Young Authors

The Honorable Mentions for Fiction are:

• "Ball Joints" by Anne Lemberg from Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School (Bloomfield Hills, MI)
• "The Hours After" by Iris Cronin from St. Johns School (Bellaire, TX)
• "The Hunt for Glory" by Quinn Martin from Lake Forest High School (Lake Forest, IL)
• "Rowing on the Wrong Side of the Canoe" by Erika Riley from Ward Melville High School (Stony Brook, NY)
• "Flora Con Leche" by Alexandra Ruiz from Bard High School Early College (Brooklyn, NY)
• "Contest" by Mackenzie Williams from New Buffalo High School (New Buffalo, MI)
• "The Return of the Myrmidons" by Nolan Liu from St. Joseph High School (South Bend, IN)
• "Chimera" by Daniel Puka from John Hersey High School (Prospect Heights, IL)
• "Disappearing Acts" by Alicia Lai from State College Area High School (State College, PA)
• "When It's Permanent" by Jake Gogats from Clarkstown High School (Valley Cottage, NY)
• "Pierre" by Kang Yeon Lee from Daewon Foreign Language High School (Seoul, South Korea)
• "Countdown" by Laura Hu from Troy High School (Baldwin Park, CA)
• "Peter Pan" by Alexandra Palocz from Weston High School (Weston, MA)
• "Oscar & Alphonse" by Cynthia Francis from Reitz Memorial High School (Newburgh, IN)
• "Glass Like Greatness" by Dani Blum from Ridgefield High School (Ridgefield, CT)
• "Wed-nes-day" by Wendy Lee from Neuqua Valley High School (Naperville, IL)
• "Right Here" by Migle Rokuizyte from Bard High School Early College (New York, NY)
• "The Emmett Lochlan Acclaimed Violinist Joke" by Ian Sherman from The Day School (Chappaqua, NY)
• "To Fix a Broken Heart" by Eva Rest from Naperville Central High School (Naperville, IL)

The First, Second, and Third place winners for Fiction are:

THIRD PLACE:

• "Kavita" by Hanel Baveja from Huron High School (Ann Arbor, MI)
• "Beauty Have Mercy on Me" by Molly Schwalm from Mercy High School (Farmington Hills, MI)

SECOND PLACE:

• "A Celebration" by Juliet Kelso from Friends Select School (Philadelphia, PA)
• "Sizwe" by Lesedi Ntsele from Interlochen Art Academy in Interlochen, MI
• "Oceans" by Sojourner Ahebee from Interlochen Art Academy (Interlochen, MI)

FIRST PLACE:

• "The Sweet Scent of Gamm-Aminobutyric Acid" by Emma Hastings from Thomas Jefferson High School (Vienna, VA)

The Honorable Mentions for Creative Non-Fiction are:

• "Windows to the Soul" by Halbert Bai from St. Marks School of Texas (Plano, TX)
• "We are Women" by Amelia Nierenberg from Fieldston School (Yonkers, NY)
• "Flying in Beaumont" by Emily Xiao from University of Chicago Laboratory School (Chicago, IL)
• "Good Things Happen to Those Who Don't Wait" by Kendra Arnold from Woodbridge Senior High School (Gainesville, VA)
• "Water-boarding with my Father" by Aron Helfet from Stuyvesant High School (New York, NY)
• "Seeing the Elephant" by Hayley Hahn from Woodson High School (Fairfax, VA)
• "199 Donuts" by Kamilyn Choi from Mounds View High School (Shoreview, MN)
• "Mustangs and Thunderbirds" by Jessica LaLonde from Interlochen Art Academy (Interlochen, MI)
• "Fever" by Emily Xiao from University of Chicago Laboratory School (Chicago, IL)
• "What I can Afford to Lose" by Elle Hill from University of Chicago Laboratory School (Chicago, IL)

The First, Second, and Third place winners for Creative Non-Fiction are:

THIRD PLACE:

• "My Father Grew up in a Company Town" by Nolan Liu from St. Joseph High School (South Bend, IN)
• "Astoria Park" by Jane Argodale from Stuyvesant High School (Astoria, NY)

SECOND PLACE:

• "Collage" by Lydia Oliver from Alabama School of Fine Arts (Warrior, AL)

FIRST PLACE:

• "Pictures of my Heart" by Siqi Liu from Naperville Central High School (Naperville, IL)

The Honorable Mentions for Playwriting are:

• "Leaves" by Rose Richard from Homewood-Flossmoor High School (Homewood, IL)
• "Monologue: Finding My Voice" by Ian Sherman from The Day School (Chappaqua, NY)
• "Blues-berries for 25" by Philip Peker from Livingston High School (Livingston, NJ)

The First, Second, and Third place winners for Playwriting are:

THIRD PLACE:

• "Candles" by Jihan Ramroop from Benjamin Cardozo High School (Queens Village, NY)

SECOND PLACE:

• "The Sketchbook" by Charlotte Lee from Fieldston School (New York, NY)

FIRST PLACE:

• "The Broken Ornament" by Margaret Abigail Flowers from Interlochen Arts Academy (Houston TX)