Congratulations to the DC Winners of the 2012 Scholastic Writing Awards!
Congratulations to the following writers, whose work has been recognized in the 2012 DC Regional Scholastic Writing Awards! A panel of Washington writers, teachers, and literary professionals selected these works—from over 700 works submitted this year—as the most exceptional in the region.
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The Busboys and Poets $1,000 Scholarship Recipient...
is Ruthie Prillaman of Richard Montgomery High School! Her senior portfolio was selected by Sonya Renee, the Poet-in-Residence at Busboys and Poets, as the most outstanding portfolio in the region. Congratulations!
5 American Voices Nominations...
were awarded to the most outstanding Gold Key writing of Greater Washington. This award honors the "Best in Show" regardless of category or age group. One of these five works will be awarded a National American Voices Medal as the "Best in Region."
46 Gold Keys...
were awarded to the most accomplished works in the region. Gold Key writing will be forwarded to the national level of The Scholastic Writing Awards and considered for national recognition. Gold Key recipients will also be invited to publish their work in DC's Best Teen Writing, to participate in the Busboys and Poets Reading on February 26th, and to attend the Awards Ceremony on March 15th.
122 Silver Keys...
were awarded to distinguished works in the region. Silver Key recipients will also be invited to participate in the Busboys and Poets Reading on February 26th and to attend the Awards Ceremony on March 15th.
186 Honorable Mentions...
were awarded to promising works in the region. Honorable Mention recipients will be invited to free consultations with writers and editors who served as Writing Awards Jurors at the Writer's Center on March 3rd.
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ALL Award-Winning Writers
Check the Awards Calendar for upcoming events and important RSVP instructions!
Thank You!!
Thank you to our community sponsors, Busboys and Poets and Politics and Prose. And thank you to all the individuals who have supported this year's Scholastic Writing Awards in Greater DC!
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Student winners, listed by state, school, and last name:
| State |
School |
Student Name |
Grade |
Title |
Category |
Awards |
| Washington, DC |
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Benjamin Banneker Senior High School Count |
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Coachman, Cherrie |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
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Crawford, Oni |
12 |
Advanced Placement Terrorism Camp, Cinco, Sleep Deprivation, Days Late, Tonight |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Deal Middle School Count |
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Claman, Sophia |
7 |
This is My Dream |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
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Claman, Sophia |
7 |
Where I'm From, What's In My Journal |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Claman, Sophia |
7 |
Candles Float, Blossom and Deadly Beauty, White Tiger |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Horvath, Joey |
7 |
Alone |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Jacobovitz, Gavrielle |
8 |
Lament |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Jacobovitz, Gavrielle |
8 |
The Light of my Orange Sun |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
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Laguarda, Sofia |
8 |
Wish |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
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Laguarda, Sofia |
8 |
Telling a Story |
Flash Fiction |
Silver Key |
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Laguarda, Sofia |
8 |
Memories of Maine |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
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Laguarda, Sofia |
8 |
Genius |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
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Page, Gillian |
8 |
The US 563rd Armored Division Casualty Notification Team |
Short Story |
Gold Key, American Voices Nominee |
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Page, Gillian |
8 |
Blue |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
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Page, Rachel |
8 |
The Things She Wanted |
Flash Fiction |
Gold Key |
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Page, Rachel |
8 |
Into the Light |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
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Page, Rachel |
8 |
Lost |
Short Story |
Gold Key, American Voices Nominee |
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Shapiro, Eva |
8 |
A Song for Silence |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
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Duke Ellington School of the Arts Count |
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Alston, Asia |
10 |
The Lonely Republic |
Poetry |
Gold Key |
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Brown, Marcus |
11 |
The Boy With A Mouth On His Chest |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
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Cohen, Ellie |
10 |
Window |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
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Dease , Bridget |
11 |
A Boy and his Ailment: Innocence |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
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Dease , Bridget |
11 |
This Girl's Life |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Dease , Bridget |
11 |
Subtle Hope |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
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Herriott, Quadaja |
10 |
Raising a Parent |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Kules, Genevieve |
10 |
Hand-Me-Down, Labels |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Leigh, Idia |
11 |
Checkmate |
Dramatic Script |
Silver Key |
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Patrong, Kat |
10 |
Bruised Peaches |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
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shannon, asha |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Silver Key |
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Smith, Barrett |
10 |
Adagio |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
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Smith, Barrett |
10 |
A Renaissance |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
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Steinecke, Helen |
12 |
Means to an End |
Dramatic Script |
Honorable Mention |
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Williams, Rashawnda |
11 |
16 Years to LIfe |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Edmund Burke School Count |
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O'Dowd, Lily |
8 |
Haunted |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Silver Key |
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Field School Count |
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connaughton, grace |
11 |
Trail |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
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greenwood, lila |
10 |
What You Are Doing To Me/Gone Long Before/ Who You Are |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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McClellan, Alexandra |
8 |
Meeting Frank -- Two Scenes |
Flash Fiction |
Silver Key |
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Free Minds (DCPS) Count |
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Brown, Larry |
11 |
Black Men, Black Boy, Promises, Destiny, Please Don't Shoot Me Down |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Carlton, DeVonte |
12 |
The Way Home, Who's Here?, Stole My Heart, Hard Times |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Crosland, Donald |
11 |
Fish 'Outta Water, Dark Train, The Vault, Tied Up |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Harrison, D'Angelo |
11 |
Why I am Here, My Sentence, MamaI Lost My Mind, A Better 2morrow, |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Rivas, Christian |
11 |
It Won't Go Away, Handcuffs and Shackles |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Robinson, Alonzo |
11 |
Young Boy, Danger, Mama Told Me |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Velasquez, Luis |
12 |
Hay Quienes (There Are Some), De Donde Vengo (Where I Come From), Para Mi Madre (For My Mother) |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Georgetown Day School Count |
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Epstein-Boley, Rebecca |
9 |
Gone Bad, Taps |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Epstein-Boley, Rebecca |
9 |
Popsicle |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
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Nishio, Miyu |
8 |
Lie Crafter |
Dramatic Script |
Silver Key |
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O'Hop, Francesca |
7 |
Worldwide Web of Trouble |
Dramatic Script |
Silver Key |
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Wirtz, Megan |
9 |
Unanswered Questions |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
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Gonzaga College High School Count |
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Healy, Patrick |
11 |
Opacity The Blues A Letter From a Struggling Bird |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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KIPP DC: WILL Academy Count |
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Wallace, Ayana |
8 |
Everybody's Diary |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
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Luke C. Moore Academy Senior High School Count |
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wilson, khadijah |
11 |
Soul |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Maret School Count |
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Fitzgerald, Isel |
10 |
Trickling Down My Spine |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Fox-Penner, Emily |
11 |
Committing to Nonviolence |
Journalism |
Silver Key |
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Fox-Penner, Emily |
11 |
Portrait of the Reader as an Angsty Teen |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Gold Key |
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Fox-Penner, Emily |
11 |
The Case Against the Death Penalty |
Persuasive Writing |
Honorable Mention |
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Fox-Penner, Emily |
11 |
Women for Peace |
Persuasive Writing |
Silver Key |
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Kanefield, Eliana |
11 |
In the Beginning, Delicious, Vain, Humble, Nightmares |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Kaufman, David |
12 |
In Other News |
Humor |
Silver Key |
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Kaufman, David |
12 |
When Cherry Blossoms Bloom |
Journalism |
Silver Key |
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Kaufman, David |
12 |
The Bottom of the Ninth |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Kaufman, David |
12 |
Writing in the Misty Glass |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
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Kaufman, David |
12 |
Prelude & Fugue |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Gold Key |
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Kaufman, David |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Silver Key |
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Kim, Seon |
11 |
Visiting |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Honorable Mention |
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McLish, Jennifer |
8 |
The Graveyard Shift |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Silver Key |
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Mendelson, Olivia |
12 |
Passing By |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
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Mendelson, Olivia |
12 |
Scar Tissue, Sea Shells, To Be a Little Sister, Tinkerbell, Bottle Glass and Broken Dreams |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Mintz, Ellie |
10 |
Claudia Reflection |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Munh-Orgil, Guigaram |
12 |
How to be a Woman |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Pierson, Miriam |
10 |
The Cursing Tree |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
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Pierson, Miriam |
10 |
Grandpa Herby |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Savramis, Alexandra |
12 |
The Reflection in the Canvas |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
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Tank, Madeline |
12 |
Posterity |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Wolff, Temitayo |
8 |
Logophobia |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
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Model Secondary School for The Deaf Count |
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Epstein, Eric |
11 |
The Weight of Beauty |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Epstein, Eric |
11 |
In Bending |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
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Epstein, Eric |
11 |
Kin |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Epstein, Eric |
11 |
The Water Cycle |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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National Cathedral School Count |
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Bartram, Abigail |
9 |
Untitled |
Flash Fiction |
Silver Key |
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Forman, Ellie |
11 |
To Play the Fool; To Mold the Fire: A Paradelle for the Questioning; Unripe Nectar; Toute Seule; The Pigeon of Contused Emotions |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Forman, Ellie |
11 |
Glass Paned Pupils; Untitled; Rougir |
Poetry |
Gold Key |
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Forman, Ellie |
11 |
Winter Wings Weep; After Autumn Sleep; Enter Gentle |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Forman, Ellie |
11 |
In Hermetic Fashion; Born with a Perforated Edge; Ambrosia on Our Lips |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Forman, Ellie |
11 |
Respect Your Mother: The Bishop’s Garden; Who Before Me Here Has Sat; Muster My Muse |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Hays, Devon |
11 |
Daisy, Note, Fog, Child |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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School Without Walls Senior High School Count |
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Pitts, Elizabeth |
12 |
The Prophecy |
Dramatic Script |
Silver Key |
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Ross-Cabrera, Keanu |
12 |
Faith, Looking back, Where Once Was Fury |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Ross-Cabrera, Keanu |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Silver Key |
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Ross-Cabrera, Keanu |
12 |
As The Fires Burn |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Honorable Mention |
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Ross-Cabrera, Keanu |
12 |
The Standard At Mourning |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
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Sidwell Friends School Count |
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Cooke, Sarah |
11 |
Poetry Collection |
Poetry |
Gold Key |
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Cooke, Sarah |
11 |
This Is the Way the World Ends |
Short Story |
Gold Key, American Voices Nominee |
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Frye, Joseph |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
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Gosselin, Jacob |
9 |
Family |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Starr, Julia |
12 |
Before the Fires |
Dramatic Script |
Gold Key |
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Starr, Julia |
12 |
Crime of Passion |
Dramatic Script |
Silver Key |
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St. Albans School Count |
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Barker, Taylor |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
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Catalanotto , Rob |
12 |
The Kite |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
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Danello, Sam |
10 |
The New World |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
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Danello, Sam |
10 |
My Shadow Has a Name |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
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Hopson, Thomas |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
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Medish, Vadim |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
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Reston, James |
10 |
Face |
Flash Fiction |
Silver Key |
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Reston, James |
10 |
The Leaves Stirred |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Thariani, Cameron |
11 |
The Art of the Tarof |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Thariani, Cameron |
11 |
The Real Fool |
Persuasive Writing |
Honorable Mention |
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Thariani, Cameron |
11 |
On the Nature of Academia |
Persuasive Writing |
Honorable Mention |
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Villeneuve, Andrew |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
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St. John's College High School Count |
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Hogan, Ann |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Gold Key |
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Sbily, George |
11 |
Hummer |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
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Washington International School - Tregaron Campus Count |
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Edwards, Belen |
8 |
The Frailty of Hands |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
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Sullivan, Noor |
10 |
I Lay Still on the Deck |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
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Washington Latin School PCS Count |
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gans, khalia |
8 |
Before Day |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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gans, khalia |
8 |
She |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
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Speaks, Deion |
12 |
Teenage Love? |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Woodrow Wilson Senior High School Count |
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Cordes, Sophia |
9 |
Time Skips A Beat |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
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Klein, Rebecca |
10 |
Missing Pieces |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Lainoff, Lillie |
11 |
Isolation |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
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Lainoff, Lillie |
11 |
What About Her? |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Lainoff, Lillie |
11 |
Swallows |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
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Parker, Claire |
9 |
The Truth in the Tapping |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
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Parker, Claire |
9 |
Heartbreak |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
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Sternlieb, Erin |
9 |
Before She Left, Life Abandoned |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Sternlieb, Erin |
9 |
Connections |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
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Torresen, AnneMarie |
11 |
Norway-An Epistle, Norway, The Land of More, Blueberries in August |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Academy of the Holy Cross Count |
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Gaines, Kailyn |
11 |
Painted Lady |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
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Gaines, Kailyn |
11 |
Am I America's Snack Food? |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Albert Einstein High School Count |
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Meyerson, Lena |
12 |
Big Little Kids |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Ruskin, Halcyon |
9 |
The Wings of One Thousand |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
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Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Count |
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O'Malley, Hannah |
11 |
Raindrops on My Windshield; the Mob |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Wildavsky, Aaron |
11 |
"Civility" in the Aftermath of Tuscon |
Persuasive Writing |
Honorable Mention |
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Charles E Smith Jewish Day School Count |
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Dine, Ranana |
12 |
Writer's Block |
Dramatic Script |
Honorable Mention |
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Dine, Ranana |
12 |
Childhood Adventures |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
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Dine, Ranana |
12 |
Pervasions, Going to the 'Ballet' |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Gasko, Tamar |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
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Goldstein, Scott |
12 |
There Are Sneetches In The Bathroom! |
Humor |
Silver Key |
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Goldstein, Scott |
12 |
A Girl At A Dance, A Woolfean Experience, Woman On The Moon |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Goldstein, Scott |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Silver Key |
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Eastern Middle School Count |
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Orbach, Milena |
8 |
Shadows of Pain |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Orbach, Milena |
8 |
The System of Finland |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Honorable Mention |
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Eleanor Roosevelt High School Count |
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Pannell, Charis |
12 |
Mrs. Dazey Drives You Crazy |
Dramatic Script |
Honorable Mention |
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Pannell, Charis |
12 |
Slow Dancing In a Burning Room |
Flash Fiction |
Silver Key |
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Pannell, Charis |
12 |
Warm Weather and Weirdness |
Humor |
Honorable Mention |
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Forest Oak Middle School Count |
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Zenebe, Bersabeh |
8 |
Absence |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
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Holton-Arms School Count |
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Robinson, Adia |
10 |
Cracks. |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
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Homeschool Count |
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Agarwal, Nimai |
7 |
Is Global Warming the Greatest Challenge Facing Humankind? |
Persuasive Writing |
Honorable Mention |
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Hurr, Tessa |
10 |
Teenage Love Affair |
Dramatic Script |
Silver Key |
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Hurr, Tessa |
10 |
All Gifted |
Dramatic Script |
Silver Key |
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Hurr, Tessa |
10 |
Bittersweet Symphony |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Gold Key |
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Hurr, Tessa |
10 |
At Least You're On Top of The World |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
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Hurr, Tessa |
10 |
In the Arms of an Angel |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
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Olshin, Abbie |
9 |
FISH |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
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Olshin, Abbie |
9 |
She is Not My Mother, Our Seven Sins Together Equal One Fate |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Olshin, Abbie |
9 |
One Choice |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
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Landon School Count |
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Mian, Shehrose |
12 |
Hope, Water |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Montgomery Blair High School Count |
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Adler Asch, Peter |
11 |
Collectivism and Condescension; New Order; Sliding Sun; Fear Encroaching On Life; How Might One Know When a Tall Tale Is Real?!? |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Cheng, Brittany |
11 |
Occupy Violence: The New Movement |
Journalism |
Honorable Mention |
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Cheng, Brittany |
11 |
The Girl with the Controversial Clothing |
Journalism |
Silver Key |
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Lu, Andrew |
12 |
Four Portraits of Genesis, The Wedding, Days in Passing, City Spirits, Small Steps |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Lu, Andrew |
12 |
The Last Candle |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Silver Key |
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Lu, Nina |
12 |
The Story I Should Have Told My Sister |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
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Lu, Nina |
12 |
Construction Paper; Beat; Strut in Ruby; Vancouver, 1990; A Beetle |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Poolesville High School Count |
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Belenky, Julia |
11 |
Instructions for Falling |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Silver Key |
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Chung, Eunice |
10 |
The Tears of a Bird in a Cage |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Hatchett, Michael |
12 |
The Pitch |
Dramatic Script |
Honorable Mention |
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Quince Orchard High School Count |
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Leavy, Jennifer |
11 |
Pink Comets, Misguided Angel |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Richard Montgomery High School Count |
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Emanuel, Galen |
11 |
Chat Meditation |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Feldman, Dominique |
12 |
The Tears That Fall, Reflections of a Broken Heart, Death |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Givens, Kiera |
11 |
Connections |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Itskowitz, Jesse |
12 |
"Morning," "A Poem for Leslie on the Death of Her Grandmother," "Flight," "Tenement Record," and "Sister" |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Itskowitz, Jesse |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
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Li, Yiyi "Jessica" |
10 |
Unheard |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
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Ostuni, Steven |
10 |
Journey |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
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Prillaman, Ruthie |
12 |
A Room of One Zone |
Humor |
Silver Key |
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Prillaman, Ruthie |
12 |
Fried Rice, Magical Thinking, Things you can paint on a grain of rice |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Prillaman, Ruthie |
12 |
Off-Color, Love Sonnet, CanonCakes |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Prillaman, Ruthie |
12 |
Newfound Blob, Manic Pixie Dream Girl, Two Line Poem |
Poetry |
Gold Key |
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Prillaman, Ruthie |
12 |
Jephthah's Daughter, I read a poemland and built house, Dinner on Pig-Killing Day |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
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Prillaman, Ruthie |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Gold Key |
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Xu, Kathleen |
12 |
Off, Lasso, His Voice |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Xu, Kathleen |
12 |
The Center of the World, Ifs and Buts |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
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Yan, Megan |
11 |
We Never Come Undone |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
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Robert Frost Middle School Count |
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Lowy, Zach |
8 |
Live and Let Live: Why Same-Sex Marriage Should Be Legal |
Persuasive Writing |
Silver Key |
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Roberto W. Clemente Middle School Count |
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1 |
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Cheung, Grace |
8 |
Sand Jumping |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
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Seneca Valley High School Count |
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3 |
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Baker, John |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
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Baker, John |
12 |
The Lifeguard |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Baker, John |
12 |
The African King |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
|
Sherwood High School Count |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Murphy, Katie |
10 |
Split Second |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
|
Silver Spring International Middle School Count |
|
1 |
|
Clements, Wiley |
7 |
Uninvited |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
|
St. John the Evangelist School Count |
|
|
5 |
|
Hathway, Jeanne |
8 |
Weightless |
Flash Fiction |
Silver Key |
|
Hathway, Jeanne |
8 |
One for Two (A Steady Stream of Blood) |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
|
Hathway, Jeanne |
8 |
My God, I've Lost Her |
Humor |
Honorable Mention |
|
Hathway, Jeanne |
8 |
Right to Life |
Persuasive Writing |
Honorable Mention |
|
Hathway, Jeanne |
8 |
Cigarette Summer |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
|
St. Peter's School Count |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Blassingame, Bria |
8 |
Hannah's Book |
Flash Fiction |
Silver Key |
|
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Count |
|
|
2 |
|
Wellisz, Olenka |
7 |
On The Subject Of Walruses |
Flash Fiction |
Gold Key |
|
Wellisz, Olenka |
7 |
A Party On Olympus |
Humor |
Honorable Mention |
|
Takoma Academy Count |
|
|
|
1 |
|
Blackwood, Merlique |
11 |
Echoes in the Quiet |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Thomas S. Wootton High School Count |
|
|
3 |
|
De Stefano, Samantha |
11 |
Paradise, Paradisio |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Gunaratne, Sheoli |
10 |
The Night of the Crimson Eliya |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
|
Lu, (Alice) Yanhong |
11 |
Land of Forever, Her Broken Eyes, Escape |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Thomas W. Pyle Middle School Count |
|
|
3 |
|
Wolfe, Emma |
8 |
All My Yesterdays |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
|
Wolfe, Emma |
8 |
Opportunity, Inspiration, Death, Winter, Power |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Wolfe, Emma |
8 |
Thief |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Silver Key |
|
Walt Whitman High School Count |
|
|
2 |
|
Bleecker, Arielle |
10 |
(Collection:) Couplets, Read Between the Lines, Loup-Garou, Hansel Where's Gretel? |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
da Silva, Abigail |
10 |
Courage, The Forgotten Poem |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Winston Churchill High School Count |
|
|
3 |
|
Bonan, Jamie |
10 |
Last Summer |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
|
Bontempo, Brian |
12 |
The Hidden Tri-light |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Keung, Tiffany |
12 |
One Girl's Misadventures through the College Application Process (fomerly titled: Untitled College Essay) |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
| Virginia |
|
|
|
|
Centreville High School Count |
|
|
|
|
Tropea, Elisabeth |
11 |
Closed Door, My Heart Turned Sideways, Tangled Hair, Another "To Do" List, Her Old Paints |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Yoon, Esther |
11 |
The Silent Affair |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
|
Yoon, Esther |
11 |
Time, Flightless Bird, Laughing Crinkles, Taken, Intuition |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Chantilly High School Count |
|
|
|
|
Mollers, Ariana |
12 |
The Love Letter To Mauricio, Unspoken |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Congressional Schools of Virginia Count |
|
|
|
Phaltankar, Julia |
7 |
I Am A Mystery |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Phaltankar, Julia |
7 |
Insecurities |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
|
Fairfax High School Count |
|
|
|
|
Morgan, Thom |
12 |
Ataxia |
Dramatic Script |
Honorable Mention |
|
Gunston Middle School Count |
|
|
|
|
Matos-Velazquez, Isabella |
8 |
A Weeping Willows Tainted Eden, The Unforgiveable Deed |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Muggill, Gail |
8 |
Ohitekah |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
|
Parks, Isabel |
8 |
The City of Deception |
Flash Fiction |
Silver Key |
|
Hayfield Secondary School Count |
|
|
|
Coyle, Meghan |
11 |
Shadows |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
|
Hayfield Secondary School |
Eckerberg, Bianca |
12 |
Of The Broken |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
H-B Woodlawn Count |
|
|
|
|
Budway, Anne |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Gold Key |
|
Hayes, Amanda |
9 |
Voice, Lethe, Forever, Song of a Sinner, I built a poem |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
LeValley, Anna |
11 |
Love in Her Heart, Simplicity, Of Friendship |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Paris, Cassie |
11 |
Babylon |
Flash Fiction |
Gold Key |
|
Paris, Cassie |
11 |
Jack Bullet and Al the Notorious |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
|
Lake Braddock Secondary Count |
|
|
|
|
Dennis, Araba |
10 |
Three People Who Never Visited Andrew Lachely |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
|
Dennis, Araba |
10 |
Ave Maria |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Wartel, Josh |
9 |
An American Dream |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
|
Zinn, Megan |
11 |
Inked |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
|
Zinn, Megan |
11 |
You Are Free |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Langley High School Count |
|
|
|
|
Ji, Jessica |
10 |
Morphine |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Honorable Mention |
|
Oh, Rebecca |
10 |
Silent Screams |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Madison High School Count |
|
|
|
|
Brents, Lindsay |
12 |
Apology Letter, High Fancy, Pre-Dawn, St. Peter's Basilica, Winter Morning |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Jamison, Bridget |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
|
Kirkhorn, Elizabeth |
9 |
7 a.m. |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Marshall High School Count |
|
|
|
|
Islam, Celia |
10 |
Radio |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
|
McLean High School Count |
|
|
|
|
McCune, Elizabeth |
10 |
Thoughts on Extras, Inside the Box, Behind Closed Doors |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
McCune, Elizabeth |
10 |
Significant Digits by September 10th 2011, A Nightmare, An Exchange, Adieu to the Desert |
Poetry |
Gold Key |
|
Mount Vernon High School Count |
|
|
|
Wong, Rachel |
12 |
Pretty. Odd. |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
|
Wong, Rachel |
12 |
The Buried Life We Never Live |
Journalism |
Honorable Mention |
|
Wong, Rachel |
12 |
Hollywood’s Oldest Enemies: Readers |
Journalism |
Honorable Mention |
|
Wong, Rachel |
12 |
We Have Set Fire To The Sun, Indirection |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Wong, Rachel |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
|
Wong, Rachel |
12 |
Ameliorate |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Oakton High School Count |
|
|
|
|
Ammons, Nathan |
12 |
Walking in Water |
Dramatic Script |
Gold Key |
|
Ammons, Nathan |
12 |
When We Meet Again |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Bachelet, Esteban |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
|
Bui, Kevin |
11 |
Ink Liquor; Indescribable; Joy; A Curious Gardener |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Hoang, Elysee |
11 |
Polygon |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Honorable Mention |
|
Jordan, Anna |
10 |
I Believe |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
|
Jordan, Anna |
10 |
Window Seat |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Kitchen, Emma |
12 |
The House |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Lin, Maggie |
12 |
Goddess of Ice, Grey Men, Lost, Uncharted Treasure, Change of Mind |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Lin, Maggie |
12 |
Hands, Countryside, Brocade, Resilience, The Phoenix |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Lin, Maggie |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
|
Mekelburg , Madlin |
11 |
"An Elegy of Life", "Their Names", "Lost in Translation" |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Moens, Lily |
10 |
The DMV |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Wiltse, Madeline |
10 |
Always Remember, Never Forget |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Yaremchuk, Emily |
11 |
Elegy, I Hate Your Eyes, On the Heart of Suburbia, Over the City, The Pleasure Boat |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Robert E Lee High School Count |
|
|
|
|
Batra, Simran |
9 |
The Old Man's Sorrow |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Batra, Simran |
9 |
Dotbusters |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Robinson Secondary Count |
|
|
|
|
Early, Casey |
10 |
Change, Seasons, Jumbled, Feathers Red, Invisible |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Early, Casey |
10 |
First Step on the Moon, December Wind, The Phantom Bike |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Early, Casey |
10 |
Words on Words, From the Other Side, Surround Sound, Snowfall |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Nguyen, Stephanie |
11 |
My Mother's Hands |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
|
South County Secondary Count |
|
|
|
|
Hayes, Emily |
10 |
Inhale Exhale |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
|
Hayes, Emily |
10 |
As a Sister, of a Brother. The 25 Lette Alphabet. |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Hayes, Emily |
10 |
The Loudest Silence. A Nursery Rhyme. |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School Count |
|
|
|
Hassell, Haley |
8 |
My Life in Oreos |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
|
Hassell, Haley |
8 |
The Other Side to the Story |
Persuasive Writing |
Honorable Mention |
|
Hassell, Haley |
8 |
Urban Love, Sweet Storm, The Faces of Silence, Popsicle Tears, Ice-cold Perfection |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Hassell, Haley |
8 |
Rain in Perspective, Aztec Sea, Playing Nice, Lost in Flaw, Fast |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Hassell, Haley |
8 |
Majority Rules, Lost Identities, Faith's Battle |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Hassell, Haley |
8 |
Ten Reasons I Wish I Didn't Tell |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
|
Hassell, Haley |
8 |
Sing |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
|
St. Thomas More Cathedral School Count |
|
|
Mcglathery, Angela |
8 |
"Being"; "A Writer's Dilemma"; "Impermanence" |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Mcglathery, Angela |
8 |
"Anxiety"; "Wretched" |
Poetry |
Gold Key |
|
Mcglathery, Angela |
8 |
The Beast |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
|
T.C. Williams High School Count |
|
|
|
|
Clinger, Charlotte |
11 |
Plexiglass Slippers |
Humor |
Honorable Mention |
|
The Potomac School Count |
|
|
|
|
Berray, Nick |
8 |
A Marriage Made of Paper |
Humor |
Silver Key |
|
Berray, Nick |
8 |
Don't Panic |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
|
Berray, Nick |
8 |
Encouraging Students to Take Charge of Their Education |
Persuasive Writing |
Silver Key |
|
Thomas Jefferson High School Count |
|
|
|
An, YouNa |
10 |
Refugee; Helplessness; Unconfident |
Poetry |
Gold Key |
|
Are, Sakethnath |
12 |
The Tire |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
|
Bhattacharyya, Pritha |
12 |
7 Tips to Running a Mile |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Gold Key |
|
Bhattacharyya, Pritha |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Silver Key |
|
Dunn, Austin |
12 |
Mystery at Rock Creek Park |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
|
Duong, Tiffany |
11 |
"The Modern Prometheus" , Thoughts While Organizing a Poetry Collection, The Coroner's Lament |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Duong, Tiffany |
11 |
Among Mountain and Ocean Spirits, Ðàn tranh, The more they stay the same |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Edelstein, Rebecca |
12 |
Innocence Violated |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Fong, Daphne |
12 |
What the River Held |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Goodson, Jordan |
10 |
An Experiment in Style |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
|
Hastings, Emma |
10 |
True Heroes |
Flash Fiction |
Silver Key |
|
Hastings, Emma |
10 |
Illuminating the Brain |
Journalism |
Silver Key |
|
Hastings, Emma |
10 |
Errand of Mercy |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Honorable Mention |
|
Hastings, Emma |
10 |
St Jude's Center for Ticking Time Bombs |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Gold Key |
|
Hastings, Emma |
10 |
The Rise of Caligula |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
|
Hu, Kristina |
12 |
An Encounter on Elm Street |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
|
Hu, Kristina |
12 |
Death In The Great Hall |
Humor |
Honorable Mention |
|
Hu, Kristina |
12 |
Bing |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Gold Key |
|
Hu, Kristina |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Silver Key |
|
Hu, Kristina |
12 |
The Dungeon Man |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Huang, Andrew |
10 |
A Bird's Eye View |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
|
Hume, Shayna |
10 |
Dancing in the Rain |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
|
Jacobs, Christine |
12 |
Casey Anthony |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Kim, Danbi |
12 |
Behind the Smile |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
|
Kim, Sung jin |
11 |
The timeless men |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
|
Kim, Sung jin |
11 |
Monster |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Honorable Mention |
|
Kuang, Raynor |
11 |
This Ridiculous Life |
Dramatic Script |
Silver Key |
|
Kuang, Raynor |
11 |
Mnemosyne; Terpsichore; Urania |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Liu, Hillary |
11 |
Semele's Rebirth |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
|
Liu, Lucia |
12 |
Earthwalker / bodysoft / Serenade |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Malhotra, Rishi |
12 |
High Definition: A Play About Television |
Dramatic Script |
Silver Key |
|
Mostrom, Lauren |
10 |
The Question |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
|
Myers, Jordan |
12 |
Testing Theories of Love Using the Scientific Method |
Humor |
Gold Key |
|
Omeish, Anwar |
10 |
Ad Infinitum |
Flash Fiction |
Honorable Mention |
|
Omeish, Anwar |
10 |
Killing the Cat |
Flash Fiction |
Silver Key |
|
Omeish, Anwar |
10 |
Wissen (or, To Be Aware); De Carminibus (or, About Poetry); Origins |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Reinsel, Madeline |
10 |
The Girl in the Red Dress/ My American Dream/ That Moment/ Drums |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Seo, Ji Sung |
10 |
Opaque House |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
|
Sun, Mary |
12 |
Love Child |
Flash Fiction |
Gold Key |
|
Sun, Mary |
12 |
2 Waves and 1.99 Collisions |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Gold Key |
|
Sun, Mary |
12 |
weaver, The Degradation, Soldier, Unsaid, Jealousy |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Sun, Mary |
12 |
Mannequin, Strong One, Grace |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Sun, Mary |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Gold Key |
|
Tsou, Christine |
10 |
The Night Market |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
|
Wyman, David |
12 |
Deserving |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
|
Yaro, Zachary |
12 |
Geek Cred |
Humor |
Honorable Mention |
|
Yohe, Taylor |
10 |
The Place I Call Home |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
|
Yu, Kunyao |
12 |
The Waters |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Honorable Mention |
|
Yu, Kunyao |
12 |
It was the Mice |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
|
Trinity Christian School Count |
|
|
|
|
Chen, Sierra |
8 |
Hope for Snow |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Christenson, Joshua |
12 |
Katahdin, Calypso, Reflections on Hemingway, A Twelve Line Obituary, King of Florence, To Winter, Cathy, Reflections on the Pulpit, Sartre... |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Dyer, Anna |
12 |
The Runner's Saturday, Beware of the Beast, The Effects of Spring |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Johnson, Monique |
9 |
The Lion / Still / Engulfed / My Own Wild Sanctuary |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Won, Alexander |
8 |
The Race Against Death |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Washington Lee High School Count |
|
|
|
Banchoff, Luisa |
11 |
Sixteen-Sentence Life; Forgetting; Disappear |
Poetry |
Gold Key, American Voices Nominee |
|
Banchoff, Luisa |
11 |
Four-Chambered Heart; White-Collared |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Banchoff, Luisa |
11 |
The Gardener |
Short Story |
Gold Key |
|
Bessler, Abigail |
11 |
Drive--; she |
Poetry |
Gold Key, American Voices Nominee |
|
Cregan, Emma |
11 |
Tigers on Tightropes |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Honorable Mention |
|
Cregan, Emma |
11 |
The Sculptor |
Science Fiction/Fantasy |
Silver Key |
|
West Potomac High School Count |
|
|
|
Van Dyck, Jenna |
12 |
A Storm |
Short Story |
Silver Key |
|
West Springfield High School Count |
|
|
|
Hyde, Ben |
11 |
A Corpse and a Dead Man |
Flash Fiction |
Gold Key |
|
Smith, Briana |
12 |
A Letter To My Haters, The Girl and the Whale |
Poetry |
Honorable Mention |
|
Westfield High School Count |
|
|
|
|
Sierralta, Valeria |
12 |
American Dream |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Woodson High School Count |
|
|
|
|
Maryn, Nina |
11 |
The Make-Believers |
Short Story |
Honorable Mention |
|
Yorktown High School Count |
|
|
|
|
Halprin, Amanda |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Honorable Mention |
|
Jones, Alexandra |
12 |
Collected Works |
Portfolio |
Silver Key |
|
Richardson, Natalie |
11 |
Universe People, January 1997, Physician's Office |
Poetry |
Silver Key |
|
Schweikert, Ned |
10 |
The Smock |
Personal Essay/Memoir |
Silver Key |
|
|
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