2021 CONNECTICUT STUDENT WRITERS CONTEST Student AWARDS

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2021 CONNECTICUT STUDENT WRITERS CONTEST student AWARDS

Thanks to all the students and their teachers who submitted pieces for the 2021 Connecticut Student Writers contest. They are all winners because they are developing as writers and they are on their way to being productive and successful young people. Special congratulations go to the students listed in the table below who received Platinum, Gold, Silver, and Honorable Mention (HM) awards in the 2021 Connecticut Student Writers contest. The table is sorted by grade level, genre, and award category. All Platinum award winners will be published in the 2021 Connecticut Student Writers magazine. Connecticut Student Writers magazines are available online on the Connecticut Writing Project website.

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE

Melia Luo Annie E. Vinton Elementary Marcy Rudge The Blue Moon PLATINUM School Art Kindergarten Rory Ford CREC Ana Grace Academy Sue Files Sunny Day Smiles of the Arts Elementary Art Kindergarten PLATINUM Magnet School

Braxton Brown North Street School Emily Handel The Gym Non- Kindergarten PLATINUM Fiction Laurel Golych North Street School Liz Aube My Mom Non- Kindergarten PLATINUM Fiction Marshall Rabbett North Street School Noreen Mitchell Weekend at the Non- Kindergarten PLATINUM Park Fiction Natalie Clifford Head O'Meadow Elementary Beth Taverna How To Make A Non- Kindergarten PLATINUM School Cat Mask Fiction

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE TJ Wells CREC Ana Grace Academy Sue Files My Story Non- of the Arts Elementary Kindergarten PLATINUM Magnet School Fiction

Amelia Luo Annie E. Vinton Elementary Marcy Rudge The Blue Moon School Poetry Kindergarten PLATINUM Max Anna Reynolds Elementary Sharon Byron Winter Art 1 PLATINUM Kurzatkowski School Robert Anna Reynolds Elementary Lesley Keener “Cat-tastic” Day in Art 1 PLATINUM Perlmutter School the Park Owen Gietzen Northeast Academy Arts Allison Brown The Box Brothers Magnet School Fiction 1 PLATINUM Colette McKeown North Street School Evilija The Best Snack in Non- 1 PLATINUM Malinauskaite the World Fiction Jolie Nguyen Anna Reynolds Elementary Sharon Byron How to Grow a Non- 1 PLATINUM School Plant Fiction Lily Wilson Hopewell Elementary School Julie Brennan How to Read Non- 1 PLATINUM Fiction Lindsey Hopewell Elementary School Jessica Wolf When I Cut My Non- 1 PLATINUM Rodriguez Hair Fiction Owen Gietzen Northeast Academy Arts Allison Brown All About Zooming Non- 1 HM Magnet School Fiction Owen Gietzen Northeast Academy Arts Allison Brown Our Walks Magnet School Poetry 1 PLATINUM

Bethany George Home schooled Sharon George Sunset In The City Art 2 PLATINUM Jon-Sherman Breakthrough Magnet Maria Milanez- Crying Ponder School North Miller Art 2 PLATINUM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Jon-Sherman Breakthrough Magnet Maria Milanez- Drawing Ponder School North Miller Art 2 PLATINUM Tessa Mirabello Anna Reynolds Elementary Jeff Helming An Amazing Day School Fiction 2 PLATINUM Keira Murphy Squadron Line Elementary Nadia Egan Ending Up In the Fiction 2 GOLD Laundry Jon-Sherman Breakthrough Magnet Maria Milanez- Blackclaw and Ponder School North Miller Brownstripe Fiction 2 SILVER

Kylie Lewis Tariffville School NIcole White The Gemstone Fiction 2 SILVER Logan Gomes Anna Reynolds Elementary Eve Davis Charlie and the Pet School Store Fiction 2 SILVER Maya Szewczyk Anna Reynolds Elementary Jeff Helming Maya and the police School snowman patrol Fiction 2 SILVER Miriam Paige Naubuc Elementary School Tierney Zuba Double Double Fiction 2 SILVER Trouble Trouble Riley Kaseta John Paterson Elementary Andrea Obert- Roxy and Penelope School Hahn Fiction 2 SILVER Josephine Nogiec Glastonbury East Hartford Jennifer Senick The Day I Got Magnet School Zelda Fiction 2 HM

Julia Antico Tootin' Hills School Catherine Hoerle Lucy's Adventure Fiction 2 HM Mihika Gupta Naubuc Elementary School Tierney Zuba Alyssa and Sunny: Fiction 2 Friends for Life HM Parker Dionne Tootin' Hills School Catherine Hoerle Jack, Andy and the Fiction 2 Giant Snowman HM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Robert Todaro Anna Reynolds Elementary Jeffrey Helming The Haunted School House Fiction 2 HM Skylar Noel Anna Reynolds Elementary Eve Davis Rose the Unicorn School and Friends Save Fiction 2 Unicorn High HM School Carter McHugh Bakerville Consolidated Tara Ljubuncic Bike Riding Non- 2 PLATINUM Fiction Evan Ribeiro Anna Reynolds Elementary Melissa Bornas All About Sharks Non- 2 PLATINUM School Fiction Angela Vacca Anna Reynolds Elementary Eve Davis My Birthday Non- 2 SILVER School Parade Fiction Charlotte Clifford Head O'Meadow Rosemarie Martin Luther Non- 2 SILVER Costello King Jr Essay Fiction Elle McDavid John Paterson Elementary Andrea Obert- Bears Non- 2 SILVER School Hahn Fiction Hudson Behan John Paterson Elementary Andrea Obert- Timmy's Take on Non- 2 School Hahn Video Games Fiction HM Jaxson Konopka Central School Nancy The Dodgeball Non- 2 Montemerl Game Fiction HM Lillian Nogiec Glastonbury East Hartford Jennifer Senick All About Jellyfish Non- 2 Magnet School Fiction HM Sadie Habel North Street School Julie Newell Fun Facts About Non- 2 Deer Fiction HM Claire Stephenson Squadron Line Elementary Maureen Billings Winter Dance School Poetry 2 PLATINUM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE William O'Brien Squadron Line Elementary Maureen Billings Hot Chocolate Schools Poetry 2 PLATINUM Arth Sharma Academy of Aerospace and Christopher Racial Segregation Engineering Gordon Poetry 2 SILVER Tessa Mirabello Anna Reynolds Elementary Jeff Helming Winter School Poetry 2 SILVER

Apeksha Vejendla CREC Discovery Academy Jennifer Shannon Fireplace Fun Poetry 2 HM Chelsea Whitman Squadron Line Elementary Maureen Billings Sisters Poetry 2 School HM Katherine Farley North Street School Laura Sullivan The Emotion Poetry 2 Poem HM Sydney Coleman Squadron Line Elementary Maureen Billings Winter Cookies School Poetry 2 HM Adele Morgan Tootin' Hills Elementary Tisa Beaudoin Green Eye School Art 3 PLATINUM Gabriel de Dios Buttonball Lane Elementary Genessa Snowy Day School Zickefoose Art 3 PLATINUM Olivia Perlmutter Anna Reynolds Elementary Angela Boudreau Seashells in Art 3 PLATINUM School “Parrot-ise” Jacob Abbate Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen The Adventures of Art 3 GOLD Super Orange Pranav Durai Buttonball Lane school Julie Veschi The Dino Escape Fiction 3 PLATINUM Tharan Chimmiri Buttonball Lane School Genessa Operation Oxygen Fiction 3 PLATINUM Zickefoose Audrey Morris Hebron Avenue School Kelly Celio Rockefeller Fiction 3 SILVER

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Daniel Huo Nayaug School Jennifer Barone Steve and the Fiction 3 SILVER Ender Dragon Graham Gietzen Northeast Academy Arts Erin Dozier The Wedding Magnet School Incident Fiction 3 SILVER Adele Morgan Tootin' Hills Elementary Christine Neskie The Time I Drank School Too Much Seltzer Fiction 3 HM at Once Amelia Reid Hebron Avenue Elementary Kelly Celio Treasure of the Sea Fiction 3 HM Bennett Orlando Hebron Avenue Elementary Kelly Celio The Great Big Fiction 3 Waterslide!!!! HM Dace Lewchik Squadron Line Elementary Nicole Harold The Man and the School Well Fiction 3 HM Noelle Linskey Anna Reynolds Elementary Angela Boudreau The Astronauts' School Adventure Fiction 3 HM Arth Sharma CREC Academy of Christopher Racial Segregation Non- Aerospace & Engineering Gordon 3 PLATINUM Fiction Elementary School Olivia Ferguson Anna Reynolds Elementary Angela Boudreau All About Non- 3 SILVER School Dachshunds Fiction Denzel Espinal Waddell Elementary School Stephanie Case Sharks Aren't Scary Non- 3 HM Fiction Grishma Wolcott Elementry School Lorie Campagna My experience in Non- 3 Neupane Nepal Fiction HM Lillian Brownbill- Waddell Elementary School Stephanie Case All About Among Non- 3 Wormstedt Us Fiction HM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Phoebe Stowers Anna Reynolds Rebecca Voisine Finding Out I’d Be A New Big Sister Non- 3 When Covid-19 Fiction HM First Started! Saanvi Jahagirdar Catherine Kolnaski Steam Devon Newman Let us All Be Non- 3 Magnet School Rainbows Fiction HM Allison Boyle Latimer Lane School Heather The Atlantic Ocean Poetry 3 PLATINUM O'Connor Ava Rodgers Latimer Lane School Heather The Ocean Poetry 3 PLATINUM O'Connor Gavin Roberts Latimer Lane School Heather The Calm Water Poetry 3 PLATINUM O'Connor Hike Ashley Thorpe Wheeler Elementary School Karen Kamens The Sun Poetry 3 HM Carolina Katigbak Hopewell School Julianne Veschi The Tree Poetry 3 HM Gavin Roberts Latimer Lane School Heather The Calm Water Poetry 3 O'Connor Hike HM Jackson Fournier Latimer Lane School Heather The Birds and the Poetry 3 O'Connor Snowy Day HM Annabelle Hobbs Central School Kelsey Marconis Choose Love Art 4 PLATINUM Divija Adhikary Crystal Lake Elementary Melusia Menard Frosty The School Snowman Art 4 PLATINUM

Emily Meng South School Michael Herold Bald Eagle Art 4 PLATINUM Emily Meng South School Michael Herold Phoenix Art 4 GOLD Emily Meng South School Michael Herold Tiger Art 4 GOLD

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Nayan Varma CREC International Magnet Theodore After the Sunset School Martinez Art 4 GOLD

Kinley Cincotta Eli Terry Elementary School Jacquie Childree Dan the Lion Fiction 4 PLATINUM Lucas Raymond Squadron Line Elementary Susan Johnson Mango Plays School Baseball Fiction 4 PLATINUM Sanchaya Crystal Lake Elementary Cecily Sam A Cold, Snowy Vibranarayanan School Morning on Crystal Fiction 4 PLATINUM Lake Road Gabriella Cultrera John Paterson Elementary Marsha Carson A Girl Who Loved School Football Fiction 4 GOLD Leah Mazzaccaro Anna Reynolds Elementary Jackie Marek The Walk That Fiction 4 SILVER School Changed My Life Nika Karahalios Buttonball Lane Elementary Lynnie WhatsHisFace 2 School Richardson Fiction 4 SILVER

Emily Meng South School michael Herold Sailboat Fiction 4 HM Emily St. Orchard Hill Elementary Grace McKenna 13th Labor Arnauld School Fiction 4 HM Emmie O'Connor Anna Reynolds Elementary Jaime Laferriere Not For Me Leighton School Fiction 4 HM Isla Tuohey Squadron Line Elementary Melissa Sienna Bronson School Champagne And The Case Of Fiction 4 The Missing HM Gingerbread House Nayan Varma CREC International Magnet Theodore How I Dealt With School Martinez the Mouster Fiction 4 HM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Sophie Reynolds Litchfield Intermediate Kelly Leifert THE School CREEPIEST Fiction 4 NIGHT OF THE HM YEAR Ria Parikh Hopewell Elementary School Lynnie Beautiful Non- 4 PLATINUM Richardson Butterflies Fiction Emily Meng South School Michael Herold The Expression of Non- 4 SILVER My Heart Fiction Madison Anna Reynolds Elementary Jaime Laferriere Llama Non- 4 SILVER Devanney School Fiction Michaela Crooks Anna Reynolds Elementary Jackie Marek Coronavirus Non- School written by Michaela 4 Fiction HM Crooks Emily Meng South School Michael Herold Winter Day Poetry 4 PLATINUM Sophie Reynolds Litchfield Intermediate Kelly Leifert The Horse Poetry 4 PLATINUM School Annabelle Hobbs Central School Kelsey Marconis The Sea Poetry 4 SILVER Jasdey Harris Ana Grace Academy of the Dana M Hero's dream Meneses Arts Elementary Magnet McCorkle Poetry 4 SILVER School Riley Haggerty Anna Reynolds Elementary Meredith Faenza Hope is in the air! School Poetry 4 SILVER Divija Adhikary Crystal Lake Elementary Melusia Menard Tree By Divija School Adhikary Poetry 4 HM Nayan Varma CREC International Magnet Theodore The Giant Wish School Martinez Poetry 4 HM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Hazel Ronald Bugbee Elementary School Danielle A Hopeful Mandala Art 5 PLATINUM Herbette Olivia Childs Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Eye See You Art 5 PLATINUM Sadie Eppinger Bugbee Elementary School Danielle Beads in a Clear Art 5 PLATINUM Herbette Bowl Bea Renwick Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Giraffe Art 5 GOLD Duaa Khan John Wallace Middle School Tara Fitzsimons Melting Earth  Art 5 SILVER (poetry and art) Lavely Corbin Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Looking Ahead Art 5 SILVER Sophie Redett Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Man with Art 5 SILVER Surfboard Imaan Khan John Wallace middle school Tara Fitzsimons A Hard Era Fiction 5 PLATINUM Jack Bellizzi Remote Learning Jennifer Stanish The Mystery of the Experience (RLE) TROUBLE CLEF Fiction 5 PLATINUM Elementary School Remi Frankel Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Baby Mouse and Fiction 5 SILVER the “Cat”-astrophe Avery Lang Bugbee Elementary School Lynn Czernicki Camille's Hope Fiction 5 HM Emma Tootin’ Hills Elmentary Tamara Keys Non- 5 PLATINUM Nascimento Tousignant Fiction Remi Frankel Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Morning Walk in Non- 5 PLATINUM Hawaii Fiction Ella Harris Wells Road Intermediate Kaytlyn Types of Non- 5 School Ferrando Friendship Fiction HM Allison Lang Lake Street School Nicole Guillet Elementary School Poetry 5 PLATINUM Classroom

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Caroline Boulter Bugbee Elementary School Danielle I Know Poetry 5 PLATINUM Herbette Justin Evans CREC Ana Grace Academy Laura Chause Black Lives Matter of the Arts Elementary Rap Song Poetry 5 GOLD School Xavion Clinton CREC Ana Grace Academy Laura Chause Black Lives Matter of the Arts Elementary Freestyle Rap Poetry 5 GOLD School Juliet Caulfield Latimer Lane Elementary Melanie Swider Twas the Year of School Wenz Corona Poetry 5 SILVER Nidhi CREC Academy of Kristina Stasaitis We March Like A Vijayakumar Aerospace Engineering Band Poetry 5 SILVER Elementary School Olivia Tavares North Stonington Jane Servidio The Owl Elementary School Poetry 5 SILVER Anika Mandela CREC Academy of Kristina Stasaitis Change Aerospace Engineering Poetry 5 HM Elementary School

Courtney Thorpe Wheeler Elementary School Lindsay Crane Cardinal Poetry 5 HM Ryder Morton Bugbee Elementary School Danielle Colors Poetry 5 Herbette HM Andrew Garfinkle Beecher Road School Elizabeth Peaceful Sky Art 6 PLATINUM Heagney Charlotte Diviney Squadron Line Elementary Carrie Creech Fire's Cold Edge Art 6 PLATINUM School Olivia Walton Squadron Line Elementary Jeffrey Hall The State of the School Union Art 6 PLATINUM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Atlee Teillon Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo Rainbow Art 6 GOLD Caroline Slepinin Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen The Re-creation of Art 6 GOLD Adam Chelsea Phaire Westside Middle School Jennifer Blue Looking to the Academy future Art 6 GOLD Logan Hoang Timothy Edwards Middle John Stinchon Locked Down School Art 6 GOLD Tessa Smith Ledyard Middle School Tessa O'Leary Hedwig Brings A Art 6 GOLD Letter Debduti Timothy Edwards Middle Kristin Churila My Heavenly Chatterjee School Mountain Canvas Art 6 SILVER

Eva Cintron Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo End of Winter Art 6 SILVER Eva Di Garbo Ledyard Middle School Rebecca Snay Birds in the Sun Art 6 SILVER Evelyn Cohen Tootin’ Hills Elementary Frank Zuliani Seeking the Light School Art 6 SILVER Isabella Torres Tootin’ Hills Elementary Karen Barnes decorative butterfly Art 6 SILVER School Latham Ledyard Middle School Rebecca Snay The Tiger Art 6 SILVER Fothergill Peter Armstrong Ledyard Middle School Rebecca Snay Cool Dude Art 6 SILVER Krisha Sinha Thompson Brook School Alison Warren Rebirth Fiction 6 PLATINUM Abby Kesmodel Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo A Nautical Fiction 6 GOLD Adventure Savannah Castle Granby Memorial Middle Shirley Cowles The Three Words School Fiction 6 GOLD

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Ava Parente Timothy Edwards Middle John Stinchon Dragon Paint by School Ava Parente Fiction 6 SILVER Tanvi Mishra Timothy Edwards Middle John Stinchon A BFG Fanfiction School Fiction 6 SILVER Cecilia Heyworth Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo A Dog's View: The Pandemic from a Fiction 6 HM Dog's Perspective Esha Malli Timothy Edwards Middle John Stinchon Lighting Bugs School Fiction 6 HM

Evan Glynn Gideon Welles School Suzanne Lips Soccer Fail? Fiction 6 HM Hanyasai Timothy Edwards John Stinchon The Outer World Fiction 6 Ramakrishnan of Earth HM Jayden Korber Gideon Welles School Eileen McIntyre Leaving Me Fiction 6 HM Makaleigh Kline Nathan Hale Middle School Bryan Kirby The Story of Fiction 6 Peyton HM Sophia Narkawicz Tolland Middle School Melanie Lost Wishes Fiction 6 VanOstrand HM Abby Kesmodel Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo Where You'll Find Non- 6 PLATINUM Me Fiction Aryana Patel Tootin' Hills Elementary Peggy Bruno Football is Non- School Menacing to 6 PLATINUM Fiction Players Bari Mounty Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen The Hard Work Non- 6 GOLD Paid Off Fiction Taylor Ginman Gideon Welles School Eileen McIntyre Skiing Non- 6 GOLD Fiction

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Atlee Teillon Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo The Lonely Trail Non- 6 SILVER Fiction Jane Carty Timothy Edwards Middle Sarah Foster Shrimp Juice in the Non- 6 SILVER School Chocolate Ganache Fiction Sadie Ginman Gideon Welles School Eileen McIntyre Painted Sky Non- 6 SILVER Fiction Cecilia Estrada Granby Memorial Middle Shirley Cowles A Brook That's Non- 6 School Lost Its Way Fiction HM Esha Malli Timothy Edwards Middle John Stinchon It all went Non- 6 School downhill....or did it? Fiction HM Leelah Mouradov Gideon Welles School Eileen McIntyre The Big Swing Non- 6 Fiction HM Liam Rodriguez JFK Middle School Sarah My Body is a Non- 6 Chadbourne Prison Fiction HM Emma Mao Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo Four-year-old Poetry 6 PLATINUM Dream Jackson Baron Gideon Welles School Deborah Nelson Rise Poetry 6 PLATINUM Miranda King Schaghticoke Middle School Amy D'Orio Fall Poetry 6 PLATINUM Evelyn Cohen Tootin' Hills Elementary Frank Zuliani Aging School Poetry 6 GOLD Nora Carty Timothy Edwards Middle Sarah Foster Where I'm From School Poetry 6 GOLD

Abby Kesmodel Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo Houses and Homes Poetry 6 SILVER Amelia Ditzel Woodstock Middle School Aaron Murray Lost Poetry 6 SILVER Bari Mounty Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Waves Catching Poetry 6 SILVER

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Kailey Townsend Woodbury Elementary Caroline South Follow Your Poetry 6 SILVER School Dreams Nandini Talcott Mountain Academy May J. Hartell The Lockdown Poetry 6 SILVER Panigrahi Skylar Cimino Ledyard Middle School Tessa O'Leary Chairs Poetry 6 SILVER Ananya Gideon Welles School Suzanne Lips Robin Poetry 6 Lingamallu HM Armin Alahyari Gideon Welles School Eileen McIntyre New Book Poetry 6 HM Calen Kuiper Gideon Welles School Eileen McIntyre Lizard Skin Poetry 6 HM Evan Glynn Gideon Welles School Suzanne Lips Door Poetry 6 HM Ilana Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell The One Who Was Poetry 6 Mezheritskiy Responsible HM Kayla Lin Mansfield Middle School Margaret Hot Air Balloons Art 7 PLATINUM Cofrancesco Linda Chen Amity Middle School Daniel Proto Landscape Bethany Art 7 PLATINUM Mihika Joshi Timothy Edwards Middle Julianna Lyons Little Blue Rooster School Art 7 PLATINUM

Vanessa Slepinin Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen From the Flowers Art 7 PLATINUM Abby Ditzel Woodstock Middle School Elizabeth Costa Welcome 2021- Art 7 GOLD Rejoice! Adhiti Parupalli Ellington Middle School Emma Pots and Cups Art 7 GOLD Czaplinski Janet Fan Amity Middle School Daniel Proto The Forest of Art 7 GOLD Bethany Winter Spirits

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Will Sleavin Granby Memorial Middle Shirley Cowles Brown Trout School Art 7 GOLD

Aarna Panigrahi Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen Spring Day Art 7 SILVER Phydena Liu Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen Introduction to the Art 7 SILVER Snow Srida Kadari Ellington Middle School Emma Bleeding Thoughts Art 7 SILVER Czaplinski Tony Zhang Amity Middle School Michelle Ortiz Hope 2021 Art 7 SILVER Bethany Faith Dalton Ledyard Middle School Sally Davidson "Disaster Dorian" Fiction 7 PLATINUM Nora Stewart Elizabeth C. Adams Middle Christi Higgins Drowning School Fiction 7 GOLD Ellie Ballard RHAM Middle School Julie Day The Darkest of Fiction 7 SILVER Waters Genevieve East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Forward! March! Fiction 7 SILVER Corricelli Isabella White Two Rivers Magnet Middle Ruth The Summer School Macijauskas Camp Fiction 7 SILVER

Jack Reynolds Litchfield Middle School Leah Smith The Sandwich Saga Fiction 7 SILVER Luke Derksen Two Rivers Magnet Middle Karen Adrian Water Bottle School Mishap Fiction 7 SILVER Maria Griffin JFK Middle School Sarah Sticks and Stones Fiction 7 SILVER Chadbourne Phydena Liu Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Covering It Up Fiction 7 SILVER

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Adhiti Parupalli Ellington Middle School Emma The Second Fiction 7 Czaplinski Shadow HM Colin Sidlosky Canton Middle School Elena Chafetz A Tale of Fiction 7 Neighbors HM Ellie Kirk Henry James Memorial Allison Young Fallons Fight Fiction 7 Middle School HM Emma Samiotis Two Rivers Magnet Middle Ruth One Shot School Macijauskas Fiction 7 HM Eva Sumlin Two Rivers Magnet Middle Karen Adrian Middle School School Fiction 7 HM Harper Smith Fairfield Woods Middle Maxine Minalga Connection Lost Fiction 7 School HM J.D. Pereira Two Rivers Magnet Middle Karen Adrian Panic Attack School Fiction 7 HM Jadalynn Kerr Two Rivers Magnet Middle Ruth An Excerpt: (the School Macijauskas opening) to a Serial Fiction 7 HM Horror Janet Fan Amity Middle School Caroline Camera Chains Fiction 7 Bethany HM Jonah Church Henry James Memorial William Child of Magic Middle School Antonitis Fiction 7 HM Jonah Gorman CREC Metropolitan Julia Kelly The Shot Learning Center Fiction 7 HM Lauren de los Granby Memorial Middle Shirley Cowles The Boston Reyes School Massacre Fiction 7 HM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Monika Principal West Side Middle School Jennifer Blue Dans Ce Monde Academy Incolore ( In this Fiction 7 HM colorless world ) Sandhya Westside Middle School Jennifer Blue Unexpected Sudarsanam Academy Dangers Fiction 7 HM Sandhya Westside Middle School Jennifer Blue Unexpected Sudarsanam Academy Dangers Fiction 7 HM Srija Narahari Two Rivers Magnet Middle Ruth Why Do you Care School Macijauskas About ME? Fiction 7 HM Susan Haberlandt Two Rivers Magnet Middle Ruth Learning to Love School Macijauskas Fiction 7 HM Aditi Choudhary Ellington Middle School Emma Unraveling the Non- 7 PLATINUM Czaplinski Moon Fiction Riley Anderson East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik My Hidden Truth Non- 7 PLATINUM Fiction Graciela Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Please Listen Non- 7 SILVER Cazenave Fiction Hansika Lenkala East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Two Sides of India Non- 7 SILVER Fiction Jakob Henry James Memorial Allison Young Becoming Jakob Salomonsson Middle School Viktor Non- 7 SILVER Salomonsson - A Fiction Memoir Sia Reddy Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Barriers Non- 7 SILVER Fiction

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Adhiti Parupalli Ellington Middle School Emma The Importance of Non- Czaplinski SPACE 7 Fiction HM EXPLORATION Elijah Rich East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Belgian Waffles Non- 7 Fiction HM Izabella East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Belle Non- 7 Dallesander Fiction HM Kayla Lin Mansfield Middle School Margaret Birds In Oceans Non- 7 Cofrancesco Fiction HM Sia Reddy Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell If Only Poetry 7 PLATINUM Vanessa Slepinin Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Self-Portrait Poetry 7 PLATINUM Aditi Choudhary Ellington Middle School Emma My sweet, green Poetry 7 SILVER Czaplinski tree Alessandra Roger Ludlowe Middle Cynthia Little Boy and Poetry 7 SILVER Tuccillo School Manware Butterfly Genevieve East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Relativity Poetry 7 SILVER Corricelli Hannah Broome East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Ode to the Menin Poetry 7 SILVER Gate Jack Reynolds Litchfield Middle School Leah Smith The Carpenter's Poetry 7 SILVER Handiwork Mihika Joshi Timothy Edwards Middle Julianna Lyons Explorers School Poetry 7 SILVER Phydena Liu Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Synthetic Poetry 7 SILVER Expectations

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Aarna Panigrahi Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell The World is a Bit Poetry 7 of a Mess HM Aa'Ryn Rowe Two Rivers Magnet Middle Ruth The Sun Shining School Macijauskas Before Midnight Poetry 7 HM Amelia Hosack Granby Memorial Middle Shirley Cowles The Pain of School Friendship Poetry 7 HM Breanna Brantley Two Rivers Magnet Middle Ruth Shadows That School Macijauskas Creep Poetry 7 HM Emma Samiotis Two Rivers Magnet Middle Ruth Baby Steps School Macijauskas Poetry 7 HM

Hailey Litchfield East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Ode to Winter Poetry 7 HM Janet Fan Amity Middle School Caroline Camera The Lies We Tell Poetry 7 Bethany HM Leah Terry Two Rivers Magnet Middle Ruth On That Rock School Macijauskas Poetry 7 HM Mia Hines East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik The Sky That Poetry 7 Splits Open HM Natalie Chin Timothy Edwards Middle Lynda Pelkey A Fitting Ending School Poetry 7 HM

Samuel Wu Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Corrupt Poetry 7 HM Amy Meng Saxe Middle School Deb Bennett Three Birds Art 8 PLATINUM Mary Lynch Mansfield Middle School Tara Achane- Longing Art 8 PLATINUM Miller

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Melina Velendzas Smith Middle School Christopher A Glimpse into DelCoro Form; An Artist's Art 8 PLATINUM Musings Julia Ruddy Mansfield Middle School Julia Ruddy Self Portrait Art 8 GOLD Amanda Ford Amity Middle School Amy Benton Inner Thinking Art 8 SILVER Bethany Ariana Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen Teen Spirit Art 8 SILVER Pourkavoos Alex Hayes Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen Alicorn Art 8 HM Hannah Guo Amity Middle School Amy Benton Starboy Fiction 8 PLATINUM Bethany Youlmin Lee Amity Middle School Thomas Ward She Fiction 8 PLATINUM Bethany Ella Esteve E.C. Adams Middle School Phillip Day Unhappily Chased Fiction 8 GOLD After Peter Morand Henry James Memorial Sean Hogan Witch Boy? Fiction 8 GOLD Middle School Ava Passon Metropolitan Learning Sheryl Wilkerson Friend Unexpected Center for Global and Fiction 8 SILVER International Studies

Dariush Raissi Amity Middle School Amy Benton The Mist of Death Fiction 8 SILVER Bethany Alex Klee Amity Middle School Amy Benton The Queen’s Fiction 8 Bethany Dilemma HM Bailey Jordan Amity Middle School Amy Benton The Reaper's Steps Fiction 8 Bethany are Silent Ones HM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Caroline Blazer Henry James Memorial N/A The Freeze Fiction 8 Middle School HM Cecelia Nelson Ellington Middle School Emma Nothing More Fiction 8 Czaplinski Perfect HM Dimitry Dyer Adams Middle School Phillip Day Bringing Her Back Fiction 8 HM Jade Lee Amity Middle Thomas Ward Technology Fiction 8 SchoolBethany HM Simonne Mansfield Middle School Rochelle Marcus My Little Child Fiction 8 Thibeault HM Soleil Asano Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Kookie Karma Fiction 8 HM Sarah Shaikh Amity Middle School Thomas Ward Everlasting Non- Bethany Memories of Time: 8 PLATINUM Fiction Alive in my Mind Ariya King Sage Park Middle School Kimberly McGee How They See Me Non- 8 GOLD Fiction Lilah Dunn Killingly Intermediate Matthew Smile And Listen Non- 8 GOLD School Sierakowski Fiction Oliver Morrison Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell To Kill a Mockingbird: A Non- Story That 8 SILVER Fiction Continues to Question America Victoria Beniston Fairfield Woods Middle Vanessa Bertrand In My Sister's Non- 8 SILVER School Shadow Fiction Alexa Banbury Sage Park Middle School Kimberly McGee Letter to Rachael Non- 8 Lippincott Fiction HM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Alexandra Hayes Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Metamorphosis Non- 8 Fiction HM Mary Lynch Mansfield Middle School Tara Achane- Falling Dream Non- 8 Miller Fiction HM Samya Cotugno Ledyard Middle School Sally Davidson So They Don't Non- 8 Fiction HM Sadie Cunneen Amity Middle School Thomas Ward Living History Poetry 8 PLATINUM Bethany Ariana Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell In My Head Poetry 8 GOLD Pourkavoos Bailey Jordan Amity Middle School Amy Benton Balloons Poetry 8 GOLD Bethany Mary Lynch Mansfield Middle School Tara Achane- The Cardinal's Poetry 8 GOLD Miller Glory Soleil Asano Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell The Long Wait Poetry 8 GOLD Bailey Fuerst Mansfield Middle School Tara Achane- Today I Lied Poetry 8 SILVER Miller D'your Carr Westside Middle School Jennifer Blue Spitting Perfect Academy Poetry 8 SILVER

Ella Esteve E.C. Adams Middle School Phillip Day I Know Poetry 8 SILVER Julia Simpson Mansfield Middle School Tara Achane- Death Poetry 8 SILVER Miller Juliet Dahlstrom Westside Middle School Jennifer Blue Ichor Academy Poetry 8 SILVER

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Spriha Dharan Avon Middle School Eric Story The Next Generation of Poetry 8 SILVER Dreamers Xavier Elsner East Granby Middle School Kate Stewart The Mirror Poetry 8 SILVER Alexandra Hayes Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell The Princess of Poetry 8 Sun HM Amanda Mansfield Middle School Tara Achane- A Single Rose Poetry 8 Schweitzer Miller HM Anna Tevelde Ellington Middle School Emma Modern Immortals Poetry 8 Czaplinski HM Ava Passon Metropolitan Learning Sheryl Wilkerson Vault Center for Global and Poetry 8 HM International Studies Cameron Lloyd East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik I Can't Write Free Poetry 8 Verse Poetry HM Jasmine Brown Sage Park Middle School Kimberly McGee For A Black Girl Poetry 8 HM Landon Smith Amity Middle School Amy Benton Pride Poetry 8 Bethany HM Meghan Jo Kingswood Oxford School Anastasia Quinn Five Seconds Poetry 8 HM Oliver Morrison Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Education in America: Separated Poetry 8 HM Into Two Lands Peter Morand Henry James Memorial Sean Hogan This World Poetry 8 Middle School HM Sang Do Ledyard Middle School Sally Davidson Untitled Poetry 8 HM Trinity Cason Ledyard Middle School Sally Davidson Help Poetry 8 HM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Trinity Voss Sage Park Middle School Kimberly McGee Simplicity of Toxic Poetry 8 Positivity HM Leo Mahlke New Milford High School Robert Nathan Still Connected Art 9 PLATINUM Hebah Mariyam Newington High School Kaitlyn Costanzo Wistful Art 9 SILVER Habib Griffin Bramwit New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill Hoops Fiction 9 PLATINUM Sarah Fortin Amity Regional High School Emily Clark Lost in My Mind Fiction 9 PLATINUM Taina Tolson CREC Metropolitan Rebecca THE UNKNOWN Learning Center Schwoerke PLANET Fiction 9 PLATINUM

Leo Mahlke New Milford High School Robert Nathan Your Bicycle Fiction 9 GOLD Alice Xu Amity Regional High School Jeanine Fine Fiction 9 SILVER Lambrecht Annabel Zhou Greenwich High School Laura Burdick Dreams of Reality Fiction 9 SILVER Isabella Wang Loomis Chaffee School Petagay Rowe Soldier Fiction 9 SILVER Caitlyn-Rose Metropolitan Learning Rebecca Demons in the Fiction 9 Bompart-Libert Center Schwoerke Dreams HM Genevieve Greater Hartford Academy of Julie Nunes Too Late Tremlett the Arts Fiction 9 HM Jordyn Karpoff Rockville High School Victoria Remembering Fiction 9 Nordlund HM Mercedez Henry Metropolitan Learning Rebecca My Other Half Fiction 9 Center Schwoerke HM Natalia Dupiton Metropolitan Learning Rebecca Family First Fiction 9 Center Schwoerke Forever HM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Annabel Zhou Greenwich High School Laura Burdick Angels Landing Non- 9 PLATINUM Fiction Leo Mahlke New Milford High School Robert Nathan The Kite Non- 9 GOLD Fiction Savannah Metropolitan Learning Rebecca Time for change Non- 9 Nieroda Center Schwoerke Fiction HM Leo Mahlke New Milford High School Robert Nathan Evenings on the Poetry 9 PLATINUM Sofa Sofia Dillabough Fairfield Ludlowe High Dr. Elise Dardani Where I Am From Poetry 9 PLATINUM School Ronald Metropolitan Learning Rebecca I am black Poetry 9 SILVER Baapogmah Center Schwoerke Isabella Wang Loomis Chaffee School Petagay Rowe Never Meant to Fly Poetry 9 HM Arianna Martinez Danbury High School Ann Tucci Shades of Life Art 10 PLATINUM Brandon Kim Loomis Chaffee School Jasmine Hwang MASK Art 10 PLATINUM Clarissa Halpryn Rockville High School Victoria The Last Light of a Fiction 10 PLATINUM Nordlund Dying Star Jerelis Deleon Rockville High School Victoria Home Sweet Home Fiction 10 PLATINUM Vargas Nordlund Natalie Durrant Rockville High School Victoria The Matchmaker Fiction 10 PLATINUM Nordlund Elisabeth Rockville High School Victoria Musical Thoughts Fiction 10 SILVER Oslovich Nordlund Robyn McNeilly Rockville High School Victoria The Sun, The Nordlund Wind, And The Fiction 10 SILVER Flower

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Anaya Tolton Rockville High school Victoria Aliah Fiction 10 Nordlund HM Brenna Schnitzke Rockville High School Victoria Henry Fiction 10 Nordlund HM Caitlin Chatterton Rockville High School Victoria Senior Superlatives Fiction 10 Nordlund HM Ella Milton- Suffield High School Jason Efland Hop, Skip, Jump Fiction 10 Benoit Off HM Samantha Simsbury High School Melanie Meehan I Don't Break Fiction 10 Seepersad HM Sara Neves Bethel High School Kristen The Missing Piece Fiction 10 Rotherham HM Brandon Kim Loomis Chaffee School Jasmine Hwang Golden Chain Non- 10 PLATINUM Fiction Aniket Martins Fairfield Ludlowe High Jenny Ingram Hogwarts, Hindi Non- School and Hand Mudras: 10 SILVER Fiction A Tale of Growth Ritika Aggarwal Glastonbury High School Michelle DiMeo Open Letter to Non- 10 SILVER Culture Fiction Lauren Levine E. O. Smith High School Elizabeth I, the Ant Poetry 10 PLATINUM Sangree Progenitor Victoria Mitchell Rockville High School Victoria Not your Average Poetry 10 PLATINUM Nordlund Winter Anaya Tolton Rockville High school Victoria Hera/Medusa Poetry 10 Nordlund Greek Poem HM Julia Healey- E. O. Smith High School Elizabeth the day after the Poetry 10 Parera Sangree dentist HM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Sophie Martinez New Canaan High School Robert Darken Let's Ask Weird Question Late at Poetry 10 HM Night Patricia Williams Simsbury High School Stephanie Gaea Art 11 PLATINUM Kellogg Lauretano Sydney Kolz Montville High School Ted Richmond Overcast Great Art 11 PLATINUM Head Trail Caroline Rockville High School Victoria Banshee Art 11 SILVER Bartolotta Nordlund Patricia Sackor- Ethel Walker School Ben Barker Unrequited Art 11 SILVER Blamah Julie Song New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill A Mother's Touch Fiction 11 PLATINUM Lauren Doherty New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill A New Home For Fiction 11 PLATINUM Two Amanda Walsh South Windsor High School Amanda Clementine Walls Fiction 11 SILVER Flachsbart Bianca Jortner Joel Barlow High School Ralph Giordano Death Visited the Fiction 11 SILVER Farm Gabby Streinger New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill Counting Dishes Fiction 11 SILVER Greg Sheffield Manchester High School Deborah Lazarus Fiction 11 SILVER Weinberg Kai Carrozza- Rockville High School Victoria Sin K Fiction 11 SILVER Lutz Nordlund Kaylin Maher Rockville High School Victoria California Poppies Fiction 11 SILVER Nordlund Lily Codd New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill Learning to Fiction 11 SILVER Forgive

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Nora Holmes William H. Hall High Scott Ferguson wren Fiction 11 SILVER sophie wemmell Rockville Highschool Victoria Fish Bait Fiction 11 SILVER Nordlund Yunha Kim Avon Old Farms School Samantha Jensen The Drop Fiction 11 SILVER Alexandra Scully Staples High School Liz Olbrych Suck it Up Fiction 11 HM Alexandra Scully Staples High School Liz Olbrych Suck it Up Fiction 11 HM Alyssah Yater Killingly High School Julie Gutierrez The Balcony Scene Fiction 11 HM Emma Lewis S Mills Highschool Tanya McNaboe Dear Ralph Waldo Fiction 11 Plocharsky Emmerson HM Guomin Xu E. O. Smith High School Amy Nocton Pale Colors Fiction 11 HM Kate Sanderson William H. Hall High School Carol Blejwas Drifters Fiction 11 HM Mahmoud Sidani New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill Landing Fiction 11 HM Mia Gallo New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill Love’s Sacrifice Fiction 11 HM Natalie Tolman Rockville High School Victoria Runaway Fiction 11 Nordlund HM Libby Riggs Haddam-Killingworth High Alan Rice Stone Figurines Non- 11 PLATINUM School Fiction Noah Dube Lewis S. Mills High School Tania McNaboe Letter to Equiano Non- 11 PLATINUM Fiction Ayushi South Windsor Public Amanda No Cap? No, Cap. Non- 11 Bhattacharjee School Flachsbart Fiction HM Harrison Heller Lewis Mills High School Tenia McNaboe Dear William Non- 11 Cullen Bryant Fiction HM

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Jared Maidman William H. Hall High School Carol Blejwas Lost and Found Non- 11 Fiction HM Jenibelle Ramos Cooperative Arts and Mindi Englart Dear Beloved Non- 11 Humanities High School Stranger Fiction HM Jennifer Brown William H. Hall High School Carol Blejwas What I Have To Non- 11 Say Fiction HM Jordan Dion Suffield High School Jason Efland $20,000,000 in My Non- 11 Future Fiction HM Kaylin Maher Rockville High School Victoria Boys will be Boys Non- 11 Nordlund Fiction HM Nadia Siddiqui South Windsor High School Amanda The Creation of Non- 11 Flachsbart “Cancel Culture” Fiction HM Pranav Ramesh South Windsor High School Heather Lodge The Influence of Social Media on Non- 11 Polarization and Fiction HM Disunion Autumn Sexton Tolland High School Max Bakke Two-Way Glass Poetry 11 PLATINUM Kaylin Maher Rockville High School Victoria Envy Poetry 11 PLATINUM Nordlund Olivia Crowley Rockville High School Victoria Ghost Town Poetry 11 GOLD Nordlund Alyssah Yater Killingly High School Julie Gutierrez Amnesia Poetry 11 SILVER Cali Miville Rockville High School Victoria Sun Poisoning Poetry 11 SILVER Nordlund Caroline Rockville High School Victoria Effigy of an Poetry 11 SILVER Bartolotta Nordlund Invisible Girl

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE John Maughan Rockville High School Victoria Latrodectus Poetry 11 SILVER Nordlund Abigail Ursin Rockville High school Victoria Overcome Poetry 11 Nordlund HM Lexi Esparza E. O. Smith High School Liza Escott The Fourth Wave Poetry 11 HM Molly Barney Lewis S. Mills High School Tania McNaboe Dear Mr. Bryant Poetry 11 HM Natalie Tolman Rockville High School Victoria Banshee Poetry 11 Nordlund HM Ryan Harvey Rockville High School Victoria Lies of a Heel Poetry 11 Nordlund HM Samara Mercado Rockville High School Victoria Seven Poetry 11 Nordlund HM William Johns Rockville High School Victoria Sycophant Poetry 11 Nordlund HM Brooke Kvedar Lewis S Mills Tania McNaboe The Secret of Art 12 PLATINUM Silence Halie Miller Academy of Aerospace and Cara Quinn Woman Engineering Art 12 PLATINUM Isaac Beltram Academy of Aerospace and Cara Quinn Casual Settings Engineering Art 12 PLATINUM

Laura Sosa Danbury High School Maria Bolanos Colors of the soul Art 12 PLATINUM Krista Mitchell Stafford High School Tannis The Impossible Art 12 GOLD Longmore Dream Chloe Eristhee Academy of Aerospace and Cara Quinn Kavo Engineering Art 12 SILVER

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Christopher Glastonbury High School Michelle DiMeo Night Air Fiction 12 PLATINUM Geaslin Cory Nocton E. O. Smith/Solterra Rebecca New Haven Lofts Fiction 12 PLATINUM Academy Mitelman Cory Nocton E. O. Smith/Solterra Rebecca From Whence We Fiction 12 GOLD Academy Mitelman Came Dana Vatafu Glastonbury High School Michelle DiMeo Cigarette Nubs on a Fiction 12 SILVER Blank Canvas Emma Blanchet Rockville High School Victoria Ceaseless Fiction 12 SILVER Nordlund Gabrielle Manchester High School Deborah Hunter, Gajewski Weinberg Adventurer, Curse- Breaker, Treasure Fiction 12 SILVER Hunter, Rouge and Bard, Zephrus At Your Service Isabella Johnson Wamogo Regional High Carly Tutolo Pretty Paper School Fiction 12 SILVER Julien Sanchez- Cooperative arts and Mindi Englart Fur (Chapter 1- Levallois Humanities High School The Shack) Fiction 12 SILVER Maia Scaramuzza Northwestern Regional 7 Jessica Angell Patient Landscape High School Fiction 12 SILVER Patrick Wamogo Carly Tutolo Grandpa, Tell Me Richardson 'Bout The Good Fiction 12 SILVER 'Ol Days Sara Cove Rockville High School Victoria Finding Embers Fiction 12 SILVER Nordlund

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Yingyan Lu Ethel Walker School Catherine Reed Too Much, Too Fiction 12 SILVER Fast Emily Rockville High School Victoria Lady in the Swamp Fiction 12 Sunderland Nordlund HM Madison Wamogo Regional High Carly Tutolo The girl at the train Fiction 12 Parlopiano School station HM Makenzie Jones Lewis S. Mills High School Tania McNaboe Charles's Trial Fiction 12 HM Michaela Metcalfe Greater Hartford Academy of Maureen O'Brien Winter Storms the Arts Full Day Fiction 12 HM Nicole Shumway Glastonbury Highschool Michelle DiMeo The Old Red Fiction 12 Truck HM Sebastian Hudson Wamogo Regional High Carly Tutolo Until it's over School Fiction 12 HM Shawna Cote Rockville High School Victoria Hallmark Film Fiction 12 Nordlund HM Tasha Jaworski Wamogo Regional Carly Tutolo Brother Fiction 12 Highschool HM Will Caley Granby Memorial Lauren Shafer A Letter to the Fiction 12 Highschool SAT HM Emma Blanchet Rockville High School Victoria State of Body Non- 12 PLATINUM Nordlund Fiction Laney Goral Greater Hartford Academy of Maureen O'Brien Taller Than Them Non- 12 PLATINUM the Arts Fiction

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Cory Nocton E.O. Smith/Solterra Rebecca The Ebb-and-Flow Academy Mitelman of the Fight for Civil Rights from 1968 to the Present: Non- 12 GOLD Featuring Words Fiction from Civil Rights Icon Kathleen Cleaver Ashley McCauley Rockville High School Victoria Love Through Nordlund Folklore-- In Non- 12 SILVER Response to Taylor Fiction Swift Hailee Mailloux Suffield High School Jason Efland Acceptance Non- 12 SILVER Fiction Isabella Mielcarek William H. Hall High School Carol Blejwas A Speech in Praise of a Small Non- 12 SILVER Quarantine Fiction Triumph Kevin Manea Weston High School Christine Red Wet Wall Non- 12 SILVER Fiction Krista Mitchell Stafford High School Caitlin Donahue Sonder Non- 12 SILVER Fiction Shawna Cote Rockville High School Victoria Second Puberty Non- 12 SILVER Nordlund Fiction Wilona Boafo Civic Leadership High Jamie Roderick How do the School portrayals of Non- minorities and 12 SILVER Fiction women in entertainment

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Carley Simler Rockville High School Victoria The Life of a Twin: Non- 12 Nordlund Debunked Fiction HM Dana Vatafu Glastonbury High School Michelle DiMeo White Trees Non- 12 Fiction HM Emily Veatch Wamogo Regional High Carly Tutolo Parents Are Setting Non- School Their Children Up 12 Fiction HM For Failure Gaby Alvarez Wamogo Regional High Carly Tutolo An Unexpected Non- 12 School Partner Fiction HM Gianna Grimaldi Granby Memorial High Lauren Shafer Final: An Open School Letter to Non- 12 Gymnastics Fiction HM Leotards Kimberly Rockville Highschool Victoria Self Discovery Non- 12 Gonzalez Nordlund (Excerpt) Fiction HM Maia Scaramuzza Northwestern Regional High Jessica Angell The Magic First Non- 12 School Aid Kit Fiction HM Zoey Brunelle Wamogo Regional High Carly Tutolo Dinosaurs...Let Non- School Them Roam The 12 Fiction HM Earth Again Abigail Vartanian Rockville High School Victoria November Poetry 12 PLATINUM Nordlund

STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF STUDENT GENRE AWARD SUBMISSION GRADE Allison Blume Rockville High School Victoria The Cookbook of Poetry 12 GOLD Nordlund Grief Allison Blume Rockville High School Victoria The Cookbook of Poetry 12 GOLD Nordlund Grief Xzavier Campbell Academy of Aerospace and Cara Quinn Ahmaud Arbery Engineering Poetry 12 GOLD Jackson Wethersfield High School Ruth George Happy Biologies Poetry 12 SILVER MacDonald Krista Mitchell Stafford High School Caitlin Donahue Senior Year Poetry 12 SILVER Ashley McCauley Rockville High School Victoria 5:45 Poetry 12 Nordlund HM Dyamanee Rockville High School Victoria Guide to Inner Poetry 12 Monge Nordlund Peace HM Emma Blanchet Rockville High School Victoria A Walk in Glacier Poetry 12 Nordlund National Park HM Hannah Kim Glastonbury High School Steven Nicastro Araneae Poetry 12 HM Nevaeh Gabourel Manchester High School Deborah The Ride Poetry 12 Weinberg HM Nicole Shumway Glastonbury High School Michelle DiMeo Flames Poetry 12 HM Rosemarie Glastonbury High School Michelle DiMeo The Weight of The Poetry 12 LaChance World HM