IyerHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13539784 Drowning

Tesla Stem High School Ken Nguyen

Aubrey JacobHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13541892 Blind


Clementine JaffeHonorable Mention


Be Wary of the Robot

Lake Oswego Middle High School Chris Beeler

Clementine Jaffe Silver Key Poetry 13575798 Life Goes OnLake Oswego Middle High School Chris Beeler

Jibiana Jakpor Silver Key Poetry 13480181 Haiku PortfolioWoodcrest Christian School Austin Wright


Alexander Jamison Silver Key Critical Essay 13571047

Mission Now-Possible: A Critical Scientific Analysis of How DNA Technology Will Solve Unsolvable Cases at Never Before Seen Speeds


Luke JankowskiHonorable Mention Poetry 13447838 Waking Up

Loyola High School Of Los Angeles Kelly Farland

Jaylee Jazwiec Gold KeyDramatic Script 13444633 Deep Blue

Encore High School for the Arts Aldora Thackeray

Joyce Jiang Silver Key Poetry 13585621 One StepRobert Louis Stevenson School Sarah McCann

Yunhao Jiang Silver Key Humor 13479781

Ultimate College Application Guides For Dummies Home Schooled


Zhiqin Jiang Gold Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13585701 Deception


Zhiqin JiangHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13550995

Separating the Art From the Artist: Sherman Alexie



Grace Jin Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13543245 Dinnertime Rice

University High School James Garcia

Grace Jin Gold Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13543386 The Packaging


Grace JinHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13543639

The Attention Deficit


Grace Jin Silver Key Critical Essay 13422733

The Falsification of the Body Positive Movement


Grace Jin Silver Key Poetry 13564566 FluidityUniversity High School James Garcia

Haiyue JinHonorable Mention Journalism 13581966

Public Schools Should End Zero Periods

University High School James Lin

Jessamine Jin Silver Key Short Story 13561479 Bleeding SunWest Ranch High School Rachel Grothe

Joyce JogweHonorable Mention Poetry 13529826 Too Much Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Joyce Jogwe Silver Key Poetry 13524010This Soil Is Full of Worms Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Joyce Jogwe Silver Key Poetry 13527827

Idealism Sure Is One Hell of a Drug Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Kamarin Johnson Gold Key Poetry 13456725

A Coffin is No Place for a Body


Kamarin JohnsonHonorable Mention Poetry 13466010

If you know I'm lonely



Kamarin JohnsonHonorable Mention Poetry 13466360 Still


Kamarin Johnson Silver Key Poetry 13466322Maybe in a dream


Kamarin Johnson Silver Key Critical Essay 13538977 The B in LGBT+Encore High School for the Arts Aldora Thackeray

Serena JohnsonHonorable Mention Poetry 13546703

Ode to Cut Flowers St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Madeline JohnstonHonorable Mention Short Story 13509075 Candle Light

Douglas High School Zoe Shorten

Grace Jones Silver Key Short Story 13585696 The Reason Gateway School Lissa McCullough

Kate JonesHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13577243 Faerie Rings Bush School Chelsea Jennings

Jazzmin Joya Gold Key Short Story 13585411If I Can't Be Perfect

Synergy Quantum Academy Chanti Nealon

Emma KaerHonorable Mention Poetry 13536628 La tour de dieu

Lakeridge High School Shannon McBride

Emma KaerHonorable Mention Poetry 13563376 Fear

Lakeridge High School Shannon McBride

Grace KallmanHonorable Mention Poetry 13542907 Lines Sonoma Academy Brandon Spars

Grace KallmanHonorable Mention Poetry 13542931

Luminescent Waters Sonoma Academy Brandon Spars

Camden Kaminsky Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13578126 My Best Friend


Paisley Kandler Gold Key Poetry 13524427Grimm Perspectives

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Laurence Weber

Dara Kang Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13525374 To My Grandma

Fairview High School James Hensley


Dara KangHonorable Mention Poetry 13467688 Erasers

Fairview High School James Hensley

Esmé Kaplan-Kinsey Gold Key Short Story 13447925Dollar Store Stars Credo High School Emily Bliquez

Esmé Kaplan-KinseyHonorable Mention Short Story 13447918 Chasing Space Credo High School Emily Bliquez

Esmé Kaplan-KinseyHonorable Mention Short Story 13447920 Senioritis Credo High School Emily Bliquez

Jaeden KapurHonorable Mention Poetry 13569871

Count My Breaths

Eastlake High School Kara Riely

Jaeden KapurHonorable Mention Poetry 13572989 Hello Nobody

Eastlake High School Kara Riely

Ava Sophia Karahalios Silver Key Poetry 13427433 SmileSt Margaret's Episcopal School Kimberly Kim

Ava Sophia Karahalios Silver Key Poetry 13463510 CanvasSt Margaret's Episcopal School Kimberly Kim

Jennifer KarlanHonorable Mention Poetry 13585572 To My Mother

Palisades Charter High School Stephen Klima

Jennifer Karlan Silver Key Poetry 13580888 Oh JuliusPalisades Charter High School Stephen Klima

Saw Paw KayHonorable Mention Poetry 13478035

Stop the Genocide of My People

E3 Civic High School John Sciarratta

Keara KeeltyHonorable Mention Poetry 13566007

From the Shoreline, the Child Believed


Elizabeth Keller Gold Key Critical Essay 13510993

Musical Symbolism in “Two Kinds” St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Elizabeth KellerHonorable Mention Poetry 13535074

A Sestina for the Random Words St Mary's Academy Christi Krug


Elizabeth Keller Silver Key Novel Writing 13543561The Dyclaroar Net St Mary's Academy Christi Krug

Isabela Kellogg Silver Key


An Icaza Woman’s Affection for Jewelry

The Bishop's School Laine Remignanti

Gihanna KellyHonorable Mention


Through Kade's Eyes


Alexis KerraneHonorable Mention

Dramatic Script 13557988 2075


Cassandra Kesig Silver Key Short Story 13555119

Leif Erikson Discovers the West, Everything is Fine for 500 Years


Anna Kiesewetter

Gold Key, American Voices Nominee

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13462101 Flawless

Issaquah High School Marianne Null

Anna Kiesewetter Silver Key Short Story 13448911 HimIssaquah High School Marianne Null

Aiden KimHonorable Mention


A Colorado Christmas St Brendan School Larry Hong

Andrew KimHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13522425 Going for Gold

Pacific Cascade Middle School

Caroline Freidenfelt

Ashley KimHonorable Mention Short Story 13541557 At the Lake

Santa Margarita Cath High School Bianca France

Brandon KimHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13542927

Korean/American Tongue, Traitorous

Culver City High School Anne Barten


Brandon Kim Silver Key Poetry 13564170Korean War at Dinner Table

Culver City High School Anne Barten

Bridget Kim Gold Key Poetry 13559612 For A Hapa Girl St Mary's Academy Anne Evans

Chanyu KimHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13580047

Schools Are Imperative In Combating Racism


Chanyu Kim Silver Key Critical Essay 13564545Reforming a Community


Doyoon KimHonorable Mention Journalism 13582611

Should AI be Integrated into our Workforce?

Cleveland Humanites Mag High School Tammie Joo

Evelyn KimHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13564671

Caliban’s Misguided Relationship to Power Throughout Shakespeare’s The Tempest

Seattle Country Day School Ferree

Evelyn KimHonorable Mention

Dramatic Script 13564686 Sorry

Seattle Country Day School Ferree

Gina Kim Gold Key Poetry 13433865Between You and Me

New Covenant Academy Caroline Yoo

Gina Kim Silver Key Poetry 13527840 Writer's PrayerNew Covenant Academy Caroline Yoo

Hannah Kim Silver Key Journalism 13539317 Child SoldiersMarymount High School Laura Cowan

Hayley Kim Silver Key Journalism 13583325

An Open Letter to the Congressmen of Our Country

Laguna Creek High School Matthew Hanf


Hayley Kim Silver Key Poetry 13584254 Deliver UsLaguna Creek High School Matthew Hanf

Iris KimHonorable Mention Poetry 13538550 sorry, always.

Canyon Crest Academy Marianne Tan

Jonghyun Kim Silver Key Poetry 13521003Vibrant and Flashy


Justin Kim Gold Key Poetry 13543125

Selkie Lover, Defective, You Killed Him, The Wardrobe

University High School

Susanne Fitzpatrick

Justin Kim Silver Key Short Story 13539846Walking into the Grave

University High School

Susanne Fitzpatrick

Kaitlin KimHonorable Mention


What If I Told You a Story?

Santa Rosa High School Casey Elsa

Kaylin KimHonorable Mention Poetry 13499269

[enter] ares & artemis

Campbell Hall School Glen Hirshberg

Ryan Kim Gold Key Critical Essay 13528107Backseat to the Future

Mira Costa High School Unknown

Ryan Kim Silver Key Critical Essay 13528114 Global DisasterMira Costa High School Unknown

Sean Kim Gold Key Critical Essay 13532110One Size Fits... Some


Sean KimHonorable Mention Poetry 13528814 Call of God


Sean KimHonorable Mention Poetry 13531945 Me


Sean KimHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13531969 Glass Noodles


Sean KimHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13532043 To My Mother,



Sean Kim Silver Key Poetry 13528763 "Poetry"The Bishop's School Laine Remignanti

Sean Kim Silver Key Critical Essay 13532178

A Bruised Rainbow: A Case Study on Homophobia in Chechnya


Sojung Kim Silver Key Critical Essay 13580371 Morals and GuiltArnold O Beckman High School Tracey Kent

Isabelle Kim-ShermanHonorable Mention Poetry 13526806 Soliloquy

Dos Pueblos High School Mercy Rudolph

Veronique Kinser Silver Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13467807 It Begins Westridge School Tarra Stevenson

Olivia Kitterman Gold Key Flash Fiction 13582203A Prayer for a Wanderer

Corner Canyon High School Kelly Corless

Anna Klein Gold Key Critical Essay 13578163

Why We Should All Say "Goodbye" to the SAT and ACT


Manu KleinHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13572420

Go(a)t Milk?: a scientific analysis of genetically modified goat milk


Leah Klingelheber Silver KeyWriting Portfolio 13434454

Magic and the End of the World

Westview High School Elizabeth Neely

Rachel Knell Gold Key Poetry 13563992 Ink Sequoyah School Ian Chang


Arthur Knize Gold Key Poetry 13545202 Polaris

Discovery Canyon Campus High School Amy Geraci

Rachel KoHonorable Mention Short Story 13472948

An Eye for an Eye Irvine High School Katherine Howlett

Ashawnte KochHonorable Mention Poetry 13530446

Snow Capped Mountains, Mystical Valley

St. Stephen's Academy Kathy Mier

Brenna Koester Gold Key Short Story 13422712On the Curve of Infinity Trout Lake School Ellen Simonis

Adhya KonaHonorable Mention Short Story 13531783

Mere Ashes, Still Alive

Tesla Stem High School Annie Fort

Elektra Koozer Silver Key Short Story 13510481Edelweiss and Dandelions


Bella KoschalkHonorable Mention Short Story 13466356

The Swedish Fishmonger


Gianna Kostopoulos Gold Key Poetry 13576148 Black and WhiteSanta Margarita Cath High School Rudy Gardea

Ariane KovacsovicsHonorable Mention


An Ocean of Sea Lions Waterford School Kirsten Jorgenson

Ines KovacsovicsHonorable Mention


Paws and Hands Waterford School Kirsten Jorgenson

Lydia Kresin Silver Key Critical Essay 13537556The Illusion of Representation Windward School Maja Starcevic

Katherine Kricorian Gold Key Poetry 13447744 GlassSanta Susana High School Karin Kricorian


Sophia Kroe

Gold Key, American Voices Nominee Journalism 13556835

"If We Can Dance Ballet, Why Can't Prince George?"


Jamie Krost Silver Key Novel Writing 13578291Lilacs and Crowns


Taylor Kubisen Gold Key Short Story 13520546 ClayCalifornia School of the Arts Elizabeth Harmer

Chris Kuizon Gold Key Critical Essay 13576437Dictatorship Essay


Chris Kuizon Silver Key Critical Essay 13576179Antisocial Media Essay


Emily KwonHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13511837 Autumn, 2012

Mater Dei Catholic High School Janna Storer

Lora Kwon Silver Key Critical Essay 13422040The Injustice of Art Censorhip

Redmond High School Victoria Rice

Ryan LackHonorable Mention Poetry 13586598 Grounded Cate School Jeff Barton

Anna Laird Gold Key Short Story 13578202 Ethan Home Schooled Kate Laird

Anna LairdHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13578616 Bow to Stern Home Schooled Kate Laird

Rishi LakshminarayananHonorable Mention


Personality Poem Collection


Raquel LampleHonorable Mention Novel Writing 13522125

The Depths of the Airloom

Walter Reed Middle School Kerry Siminski

Twylo LandeyHonorable Mention Poetry 13543242 Moonlight

Franklin High School Kate Moore


Zoe LanterHonorable Mention


Advice from Dad

Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies Joel Ronkin

Zoe LanterHonorable Mention Poetry 13543203 Sugar Love

Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies Joel Ronkin

Jackson LanzerHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13447024

Putin’s Expansionist Tendencies: Following in the Footsteps of Post-Versailles Germany or Reclaiming Russia’s Rightful Land?

Beverly Hills High School Joanie Garratt

Sonja Larson Silver Key Poetry 13562981Warm Summer Sun Overlake School Karen Mihata

Natasha Last-Bernal Gold Key Poetry 13447412Morning Announcements

Shorecrest High School Devin Last

Natasha Last-BernalHonorable Mention Poetry 13447325

Between Belonging

Shorecrest High School Devin Last

Deanna LauHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13555825

Ethical Authors on Library Shelves


Deanna LauHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13580084

social media and activism


Demi LavapiesHonorable Mention Poetry 13461884

Countryside Cottage

Episcopal School Of Los Angeles

Kimberly Faith Waid

Alexa Leddy Silver Key Flash Fiction 13564024Heartbeats for the Universe

Wenatchee High School David Carlson


Christopher LeeHonorable Mention Humor 13584025

New California Law Bans Garbage Trucks Portola High School Anna Choe

Daeun LeeHonorable Mention Humor 13424935

Dear Homework, Rest in Peace

Kraemer Middle School Michelle Steuber

Esther Lee Silver Key Poetry 13584143 origin stories Irvine High School Daniel Chen

Grace Lee Gold Key Poetry 13528200 glissando Fairfax High School David LaTour

Grace LeeHonorable Mention Poetry 13528171

an ode to the couple in front of me Fairfax High School David LaTour

Gracie LeeHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13582471 Out of Time

Canyon Crest Academy Paulina Nelson

Jenny LeeHonorable Mention


A Letter to My Romeo Lakeside School

Fakhereddine Berrada

Jenny Lee Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13500671 Repiece the Sky Lakeside School

Fakhereddine Berrada

Jisung Lee Gold Key Poetry 13543189 an outsider Logan High School Tracy Cummins

Jisung Lee Gold Key Poetry 13543220south of the border Logan High School Tracy Cummins

Jisung LeeHonorable Mention Poetry 13543113 strangers Logan High School Tracy Cummins

Jisung LeeHonorable Mention Poetry 13543257

where grandpa lives Logan High School Tracy Cummins

Jisung LeeHonorable Mention Poetry 13543335 white roses Logan High School Tracy Cummins


Jonathan Lee Silver Key


God's Central Point

St Margaret's Episcopal School

Elizabeth Clemmons

Kate LeeHonorable Mention Poetry 13518115

The House of Your Dreams

St Margaret's Episcopal School

Meredith Schumacher

Morgan Lee Gold Key Critical Essay 13559613

Identity Synthesis Essay


Morgan LeeHonorable Mention

Dramatic Script 13555482 sunflower tattoo


Morgan Lee Silver Key Critical Essay 13559105

Depictions of Healthy Relationships in Novels Essay


Morgan Lee Silver Key Critical Essay 13559166

Social Media and Activism Essay


Olivia Lee Gold Key Poetry 13461730water-cracker masquerade


Olivia Lee Gold Key Poetry 13461734potential vibrancy


Olivia Lee Gold Key Poetry 13461780 at the balletCalifornia School of the Arts John Blaylock

Olivia LeeHonorable Mention Poetry 13461726 a pause in pass


Olivia LeeHonorable Mention Poetry 13461793 subjective


Olivia Lee Silver Key Poetry 13461719

a lady knows that murder stays


Olivia Lee Silver Key Flash Fiction 13461837 Juicy FruitCalifornia School of the Arts John Blaylock


Sarah LeeHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13556027

Bullying Synthesis Essay


Taylor LeeHonorable Mention Journalism 13498382

The Intricate Science of Ants

San Dieguito High School Academy

Yoshiye LeaVesseur

Terra LeeHonorable Mention


Jesus Saw Me Drumming in Mexico

Valencia High School Eve Itaya

Ye Lim LeeHonorable Mention Poetry 13439123

Sonnet: A Prayer

Lutheran High School Hyunae Kang

Amelia Leonard Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13555521 Ana St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Audrey LeonardHonorable Mention Humor 13585735

The Great Victorian Kobalt R. Harrison Phillips III

Annie Wright Schools Susanne Seales

Caroline Lesser Silver KeyWriting Portfolio 13558878

Crumpled Worlds

Mira Costa High School Shawn Chen

Charles Lesser Silver Key


The King's Crown

Mira Costa High School Shawn Chen

Elias Leventhal Gold Key Humor 13552721

The Ballad of the Itsy Bitsy Spider Valley Oaks School Nora Parker

Elias Leventhal Silver Key Short Story 13560652A Stroll in the Garden Valley Oaks School Nora Parker


Elias Leventhal Silver Key Humor 13560889

Simple Actions You're Not Motivated Enough to Take to Save the Planet Valley Oaks School Nora Parker

Rowan Levi Silver Key Humor 13524904It Came From the Crossroads!

Culver City High School Holly Gable

Haley LevinHonorable Mention Humor 13531249 Babysitting

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Conor Thompson

Haley LevinHonorable Mention Poetry 13531291 For Dylan

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Conor Thompson

Aaron Li Silver Key Critical Essay 13541756

Corporate Tax Cuts: An Ineffective Solution to Economic Hurdles Sunset High School Christina Burns

Elizabeth LiHonorable Mention Poetry 13535930

Winter’s Rampage Home Schooled


Jeffrey Li Gold Key Critical Essay 13492460

MSG: Enhanced Racism and Flavor


Sabrina LiHonorable Mention Humor 13450276

Philosophy . . . And Some Other Stuff

Mesa Verde Middle School Jennifer Hanson

Stephanie Li Gold Key Critical Essay 13551746

The Effects of Teenage Alienation


Yi-Ann Li Gold Key Flash Fiction 13496444 Three Minutes Tesoro High School Colleen Harnett


Gary LiangHonorable Mention Poetry 13496439 Death Home Schooled


Michelle Liang Gold Key Poetry 13462993The Universe Will Go On Home Schooled


Andrea LiaoHonorable Mention Poetry 13524967 Unspeak

Interlake High School

Christopher Alvarez

Andrea LiaoHonorable Mention Poetry 13524996 Phoenix


Christopher Alvarez

Andrea LiaoHonorable Mention Humor 13543351

In Which I Assign Precisely Nine Strangers at the Airport to Each Circle of Hell


Christopher Alvarez

Andrea Liao Silver Key Short Story 13520267 All These YearsInterlake High School

Christopher Alvarez

Andrea Liao Silver Key


Everywhere Is Nowhere


Christopher Alvarez

Andrea Liao Silver Key Poetry 13554712 AnemoiaInterlake High School

Christopher Alvarez

Millie (Emily) Liao Silver Key Poetry 13559002 Maoism in ClayLA County High School for the Arts Lina Horn

Ulla-Britt Libre Gold Key Flash Fiction 13470250Old Woman Mountain Waterford School Matthew Davis

Lindsay Li-Garrison Gold Key Flash Fiction 13528797 An Endless SeaPeak To Peak Charter School Catherine Fink

Hayne Lim Gold Key Critical Essay 13528482

Framing Today’s Hollywood

Classical Academy High School

Elizabeth Marymee


Ashley Lin Silver Key Critical Essay 13460843

Climate Justice is More than Zero Carbon Emissions Union High School Holly Muller

Daniel LinHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13579603

Who is Responsible to Fight Poverty?


Dimitri Lin Gold Key Poetry 13542173 Ivan's LamentCalifornia School of the Arts John Blaylock

Dimitri LinHonorable Mention Poetry 13542238 Misty


Dimitri LinHonorable Mention Poetry 13542625 Irrational


Dimitri LinHonorable Mention Poetry 13542653 Sandwiches


Dimitri LinHonorable Mention Poetry 13543036

March Of The People Of Hong Kong


Dimitri Lin Silver Key Poetry 13542060

Nocturne in A minor, Op. 1, No. 1


Dimitri Lin Silver Key Poetry 13542295 ProvidenceCalifornia School of the Arts John Blaylock

Dimitri Lin Silver Key Poetry 13542314 The HuntCalifornia School of the Arts John Blaylock

Dimitri Lin Silver Key Poetry 13542468Song of the Frontlines


Serena LinHonorable Mention Poetry 13535071 Unhurried

Glendora High School Erin Banthrum

Serena Lin Silver Key Poetry 13534885 RecalibrateGlendora High School Erin Banthrum


Sabina LindnerHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13506651

Sad Tamale Woman St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Farah Lindsey-AlmadaniHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13579190

The First Step Towards Recognizing Our Heritage: The MENA Race Category

The Downtown School John Blossom

Zahra LinskyHonorable Mention


For She Will Burn

School Of Creative & Perf Arts Susan Strasser

Amy Liu Silver Key Poetry 13526818So I Won't Forget

Developing Virtue Girls School Jane Applebee

Danju Liu Gold KeyDramatic Script 13541659 Cranes

Hillcrest High School Shelly Edmonds

Danju LiuHonorable Mention Poetry 13542592 Mother

Hillcrest High School Shelly Edmonds

Danju Liu Silver Key Short Story 13540842 How to FloatHillcrest High School Shelly Edmonds

Lucy Liu Gold Key


I’ll Be There For You

The Bishop's School Grace Liu

Lucy LiuHonorable Mention Poetry 13585271

Nuclear Vacation


Lucy Liu Silver Key


Eulogy for the Death of a Gunman


Renee Liu Silver Key Novel Writing 13527098

Waves, Swirls, and Blazing Earth

Lake Oswego Middle High School Camille Selby

William Liu Gold Key Humor 13580512 Two Journals Davidson Academy Matthew Baker


Emily Lo Silver Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13463432 Virtual Heaven Union High School Erik Wiitanen

Evelyn LoHonorable Mention Poetry 13560064

This Beautiful World Home Schooled Christina Lo

Cleo LockhartHonorable Mention Poetry 13557595

Clinical Lycanthropy

Denver School Of The Arts Moss Kaplan

Cleo Lockhart Silver Key Poetry 13498055

Dialogue Between the Lady Artemis and a Deer on Death Row


Lauren LookHonorable Mention


Quintessentially Alexa St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Joshua Lott Silver Key


Thirty Seven Minutes

Herriman High School Annalee Norton

Audrey LovingerHonorable Mention Poetry 13559427

Orange Peel Futility St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Elizabeth LowryHonorable Mention Poetry 13562797

Lives and Legacies St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Isaac LozanoHonorable Mention Poetry 13586087

Stones and Wheels

Bonita Vista High School Marina Dillingham

Isaac Lozano Silver Key Journalism 13583719

Women’s Oppression: An Examination and Analysis

Bonita Vista High School Marina Dillingham

Amy LuHonorable Mention Poetry 13558516

Long Distance, The Day, Will We Ever Meet Again?

Bellevue High School Jaime Pannone


Jonathan LuHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13492495 Comp Sci


Vivian LuHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13575385 The Devil Win

Oregon Episcopal School Lindsey Zanchettin

Annie LuseHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13570817

Man’s Best Friend: A Critical Scientific Analysis of the Benefits of Using Biotechnology to Clone Dogs


Liam LynchHonorable Mention Short Story 13463083 Up and Ahead Punahou School Lisa Stewart

Angelina LyonHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13433023 A Different Way

Mater Dei High School Clarissa Ngo

Angelina Lyon Silver Key Poetry 13433026

Penance for Beauty, Subway Soprano, Monster in the Room

Mater Dei High School Clarissa Ngo

Pinger LyuHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13523309 The Red Wallet Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Kevin Ma Silver Key Poetry 13580820Along Hewhay's Lake Sage Hill School Jeffrey Gao

Nina MaceHonorable Mention Poetry 13427047 The Truth Lincoln High School Samuel Wilson


Giovana Mahoney Silver Key Short Story 13580191 The Black Lakeda Vinci Arts Middle School Alison Lanigan

Ellora MaloneHonorable Mention Short Story 13459556 Inner Isolation

Colorado Virtual Academy Brooke Reed

Ellora Malone Silver Key Flash Fiction 13459878 DrowningColorado Virtual Academy Brooke Reed

Rebecca Mannor Gold Key Short Story 1353196118697 Long Castle Drive Home Schooled


Rebecca MannorHonorable Mention Poetry 13452646

This Silence Is Suffocating Me Home Schooled


Rebecca MannorHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13528790 I/you Home Schooled


Indigo MapaHonorable Mention Poetry 13586574 unwanted

Marymount High School Ceres Madoo

Indigo Mapa Silver Key Poetry 13586587grass and oranges

Marymount High School Ceres Madoo

Birch Marcus Silver Key Poetry 13520282 UntitledLiberty Bell Jr Senior High School Kelly Grayum

Amanda MarshallHonorable Mention


High School Sentiments Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Jade Massey Silver Key Short Story 13570144 Heaven?Herriman High School Erica Plummer

Cloe Maurer Gold Key Poetry 13542776 In CaliforniaSouth Pasadena High School Jennifer Cutler

Kendall McDermottHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13510985

Liberating Judgement

Geffen Academy at UCLA Jack Caughey


Conor McGeadyHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13570276

No More Sick Days: How Genetically ModifyingAnimals to Prevent Disease Will Benefit Humanity


Grace McInerney Silver Key Critical Essay 13478637Ice Cream with Emily

The Bishop's School Clara Boyle

Miles McInerney Gold Key


The Sweepmaster

The Bishop's School Amy Allen

Miles McInerneyHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13429147

The Earth Mover


Miles McInerneyHonorable Mention Short Story 13433838

Alfred Nobel on Game Theory


Miles McInerneyHonorable Mention Poetry 13487460

Seeking Cracked Boys for Clinical Trials

The Bishop's School Adam Davis

Miles McInerneyHonorable Mention


Cracked Boys Become Men


Miles McInerney Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13463554 Cracked Boys


Miles McInerney Silver Key Poetry 13487448

Heathrow Airport Terminal 4


Machaela J. McLainHonorable Mention Poetry 13584158 Truly

Edgewood High School Shereen Dudar

Amiya McLeanHonorable Mention Poetry 13564244 Caving In Home Schooled Monica Lekhy


Eleanor McMasonHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13483097 Population

NOVA Middle School

Samantha Chandler

Mia McNally Gold Key Poetry 1352165312 Ways of Seeing Shoes


Jackson McNameeHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13573718

Ends Means and Geometric In-betweens


Jackson McNameeHonorable Mention Humor 13582323

Unnecessary Words


Ella McSheraHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13523125 Totally Fine

King Middle School Mag G Hg Ha Ta Jennifer Hoefer

Kathryn MechaleyHonorable Mention Poetry 13558934 fears


Shoshana Medved Gold Key Journalism 13501560Bouquets and Bigotry

Oak Park High School Caitlin Fowler

Sammy MerabetHonorable Mention Short Story 13580036 Dichromacy

La Quinta High School Alex Jackson

Lara Mertens Silver Key Short Story 13569518 WaterFrancis Parker School Gretchen Taylor

Alexandra Midler Gold Key Flash Fiction 13494388 Mixed SignalsThe Bishop's School Laine Remignanti

Christina Miles Gold Key Poetry 13579989The Old Testament

Orange County School of the Arts Nikkia Pannell

Sofia MillerHonorable Mention Poetry 13463153 Evolution


Sofia MillerHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13495545 Dreamyard


Sofia MillerHonorable Mention Poetry 13522118

Things That Could Happen in a Garden



Sofia MillerHonorable Mention Poetry 13543469

To Catch a Firefly


Sofia Miller Silver Key Poetry 13463096Ghost Song for Art


Jada Milller Silver Key Flash Fiction 13495426 VinesNOVA Middle School

Samantha Chandler

Nilufer Mistry SheasbyHonorable Mention Poetry 13561924 America

Harvard-Westlake Middle School Amanda Angle

Sarah Mittleman Gold Key Humor 13454427Dystopian YAs in 10 Steps

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Lucas Gonzalez

Sarah Mittleman Gold Key Short Story 13454467 IntrigueHarvard-Westlake Upper School Lucas Gonzalez

Sarah Mittleman Gold Key Humor 13455173

The Great Pertussis Outbreak of Seaside Prep


Sarah Mittleman Gold Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13463570 Quarantine


Sarah MittlemanHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13454440 Bermuda


Sarah MittlemanHonorable Mention


To Be a Butterfly


Sarah MittlemanHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13465390 A Last Letter


Polina MogilevskyHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13507580 Dolores Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Kate Mollinedo Silver Key Short Story 13564433 Mateo


Alexandra MontgomeryHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13440108 Colorful Winds Sage Hill School John Paulsen


Reaghan MooreHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13541477 Letting Go Davidson Academy Rebecca Coleman

Ryan Moore Silver Key Critical Essay 13422462

Straightwashing Gatsby: Disproving “The Death of the Author” Through Fitzgerald Davidson Academy Rebecca Coleman

Ryan Moore Silver Key Poetry 13422468

i came here from eden to sit outside your door Davidson Academy Rebecca Coleman

Karis MoraschHonorable Mention Short Story 13495891

Infinity Park and Gardens

Guerneville Elementary School Jessica Glentzer

Sebastian Moreno-Comstock Gold Key Critical Essay 13570114

A Mammoth of a Problem: A Critical Analysis of why De-Extinction of the Woolly Mammoth Represents a Misguided Solution to Anthropogenic Climate Change


Ava Morgan Gold Key Poetry 13562565 Heart of FlaxMonarch High School Mystayn Barnes


Ciel Morrill Gold Key Poetry 13462832 A Little Bird Waterford School Tara Tanner

Charlotte Moseley Silver Key Poetry 13578347I See You America

Harbor Teacher Prep Academy Philice McElroy

Ethan MuHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13579846

Poverty causes Alcoholism


Sidney MunteanHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13422877

The Fate of Electrical Currents and Celestial Bodies


Sidney MunteanHonorable Mention Poetry 13529138

letter No 7 from my watch


Sidney MunteanHonorable Mention Poetry 13529193 how to heal


Manya MuraliHonorable Mention


An Indian-American Story Waterford School Kirsten Jorgenson

Dylan MurphyHonorable Mention Short Story 13564564

Won't You Hold My Hand?

Fusion Academy-Los Angeles Michele Fitts

Anabelle Murray Silver KeyDramatic Script 13578051 Pen Pals

Laces Magnet School Kristen Sandberg

Charlotte MyersHonorable Mention


My Greatest Enemy

Great Oak High School Abigail Woelke

Sarah Nachimson Gold Key Flash Fiction 13422063 Rural DreamingYeshiva Univ High School La-Girls Candice Kelsey

Sarah Nachimson Gold Key Poetry 13432786 DoubtYeshiva Univ High School La-Girls Candice Kelsey

Sarah NachimsonHonorable Mention Poetry 13422062

Consider the Death of Jonah’s Whale




Theory of Adolescence



[this is not a drill]



One a Tragedy, One Million a Statistic



Poems as Polaroids; Escape; Imagine Us as Poaceae; Morning Debrief; Makeup Tutorial to Make Her Your Universe



In Our Dreams, We Are Extraordinary


Sarah Nachimson Silver Key Poetry 13421658

An Elegy for Lost Youth Told in Ten Parts



Succulents Send Their Regards




my religion, or an alternate bat mitzvah speech


Sarah Nachimson Silver Key Poetry 13434083Composition of Columbus



Nostalgia for the Future Told in Three Parts


Amelie NailHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13530432 Mirror Mirror

Xavier College Prep High School Lori Davis

Ayaha NakaharaHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13549301

The Hate U Give Essay


Andrew Nakamura Silver Key Poetry 13510825Heaven, The Flight Home Iolani School Michael LaGory

Andrew Nakamura Silver Key Poetry 13558873

Rental Heart, Anxiety Moves in Iolani School Michael LaGory

Ellee Nakamura Silver KeyDramatic Script 13447917

Hug Me Forever, Teddy

Huntington Beach High School Clarissa Ngo

Amelia Nason Gold Key Novel Writing 13447906 Dead Ends St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Amelia Nason Silver Key Novel Writing 13462815Once My Name Was Kaia St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Amelia Nason Silver Key Novel Writing 13487044One Hundred Broken Hearts St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Alana Nayak Silver Key


Ode to My Beloved Bapama St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Jacob Nef Silver Key Flash Fiction 13550519Legacy Trajectory

Great Oak High School Jared Boyatt


Mary NelsonHonorable Mention Poetry 13491520

What I lost, but gained

Silverado High School Shelly Sears

Quinn Neubert Gold KeyWriting Portfolio 13421887 Death Drive Westridge School Tarra Stevenson

Quinn NeubertHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13425385 Powder Moon Westridge School Tarra Stevenson

Cassidy NewmanHonorable Mention Short Story 13578966 Disappear


Tuyet-Nhi Nghiem Gold Key


To My Weathered Father

Whitney High School Denise Hunter

Tuyet-Nhi Nghiem Gold Key Poetry 13569371

honey and sugar, salt and sand


Tuyet-Nhi Nghiem Gold Key Poetry 13576441dragon fruit over the wall


Tuyet-Nhi Nghiem Gold KeyWriting Portfolio 13578865 Red Roots


Tuyet-Nhi Nghiem Silver Key Poetry 13570647 to momWhitney High School Denise Hunter

Anthony NguyenHonorable Mention Poetry 13462973

The March Of Summer Home Schooled


Catherine Nguyen Silver Key


In Prison for No Reason

Henry M Jackson High School Eric Bush

Catherine Nguyen Silver Key Poetry 13430696Anna and Her Doll



Personal Essay & Memoir 13431739 Family Culture




Taming a Tidal Wave



Tara NguyenHonorable Mention Poetry 13439670 meet me

University High School Christine King

Tara NguyenHonorable Mention Poetry 13439673 And You

University High School Christine King

Peyton Ninnemann Silver KeyWriting Portfolio 13542798

Things I Don't Understand

Ephrata High School Matthew Sullivan

Belise NishimweHonorable Mention Poetry 13563111

Poems From Burundi St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Steven Niu Gold Key


A Noble Sacrifice Catlin Gabel School Jian Zhou

Holiday O'Bryan Gold Key Poetry 13444658GodILoveTherapy

Earl Wooster High School Karen Laramore

Holiday O'BryanHonorable Mention Poetry 13444661 Pearls


Holiday O'BryanHonorable Mention


16 Years My Senior


Cece O'Connor Silver Key Poetry 13568660Girl Space Friend St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Oge Ogbogu Gold Key Short Story 13425647 Who Am I? Polytechnic School Laura Marion

Jori O'Grady Silver Key Poetry 13422385In Defense of Eve

Grandview High School Nicole Russo

Alex Oh Silver Key


A Cheerful Goodbye

Flintridge Preparatory School Kendall Rice

Lili OlahHonorable Mention Poetry 13555093

Reflections Through the Wind and Weather

Westview High School Keith Opstad

Jillian Olson Gold Key Poetry 13584021 Winter's Grace Home Schooled Elisa Frost


Ali OmraniHonorable Mention


The GONER one

Fusion Academy-Los Angeles Michele Fitts

Elan OrenHonorable Mention Poetry 13581560

The Way the Wind Blows

San Diego Jewish Academy Stacey Goldblatt

Sarah Osmon Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13559485 The Earthquake

Redmond High School Rachel Sarrett

Carter Ottele Silver Key Poetry 13583353Urban Reminiscence


Lucy Otto Silver Key


Love is my Specialty


Audrey Ouh Gold Key Flash Fiction 13543296 Define DadFlintridge Preparatory School Tyke O'Brien

Audrey OuhHonorable Mention Short Story 13458190 Lost


Audrey OuhHonorable Mention Short Story 13517031 Real Friends


Audrey OuhHonorable Mention Short Story 13543307 Tickle Tree


Iris Ozkan Gold Key


Ear-iss; A Blank Slate


Iris Ozkan Silver Key


Then Why Didn't You?


Ashley Palakian Silver Key Poetry 13455435The Night's Lullaby Irvine High School Morgan Rosser


Carmel Pan Gold Key Poetry 13561019 fatalism Home Schooled Peiyen Pan

Eric PanHonorable Mention Poetry 13493210

60% H2O & 98.2º F

The Bishop's School Gary Hendrickson

Evan Pan Gold Key


The Struggling Writer Iolani School Calvin McMillin

Apoorva Panidapu Silver Key Critical Essay 13563934

“Letter from a Birmingham Jail”: Literary Devices Home Schooled Uma Panidapu

Ashley Park Silver Key Short Story 13487737 RememberClaremont High School Maria Zavala

Celine Park Gold Key Critical Essay 13582293

A Broken Promise: Britain’s Commitment to Zionism


Celine Park Silver Key Journalism 13582552Cath-art-ic: Art Reduces Stress


Jaeeun ParkHonorable Mention Poetry 13449914 nine.

West Ranch High School Rachel Grothe

Kelly ParkHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13561329 ad astra

West Ranch High School Sean O'Brien

Sejin Park Silver Key Poetry 13487770 America, 1892 Punahou School David Ball

Tobi-Hope Jieun ParkHonorable Mention Poetry 13555990 a series

Orange County School of the Arts

Jamie-Lee Josselyn

Davey Parks

Gold Key, American Voices Nominee Short Story 13436517

The Possum Pendant



Davey ParksHonorable Mention Short Story 13435821

The Autopsies Of The Los Angeles Five


Zachary PartnoyHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13563505

A Wire Across the Thames

Francis Parker School Jared D'Onofrio

Ashley Pascual Silver Key Poetry 13584079The Tongue of Scars

Redlands High School Jason Walker

Kristine PascualHonorable Mention Poetry 13492450 How Lovely


Dilisha PatilHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13500099

A Single Genetic Letter Can Change Our Fate: A Critical Analysis On How CRISPR Can Save Lives


Ava Paulsen Silver Key


Ahimsa Chapter 6

Castaic High School Devyn Rush

Jiaxuan PengHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13426902

Smartphone Apps That Treat Mental Illness

Arnold O Beckman High School Clarissa Ngo


Jiaxuan Peng Silver Key Journalism 13422633

The Color of Character: Building an Island and Reining in Prejudice through AB-392


Jiaxuan Peng Silver Key Poetry 13439791Trump of the Tropics


Megan Peng Silver Key Flash Fiction 13532014 Two Locations Home SchooledMan Lai Esther Peckham

Angel PerezHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13535099 The Dog Room

St Augustine High School Brendan Johnston

Victoria Perez Gold Key Poetry 13552057Why Butterflies Were Made St Mary's Academy

Christopher Bottomley

Lana Perice Silver Key Poetry 13534185saranghaeyo (i love you)

Cleveland High School Sadie Adams

Lily PezzeeHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13563631 Liminal


Brianna Pham Gold Key


My Awkward Relationship with Asian Excellence

Arnold O Beckman High School Tracey Ryan

Brianna Pham Silver Key Short Story 13528045 La ResistanceArnold O Beckman High School Tracey Ryan

Chloe PhamHonorable Mention Poetry 13526001

Falling Solo, Loveless Goddess

Oak Ridge High School Julie Ornelas


Chloe PhamHonorable Mention Poetry 13526043 Night Thoughts


Chloe PhamHonorable Mention Poetry 13527139 On Change


Chloe Pham Silver Key Flash Fiction 13526979 Not the EyesOak Ridge High School Julie Ornelas

Chloe Pham Silver Key Poetry 13527116 Back to NatureOak Ridge High School Julie Ornelas

Kathy Pham Gold Key Poetry 13490309If I Call Myself Yellow

Rangeview High School Anna Gebhardt

Kathy Pham Silver Key Poetry 13433740My Mother's Mother Tongue

Rangeview High School Anna Gebhardt

Cindy Phan Gold Key Poetry 13536976Elegy, in Two Parts Skyline High School Lisa Thornbrue

Cindy Phan Gold Key Poetry 13537009 Survivor's Guilt Skyline High School Lisa Thornbrue

Cindy Phan Gold Key Short Story 13564428 Girls, Unmade Skyline High School Lisa Thornbrue

Cindy Phan Gold Key Poetry 13570733 Bitter/sweet Skyline High School Lisa Thornbrue

Cindy Phan

Gold Key, American Voices Nominee

Personal Essay & Memoir 13537056 Unrequited Skyline High School Lisa Thornbrue

Cindy PhanHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13429765

Vietnam and the West: A Tale of Spectatorship Skyline High School Kirsten Rector

Cindy PhanHonorable Mention


Vietnam, or: A Portrait of a People as a War Skyline High School Lisa Thornbrue


Cindy PhanHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13552283 Incorporeal Skyline High School Lisa Thornbrue

Cindy PhanHonorable Mention Poetry 13576578

Etymology, as Understood in Filial Skyline High School Lisa Thornbrue

Cindy PhanHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13585496 Dragonfire Skyline High School Lisa Thornbrue

Cindy Phan Silver Key Short Story 13536894 In a Name Skyline High School Lisa Thornbrue

Cindy Phan Silver Key


The Many Meanings of Hollow Skyline High School Lisa Thornbrue

Cindy Phan Silver Key


My First Language is Sacrifice Skyline High School Lisa Thornbrue

Irene PiHonorable Mention Poetry 13467556

Tropical Antagonism Home Schooled


Madison Piao Gold Key Critical Essay 13548216The Injustice Of Modern Slavery Home Schooled


Alexandra PlombonHonorable Mention Poetry 13542006

On Beasts in the Night St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Alexandra PlombonHonorable Mention Poetry 13542063

A Candle for my Grandmother St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Alexandra Plombon Silver Key Poetry 13542334A Look at the Night Sky St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Phoebe Price Gold Key Poetry 13487026An Apology to Sophia Sonoma Academy Marco Morrone

Phoebe Price Silver Key Poetry 13424591Out With the Tide Sonoma Academy Marco Morrone

Phoebe Price Silver Key Poetry 13487033 Her Hands Sonoma Academy Marco Morrone


Lauren PuryearHonorable Mention Poetry 13530051 Prism Kent Denver School Anne Hansen

Lauren Puryear Silver Key Poetry 13427280 S'mores Kent Denver School Anne Hansen

Jiexi QiaoHonorable Mention


My Childhood Odyssey

Lake Oswego High School Bee Bailey

Alyssa QueensboroughHonorable Mention Poetry 13583913 Be a Lady Cate School Alicia Hammond

Alexandra RachitaHonorable Mention Short Story 13482747 The Hunted

NOVA Middle School

Samantha Chandler

Emma Raff Silver Key Poetry 13542401Things That Fade Away Crossroads School Janice Gomez

Adithi RaghavanHonorable Mention Poetry 13563455

Daughter of Fisher(wo)man


Adithi RaghavanHonorable Mention Poetry 13563763

universal truths retold under partition


Adithi RaghavanHonorable Mention Poetry 13563855 Womanhood


Adithi Raghavan Silver Key Poetry 13563831 pacific flightsInternational Community School Lauren Jackson

Adithi Raghavan Silver Key Poetry 13563888

Self-portrait as Melanoma Body: Jupiter


Aria RanaHonorable Mention Poetry 13515242

bottled teardrops Viewpoint School Nan Cohen

Aria Rana Silver Key Poetry 13463012 Jukebox Viewpoint School Nan Cohen

Anushka RavindranHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13569407

Grow a Second Eye

Grandview High School Anthony Bilotta


Anushka RavindranHonorable Mention


The Carousel of Life

Grandview High School Anthony Bilotta

Anushka Ravindran Silver Key Poetry 13568216 OutcastGrandview High School Anthony Bilotta

Clarise ReichleyHonorable Mention


Starry Eyed Casket Girl


Eva Reineck Gold KeyDramatic Script 13551297

The Tragedy of Mr. Fluffles

Francis Parker School Katie Rosin

Grant ReinerHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13564005

Who Will be Left to Howl: A Critical Essay on the Devastating Effects of Cloning Wolves to Reintroduce Them to National Parks


Kyle Reinholdtsen Gold Key Flash Fiction 13555185 TestingWoodinville High School Christine Traxler

Ashley Renselaer Gold Key Poetry 13452753

To Rome; Madeleine; Summer, Darling Windward School

Brendan Constantine

Kendall RheeHonorable Mention Poetry 13435697 Burning Pegasus School Nancy Wilder

Bella Rhow Silver Key Short Story 13564089 Meet AgainMarlborough School Caitlin Benson

Izzy Rich Gold Key Poetry 13499786 Collection 2 St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi


Elijah Ritcheson Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13563647 Not-Quite-Living St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Elijah Ritcheson Gold Key


A Hand Extended St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Andrea RixHonorable Mention


A Gift of Pure Evil


Hana RobertoHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13563256 Greek Easter


Ciara Robertson Gold Key Short Story 13505110 AscendingSt Margaret's Episcopal School Christie McMahon

Ciara Robertson Silver Key Poetry 13555824 It’s OkaySt Margaret's Episcopal School Christie McMahon

Eloise RobertsonHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13580712 Baby Blue Parker School Audrey Smith

Ellen RogersHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13554344

The Boy Who Flew to the Sun


Ashlyn RoiceHonorable Mention Poetry 13421927

To the teacher that told me justice exists here.

Mountain House High School Shelby Scoffield

Elana Roldan Gold Key Poetry 13495310 Evening SongVancouver Arts & Academics School Jody Adams

Elana RoldanHonorable Mention Poetry 13487633 Heartstrings



Sophie Rosenblum Gold Key Poetry 13559836 angel friendSanta Monica High School Kyle Koehler

Ryan Rothman Gold Key


3,000 Feet Underwater Chadwick School Michelle Tabor

Ryan RothmanHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13422523

European Imperialism and White Supremacy: The Chicken and the Egg of Western Dominance Chadwick School Michelle Tabor

Ryan RothmanHonorable Mention Poetry 13426029

Eighth Grader Takes Adult Improv Class Chadwick School Kate Elortegui

Eleanora Rowe Gold Key Poetry 13509749

Undoing Autumn: The State of Falling, or Ending, or Watching the Sun


Eleanora Rowe Gold Key Flash Fiction 13533397Lasagna with Oregano


Livvy Rowley Silver Key Journalism 13480032 Freedom TailsNOVA Middle School

Samantha Chandler

Summer RoyalHonorable Mention


Puowaina — The Hill of Sacrifice Iolani School Peter Webb

Summer Royal Silver Key Critical Essay 13543875The Theory of Humor Iolani School Peter Webb

Summer Royal Silver Key Poetry 13583640 Memento Mori Iolani School Peter Webb


Felix Ruda Gold Key


The Random Machine Davidson Academy Christopher Coake

Felix Ruda Gold Key


The Last of Their Kind Davidson Academy Christopher Coake

Felix RudaHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13529178

Cell Phone Use in School: A Nationwide Issue That Needs to Be Amended Davidson Academy Matthew Baker

Eunji Ryu Silver KeyDramatic Script 13564685 Pistachio

Stoller Middle School Laura Burger

Madelyn Sample Silver Key Short Story 13562419Fruit of That Wicked One Home Schooled Jennifer Sample

Bailey Samuelson Silver KeyWriting Portfolio 13432625

I Like Flowers, and Popcorn too

Columbine Senior High School Collin Varney

Elizabeth SanchezHonorable Mention Poetry 13428426 Dreams

Aspire Academy High School Ashlee Nicoll

Jadon Sand Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13556636 Storyworm Home Schooled Maya Inspektor

Jadon Sand Silver KeyDramatic Script 13556734 Snowflake Home Schooled Tamara Sand

Ava SandbergHonorable Mention Humor 13536959

Cotton Candy Isn't Everything

Karl Maeser Preparatory Academy Shannon Cannon

Izzyie SandozHonorable Mention Poetry 13495868

A Collection Of Memories In Poetry St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi


Rachel Sang Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13531721 My Other Half

Van Nuys High School Ernesta Hasa

Shriya SankaranHonorable Mention Poetry 13452574 to opportunity:

Del Norte High School Stephanie DaFoe

Shriya Sankaran Silver Key Poetry 13452619 prideDel Norte High School Stephanie DaFoe

Katie Sanyal Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13470760 Traditions Waterford School Kirsten Jorgenson

Katin Sarner Silver Key


The Perfectly White Dresser

Rolling Hills Preparatory School Emily Balliet

Maya Savin Miller Gold KeyDramatic Script 13434312 The Also Polytechnic School Laura Marion

Maya Savin MillerHonorable Mention Poetry 13434311 headline Polytechnic School Laura Marion

Maya Savin Miller Silver Key Poetry 13427110i write my father in jail Polytechnic School Laura Marion

Maya Savin Miller Silver Key Poetry 13427120Here Lie Our Bones Polytechnic School Laura Marion


Ava SchaeferHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13572617

Discussing The Elephant In The Room: A Critical, Scientific Analysis Of Why De-Extinction Of The Woolly Mammoth Represents a Misguided Solution To Global Climate Change


Chloe Scherck Silver Key Critical Essay 13577992

Police Brutality Towards African Americans


Hannah Schwartz Gold Key Journalism 13561087

Creating Hope-The Bear Creek School and Hopelink Bear Creek School Kaley Fry

Hannah Schwartz Silver Key


My Grandmother-A Memoir Bear Creek School Kaley Fry

Sivan SchwartzHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13555050

Dispute Over Israel



Finn SchwarzHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13508039

Genetically Modified Future: A Safer and More Impactful Method of Waste Remediation


Naomi Scott Silver Key Short Story 13452863What The Water Wants

Rolling Hills Preparatory School Cheryl Beshke

Isabella Scott-BuckHonorable Mention Poetry 13576101 Untitled

Lake Oswego High School Andrea Dunn

Amanda SedakaHonorable Mention Humor 13523752

Paper Straws Suck

Campbell Hall School Christine Gaul

Benjamin Sehmel Silver Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13517626 Hero Wave


Marina Seidl Silver Key Critical Essay 13562833

So-fish-ticated Salmon: A Scientific Analysis of the Future of Aquadvantage Salmon and its Effect on a Changing Global Future


Zella Selvoy-DevanHonorable Mention Short Story 13581550 My Lifeboat

Beaumont Middle School Sharee Chapman


Jasper Selwood Gold Key Critical Essay 13493167

Rock, Paper, CRISPR: A Critical Scientific Analysis of How Gene Drive Technology Will be Humanity’s Downfall


Jamie Seu Gold Key Poetry 13536584Yellow Isn't Perfect Punahou School

Zoe Dare-Attanasio

Charlie SeversonHonorable Mention Humor 13555902

Mr. Soulless and the Vile Jar of Urine Abiqua Academy Olivia Sykora

Kathy Shao Silver Key


Just Keep Running

Islander Middle School Joseph Gushanas

Isabelle ShapiroHonorable Mention Poetry 13435300 Good Girl

Marlborough School Kathy Rea

Juliette Shapiro Silver Key Poetry 13422474

What I Wish I Could Say to Jane

Marlborough School Michelle Hall

Suhina SharmaHonorable Mention Short Story 13473011

Dreams do Come True if you Dare to Live Them

San Juan Hills High School Diane Tucker

Nisha ShastryHonorable Mention Poetry 13522855 Split Society

Redmond High School Mary Meara

Daniel ShawHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13557129

The Man at the End of the Platform

Westview High School Susan L Lipson


Daniel Shaw Silver Key Poetry 13542613 RepetitonWestview High School Susan L Lipson

Daniel Shaw Silver Key Poetry 13557190Thank You for being a Member

Westview High School Susan L Lipson

Yaelle Shaye Silver Key Poetry 13586727Warriors of Evil; G2 Pilot Pens


Anusha Shayegan Gold Key Poetry 13540167 NullityMirman School For The Gifted Kate Insana

Anusha ShayeganHonorable Mention Poetry 13541336

The Twisted Mind of the Game

Mirman School For The Gifted Kate Insana

Anusha ShayeganHonorable Mention


The Eyes of the Violet Past

Mirman School For The Gifted Kate Insana

Turandot Shayegan Gold Key Short Story 13539025When I Was Real

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Sara Cohen

Leonard Shearer Silver Key


Chaturangas and Crevices


Aniyah Shen Silver Key


A Miraculous Fabric

University High School Heather Garcia

Caroline Sherley Silver Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13560714 The Harvester Bush School Stacy Bell

Kira Shertz Gold Key Poetry 13421790The girl behind me in Algebra Jesuit High School Danielle Chi

Ailun Shi Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13563571 39



Ailun ShiHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13563089 Solstice's Tale


Ailun ShiHonorable Mention Poetry 13563352

Once a City Upon the Sea


Ailun ShiHonorable Mention Short Story 13564205 ASHIA


Ailun Shi Silver KeyDramatic Script 13561334

Snowdrop Hearts


Ailun Shi Silver Key Flash Fiction 13563044 Retrograde


Ailun Shi Silver Key Flash Fiction 13563251 Stand-In


Ailun Shi Silver Key


Fantasy Premonitions


Ailun Shi Silver Key


The Paper Lantern


Amy Shi Gold Key Poetry 13486460 ConsequencesSt Margaret's Episcopal School Christie McMahon

Amy Shi Gold Key Novel Writing 13531910 Armorial LuckSt Margaret's Episcopal School Christie McMahon

Amy Shi Silver Key Poetry 13486516 From RainSt Margaret's Episcopal School Christie McMahon

Amy Shi Silver Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13533675 Pestilence



Eunice Shin Gold KeyDramatic Script 13530646

The Monster Under My Bed Script


Jake ShinHonorable Mention Short Story 13563237

The Pain We Carry

Fairview High School Jim Lewis

Kyle ShonHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13575224

Expats and Hidden Discrimination Sage Hill School Soo Park

Kyle Shon Silver Key Critical Essay 13555148

Bangladesh Suffers World’s Worst Arsenic Poisoning from Water Pollution Sage Hill School Soo Park

Anya Shukla Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13521071 The White Man

Lakeside High School Lindsay Aegerter

Anya Shukla Silver Key Humor 13521617

How to "Write" a Successful Analytical Essay

Lakeside High School Brian Culhane

Ned SiglerHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13495096

Love Through The Fog Cate School Alicia Hammond

Elise Siregar ChenHonorable Mention Poetry 13460832 Leatherback

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Adam Levine

Elise Siregar Chen Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13424926 I Took a Bow


Elise Siregar Chen Silver Key Poetry 13460827 PayungHarvard-Westlake Upper School Adam Levine

Lilah SitkevichHonorable Mention Poetry 13580104

The imploding imagination

Immaculate Heart High School

Masha Tatarintseva


Sophia SkilesHonorable Mention Poetry 13561898

The Bitter Humorist Eating Breakfast/ Chlorine stew/ Lunch Angel/ The Industrial Life/ The Boa Constrictor St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Kara Smale Silver Key Humor 13466155

A Modest Proposal For Resolving the Dire Issue of Overpopulation in an Efficient, Beneficial Manner Windward School Maja Starcevic

Rome SmaouiHonorable Mention Short Story 13478819

12 Chimes Before I Went to The Phone


Alexis SmithHonorable Mention Poetry 13586320

Sudden Disappearances


Ashlee SmithHonorable Mention Short Story 13530777

The Little Library


Emily SmithHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13563640 Ruins and Rust Parker School Audrey Smith

Olivia SoHonorable Mention Short Story 13541840 Primrose's Cafe

Harvard-Westlake Middle School Amanda Angle

Ella SohnHonorable Mention Novel Writing 13480227

The Goat in the Apple Orchard Jesuit High School Tracy Villareal


Abbey SommervilleHonorable Mention Novel Writing 13576665 The 26th Heir

Explorer Middle School Kirsten Collison

Clara Son Gold Key Poetry 13450300Paper Tragedies

Orange County School of the Arts Marcus Bowman

Hannah SongHonorable Mention Poetry 13532424

Remedy for Homesickness

Summit High School Shannon Ables

Kevin Song Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13536545 Diapause

Torrey Pines High School

Mia Boardman Smith

Kevin Song Gold Key Poetry 13542138After the Breakup


Mia Boardman Smith

Kevin SongHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13540506

Facing the Music: The Modern Classical Musician's Dilemma


Mia Boardman Smith

Kevin Song Silver Key Journalism 13539400 A Grainy FutureTorrey Pines High School

Mia Boardman Smith

Kevin Song Silver Key


A Girl Named Dread


Mia Boardman Smith

Yuri SongHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13440531 Our Little Secret Iolani School Sarah McCormick

Jonathan SoteloHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13553770 The Ride

King City High School Ashley Russ

Olivia Sparks Gold Key Poetry 13578756

Dear Therapist, I am taking back my Americ(kkk)a


Zoe SpikermanHonorable Mention Poetry 13540676 Summer Hazing Parker School Audrey Smith


Zoe Spikerman Silver Key Poetry 13564121The Other Side of The Fence Parker School Audrey Smith

Adina SpodekHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13563643

The Harsh Truth About Climate Change


Aubrey Spowart Silver Key


The Gatekeeper's Threshold

St Francis High School Jennifer Ferrara

Sarah Stanley Silver Key Poetry 13544174 The Farm Lehi High School Erin Mosdell

Maggie StantonHonorable Mention


Finding Unity Within Division St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Phoebe SteinHonorable Mention Poetry 13526059 Please Tell Me

Laguna Blanca School Trish McHale

Izzy Ster Silver KeyDramatic Script 13510178

Behind the Words

Canyon Crest Academy Emily Myers

Abby StirlandHonorable Mention Poetry 13579750 Guidance


Abby Stirland Silver Key Short Story 13576828 The Back RoadHerriman High School Erica Plummer

Rachel Stratton Silver Key Critical Essay 13519694

To Kill or Not to Kill: The United States and the Morality of War

American Heritage School David Hancock

Kaon SuhHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13542744

sir stewart wallace


Kaon Suh Silver Key Poetry 13562190

Should’ve, could’ve, would’ve


Sidney Suh Gold Key


Femininity as a Female Euphonist Cate School Alicia Hammond


Maggie SunHonorable Mention Poetry 13541845 antiquity


Maggie SunHonorable Mention Poetry 13582192

bei-shi-da apartment


Maggie SunHonorable Mention Poetry 13582307 one hundred


Maggie Sun Silver Key Poetry 13582577america daughter


Onassa SunHonorable Mention Short Story 13468900 Theory of Mind

Arcadia High School Nicole Zaidi

Onassa Sun Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13430786 Marhaban

Arcadia High School Heidi Kaloustian

Lalith SureshHonorable Mention Short Story 13497603 The Sandpiper Waterford School Kirsten Jorgenson

Lalith SureshHonorable Mention Short Story 13510903

The Obsidian Knife Waterford School Kirsten Jorgenson

Alexandra SurprenantHonorable Mention Poetry 13539053

With our Hearts on our Sleeves Crossroads School Abigail Chew

Alexandra Surprenant Silver Key Poetry 13538588Afternoon Rattlesnakes Crossroads School Abigail Chew

Alexandra Surprenant Silver Key Poetry 13538657 Beetles Crossroads School Abigail Chew

Alexandra Surprenant Silver Key Poetry 13538796Like Hummingbirds Crossroads School Abigail Chew

Alexandra Surprenant Silver Key Poetry 13539014Sweetwater Canyon Crossroads School Abigail Chew

Ally SutherlandHonorable Mention


The Perfect Glitch


Kayla SwartzbergHonorable Mention

Dramatic Script 13427859 Jewish Dieting

San Diego Jewish Academy Brendan Riley


Clara Szalay Silver Key Poetry 13426519Five Senses of Possibility


Ciena TalamantesHonorable Mention


Growth Through Pain


Alexandra TanHonorable Mention Short Story 13480119

The Lost Art of a Handwritten Love Letter


Alexandra Tan Silver Key Short Story 13488577

Five Things You Should Know About Kissing.


Kora Tande Silver Key Poetry 13557579How To Reach The Shoreline Vanguard School Renee Hvizdak

Alyssa Tang Silver Key Journalism 13562996

Combating the Silent Lurker: Hepatitis B

University High School Heather Garcia

Nicholas TaplitzHonorable Mention Poetry 13424366 English Block B

Episcopal School Of Los Angeles Nicole Stanton

Kate TaylorHonorable Mention Poetry 13508235 Your Glass


Kate TaylorHonorable Mention Poetry 13508368 Dear Roses


Nia TerryHonorable Mention Humor 13577057 The Lost Phone


Grace Thordarson Silver Key Poetry 13532470What I'd Like to Say to You

Lakeside High School Kat Yorks

Ashley Thornton Gold Key Poetry 13424983 AriaOrange County School of the Arts Josh Wood

Ashley ThorntonHonorable Mention Short Story 13424979

Cider of Cyanide

Orange County School of the Arts Jon Bernstein

Ashley ThorntonHonorable Mention Poetry 13537089 Lost and Found



Liam ThrailkillHonorable Mention Poetry 13540560

In Moments of Weakness

Northwest Academy Jada Pierce

Paloma ThrailkillHonorable Mention Poetry 13563417 Untitled


Rachel Tian Gold Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13578728 4:44 P.M.


Lyric Tinnel Gold Key Poetry 13542371

A Collection of Poems from Youth


Emily Tom Gold Key Short Story 13530345 The Middleman Iolani School Michael LaGory

Meylina TranHonorable Mention


Heaven On Earth St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Meylina TranHonorable Mention

Dramatic Script 13455541 Rewind St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Peter Show TranHonorable Mention Poetry 13564581

Inner Life of a Faulty Avatar (Autism with Severe Dyspraxia)

La Cañada High School Benjamin Powers

Peter Show Tran Silver Key


Coughing on the Road to Emmaus

La Cañada High School Benjamin Powers

Tuong-Vi TranHonorable Mention Poetry 13564719

Shall I compare thee to a faulty gun?

Arnold O Beckman High School Darin Hallstrom

Jonathan Truong Gold Key Short Story 13526209 Virginia's RoomOrange County School of the Arts Christina Brubaker

Jonathan TruongHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13562145

New York Rolled into a Cigarette

Orange County School of the Arts Christina Brubaker

Christine TsuHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13472590 Lights Out

Torrey Pines High School Heather Lopez


Christine Tsu Silver Key Poetry 13488047Soon Enough, You'll See


Christine Tsu Silver Key Humor 13488059

How to Boost Your Self-Confidence: A Guide for the Insecure Teen


Christine Tsu Silver Key Poetry 13523643Across the Ocean


Amanda TuHonorable Mention Poetry 13493290

Flying Through the Sky


Maximilian Tu Silver Key Poetry 13428597Thank you so so much Sage Hill School Arlie Parker

Makenna Turner Silver Key Poetry 13542281 MementoPeak To Peak Charter School Kristie Letter

Makenna Turner Silver Key Poetry 13542420 MirachioPeak To Peak Charter School Kristie Letter

Makenna Turner Silver Key Poetry 13542638The Ghost I (Mezza)


Musa TurnerHonorable Mention Poetry 13472425 Layers


Sarah Uwabo Silver Key


The Truth Behind Racism


Ian Miguel Valenti Silver Key Short Story 13564048 Sparrowhawk Star Prep Academy Desiree Dufresne

John Van NuysHonorable Mention Poetry 13453414 Too Far Gone


John Van Nuys Silver Key


Running in the Rain


Katelyn Van Zanten Silver Key Critical Essay 13580701Democrat vs Republican

Burlington-Edison High School

Stacey Van Van Zanten


Abigale VanLeuvenHonorable Mention


Indistinguishable Soul


Nora VanRees Gold Key Poetry 13495250 Ruby Eyed GirlsVancouver Arts & Academics School Jody Adams

Beatriz Velez - Di LauraHonorable Mention Novel Writing 13495055

Edge Of Destruction


Annushka Veliko-ShapkoHonorable Mention


College Essay Rejected for Being Too Depressing York School Josh Bloom

Maya Vendhan Gold Key


Discovering My Roots Colorado Academy Azhi Vendhan

Maya VendhanHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13564236

Need of the hour - Women in Stem Colorado Academy Azhi Vendhan

Maya VendhanHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13586083

Don’t Cut Federal Funding for the Arts Colorado Academy Azhi Vendhan

Sacha VersavelHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13562632 A Safe Place

LA County High School for the Arts Len Leatherwood

Bo-Violet Vig Gold Key Poetry 13479551What I Remember

Immaculate Heart High School & Middle School Amy Fujimoto

Olivia VillaltaHonorable Mention Short Story 13452443 Refugee


Miguel Villegas Gold Key Flash Fiction 13553759How to Play a Guitar

King City High School Ashley Russ


Ella Vires Silver Key Poetry 13495287You Are Not My Grandpa


Michael Wachsman Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13561995 Looking Inward

Milken Community High School Len Leatherwood

Lucy Waggoner Gold Key Poetry 13541428

A Hundred Years of Silent Struggle

Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences Rebekah Rocha

Lucy WaggonerHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13541358 Saying Sorry

Seattle Academy of Arts and Sciences Rebekah Rocha

Elena-Marie Waianuhea Gold Key Poetry 13540864 Oyako DonburiKamehameha High School Nancy DeRego

Elena-Marie WaianuheaHonorable Mention


From the Veranda

Kamehameha High School Nancy DeRego

Elena-Marie Waianuhea Silver Key Poetry 13541954

A Love Letter to Hakalau Forest Reserve


Elena-Marie Waianuhea Silver Key Poetry 13563438

My Demise: Through Dry Eyes and Parched Lips


Emily WallaceHonorable Mention Journalism 13585797

A Writer's Touch


Caitlin WallingHonorable Mention Poetry 13560644 I Am St Mary's Academy

Christopher Bottomley

Caitlin Walling Silver Key Poetry 13553785 The Unknown St Mary's AcademyChristopher Bottomley


Aiken Wang Gold Key Poetry 13463490Red Sun In White Snow Home Schooled


Aiken WangHonorable Mention Journalism 13532829

Courage Is Defiance Home Schooled


Aiken Wang Silver Key Short Story 13534054 Breathless Home SchooledMan Lai Esther Peckham

Alvin Wang Silver Key Poetry 13509631 Gold is Gone Ad Astra School Tara Safronoff

Amy Wang Gold Key Flash Fiction 13532586 Antifreeze Home SchooledMan Lai Esther Peckham

Amy Wang Gold Key Flash Fiction 13532606Inter-generational Home Schooled


Amy Wang Gold Key Short Story 13532641 Violet Home SchooledMan Lai Esther Peckham

Amy Wang Gold Key Short Story 13532747Never Truly Yours Home Schooled


Amy Wang Gold Key Flash Fiction 13532779 Xanthic Home SchooledMan Lai Esther Peckham

Amy Wang Gold Key Short Story 13532791 Chartreuse Home SchooledMan Lai Esther Peckham

Amy WangHonorable Mention Short Story 13463464

Two Truths And A Lie Home Schooled


Amy Wang Silver Key Flash Fiction 134473807 Definitions Of Heaven Home Schooled


Annabelle WangHonorable Mention Short Story 13541903 Bird in a Box

Torrey Pines High School Brianna Camacho

Annabelle WangHonorable Mention Short Story 13563041

My Brother's Bunnies

Torrey Pines High School Brianna Camacho

Annabelle WangHonorable Mention Short Story 13531744 Broken Davidson Academy Rebecca Coleman

April Wang Gold Key Poetry 13466753Cemetery of Stars

Arnold O Beckman High School Tracey Kent


April Wang Gold Key Critical Essay 13466768

Social Implications of the 21st-Century American Prison-Industrial Complex


April Wang Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13473634 Collision


April WangHonorable Mention Poetry 13462087 taiwan alive


April WangHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13466724

The Woman in the Mirror


April Wang Silver Key Poetry 13467660Portrait of the Universe


Cathy Wang Silver Key Journalism 13561963

The Most Filmed Alley in NYC? Never Heard of It. The Webb Schools Amy Zerba

Connor Wang Gold Key Critical Essay 13585143

Combating Alcoholism in Native Americans


Daisy WangHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13581628

Falling From Love Sage Hill School Emily Xu

David Wang Gold Key Critical Essay 13462013Is Space Travel Worth the Cost? Home Schooled Zhijian Wang


David Wang Gold Key Critical Essay 13497693Perseverance is Key Home Schooled Zhijian Wang

David WangHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13461999

Futuristic Paradise… or Tragic Dystopia? Home Schooled Zhijian Wang

David WangHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13497655

Perseverance and Positivity: What Differentiates Suffering From Success Home Schooled Zhijian Wang

David WangHonorable Mention Short Story 13497725

We Have Two Choices: Escape, or Die Home Schooled Zhijian Wang

David Wang Silver Key Critical Essay 13462016

“America the Beautiful,” the new “Star Spangled Banner” Home Schooled Zhijian Wang

Derek WangHonorable Mention Poetry 13473625 Me

Diamond Bar High School Shannon Kelly

Derek WangHonorable Mention Humor 13473629

Why Even Vote?

Diamond Bar High School Shannon Kelly

Diamy Wang Gold Key Critical Essay 13554461

The Fear of Missing Out: A Paradox Between Media and Society

Alhambra High School Nicole Hamilton

Dori Wang Silver Key Critical Essay 13579467

The Public’s Misguided View on Addiction



Ellen Wang Gold Key


new year's relieve

Northwood High School Erik Emery

Ellen WangHonorable Mention


Per aspera ad astra


Ellen WangHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13585916 Staying Afloat


Ellen Wang Silver Key


A History Lesson on the Model Minority Myth


Eric Wang Gold Key Poetry 13447018One Week, The Bard Catlin Gabel School Tony Stocks

Jeffrey Wang Gold Key Poetry 13538124

I Know Nothing But This America


Jeffrey WangHonorable Mention Poetry 13537644

Centrifuge To My Desire


Jeffrey Wang Silver Key Critical Essay 13542212

The Hockey Stick Distribution: Reanalyzing Social Policy in America


Katherine WangHonorable Mention Short Story 13542269 What matters?

Mercer Island High School Barbara Hallgren

Yitong Wang Silver Key Poetry 13564308Forks and Knives

Eastside Preparatory School Wen Yu Ho


Zitong Wang Gold Key Critical Essay 13541684

Concrete Dreams, Whimsical Reality: Drowning in Folly and Despair

Mercer Island High School Curtis Johnston

Sabrina WeaverHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13445362

The Tale of Them

University Laboratory School Bill Teter

Sabrina WeaverHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13445375

Psychoticism and the Death of a Rebel


Sabrina WeaverHonorable Mention


Just Another Teenage Girl That Believes Highschool Heartbreak Qualifies as Mourning


Sabrina WeaverHonorable Mention Short Story 13497568

There Once Was a Princess of the Moon


Sabrina Weaver Silver Key Poetry 13449735

Predictable Cynical Pretension: and why I am (not) a writer


Sabrina Weaver Silver Key Flash Fiction 13521448Through the Lens


Rachel WeiHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13535809

A Children's Game Home Schooled



Rebecca WeiHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13533275 To My Youth Home Schooled


Casey WeismanHonorable Mention Poetry 13542477

Sands Against Dunes


Casey Weisman Silver Key Short Story 13542393The Frozen Pond


Casey Weisman Silver Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13542452 The Torches


Adah WelshHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13465746 Identity Crisis Waterford School Kirsten Jorgenson

Paul Welsh Silver KeyDramatic Script 13442100

The Clock Portal

Encore High School Arts Riverside Aldora Thackeray

Austin Wen

Gold Key, American Voices Nominee Novel Writing 13527875 Pantheon

Westview High School Alex Lathrop

Ella WenHonorable Mention Short Story 13532595

All Is Soft Tonight

Rincon Valley Middle School Kyle Hart

Ella WenHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13586066

A Child's Memory

Rincon Valley Middle School Kyle Hart

Diego WilliamsHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13552065 5-0


Diego WilliamsHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13584742

The Plague of Despair


Grace WilliamsonHonorable Mention Poetry 13522808 ~Ø Home Schooled Caleb Pan

Grace WilliamsonHonorable Mention Poetry 13522826 The Spectater Home Schooled Caleb Pan


Grace WilliamsonHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13522900

The Mussolini Paper Company Home Schooled Caleb Pan

Grace WilliamsonHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13522921

How to Kill a Comic Home Schooled Caleb Pan

Grace Williamson Silver Key Humor 13522835 Will Home Schooled Caleb Pan

Anna Willis Gold Key Poetry 13577716From Dominique Lakeside School Lindsay Aegerter

Laurelin Wilson Silver Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13475244 Steel Garden Layton High School

Shauna Christensen

Emily Winn Gold Key Poetry 13581028

On September, During December


Emily Winn Gold KeyWriting Portfolio 13581816

Emily Winn Writing Portfolio


Emily Winn Silver Key Poetry 13580950 Cloudy DaysDenver School Of The Arts Moss Kaplan

Emily Winn Silver Key Flash Fiction 13581178 The Fifth ChildDenver School Of The Arts Moss Kaplan

Emily Winn Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13581250 Here I Am


Amelia WirickHonorable Mention Short Story 13497019 After LIfe Home Schooled Lyndsay Hall

Maeve WolfendenHonorable Mention


Remembering a Musician

North Hollywood High School

Catherine Underwood

Jihyun WonHonorable Mention Short Story 13544119 Convenience Portola High School Brianna Rapp


Allison Wong Gold Key Poetry 13473512 primary colorsOrange County School of the Arts Josh Wood

Allison Wong Silver Key Short Story 13473488 Dart ThroatOrange County School of the Arts Josh Wood

Allison Wong Silver Key Poetry 13473523 Soggy CerealOrange County School of the Arts Josh Wood

Braden Wong Gold Key Humor 13455104

An Effusive Apology to the Plastic Spork

Arcadia High School Al Sylvia

Braden WongHonorable Mention


Lost in Translation

Arcadia High School Al Sylvia

Bryce WongHonorable Mention Short Story 13546433 Today

Arcadia High School Trish Naughtin

Elliot WongHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13583764

Dogs: Defenders of the House Sage Hill School Anna Choe

Katherine WongHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13498540 R.E.M.

Orange County School of the Arts Christina Brubaker

Katherine Wong Silver Key Poetry 13496333 yellow flowerOrange County School of the Arts Derrick Ortega

Katherine Wong Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13498539 Familial Soup


Lucy WoodHonorable Mention Poetry 13552694 Love St Mary's Academy Sara Salvi

Madeleine WorrallHonorable Mention Poetry 13561133 Amelia Colorado Academy Jon Vogels

Zoe Worrall Silver Key Poetry 13536700 Action Colorado Academy Laura Sandbloom

Addison Wright Gold Key Novel Writing 13433879 Slip KnotWalter Reed Middle School

Michele Szymanski

Addison WrightHonorable Mention Novel Writing 13432780 Mute

Walter Reed Middle School

Michele Szymanski


Karen WuHonorable Mention Short Story 13462750 Iron Mother

Harvard-Westlake Middle School

Brittany McLaughlin

Raina WuHonorable Mention Poetry 13516653

Fleeting are the Clouds


Raina WuHonorable Mention


Whisper of the Lost


Raina WuHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13517962 Summer Blues


Victor Xia Gold Key

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13519165 The Rapture


Victor XiaHonorable Mention Poetry 13498097 Family History


Victor XiaHonorable Mention Poetry 13498146 The Tides


Victor XiaHonorable Mention Poetry 13519155 Varsity Boys


Victor XiaHonorable Mention Short Story 13519160 Slop


Mike XieHonorable Mention Journalism 13562112

"Breakfast Man" and the New Shanghai

Colorado Rocky Mountain School Katie Hyman

Ellen XuHonorable Mention Short Story 13521418

A Whisper In The Wind Home Schooled


Ellen Xu Silver Key Critical Essay 13521128A Life Without Pests Home Schooled


Kane XuHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13539814

AB 392: A False Reformation

Del Norte High School Rachel Ross

Shirley XuHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13534394 True Colors Home Schooled



Zhiwo XuHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13510775 The Peach Tree

Villanova Preparatory School Amy Richardson

Andrea YagherHonorable Mention

Dramatic Script 13563383 As You Are

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Jocelyn Medawar

Andrea YagherHonorable Mention Poetry 13563632

Song of the Rain

Harvard-Westlake Upper School Jocelyn Medawar

Andrea Yagher Silver Key Poetry 13563703 ParisHarvard-Westlake Upper School Jocelyn Medawar

Elizabeth YanHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13542353

How To Get Away Liberty High School Henry Level

Ivy Yan Gold Key Short Story 13563877 Whale Fall The Webb Schools Jaime Pannone

Ashley YangHonorable Mention Poetry 13540412

Procrastination's Game


Ashley YangHonorable Mention Poetry 13541564 "Chink"


Ashley YangHonorable Mention Poetry 13541980

(Korean) American Girl


Gene YangHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13521357 My Piano

Lakeside High School Kathryn Brooks

Helen Yang Silver Key


Away From Home Viewpoint School Thomas Moore

Jeffrey YangHonorable Mention Poetry 13436032

Ballad to the Grave

Orange County School of the Arts Miriam Prell

Leo Yang Gold Key Short Story 13471692Pigeons and Prey


Leo Yang Gold Key Flash Fiction 13479007

Walther Kaltenbach's Coat



Mandy Yang Gold Key Novel Writing 13536938 FirebloodWoodbridge High School Dane O'Barr

Michael YangHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13561407

A Letter to All Politicians Odle Middle School Qing Wang

Xiaoyu YangHonorable Mention


Xiaoyu: A Swirl of Colors

Lakeside High School Peter LaBerge

Grace Yen Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13526869 Keys

Henry M Jackson High School

Eldred Vidal Vazquez

Kaitlin YeohHonorable Mention


Weightless Burden


John YiHonorable Mention Short Story 13529873 Alone Together

Interlake High School Doug Calvert

John YiHonorable Mention Short Story 13530021 My Treasure

Interlake High School Doug Calvert

Andrew Yim Gold Key Short Story 13584702 Thank You.San Marino High School

Christopher Horikawa

Jiwoo YouHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13527532

An Iron Wind: Europe Under Hitler Critique Irvine High School Youngju Seo

Millie You Silver Key Short Story 13541298 NyctophiliaArcadia High School Ernest Delfin

Sofia YoungblutHonorable Mention Poetry 13518830 Fail to Notice


Alfred Yu Gold Key Poetry 13564413 Middle Country Jesuit High School Jeremiah Loverich

Alfred YuHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13527964

Death in a Dorian Scale Jesuit High School Jeremiah Loverich

Alfred YuHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13527968 The Story Of Jesuit High School Jeremiah Loverich


Alfred YuHonorable Mention Poetry 13564610

History of Asian American Terms Jesuit High School Jeremiah Loverich

Alfred YuHonorable Mention Poetry 13564620

I Don't Remember Jesuit High School Jeremiah Loverich

Alfred YuHonorable Mention Poetry 13564628 A Man Jesuit High School Jeremiah Loverich

Alfred Yu Silver Key Poetry 13564589 Evanescence Jesuit High School Jeremiah Loverich

Angela Yu Silver Key Flash Fiction 13557400 Never Forget Home SchooledMan Lai Esther Peckham

Danyi YuHonorable Mention Short Story 13524696 all i want Viewpoint School Nan Cohen

Isabelle Yuan Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13521660 Shatter


Isabelle Yuan Silver Key Poetry 13521641 SubmergedLakeside Middle School Susan Mortensen

Nawal Zahra Gold Key Poetry 13553381

A Letter to My Mother, a Letter to Me

Washington Connections Academy Robin Garner

Faith ZarbockHonorable Mention Short Story 13577027

When The Snow Fell


Saya Zeleznik Silver Key Poetry 13450206 Astral Rebirth Skyline High School Tim Erickson

Audrey Zeng Silver Key Poetry 13525076Shades Of Imagination Home Schooled


Katherine ZengHonorable Mention Poetry 13537977 Material Sage Hill School Laura Lyons

Katherine Zeng Silver Key Humor 13541856 Duck Face Sage Hill School Laura Lyons


Xiaoyi ZengHonorable Mention Short Story 13422105

Winged Creatures

Eastside Preparatory School

David Kelly-Hedrick

Amelie Zerbe Silver Key Poetry 13457397 3 am Nova SchoolSamantha Chandler

Aaron Zhang Gold Key Poetry 13500497 OysterLakeside High School Kat Yorks

Aaron Zhang Silver Key Poetry 13500545

Rain Over Stonehenge, Kyoto

Lakeside High School Kat Yorks

Alaysha ZhangHonorable Mention

Science Fiction & Fantasy 13560849 Metal Heart Viewpoint School Thomas Moore

Cindy ZhangHonorable Mention Humor 13430687

Writer's Weeping

Del Norte High School Melissa Darcey

Cindy ZhangHonorable Mention Short Story 13435882 Color

Del Norte High School Melissa Darcey

Rebecca Zhang Gold Key Poetry 13467667 City Of Ash Home SchooledMan Lai Esther Peckham

Rebecca Zhang Silver Key Poetry 13565115Past, Present, And Future Home Schooled


Rebecca Zhang Silver Key Poetry 13565319Complexity And Entropy Home Schooled


Selena Zhang Silver Key Critical Essay 13564328

Power Without Domination: Spiritual Reclamation in Walker’s Works

Lake Oswego High School Kristina Aalberg

Shane Zhang Gold Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13564038 Fruit Snacks

Eagle Rock High School Belinda Ortiz


Shuwen ZhangHonorable Mention Poetry 13554428

The Art of Being Invisible--A Ghazal for the Indian-Pakistan Partition The Webb Schools Eric Hansen

Shuwen ZhangHonorable Mention


From Invisible to Seen The Webb Schools Susanna Linsley

Shuwen Zhang Silver Key Critical Essay 13532276

Backlog Crisis, Not Migrant Crisis The Webb Schools Eric Hansen

Shuwen Zhang Silver Key Critical Essay 13553719

Death of the American Dream The Webb Schools Eric Hansen

Shuwen Zhang Silver Key Poetry 13554511 Dark Sunlight The Webb Schools Eric Hansen

Stephanie ZhangHonorable Mention


The Reflection - Flute Concerto in G Major Portola High School Doris Schlothan

Yuanmeng Zhang Silver Key Journalism 13562945

Young Idler, Old Beggar: Reflections on the Chinese National College Entrance Exam

Flintridge Preparatory School Genevieve Morgan

Vania Zhao Gold Key Poetry 13488486

Dinggedicht Quest: Two Narratives of Canes Cate School Alicia Hammond


Vania Zhao Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir 13479944 Arachnid Wrath Cate School Alicia Hammond

Jingyuan ZhengHonorable Mention Flash Fiction 13582712

Legend of the Sunflower Bible

Oaks Christian School Andrew Nguyen

Erin ZhouHonorable Mention

Personal Essay & Memoir 13452923 The Trophy

Diamond Bar High School Stephanie Duenas

Hanning ZhuHonorable Mention Critical Essay 13571454

The "Talk": Ending Racial Discrimination Through Children


Kevin Zhuo Silver Key Poetry 13495997A Long, Never-ending Summer Home Schooled


Kevin Zhuo Silver Key Critical Essay 13525042 Our Best Friend Home SchooledMan Lai Esther Peckham

Acile ZidaneHonorable Mention Poetry 13537309

Southern California Blues


Catherine Underwood

Acile ZidaneHonorable Mention Poetry 13540017

Apples and Maggots


Catherine Underwood

Acile ZidaneHonorable Mention Poetry 13540157 Laughingthrush


Catherine Underwood

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