2019 NYC Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, Silver Key, and Gold Key Recipients Page 1 of 44 All information appears exactly as it was provided during the submission process. Requests for edits will not be accommodated. Student First Student Last Award Category Title Tess Abraham-Macht Honorable Mention Poetry A Stranger&'s Own Scent Hannah Abrams Honorable Mention Short Story The Real World Indya Adam Silver Key Critical Essay Making Change in the World One Inspiration at a Time Soledad Aguilar-Colon Honorable Mention Personal Essay/Memoir College Personal Statement Samuel Ahn Honorable Mention Poetry Greek Love Samuel Ahn Honorable Mention Critical Essay Society of Steel: Metal in Nathaniel Hawthorne&'s The Scarlet Letter Ksenia Aleksandrov Honorable Mention Novel Writing The Ones We Never Notice Ferduz Alkindi Honorable Mention Flash Fiction Not an Ordinary Pool Day Betsy Allen Honorable Mention Poetry Young Girl Betsy Allen Gold Key Short Story The Monster Within Me Brianne Allen Gold Key Personal Essay/Memoir Things That Cannot Protect You Katherine Allen Gold Key Personal Essay/Memoir The Bold Woman who is Beloved by the Community Gabriella Kaelan Adriana Alleyne Gold Key Poetry The Natural Curve Gabriella Kaelan Adriana Alleyne Honorable Mention Poetry Die or Survive, Faith Alicia Alonso Gold Key Short Story Plunging from Scarlet’s Sin to Snow’s Purity: A Creative Memoir Alicia Alonso Honorable Mention Journalism Capitalism’s Victim: Body Image From a Havana Stadium to Paper Flowers in NYC: Transcending 1,300 Miles of Alicia Alonso Honorable Mention Personal Essay/Memoir Separation Ela Alster Gold Key Poetry Depressions Demons Elizabeth Alton Honorable Mention Poetry Sensory Colors Estelle Anderson Silver Key Poetry Revelation Over Italian Food Estelle Anderson Honorable Mention Poetry stream of Consciousness Estelle Anderson Gold Key Flash Fiction Girl Broken Estelle Anderson Gold Key Critical Essay The Cruciality of Attentiveness to News Media Estelle Anderson Honorable Mention Dramatic Script Disconnected Eleonor Andersson Honorable Mention Short Story Behind Martins Wall Alma Angantyr Silver Key Flash Fiction you have (9) new voicemails lukas anker Honorable Mention Flash Fiction What Was Once Hope Claire Annino Honorable Mention Short Story The Night Before Julian Ansorge Honorable Mention Critical Essay Milton's Fallen Followers 2019 NYC Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, Silver Key, and Gold Key Recipients Page 2 of 44 All information appears exactly as it was provided during the submission process. 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Student First Student Last Award Category Title Julian Ansorge Honorable Mention Critical Essay The Companionship of a Distant Light: Pip’s Search for a Reader Shan Ara Silver Key Short Story 7 Shan Ara Gold Key Personal Essay/Memoir Shine Julia Arancio Gold Key Personal Essay/Memoir Paul is a Punk Rocker Julia Arancio Silver Key Personal Essay/Memoir An Ode to Sicilian Women Janelys Araujo Silver Key Personal Essay/Memoir Big Sister Anthony Armenakas Honorable Mention Short Story The World Expands Here Anthony Armenakas Honorable Mention Short Story The Other Side Paley Arnone Honorable Mention Short Story Anticipation and Defeat Paley Arnone Honorable Mention Critical Essay Solipsistic Sinner Paley Arnone Honorable Mention Critical Essay People of Color Shayan Ashraf Gold Key Personal Essay/Memoir How to Live: The Essential Rulebook on Being the Person You Should Be Adithi Attada Silver Key Critical Essay Rage and Racial Identity in James Baldwin’s “Sonny’s Blues” You get a Hug! You Get a Hug!... Everyone Gets a Hug! Role Models in The Anaïs Austin Honorable Mention Critical Essay House on Mango Street Anaïs Austin Silver Key Poetry Difference Anaïs Austin Silver Key Poetry Out There Yumadi Aye Silver Key Poetry Benevolence of Change Sara Azcona-Miller Gold Key Writing Portfolio The Rest is Drag: Writing to Reveal and Conceal Sara Azcona-Miller Gold Key Personal Essay/Memoir Drag The Chokecherry Contradiction: The Limitation and Liberation of the Black Sara Azcona-Miller Gold Key Critical Essay Female Body Sara Azcona-Miller Silver Key Journalism Redefining Patriotism: A Look into The Take a Knee Protests Priscilla Babalola Honorable Mention Flash Fiction Samantha's Fate Priscilla Babalola Gold Key Science Fiction/Fantasy Samantha's Fate Elaine Baez Silver Key Science Fiction/Fantasy The Sixth Examination Aleya Baeza Milan Honorable Mention Short Story A Mother Knows Best Allison Bajada Silver Key Personal Essay/Memoir Symphony No. 42 Shreya Balaji Honorable Mention Poetry "The Power of One's Voice" Quentin Balboni Gold Key Short Story Student Merelin Baldonado Honorable Mention Personal Essay/Memoir Dear America Fatoumata Bamba Honorable Mention Poetry The Pissed Black Girl 2019 NYC Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, Silver Key, and Gold Key Recipients Page 3 of 44 All information appears exactly as it was provided during the submission process. 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Student First Student Last Award Category Title Anish Bardhan Gold Key Poetry Water Turned Wine, The Curse, Candle Alexander Barnett Honorable Mention Poetry The Fall Before Flight Death Before A Slave: A Collection of Poetry based on Narrative of the Life of Eliza Baron-Singer Gold Key Poetry Frederick Douglass Sabrina Barton Honorable Mention Personal Essay/Memoir Identity in a Void Yilan Batista Silver Key Poetry Home Julie Bazile Gold Key Poetry Snow White Cries in the Nighttime too Julie Bazile Honorable Mention Poetry Creation Doused in Posions Ida Beckett Gold Key Critical Essay Black People With Guns Ida Beckett Silver Key Critical Essay Cold War, Hot Words Ida Beckett Honorable Mention Critical Essay Different Depictions of a Deplorable Institution Ida Beckett Honorable Mention Poetry Statue Gabriella Begleiter Honorable Mention Poetry Poetry Gabriella Begleiter Honorable Mention Poetry Poetry Nina Belcove Silver Key Short Story 1 in 6 Nagieliss Belliard Honorable Mention Poetry No Reply Eliza Bender Honorable Mention Dramatic Script The Second Coming Eliza Bender Honorable Mention Poetry in regards to my space in the universe Noga Benish Silver Key Flash Fiction The Snowball Ashanti Benons Honorable Mention Critical Essay The Consequences of Society’s Current Disposal of Plastic Waste Milly Berman Honorable Mention Flash Fiction Fight Night (Sorry Mom) Rebecca Biagas Honorable Mention Critical Essay The Importance of LGBT Sex Education Simone Billera Silver Key Short Story Sudden Silence Daniel Biro Silver Key Journalism The Dilemma Facing LGBTQ+ Americans Daniel Biro Honorable Mention Journalism An Inside Look into New York Fashion Week Sierra Blanco Silver Key Science Fiction/Fantasy Hero's Frozen Heartbeat Sierra Blanco Gold Key Science Fiction/Fantasy Gods Have Hell as Well Sierra Blanco Honorable Mention Poetry Stuck With You/Stuck With Me Sierra Blanco Honorable Mention Dramatic Script An Early Education Sierra Blanco Silver Key Poetry Beliefs Sierra Blanco Honorable Mention Short Story A Girl Named Light Margaret Blaney Silver Key Short Story Two Days of Hope 2019 NYC Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, Silver Key, and Gold Key Recipients Page 4 of 44 All information appears exactly as it was provided during the submission process. 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Student First Student Last Award Category Title Gillan Blanket Honorable Mention Critical Essay "Spider Man" Video Game Review Gillan Blanket Honorable Mention Flash Fiction A Pleasant Talk at the Dinner Table Gaia Blessing Honorable Mention Personal Essay/Memoir A Glossary for Children of Divorce Gaia Blessing Gold Key Personal Essay/Memoir Vivere a Colori Valerie Blinder Honorable Mention Poetry The Absurdity of Jazz Miles Blumemthal Silver Key Personal Essay/Memoir The Beat Leo Boone Silver Key Short Story Gone Ryan Bose-Roy Honorable Mention Flash Fiction Grit Ryan Bose-Roy Silver Key Critical Essay How Industry and Immigration Worked Together in the 1920s Ana-Nefeli Brandhorst Kapernekas Honorable Mention Personal Essay/Memoir A Gift from Milantheus Maeve Brennan Gold Key Short Story Daffodils Maeve Brennan Honorable Mention Short Story Kota Maeve Brennan Honorable Mention Short Story And All the Graves We Buried Thomas Breydo Silver Key Personal Essay/Memoir Bratik Zeynep Bromberg Gold Key Personal Essay/Memoir Sitting on a Stoop Victoria Brooks Honorable Mention Poetry Ldor Vador Victoria Brooks Honorable Mention Critical Essay The Rise and Fall of Magnitogorsk Victoria Brooks Honorable Mention Critical Essay Athlete Activism: A Parallel to Social Reform Bonnie Browne Honorable Mention Poetry A Desire Amelie Buc Silver Key Critical Essay The Long Undone Amelie Buc Honorable Mention Critical Essay The Animal Mind Amelie Buc Silver Key Critical Essay Unsex Me Amelie Buc Honorable Mention Critical Essay Realities Amelie Buc Silver Key Critical Essay The Other Place Zoe Buff Honorable Mention Flash Fiction Wait Anya Bulchandani Honorable Mention Critical Essay Human Hierarchy Bella Butler Silver Key Poetry Lonely or to be alone Asher Playing A Game Of Harmless War In Chapter 17: Exploring Third Person Alexandra Cacciarelli Honorable Mention Flash Fiction Limited Point Of View In Lois Lowry's The Giver Serena Camici Honorable Mention Flash Fiction Private Thoughts on the Beach Somewhere in Tuscany Elizabeth Campagna Honorable Mention Short Story Afternoon Tea Christina Cao Honorable Mention Personal Essay/Memoir Streaks of Gold 2019 NYC Scholastic