First Name Last Name Age Award Title Category School City Taiwo Adebowale 14 Honorable Mention The Man Without Taste Humor G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Aamna Alvi 16 Honorable Mention The Blind Date Short Story Cambridge South Dorchester High School Cambridge Amanda Amadi-Emina 14 Honorable Mention Sick Day Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Tiara Aragon 14 Gold Key The World in Three Colors Flash Fiction G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Tiara Aragon 14 Gold Key Mother Flash Fiction G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Tiara Aragon 14 Silver Key Mom Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Lukas Austin 17 Honorable Mention On the River Personal Essay & Memoir G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Lukas Austin 17 Silver Key Too Loud For My Own Good Writing Portfolio G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Lukas Austin 17 Silver Key High School Students Talk About Weed Journalism G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Nicole Barnes 18 Honorable Mention Adult Playgrounds Humor Dulaney High School Timonium Elliot Barnett 15 Honorable Mention Amen To ADD Flash Fiction Dulaney High School Timonium Asher Borger 17 Honorable Mention The Benefits of a Soft Pillow Humor - - Asher Borger 17 Silver Key The Tragedy of the Brussels Sprouts Humor - - Briana Bowen 17 Honorable Mention Rules are Made to be Broken Personal Essay & Memoir St Mary's Ryken High School Leonardtown Madeline Carlson 15 Honorable Mention The Danger of Difference Short Story G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Naomi Carpenter 17 Gold Key Dissent Writing Portfolio Park School Of Baltimore Baltimore Naomi Carpenter 17 Silver Key Bumpkin Poetry Park School Of Baltimore Baltimore Laila Carter 18 Honorable Mention The Summer of Peach Oolong Tea Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Laila Carter 18 Honorable Mention Ma'ma Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Laila Carter 18 Honorable Mention Grandma Esther Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Laila Carter 18 Honorable Mention A Hummingbird's Response Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Laila Carter 18 Silver Key More than Mother and Daughter Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Laila Carter 18 Silver Key My Hair the Labyrinth Personal Essay & Memoir G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Camilla Chakir 14 Gold Key Recycling. Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Marie Cheng 17 Silver Key Xiao ma, Little horse Poetry Dulaney High School Timonium Ethan Christou 14 Silver Key The Senses Dividing Short Story The Community School Baltimore Aaliyah Cole 17 Silver Key LGBT: Works of a Queer Nature Writing Portfolio Mergenthaler Vocational Tech Shs 410 Baltimore Anaiyah Conley 17 Honorable Mention I Am Trying to Survive Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Keith Cooke 15 Honorable Mention Once upon a time... Humor The Community School Baltimore Charley Corey 14 Honorable Mention Hate Critical Essay Notre Dame Preparatory School Towson Aziza Cossentino 17 Honorable Mention Nettles of Time Poetry Dulaney High School Timonium Kiana Cox 15 Honorable Mention Waterfalls Dramatic Script G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Zoe Davis 17 Honorable Mention Coping Writing Portfolio Patapsco High School & Center For The Arts Baltimore Zoe Davis 17 Silver Key Ain't I Still Black Personal Essay & Memoir Patapsco High School & Center For The Arts Baltimore Margot Deguet Delury 17 Honorable Mention Mother Bird Short Story G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Margot Deguet Delury 17 Honorable Mention Coyote Short Story G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Margot Deguet Delury 17 Silver Key Grandfather I Never Knew Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Trinity Eimer 17 Honorable Mention a young and fragile thing Writing Portfolio Bryn Mawr School Baltimore Maggie Else 16 Honorable Mention Runaway Soul Flash Fiction Dulaney High School Timonium Jonathan Fanshaw 17 Honorable Mention Static Poetry Dulaney High School Timonium Riley Ferver 15 Honorable Mention Tigers and Birds Novel Writing - - Sophie Foster 17 Gold Key A Lesson in Grieving Flash Fiction G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Sophie Foster 17 Honorable Mention Talking to My Reflection While I Put on My Makeup Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Hannah Fromm 17 Honorable Mention Busted Dramatic Script G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Catherine Garrison 16 Silver Key A Wolf, a River, and a Girl Short Story South Carroll High School Sykesville Claire Gartner 17 Honorable Mention Crabapples Flash Fiction Dulaney High School Timonium Leah Gilliam 16 Honorable Mention My Danny Boy Flash Fiction Dulaney High School Timonium Jamie Griffin 14 Honorable Mention Jamie is like an onion, he has layers Short Story G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Jamie Griffin 14 Silver Key Crown Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Destiny Grimes 15 Honorable Mention The Pale Blue Dot Humor The Community School Baltimore Annilee Hampton 17 Honorable Mention glass twins Poetry Leonardtown High School Leonardtown Trista Harner 13 Gold Key Diversity Poetry Stephen Decatur Middle School Berlin Sarah Huller 16 Silver Key Protection Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Faith Jarrell 16 Gold Key Invisible Walls Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Faith Jarrell 16 Silver Key Thoughts & Prayers & In-School Suspension Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Faith Jarrell 16 Silver Key Nanarisms Humor G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Brooke Johnston 14 Gold Key, American Voices Nominee Between Borders Personal Essay & Memoir Notre Dame Preparatory School Towson Caroline Jones 16 Silver Key Pretium Vincentis Dramatic Script G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Cordelia Justice 14 Honorable Mention Greyman's Creek Short Story G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Alexandra Kaiss 17 Silver Key Untitled Writing Portfolio G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Nadia Karber 17 Gold Key An African's American Lunch Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Nadia Karber 17 Silver Key Family First Writing Portfolio G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Daniela Kirby 13 Honorable Mention A Choice of Friends Personal Essay & Memoir Hampstead Hill Academy 47 Baltimore Charlotte Knauth 17 Silver Key Cynical Thoughts in Bloody Sneakers Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Autumn Koors Foltz 17 Honorable Mention the poem where i try to speak to ex girlfriends and learn i cannot rename the stars Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Krisna Kumar 13 Gold Key To the Forgotten Books of the World Poetry Friends School Of Baltimore Baltimore Taniyah Kutcherman 17 Silver Key Death By Design Short Story Western Senior High School 407 Baltimore Marie Kyung 17 Gold Key "Dulsdays" Personal Essay & Memoir Park School Of Baltimore Baltimore Marie Kyung 17 Honorable Mention Greetings in America Personal Essay & Memoir Park School Of Baltimore Baltimore Huimin Li 20 Honorable Mention Tuxedo Cat Personal Essay & Memoir Loch Raven High School Baltimore Huimin Li 20 Honorable Mention A Following Request Short Story Loch Raven High School Baltimore Brynn Lietuvnikas 13 Silver Key History is the Future Poetry Saint Mary Catholic School Hagerstown Judah Lyles 17 Gold Key, American Voices Nominee Baltimore City Streets Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Judah Lyles 17 Silver Key hands up, boy! Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Alliyah Matos 17 Honorable Mention Seventeen Writing Portfolio Patapsco High School & Center For The Arts Baltimore Sophia Merine 16 Silver Key The Diary of a Madwoman Poetry St Timothy's School Stevenson Kyeong won Min 16 Honorable Mention better a broken nose than a broken heart Short Story Bryn Mawr School Baltimore Ari Mitchell 15 Gold Key It's Just A Game Dramatic Script Baltimore School for the Arts Baltimore Avery Morse 15 Honorable Mention Queen of Earth Science Fiction & Fantasy Liberty High School Sykesville Emma Oakes 15 Honorable Mention You are my Golden Goddess Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Ahhnieyah Owens 17 Honorable Mention Recognizing Our Privilege Personal Essay & Memoir Bard High School Early College Baltimore Malik Pringle 16 Honorable Mention Two Faced Poetry Patapsco High School & Center For The Arts Baltimore Malik Pringle 16 Honorable Mention Inside my mind at all times Poetry Patapsco High School & Center For The Arts Baltimore Malik Pringle 16 Silver Key The Man with Aspiration Poetry Patapsco High School & Center For The Arts Baltimore Simon Puchner-Noel 14 Gold Key Five Theories of Home & [Faggot Boys] Poetry Park School Of Baltimore Baltimore Angela Qian 18 Honorable Mention Ningbo, Zhejiang, 2019 Poetry Dulaney High School Timonium Emma Reilly 18 Honorable Mention The House Flash Fiction Century High School Sykesville Emma Reilly 18 Silver Key The Future: Close Enough to Touch Writing Portfolio Century High School Sykesville Ember Rhoton 17 Silver Key Short Story Portfolio Writing Portfolio Patapsco High School & Center For The Arts Baltimore Claire Roberts 17 Gold Key You, Me, and the Moon Writing Portfolio G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Claire Roberts 17 Honorable Mention The Weight of the Sun Short Story G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Sofia Romero 14 Honorable Mention The Rosary Short Story Marriotts Ridge High School Marriottsville Colton Ross 17 Silver Key Eat All the Fruit Personal Essay & Memoir Baltimore Poly Tech Institution 403 Baltimore Tanisha Salifou 14 Honorable Mention Her eyes Poetry North Hagerstown High School Hagerstown Tanisha Salifou 14 Silver Key Queen Poetry North Hagerstown High School Hagerstown Isabel Sans 16 Honorable Mention 30.5.40 Short Story Edgewood High School Edgewood Rebecca Scherr 17 Gold Key Virginity in a Box: The Catholic Gift Journalism G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Rebecca Scherr 17 Honorable Mention Sitting Pretty Novel Writing G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Rebecca Scherr 17 Honorable Mention Wallflower Short Story G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Rebecca Share 15 Gold Key 8 Nights Personal Essay & Memoir Garrison Forest School Owings Mills Ella Skidmore 14 Silver Key Don't Be Caught in Church Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Kai Smith 16 Honorable Mention Millions Flash Fiction Dulaney High School Timonium Meadow Stanley 15 Honorable Mention City Skylines Short Story G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Meadow Stanley 15 Silver Key Gunpowder Laced Sentences Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Maxwell Sternlicht 17 Honorable Mention Patriot Dramatic Script Gilman High School Baltimore Molly Thompson 17 Honorable Mention Childhood Home Short Story Towson High School Towson Joshua Torrence 17 Gold Key Sublunary Writing Portfolio G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Joshua Torrence 17 Gold Key, American Voices Nominee Ballerina Boy Personal Essay & Memoir G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Joshua Torrence 17 Honorable Mention Son to Son Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Joshua Torrence 17 Silver Key The Threshold Short Story G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Joshua Torrence 17 Silver Key Bisexuality Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Joshua Torrence 17 Silver Key My Very Own Michelangelos Personal Essay & Memoir G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Joshua Torrence 17 Silver Key tabula rasa Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Nusrat Tusi 17 Honorable Mention Our Generations Intimacy Poetry - - Aarushi Tyagi 16 Honorable Mention Mind's Dwellings Flash Fiction G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Lucy Van Eron 17 Honorable Mention Final Send Off Personal Essay & Memoir G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Annabel Vetock 14 Honorable Mention Entry 1 Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Kianna Victor 14 Silver Key The Curse of MSNBC Personal Essay & Memoir Randallstown High School Randallstown Isabella Vidal 15 Honorable Mention Blank Slate Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson John Watkins 18 Honorable Mention Solve et Coagula, or the Story of the City Short Story Towson High School Towson Jason Weese 16 Honorable Mention I say, "Today is the Day" Flash Fiction Dulaney High School Timonium zari wheeler 14 Honorable Mention Him Flash Fiction Greenmount School Baltimore Connor White 16 Honorable Mention Ava Loves James Short Story G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Connor White 16 Silver Key Up on Mars Dramatic Script G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Magali Williams 16 Honorable Mention It's Not Love If We Don't Talk About It Dramatic Script G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Jalyne Wise 15 Gold Key A Study in Hues Poetry G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Olivia Yates 17 Gold Key, American Voices Nominee My Mountain Personal Essay & Memoir The Community School Baltimore Avery Yoder-Wells 13 Gold Key Skyline Novel Writing Dumbarton Middle School Baltimore Avery Yoder-Wells 13 Gold Key To Challenge a Dragon Humor Dumbarton Middle School Baltimore Avery Yoder-Wells 13 Gold Key, American Voices Nominee McSatans Flash Fiction Dumbarton Middle School Baltimore Kayla Yup 16 Gold Key How Family Copes Poetry Towson High School Towson Kayla Yup 16 Gold Key A Post-Mortem Apology Poetry Towson High School Towson Abby Yusuf 14 Honorable Mention Marching Short Story G W Carver Center-Arts & Tech Towson Julia Zetlmeisl 13 Gold Key The Day The World Kept Turning Poetry Sykesville Middle School Sykesville xinyue zhang 13 Gold Key An unforgettable experience Personal Essay & Memoir Garrison Forest School Owings Mills