Finalists in the Times Learning Network Coming of Age ​ ​ Contest

A note about our process: ​ A team of judges — both adults and teenagers — evaluated over 5,500 entries and identified these 245 finalists, all of whom we consider “winners.”

But this contest was different than any we have ever run. For one thing, individual excellence was not the only criteria; equally important was the broad story these pieces could tell together. For another, this was not just a Learning Network project. While our judges identified the finalists, a separate newsroom team chose the 35 pieces, listed below under Featured Finalists, for the special print and digital collection published in March, 2021.

Wherever your name appears, congratulations, and thank you for sending us your wonderful work.

Featured Finalists

André, Parrish, Park School of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md.: “Fenestration” ​ Bagaporo, Edelina, Bonita Vista High School, Chula Vista, Calif.: ”Intersectionality” Barrios, Glorybelle, Coral Reef Senior High, Miami: ”Fruitful labor for a border” Bautista, Gabrielle, Sacred Heart Academy, Hempstead, N.Y.: ”My Mother's Working Hands” Blue, Hannah, Parish Episcopal School, Dallas: ”the deck of thoughts” Boman, Madelyn, Juneau-Douglas High School,Juneau, Alaska: ”My Emotions as Meaningless Drawings” Cao, Cici, Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, N.Y.: ”My Record” Chase, Piper, Wilton High School, Wilton, Conn.: ”Trending in 2020” Chen, Maddox, Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach, Calif.: ”Now Showing: 2020” Chen, Sunnina, Whippany Park High School, Whippany, N.J.: ”Just Breathe” Cox, Evelyn, St. Mary's Hall, San Antonio, Texas: ”Never Truly Alone” Coyle, Matthew, Academy of the Redwoods Eureka, Calif.: ”Noxious Air” Daniel, Ryan, Parish Episcopal School, Dallas: ”Trapped” DeCrosta, Kenneth and Robinson Boys Varsity , Robison Secondary, Fairfax, Va.: ”Running Toward the Season” Elfar, Marybel,Plainsboro High School North, West WIndsor, N.J.: ”Bittersweet” Ezzet, Paloma, Torrey Pines High School, San Diego, Calif.: ”Six Feet Apart” Hellman, Arianna, Riverdale Country School, : “Pink Hands” Huang, Waverly, State College Area High School, State College, Penn.: ”Inner Conflict” Hutchison, Haven, Northern Utah Academy of Math Engineering and Science, Layton, Utah: ”Social Distance Summer”

Kauffman, Thomas; Garcia, Andrew; and Algabre, Lance, Juneau-Douglas High School, Juneau, Alaska: ”Here's to 2021” Kim, Chloe, The Overlake School, Redmond, Wash.: ”Overcoming the Pandemic” Lee, Christian, Whittier Christian High School, La Habra, Calif.: ”Stars and Stripes” Mack, Madeline,Sage Creek High School, Carlsbad, Calif.: ”Mad's Book Club” Menezes, Anisha, ASPIRE Academy at Grapevine High School, Grapevine, Texas: ​ ​ ”Freshman Year at Corona High School” Murray, Jayda, Faith Heritage Christian Academy, Millington, Tenn.: ”Isolation Thoughts” Musa, Aishah, Frank J Cicarell Academy, Elizabeth, N.J.: “The mask before the hijab” Ndoe, Stevia, Walter Payton College Prep, Chicago: “overtaxed” Nowlin, Serynn, Buchanan High School, Buchanan, Mich.: “The Right Side of History” Salinas, Camila, Lebanon Trail High School, Frisco,Texas: ”Algebra Class” Sherman, EllaRose, Pine View School, Osprey, Fla.: ”Beauty Outside my Window” Sirajul-Islam, Suhaylah, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn: ”okay.” Utting, Astrid, Lowell High School, San Francisco: ”On or Off?” Weng, Joyce, Stuyvesant High School, New York City: ”Together” Wong, Rebecca, Tenafly High School, Tenafly, N.J.: ”Am I to Blame?” Yeo, Brandon, Issaquah High School, Issaquah, Wash.: ”Long Gone”

Additional Finalists

Please note: Those from whom we have not yet received a parent’s or guardian’s permission are listed by first name and last initial.

A., Emilia, Good Shepherd Middle School, Novato,Cal.: ”A Ballerina's Life in 2020” A., Nicholas, Oceanside Highschool, Oceanside, N.Y.: ”Teenage Losses During the Pandemic” A., Sydney, Hamilton Wenham Regional High School, Hamilton, Mass: ”Sinking” A., Parker, Nease High School, Saint Augustine, Fla.: ”Mask On, Bitten Tongue” Andjelkovic, Bella, Wilton High School, Wilton, Conn.: ”Mixed Messages” André, Parrish, Park School of Baltimore, Baltimore, Md.: ”Our Era” ​ Aronian, Karen; Aronian, Jack; Michelle, Nana, St. Lukes, New Canaan, Conn.: ”COVID Garden” Avellaneda, Valentina, Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston, Texas: ”To 2020: Humanity's Pause Button” Badhwa, Andrew, St. Louis Park High School, St. Louis Park, Minn.: ”English Letter” Bae, Jiwoo, High Tech High School, Secaucus, N.J.: ”Lucid Dreams” Barada, Katherine, Bloomington Highschool, South Bloomington, Ind.: ”Letter and Recipe Scrapbook”

Barker, Jay, Carlisle High School, Carlisle, Penn.:”Connection and Change” Barr, Maya, The , New York City: ”No Escape” Barry, Jessica, Cary High School, Cary, N.C.: ”All The World's A Stage” Bates, Georgia, Grandview High School, Aurora, Colo.: ”Attractions Beyond These Walls” B., Joshua, Herriman High School, Herriman, Utah: ”Texts and FaceTime Minutes” Beck, Gabrielle, Tenafly High School, Tenafly, N.J.: ”present haze” Blatte, Dana, Sharon High School, Sharon, Mass.: ”My AP Gov Class Takes the Political Compass Quiz” B., Kayla, New Tech Academy at Wayne High School, Fort Wayne, Ind.: ”The Great Wave Circa 2020” Brahms, Julia, South Portland High School, South Portland, Maine: ”Life of a Teenage Girl 2020” Bride, Mathilde, Homestead High School, Cupertino, Calif.: ”My Boring Experience with Boredom Quarantine Journal” Brier, Merry; Goodwin, Amelia, Freeport High School, Freeport, Maine: ”Faces of 2020” Brown, Cydney, HopeAbington Friends Schools, Philadelphia: ”Do you Ever Wonder?” Brown, Danielle, Gwendolyn Brooks College Prep, Chicago, Ill.: ”2020 Through a Different Eye” Burcham, Aris, North High School, Denver, Colo.: ”2020 Blues” Burns, Hilary, Glens Falls High School, Glens Falls, N.Y.: ”Quarantine Blackout Poem” A. Jenny, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Hartford, Conn.: ”Uncomfortable in a Comfortable Space” C., Whitney, Columbia High School, Maplewood, N.J.: ”We Won” Chakravarthi, Anushka, Flower Mound High School, Flower Mound, Texas: ”The Five Stages of Grief: Quarantine Bangs Edition” C., Akshaya, Breck Golden Valley, Minn.: ”The Classroom” Chang, Christine, Central Middle School, San Carlos, Calif.: ”COVID Garage Classroom” Chang, Janet, Newport High School Bellevue, Wash.: ”A Week in April” Chang, Jeanie, Northwest High School, Germantown, Md: ”ERROR: 2,020 Tabs” Chang, Nina, Cheshire High School, Cheshire, Conn.: ”Gap year?” Charon, Brooke, South Milwaukee High School, South Milwaukee, Wis.: ”Highlight” C., Erin, Buchanan High School, Buchanan, Mich.: ”FaceTime?” C., Aaron, Cinco Ranch Junior High, Katy, Texas: ”A Day in the Very Ordinary Life of the Very Ordinary Aaron” Chen, Karen, Stuyvesant High School, New York City: ”Rising Up is Basic Human Decency” Chen, Qing Yi, Stuyvesant High School, New York City: ”"IDK"” Chen, Tissany, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.: ”A Reflection of Me” Cheng, Amanda, , Palo Alto, Calif.: ”Growing Up With The Times” Cherubin, Tabitha, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.: ”See me, I See You” Cheung, Charlotte, New Albany High School, Columbus, Ohio: ”Class(room) of 2021” Chow, Talulla, South Pasadena High School, South Pasadena, Calif.: ”Scrolling to a Different Feed”

Clark, Ellis, Bloomington High School, South Bloomington, Ind.: ”Six Months in a Thousand Pictures.” Clayton, Maya, St. Charles North High School, St. Charles, Ill.: ”Gumball” Clevenger, Steele, Jesuit High School, Portland, Ore.: ”External Reality vs. Internal Reality 2020” Crowther, Eleanor, Bard High School Early College, New York City: ”Young, Gifted, and Black” Delostrinos, Meredith, Key West High School, Key West, Fla: ”The First Fifteen Minutes in a Day” Dent, Sarah, Dos Pueblos High School, Goleta, Calif: ”My Island” Diep, Katherine, Stuyvesant High School, New York City: ”Vent” Dissanayake, Emily, Jeffrey Trail Middle School, Irvine,Calif: ”That Land” D., Christian Isaiah, Sage Creek High School, Carlsbad, Calif: ”Why Can't I/ Why I Can't” Dougherty, Brooke, Central Bucks East High School, Philadelphia: ”50 Things to Do During Quarantine” du Vair, Gabrielle, DC Everest Idea School, Weston, Wis: ”Wasting Away” Duguet, Claire; Duguet, Estelle, Stuyvesant High School, New York City: ”"How Are You?"” E., Mika, Rio Americano High School, Sacramento, Calif.: ”COMIC 2020” Fang, Nicole, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Md.: ”Pneuma” Fang, Nicole, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, Md.: ”Screaming” F., Ophir, Joseph Kushner Hebrew Academy, Livingston, N.J.: ”My Quaranteen 13” Fimple, Norah, La Crosse Central High School, La Crosse, Wis.: ”Who's to Blame?” F., Naomi, The Northwest School, Seattle, Wash.: ”Visit to Swansons” F., Virginia, Hoggard High School, Wilmington, N.C.: ”Comfort” G., Rosanna; G., Annissa , Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, N.Y.: ”X” Getty, Erin, Wilton High School, Wilton, Conn: ”My Life During Quarantine” Gilliom, Eliza, East Chapel Hill High School, Chapel Hill, N.C.: ”We Couldn't” Ginivisian, Eliza, Marblehead Highschool, Marblehead, Mass.: ”A screenshot of the mind.” Gloistein, Jiboni, Marin School of the Arts, Novato, Calif.: ”Check In” G., Willow, Science and Math Institute, Tacoma, Wash.: ”The Concept of Comfort in 2020” G., Bobby, Reed Middle School, North Hollywood, Calif.: ”3000 Miles Away” Gollub, Edith Palo Alto Senior High School Palo Alto, Calif.: ”Seven Months at this Berry Blue Desk” Gonzalez, Daniel E, Miami Lakes Educational Center, Miami, Fla.: ”A Student's Life: The Quarantine Cycle” Gordon, Autumn, Welsh Valley Middle School Narberth, Penn.: ”Dive” Green, Alma, International School of , Boston, Mass.: ”Bad News” Guo, Kelly, Stuyvesant High School, New York City: ”My 2020 in a Nutshell” Hall, Caroline, Granby Memorial High School, Granby, Conn.: ”What Does This Mean to You?” Haque, Huda, Panther Creek High School, Cary, N.C.: ”The Spaces That Shape” Harrington, Nya, D.C. Everest Idea School, Schofield, Wis.: ”An Entire New Life” Hernandez, Brianna, Riverdale Country School, New York City: ”Happy Birthday”

Hernandez, Sylvia Kalani, Vanden High School, Fairfield, Calif.: ”My Life as a Quarantined Teen” H., Toby, Science Leadership Academy, Philadelphia: ”How My Brother's Arrest Changed Me” Hoffman, Eleanor, Saint Ursula Academy, Cincinnati, Ohio: ”There's No Place like Home” H., Nora, William H. Hall High, West Hartford, Conn.: ”Plums” Hong, Annabella, Shineh Art Studio, Gaithersburg, Md.: ”Privilege” H., Edward, Juneau Douglas Highschool, Juneau, Alaska: ”Daily Quarantine Routine” H., Allison, Mountain View High School, Mountain View, Calif.: "2020" Huang, Kelly, Piedmont Hills High School, San Jose, Calif.: ”Teenage Shower Thoughts” Hudson, Claire, Parish Episcopal School, Dallas: ”Escapism 101: How To Retain Your Humanity In Isolation” Hunstad, Brooke, St. Ursula Academy, Cincinnati: ”Together We Rise” Ijeh, Dalal, Biotechnology High School, Freehold Township, N.J.: ”Isolation Feelings” I., Victoria, Allentown High School, Allentown, N.J.: ”I Am Positive” Kabir, Montahin, Frank J. Cicarell Academy, Elizabeth, N.J.: ”Muslim Lives Matter” Kaisersatt, Clara, Nipomo Highschool, Nipomo, Calif.: ”Responsibility” K., Loveleen, Townsend Harris High School, Queens, N.Y.:”Quarantine Haze” K., Hannah, West Platte, Weston, Mo.: "2020" Knotts, Sydney, Mississippi School of the Arts, Brookhaven, Miss.: ”April 12th” K., Emma, Mark Twain I.S. 239 for the Gifted and Talented, Brooklyn, N.Y.: ”The Colored Lenses of 2020” L., Elizabeth, Oceanside High School Oceanside, N.Y.: ”Coming of Age During Covid-19” Lee, Janie, Biotechnology High School, Marlboro, N.J.: ”A Wave of Change” Lee, Joyce, Biotechnology High School, Freehold, N.J.: ”Christmas in September” Lee, Oliver, Arrowhead Union High School, Hartland, Wis.: ”A Portrait of my Past Self and Me” Lee, Olivia, School of the Arts - SGV, Duarte, Calif.: ”Blood and Silk and Oranges” Lee, Song, Marymount School of New York, New York City: ”Quarantine” L., William, Castle Rock Middle School, Billings, Mont.: ”The Billings Herald - An Exclusive Page About William LeFevre” Liang, Simone, Southeast High School, Bradenton, Fla.: ”Distancing” L., Amy, Basis independent , San Jose, Calif.: ”“Chinese virus”?” Liu, Samantha, Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, N.J.: ”Dumplings” Liu, Samantha, Ridge High School, Basking Ridge, N.J.: ”from my notes app, 6/2/2020” L., Meg, High School For The Performing And Visual Arts, Houston, Texas: ”Ghosts and Kittens” Lowery, Paige, New Tech Academy, Fort Wayne, Ind.: ”What Has 2020 Been Like For You?” L., Abram, The Science and Math Institute (SAMI), Tacoma, Wash.: ”Coming of Age in 20202 NYT Project” Lu, Laura, Townsend Harris High School, New York City: ”Visions” Lund, Hanne, Academy of the Redwoods, Eureka, Calif.: ”Antidote - A Short Animation” L., Mindy, Campolindo High School, Moraga, Calif.: ”A Guide: How To Be Asian-American in the COVID-19 Pandemic”

L., Dianna, Bloomington Highschool South, Bloomington, Ind.: ”Green Tape and a Bed of Flowers” Lyons, Azya, Mississippi School of the Arts, Brookhaven, Miss.: ”The Slave's Prayer” Ma, Junyue, Miss Porter's School, Farmington, Conn.: ”My Diary of 2020” Ma, Kristine, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Mich.: ”When They Say You Will Never Be Clean” Ma, Kristine, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, Mich.: ”Tipping Point” Ma, Laura, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, Calif.: ”Colors.” Makati, Aryana, Berkeley Preparatory School, Tampa, Fla.: ”Locked” Manion, Noelia, Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, Princeton, N.J.: ”A Letter to my 2019 Self” Maurer, Amanda, Glens Falls High School, Glens Falls, N.Y.: ”Toilet Paper Projection Cahr” Mayerfeld, Dassi, Manhattan High School for Girls, New York City: ”100 Days of Color Theory; Structure Amidst Chaos” Mayerfeld, Dassi; Schwartz, Tova; Sash, Sara; Laufer, Zahava; Hersko, Chaya; Lipschutz, Chana; Harris, Leah; Englander, Michal; Sanders, Zehava; Povarsky, Chana; Notkin, Rebecca; Notkin, Meghan; Mandel, Nicole; Kirschenbaum, Musia; Landy, Naomi; Wisnicki, Leora, Manhattan High School for Girls, New York City: “A 2020 DBQ; A DBQ From AP US History Students 2020 for the 2120 Exam” M., Allison, Huron High School, Ann Arbor, Mich: ”Love, Your Backpack” Min, Celine, Forest Ridge School, Bellevue, Wash.: ”Trifles” Morata, Sabrina, Miami Country Day School , Miami: "A True Depiction of Democracy" Moser, Danica, Stuyvesant High School, New York City: ”The Absolutely Marvelous Year that was 2020” Mueller, Anna Madison West High School, Madison, Wis.: ”Staring At The Sky” Mura, Svanfridur, West Orange High School West Orange, N.J: ”"Dear Generation Z"” Narvaez, Sofia, Skyline High School Longmont, Colo.: ”Where Did the Year Go?” Neal, Mikayla, Juneau Douglas High School Juneau, Alaska: ”Longing for What Was” Negri, Emilia, DC International School, D.C.: ”Guide to Avoiding Awkward Social Distancing Moments” Ninan, Sarah, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park, N.Y.: ”Priorities” Odom, Maggie Munday, Grove School, Madison, Conn.: ”A Collection of Texts you Sent Me at Ten o’clock on a Wednesday Night” Odunsi, Moniola Emmanuella, The Madeira School Mclean, Va.: ”Declaration of the NEGLECTED TEENS of America.” P., Patty, Tacoma Science and Math Institute, Tacoma, Wash.: ”Socking it Alone” Park, Hayool, The Overlake School, Redmond, Wash.: ”The God Of Toilet Paper” Pastori, Annabelle, Academy of the Redwoods, Eureka, Calif.: ”A Simple Scene in a Not So Simple Year” Patel, Sarina, Carrollwood Day School, Tampa, Fla.: ”Let's Get Cracking!” Patel, Sarina, Carrollwood Day School, Tampa, Fla.: ”A Progressive's Food Diary Of Election Week”

P., Sean, Manhattan Beach Middle School, Manhattan Beach, Calif.: ”Lonesome times” P., Selena, Greenwood Community High School, Greenwood, Ind.: ”Common Teenage Life” Rambo, Chloe, Granite Hills High School, El Cajon, Calif.: ”Schedule of monotony (or some resemblance of a schedule)” Ramos, Jacqueline; Hernandez, Oyuky, Grover Cleveland Charter High School, Reseda,Calif.: ”Coming of Age 2020 - Our Universe” Garcia, Evelyn, ASPIRE Academy at Grapevine High School, Grapevine, Texas: "2:38:00 PM" R., Carridine, ASPIRE Academy at Grapevine High School, Grapevine, Texas: ”Reset” Tong, Eric, ASPIRE Academy at Grapevine High School, Grapevine, Texas: ”Life Simulator” Rangwala, Lamiya, Herricks High School, New Hyde Park, N.Y.: ”Mind-Altering Light” Ratner, Virgil, LREI, New York City: ”Americana 2020” Rebhorn, Phoebe, Monticello High School, Charlottesville, Va.: ”il mondo della peste” Reid, Avery, St. Ursula Academy, Cincinnati, Ohio: ”A Change is Going to Come” Renselaer, Ashley, Windward School, Mar Vista, Calif.: ”My Wall” Renselaer, Ashley, Windward School, Mar Vista, Calif.: ”A Letter” Reynolds, Cole, Head-Royce School Oakland, Calif.: ”My Place” Ross, Amelia, Classical High School Providence, R.I.: ”Pandemic Boyfriend” Rykunov, Daniel, Stuyvesant High School, New York City: ”Recipe for Borsht” Sahoo, Alor, Stockdale High School, Bakersfield, Calif.: ”School: Choose Your Own Adventure” Sawyer, Everett; Cronin, Colin, Freeport High School, Freeport, Maine: ”Covid Meets Freeport” Schnell, Fiora, Kutztown High School, Kutztown, Pa.” ”I'm Fine” Schultz, Ayla, Saint Ann's School, Brooklyn, N.Y.: ”2020 Folded Us to Pieces” Scully, Finn, The Newman School, Boston: ”Alone” S., Ksenia, Central Bucks South, Warrington, Pa.: ”Sick: on love, online” Sher, Sophia, Novato High School, Novato, Calif.: ”Angel” Siegel, Maia, Interlochen Arts Academy, Interlochen, Mich.: ”The Evil Man Looked Bashful on TV” Silvestro, Amelia, Mamaroneck High School, Mamaroneck, N.Y.: ”Ordinary” S., Riley, Freeport High School, Freeport, Maine: ”Driving to Nowhere” Singh, Aryana, Stuyvesant High School, New York City: ”The We in Worldwide” Slabakis, Alexandra, Marymount School of New York, New York City: ”The Times” Smith, Kelsey The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas: ”A Student's Guide to Surviving Zoom University” Smith, Mykalah, Mount Diablo High School, Concord Calif.: ”“Coming of Age in 2020.”” Song, Grace, Great Neck South High School, Great Neck, N.Y.: ”Restoration” S., Lauren, Mississippi School of the Arts, Brookhaven, Miss.: ”Coming of Age in 2020: A Student Survey” Stein, Allison, Mt. Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh, Pa.: ”live coverage” Stickney, Lydia, La Jolla Country Day, La Jolla, Calif.: ”Old News, New Horizons” Swenson, Grace, Allen High School, Allen, Texas: ”Vaseline” Sylvester, Garrison, Bentley Upper School, Lafayette, Calif.: ”20 in 2”

Taliaferro, Cheryl, ASPIRE Academy at Grapevine High School, Grapevine, Texas: ”Reunited” Taliaferro, Cheryl, ASPIRE Academy at Grapevine High School, Grapevine, Texas: ”Wait” Tebbe, Halle, Dublin Coffman High School, Dublin, Ohio: ”Hypocrisy and Our Future” Thamburaj, Priya, Biotechnology High School, Freehold, N.J.: ”Quarantine soundscape” Towne, Hunter Freeport High School Freeport, Maine: ”What a Time” Trapedo, Chaya, Manhattan High School for Girls, New York City: ”Loop” T., Elena, The Woodlands College Park High School, The Woodlands, Texas: ”Grieving in Solitude” Tyler, James, Homeschool, Isle Of Palms, S.C.: ”Zoom” Um, Sangjun (Sean), Blair Academy, Blairstown, N.J.: ”Gaze” V., Nicholas, Miami Arts Studio, Miami: ”Sad Statue” Varano, Laura, Pascack Hills High School, Montvale, N.J.: ”Stuck in Solitude” Vassell, Samara, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, N.Y.: ”Sped Up Time” Vongphanith, William, Stuyvesant High School, New York City: ”Transformations” Wang, Catherine, Emory University, Atlanta: ”How to Make College Friends From Two Thousand Miles Away” Wang, Christy, Stanford, Palo Alto, Calif.: ”Digital Silence” Wang, Christy, Mercer Island High School, Mercer Island, Wash.: ”FLOG (Food Log)—Cooking Away Quarantine Days” Wang, Jessica, Henry M. , Palo Alto, Calif.: ”On The Line” Wang, Xiaohan, The Webb Schools, Claremont, Calif.: ”Little Great Moments” Stein, Sylvi, Hunter College High School, New York City: ”Mind's Eye” Watts, Charlotte; Butler, Kelis; Cucuta, Julian; DeJesus, Yazmin; Gale, Jadah; Garcia, Emee; Grimes, Lily; Henry, Elon; Hollis, Saige; James, Jotham; Knowlton, Evie; Laurie, William; Lopardo, Conio ;Lopez,Elizabeth; McCabe, Violet; Moore, Chelsey; Ortiz, Eliud ; Ozimkoski, Jasmine; Ramirez, Marcus; Richardson, Anayla; Salmon, Alayia; Schmidek, Jacob, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Hartford, Conn.: ”2020: Our Stories” Weathersby, Stephyne, Mississippi School of the Arts, Brookhaven, Miss: ”No Fear” W., Grace, Barnard College, New York City: ”Raccoons” W., Larry, Granite Hills High School, El Cajon, Calif.: ”The Struggle to be Productive (Dialogue)” Wright, Anthony, Brooklyn Technical High School, New York City: ”Quarantine on Screen” Yang, Ellie, The , Dobbs Ferry, N.Y.: ”Quarantine Board (explanation)” Young, Macy, York High School, York, Maine: ”Crescendo” Yu, Aimee, , Wellesley, Mass.: ”Nougat Candy” Yu, Tienne, Biotechnology High School, Freehold, N.J.: ”Until Tomorrow” Zaki, Rania, Stuyvesant High School, New York City: ”Burials” Zhang, Thomas, Stuyvesant High School, New York City: ”It is Not the Same Anymore” Zheng, Adam, Williamsville North High School, Williamsville, N.Y.: ”Late For School . . . BUT 2020” Zheng, Edward, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn,N.Y.: ”My Political Cartoons of 2020”