Tri-Valley Writers annual high school writing contest

“My Story, My Vision”

Congratulations to the students from 13 Tri-Valley high schools who participated in TVW’s 10th annual high school writing contest. This year saw more submissions than ever with 142 entries from 100 students: 21 literary nonfiction pieces, 79 poems, and 42 short stories. Here are the winners from each category: literary nonfiction, poetry and short stories.

Thanks to all the students who submitted their work. You are all courageous, and TVW hopes you continues in your writing endeavors.

Award Winners by Category

Nonfiction

First place: Angelina Ge for “The Inferior Complex” (San Ramon)

Second place: Juliana Muegge for “Rebounding from COVID-19: The Strength of Community and What the Numbers Don’t Say” (San Ramon)

Third Place: Ananya Iyengar for “My Disney Ending” (Dougherty)

Third Place: Jessica Bakar for “Scar Story: Revisited” (Foothill)

Honorable Mentions:

Rohan Chandran for “Keeping Down the Negativity” (Monte Vista)

Natalie May for “Mystery Diners, Overthought” (Granada)

Anusri Saraf for “my cup of chai” (Granada)

Risha Chakraborty for “Death and Dichotomy: America’s Hybrid Health System Must Go” (Dougherty)

Michelle Liu for “Moving On: Closure” (Foothill)

Awva Bashiri for “The Perpetual Pawn” (California)

 

Poetry

First Place: Claire McNerney for “possum poem” (Foothill)

Second Place: Amala Rao for “But for One Small Difference” (Foothill)

Third Place: Christopher Pak for “The Red Sea” (Granada)

Honorable Mentions:

Musa Sayed for “Problem Solved?” (Dougherty)

Mikayla Marinko for “Not All Men” (Livermore)

Sydney Gong for “Outsider” (Dougherty)

Angelina Ge for “Wonderland” (San Ramon)

 

Short Story Fiction

First Place: Emma Ka for “Floating Candles” (Amador)

Second Place: Miranda Duarte for “I Love You for Sentimental Reasons” (California)

Third Place: Brian Guan for “The Hunter” (Dublin)

Honorable Mentions:

Meghan Boyle for “Always” (California)

Lisa Levinson for “Butterflies” (Dublin)

Aiden Rim for “My Promise” (Amador)

Setareh Salkhi for “On Valentine’s” (Monte Vista)

Brenna McCord for “The Colors of Death” (Amador)

 

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