Winners By Category

Browse and search the 2007 Art & Writing Awards Gold and Silver Award winners by their State. These works are presented to outstanding work in each category.

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ANIMATION


Baldwin Arts and Academics Magnet School, Alabama

Madison Snowden
Age N/A, Prickly, Silver Award
Teacher: Kelly Garza
Casey Stephenson
Age N/A, Whole New World, Silver Award
Teacher: Kelly Garza
Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Maryland

Dayle Bayne
Age 17, Blodeuwedd, Gold Award
Teacher: Nino Leselidze
Howell High School, New Jersey

Zack Williams
Age 17, Amid Symmetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Rachel Burkhardt
Ipswich High School, Massachusetts

Emilie Rodgers
Age N/A, Dudele, Silver Award
Teacher: Brian Carman
Private Study Mayerhofer, New York

Matt Zell
Age 18, Nexus, Silver Award
Teacher: Anna Mayerhofer
Riverton Middle School, Illinois

Hana Thixton
Age N/A, Wildfire, Silver Award
Teacher: Deb Larson
Southwest HS, Minnesota

Courtney Dipaola
Age 17, The Tired Boy, American Visions Award and Silver Award
Teacher: Cecily Spano
St. Mary's Academy, Oregon

Fiona Bayh
Age 17, Penguin Holiday, Silver Award
Teacher: Kathleen Mitchell
Stanwood High School, Washington

Missy Brinks
Age 17, Internet Safety PSA, Gold Award
Teacher: Wendy Carletti
University School of Nashville, Florida

Jessica Cabrera
Age 13, Adventures of a School Boy, Gold Award
Teacher: Jane Lambert
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ART PORFOLIO


Paideia School, Georgia

Isidore Bethel
Age 17, Video & Film Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Madeleine Carolan
A.N. McCallum High School, Texas

Sarah Welch
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Carol Beth Torrance
Alabama School of Fine Arts, Alabama

Violeta Foreman
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Darius Hill
Erin Mitchell
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Darius Hill
Kayleigh Walder
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Darius Hill
Albert Einstein High School, Maryland

Christopher Mangan
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: X Plechociaski
Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts, Florida

Christina Barrera
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jenny Gifford
Emily Gossiaux
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jenny Gifford
Aloha High School, Oregon

Ian Anaya
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Tamara Ottum
Archmere Academy, Delaware

Kirsten Sauer
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Terry Newitt
Atherton High School, Kentucky

Sophia Gordon
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher:
Belmont High School, Massachusetts

Ji Yeon Lee
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Mark Milowsky
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, New York

Neo Yuan
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Douglas Potter
Bob Jones High School, Alabama

Elizabeth Cantu
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Melissa Hughey
Ella Selfridge
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Melissa Hughey
Morgan Swope
Age 19, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Melissa Hughey
Buchtel High School, Ohio

Marlon Fears
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Patrick Dougherty
Cambridge School of Weston, Massachusetts

Joseph Miller Gamble
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Todd Bartel
Holly Rhame
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Todd Bartel
Cape Henlopen High School, Delaware

Ryan Arnold
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Elaine Ippolito
Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Maryland

Justin Beasley
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Joseph Cypressi
Samuel Kipnes
Age 16, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Theresa Mcdaniel
Janna Morton
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Joe Giordano
Cave Spring High School, Virginia

Irena Stanisic
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Anne Pfeiffer
Cheyenne Moutain High School, Colorado

Staci Amburgey
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Chip Shaw
Coral Reef High School, Florida

Alina Balaguero
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Scott Mckinley
Denver School of the Arts, Colorado

Stephan Herrera
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Deb Rosenbaum
James Peelor
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Deb Rosenbaum
Karl Poulson
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Deb Rosenbaum
Design and Architecture Senior High School, Florida

Cosmo Erazo
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Ellen Abramson
Craig Hamilton
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Efrain Momtesino
Nanjoo Hong
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: William Charles
Vaughan Ling
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Tavare Hill
Juliana O'Byrne
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Ellen Abramson
Gabriel Puerto
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Tavare Hill
Rolando Vega
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Efrain Momtesino
duPont Manual High School, Kentucky

Mara Brown
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Julie Chan
Edward R. Murrow High School, New York

Sophia Figuereo
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Spy Kontarinis
Amanda Marder
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Carlos Rosado
Ariel Shapiro
Age 16, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Spy Kontarinis
Fayetteville Manlius High School, New York

Jessica Hauser
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Robert Niedzwiecki
Lee Toffolo
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Robert Niedzwiecki
Franklin High School, Michigan

Anthony Hope
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jeremy Rheault
Franklin Senior High, Maryland

Sarah Goldman
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Angela Dunn
Gibbs High School, Florida

Matthew Gladson
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Alan Johnson
GlenOak High School, Ohio

Kirstin Zirngibl
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Rosemary Stephen
Green Valley high school, Nevada

Hannah Lardent
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Donna Potter
Hamilton Wenham Regional High School, Massachusetts

Olivia Harkness
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Gail Lake
Alexandra Kilburn
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Gail Lake
HB Woodlawn, Virginia

Stephan Mayer
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Monica Stroik
High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Texas

Jessica Adams
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Eileen Montgomery
Dylan Conner
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Eileen Montgomery
Margaux Crump
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Eileen Montgomery
Taylor Mahan-Rudolph
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Eileen Montgomery
Hinsdale Central High School, Illinois

Sarah Mimo
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher:
Holliston High School, Massachusetts

Allyson Dufault
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Douglas Lack
Jersey City Arts High School Program, New Jersey

Darren Baskin
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: John Bradford
Jeffrey Villanueva
Age 16, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: John Bradford
Lafayette Jefferson High School, Indiana

Caleb Allison
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher:
Lake Orion Community High School, Michigan

Nicole Kaminski
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Melissa Buffington
Lampeter Strasburg High School, Pennsylvania

Justin Schwartz
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Scott Cantrell
Lincoln Way East High School, Illinois

Sharon Pomranky
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Cathy Erickson
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, California

Anthony Martinez
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Lia Halloran
Lowell High School, California

Belinda Li
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Julian Pollak
Michael J. Petrides School, New York

Tasha Garcia
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Granatelli
Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee

Everitte Barbee
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Rosemary Paschall
Nauset Regional High School, Massachusetts

Molly Avellar
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jody Craven
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Riverfront, Louisiana

Sally Caraway
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Mary Jane Parker
New World School of Arts, Florida

Carmina Novoa
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Tom Wyroba
North Allegheny Senior High School, Pennsylvania

Cailann Meehan
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Frances Hawbaker
North Farmington High School, Michigan

Kevin Tobin
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Hope Palmer
Northampton High School, Massachusetts

Brittany Cocco
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Lisa Leary
Northwest School of the Arts, North Carolina

Addison Wahler
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Virginia Atkins
Overton High School, Tennessee

Ebony Robinson
Age 17, Art Portfolio Gold Award
Teacher: Emily Ruch
Paideia School, Georgia

Pablo Rochat
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Madeleine Carolan
Pembroke High School, Massachusetts

Christopher Zacher
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Dana Sabatino
Perpich Center for Arts Education, Minnesota

Abelardo Cerda
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Karen Monson
Jais Gossman
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Bill Jeter
James Kleiner
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Karen Monson
Pius XI High School, Wisconsin

Emily Kozik
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Patricia Frederick
Stephanie Simon
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Patricia Frederick
Stephanie Sulik
Age 18, Art Portfolio Gold Award
Teacher: Patricia Frederick
Allison Wichmann
Age 18, Art Portfolio Gold Award
Teacher: Patricia Frederick
Prospect High School, Illinois

Megan Mchugh
Age 17, Art Portfolio Gold Award
Teacher: Barbara Shaffer
Robert McQueen High School, Nevada

Emily Hoops
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Carol Quinn
Rocky Mountain High School, Colorado

Katie Whittle
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jay Dukart
Saint Mary's Hall, Texas

Erin Brady
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Carol Parker Mittal
Scituate High School, Massachusetts

Kelley O'Leary
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Carolyn Wachta
Shrewsbury High School, Massachusetts

Joseph Geary
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Shari Fox
Stivers School for the Arts, Ohio

Brian Hicks
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: J.D. Kramer
Stoneleigh Burnham School, Massachusetts

So Young Cho
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: L Mahoney
Stoney Creek High School, Michigan

Amy Hilber
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Diane Heath
Hyo Ji Lim
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Diane Heath
Taylor High School, Ohio

George Canfield
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Allison Pulskamp
Kurtis Penn
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Allison Pulskamp
The Pingry School, New Jersey

Heather Benjamin
Age 16, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Miles Boyd
Torrey Pines High School, California

Michael Powell
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Sarah Morawa
Towson High School, Maryland

Garrett Ames Ledbetter
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Kate Morrill
Hanna Moran
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Cheryl Milligan
Valley Regional High School, Connecticut

Alex Psillos
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Val Kropiwnicki
Walled Lake Northern High School, Michigan

Ethan Skelton
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Whisper Andrusiak
Wamogo Regional High School, Connecticut

Candace Breakell
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Wendy Costa, Laurie Sweet
Ward Melville High School, New York

Danica Parry
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Trettner
Warsaw Community High School, Indiana

Emily Brail
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Don Swartzentruber
Waterford Kettering, Michigan

Jessica Vanfleteren
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Lori Groff
Wauwatosa East High School, Wisconsin

Erin Bannen
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Kim Haller
Alyx Christensen
Age 18, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Kim Haller
West Forsyth High School, North Carolina

Allison Fairall
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Betti Longinotti
West Orange High School, New Jersey

Julian Sampson
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Heather Young
Westside High School, Nebraska

Neil Griess
Age 17, Art Portfolio Gold Award
Teacher: Shawn Blevins
Kale Zicafoose
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Shawn Blevins
William Floyd High School, New York

Kristie Winther
Age 16, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Amy Illardo
Woodward Academy Middle School, Georgia

Jacob Deimler
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Paul Vogt
WOW Art Studio, New York

Yoonjee Koh
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Eun Chou
Yellow Barn Studio School, Maryland

William Hatleberg
Age 17, Art Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Walter Bartman
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CERAMICS & GLASS


Andover High School, Michigan

Ben Smith
Age 17, Bloom, Silver Award
Teacher: Matthew Beauchamp
Hastings High School, Texas

Luis Mantilla
Age 18, Two Sided Canvas, Gold Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Delyria
Annie Vo
Age 16, Suzucchi Life, Gold Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Delyria
Mary Vo
Age 17, Familial Ebb and Flow, Gold Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Delyria
Hilliard Darby High School, Ohio

Megan Parsons
Age 18, Plates, Silver Award
Teacher: Marilyn Bedford
Tijana Stevens
Age 18, Great Balls of Fire, Silver Award
Teacher: Sally Ruffing
Tijana Stevens
Age 18, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Sally Ruffing
Hillsboro Deering High School, New Hampshire

Alison Boushie
Age 17, Fruitloops, Gold Award
Teacher: Lyn Paolino
Illing Middle School, Connecticut

Jasmine Smiley
Age 15, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Carmela Clancio
Ingomar Middle School, Pennsylvania

Brianna Layman
Age 13, Pink Pitcher, Silver Award
Teacher: Marlene Paullk
Iolani School, Hawaii

Jerrald Chau
Age 16, Hanging In The Balance, Gold Award
Teacher: Ryan Roberts
Irving A. Robbins Middle School, Connecticut

Chelsey Logan
Age 14, Chelsey's Vineyard, Gold Award
Teacher: Ann Trambert
John Poole Middle School, Maryland

Loran Harney
Age 13, Many Me, Silver Award
Teacher: Nori Thorne
Lake Oswego High School, Oregon

Oliver Glenn
Age 17, Desert Green, Silver Award
Teacher: Steven Schiefelbein
Lane Tech College Prep High School, Illinois

Kathryn Carson
Age 18, A Legend Retold, American Visions Award and Silver Award
Teacher: Amy Moore
Lewiston High School, Maine

Brittany Johnson
Age 17, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Jody Dube
Ligon GT Magnet Middle School, North Carolina

Matthew Battaglino
Age 13, Abstract Stripe, Silver Award
Teacher: Rebekah Arrington
Manheim Township Middle School, Pennsylvania

Sydney Hines
Age 14, Life of Paisley, Gold Award
Teacher: Candace Kauffman
Lauren Lefever
Age 13, Gray Wisps, Gold Award
Teacher: Candace Kauffman
Matthew Morgante
Age 14, Spring's First, Gold Award
Teacher: Candace Kauffman
Lauren Palm
Age 14, Forbidden Fingers, Silver Award
Teacher: Candace Kauffman
Marin Academy, California

Alexandra Bassett
Age 15, Homage to Wayne Thiebaud, Gold Award
Teacher: Anne Maurice
Martha Brown Middle School, New York

Lauren Hunziker
Age 13, Counter Balance, Gold Award
Teacher: Christopher Sequeira
Marysville Pilchuck High School, Washington

Erika Blankenship
Age 15, Raku Vase With Coil Trim, American Visions Award
Teacher: Debbie Mccoy
National Cathedral School, District of Columbia

Bridgette Zou
Age 17, Pomegranate Harvest, Gold Award
Teacher: Leslie Eckmann
Northfield High School, Minnesota

Ian Sheppard
Age 18, Yirra Kurl, Gold Award
Teacher: Chris Holmquist
Old Trail School, Ohio

Rachel Silver
Age 12, Snap, Crackle, Pot, Silver Award
Teacher: Kathy Sapienza
Parkland High School, Pennsylvania

Benjamin Mitchell
Age 18, Trilogy of the Unknown-For the Birds, Gold Award
Teacher: Richard Shemonsky
Plainview High School, Oklahoma

Kory Atcuson
Age 17, Changes, American Visions Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Brenda Fisher
Rockford High School, Michigan

Alena Drayton
Age 17, Aftermath of Atrophy, Gold Award
Teacher: Barb Kent
Santa Ynez Valley Union High School, California

Brandon Rushing
Age 17, Shrouded, American Visions Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Nancy Thompson
Solanco High School, Pennsylvania

Abigail Keefer
Age 17, Water Guardians, Silver Award
Teacher: Candace Ryan Rakers
Jessica Taylor
Age 17, Swan, Gold Award
Teacher: Candace Ryan Rakers
St. Teresa Academy, Missouri

Katie Meyers
Age 17, Bloom, Gold Award
Teacher: Lisa Dibble
The Waterford School, Utah

Lauren Kidd
Age 16, The Knotted Rag Pot, Silver Award
Teacher: Suzanne Conine
Jonnie Perkins
Age 16, Petroglyphic Fighure Bottle, Gold Award
Teacher: Suzanne Conine
Jonnie Perkins
Age 16, Genie Teapot, Silver Award
Teacher: Suzanne Conine
Uniontown Area High School, Pennsylvania

Travis Perry
Age 17, Torso, American Visions Award
Teacher: Beverly Demotte
Wauwatosa East High School, Wisconsin

Megan Bedrosian
Age 17, Divine Madness, Gold Award
Teacher: Barbara Murray
West Genesee Middle School, New York

Benjamin Seketa
Age 13, Line by Line, Gold Award
Teacher: Anna Mayerhofer
West Ottawa High School North, Michigan

Trevor Kazen
Age 17, Raku Bottle, Gold Award
Teacher: Brad Vredevoogd
Westlake High School, Texas

Christine Wang
Age 18, Sole Sponge, Gold Award
Teacher: Dawn Delgado
Westland High School, Ohio

Steve Paessun
Age 17, Orb, Gold Award
Teacher: Kevin Russell
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COMPUTER ART


American Heritage, Florida

Nicholas Allen
Age 17, Candy Head, Gold Award
Teacher: Jonathan Reid
Bayonne High School, New Jersey

Joseph Maresca
Age 17, Drawing Joe, Silver Award
Teacher: Charlann Meluso
Blue Valley High School, Kansas

Nina Humphrey
Age 16, California Skylines, Silver Award
Teacher: Mark Mosier
Nina Humphrey
Age 16, Terminal, Gold Award
Teacher: Mark Mosier
Brockton High School, Massachusetts

Jeffrey Beckman
Age 17, Home is Where the Heart is, Silver Award
Teacher: Sarah Richards
Brookwood High School, Georgia

Laura Conner
Age 16, Hand in Hand, Silver Award
Teacher: Debra Carlsen Sumpter
Brownsburg West Middle School, Indiana

Karah Wells
Age 15, Distortion of Reality, Silver Award
Teacher: Suzanne Elizabeth Whitton
Caledonia High School, Michigan

Cody Sielawa
Age 17, Solitude, Silver Award
Teacher: Mike Cornell
Canon McMillan High School, Pennsylvania

Kevin Paulsen
Age 18, Control the Dice, Control the Game, Silver Award
Teacher: Amy Keller
Canterbury High School, Indiana

Soo Ryu Kang
Age 17, Cracked Asian Doll, American Visions Award
Teacher: Vicki Junk Wright
Carver Middle School, Oklahoma

Kenzie Zwayer
Age 12, Hossem, Silver Award
Teacher: Carol Dvorak
Central High School, Missouri

Hannah Hurd
Age 17, Memoire, Silver Award
Teacher: Jackie Scott
Hannah Hurd
Age 17, Morphed Confusion, Gold Award
Teacher: Jackie Scott
Central Mountain High School, Pennsylvania

Susan Hosterman
Age 18, Dawning of a Foggy Morn, Gold Award
Teacher: Will Hanson
Collierville High School, Tennessee

Trevor Finney
Age 17, Random, Gold Award
Teacher: Cynthia Lancaster
Cypress Bay High School, Florida

Diego F. Torres
Age 17, Vacant, Gold Award
Teacher: Bizzy Jenkins
Delton-Kellogg School, Michigan

Amber Andrews
Age 16, Empty Lunch Room, Gold Award
Teacher: Brian Makowski
East Henderson High School, North Carolina

Kayla Brank
Age 15, Never Coming Home, Gold Award
Teacher: Courtney Hoelscher
Edison High School, Virginia

Connie Chung
Age 17, Zombie Sibling, Gold Award
Teacher: Derek Parsons
Farrington High School, Hawaii

Ashley Ines
Age 13, Anorexia, Silver Award
Teacher: Christine Ho
First Assembly Christian School, North Carolina

Walker Corl
Age 17, Bus, Silver Award
Teacher: Leigh Williams
Hammocks Middle School, Florida

Luciana Lorino
Age 14, Disguised in the Forest, Silver Award
Teacher: Carmen Campmany
Jericho High School, New York

Jason Shinners
Age 14, Untitled Quilt, Silver Award
Teacher: Louise Millmann
Lakota West High School, Ohio

Jillian Cleary
Age 16, Small Packages, Silver Award
Teacher: Jodi Kessler
Lowell High School, California

Emily Tam
Age 16, Light Tracks, Gold Award
Teacher: Julian Pollak
Moanalua High, Hawaii

Nick Lee
Age 17, Still Life of My Refrigerator, Silver Award
Teacher: Jeffrey Fujimoto
Nicolet High School, Wisconsin

Whitney Wright
Age 17, Definition #1, Gold Award
Teacher: Becky Schmidt
Port Huron High School, Michigan

Zack Record
Age 17, Innocence of a Child, American Visions Award and Silver Award
Teacher: Scott Magneson
Regional Technical Institute, Nevada

Jonathan Reyes
Age 18, American, American Visions Award and Silver Award
Teacher: Jim Burke
Rochester High School, Illinois

Pat Londrigan
Age 15, Me, Myself and I, Silver Award
Teacher: Dave Shaw
Saint Andrews School, Florida

Velina Veleva
Age 17, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Melissa Ford
Santa Catalina Lower School, California

Conor Schlosser
Age 14, Leap of Faith, Gold Award
Teacher: Susan Kendall
Shelby Junior High School, Michigan

Austin Heath
Age 13, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Marsha Sevek
The Alexander Dawson, Nevada

Neal Gaffin
Age 12, Nick Invasion, Silver Award
Teacher: David Finfrock
West Monona High School, Iowa

Teniesha Kessler
Age 17, Peering Into the Past, Gold Award
Teacher: Chere Fox O'Reilly
West Potomac High School, Virginia

Jeremy Bogdan
Age 16, A Vague Abscondance, Silver Award
Teacher: Amy Stoll
Jeremy Bogdan
Age 16, Clash, Silver Award
Teacher: Amy Stoll
West Springfield High School, Virginia

Rae Kyu Park
Age 17, Self portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Aldra Sirott
Woodridge High School, Ohio

Nicholas Vechery
Age 17, Malignant, Silver Award
Teacher: Lois Keener
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DESIGN: APPAREL


Fleetwood Area High School, Pennsylvania

Lisa Pors
Age 17, Pencil Dress, Gold Award
Teacher: Diane Chisdak
Iolani School, Hawaii

Jamie Smith
Age 16, Nature's Dress, American Visions Award and Silver Award
Teacher: Holly Chung
Lafayette Jefferson High School, Indiana

Sarah Barrett
Age 16, Mango Wear, Silver Award
Teacher: Luann Lamie
Lancaster Catholic High School, Pennsylvania

Charity Freiberg
Age 17, Newspaper Boots, Gold Award
Teacher: Richard Ressel
Jennifer Stengel
Age 17, Poncho in Print, Silver Award
Teacher: Richard Ressel
Marion High School, Illinois

Cerrin Eldridge
Age 17, A Reel Dress, American Visions Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Beth Wilson
Nemaha Valley High School, Nebraska

Abby Scheer
Age 17, Garconne: Putting on the Ritz, Silver Award
Teacher: Jane Antholz
Oconomowoc High School, Wisconsin

Megan Zeman
Age 16, Bird Of Paradise With Amulet, Gold Award
Teacher: Leah Robertson
Overbrook School, Tennessee

Katie Sonday
Age 13, Coffee in the Ballroom, Gold Award
Teacher: Brooke Sisco
Reno High School, Nevada

Elizabeth Ward
Age 17, Lily, Gold Award
Teacher: Jim Burke
Elizabeth Ward
Age 17, CAUTION! Contents may be hot, Silver Award
Teacher: Jim Burke
Truesdell Middle School, Kansas

Kody Raney
Age 13, Peace, Gold Award
Teacher: Sherry Waters
Walpole High School, Massachusetts

Jillian Haswell
Age 17, Leaf Dress, Silver Award
Teacher: Brooke Butler
Western Reserve Academy, Ohio

Allison Hylant
Age 16, Green and Blue Bag, Silver Award
Teacher: Tom Armbruster
Allison Hylant
Age 16, Fuzzy Brown Hand Bag, Silver Award
Teacher: Tom Armbruster
Wichita High School East, Kansas

Liz Wheeler
Age 16, Like Henry, Silver Award
Teacher: Brenda Jones
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DESIGN: GRAPHIC


Aloha High School, Oregon

Ian Anaya
Age 17, Nonpareil, Gold Award
Teacher: Tamara Ottum
Bronx High School for the Visual Arts, New York

Natalia Lopez
Age 17, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Eric Miles
Mercersburg Academy, Pennsylvania

Lizz Harvey
Age 18, Audience Poster, Silver Award
Teacher: Kristy Higby
Ravenwood high School, Tennessee

Amanda Sledge
Age 16, Reading Promo, Silver Award
Teacher: C Ayers
Sunset High School, Oregon

Perry Maple
Age 17, Skateboard Soul, American Visions Award
Teacher: Suzanne Puttman
The Mirman School, California

Ben Schreck
Age 13, Band Advertisement, Silver Award
Teacher: Karin Durup
William D. Ford Career Technical Center, Michigan

Heather Schrader
Age 18, NAIAS07 POSTER, Silver Award
Teacher: Steven Paulsen
Windward School, California

Alexander Dubelko
Age 16, Map Poster, Silver Award
Teacher: Jeff Miller
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DESIGN: INSTALLATION/ENVIRONMENTAL


Bob Jones High School, Alabama

Elizabeth Cantu
Age 17, Runaway Awakening, Gold Award
Teacher: Melissa Hughey
Frazier High School, Pennsylvania

Jenna Boyles
Age 17, Spinster and Bride, Silver Award
Teacher: Susan Elliott
Mars Area High School, Pennsylvania

Lucas Martin
Age 17, Media Overflow, Gold Award
Teacher: Erin Sloane
Marlena Murtagh
Age 17, Winding Spectrum, Gold Award
Teacher: Erin Sloane
R. Nelson Snider, Indiana

Thea Meussling
Age 18, Unto the Broken Beauty, "I loved you," says Ite, Silver Award
Teacher: Sommer Starks
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DESIGN: JEWELRY


Ardrey Kell High School, North Carolina

Sarah Northrup
Age 15, Found Object Pin/Pendant, Gold Award
Teacher: Pam Wittfeld
Downers Grove High School, Illinois

Adam Smolinski
Age 17, Mid-Air Skater, Gold Award
Teacher: Barbara Hertko
Fox Chapel Area High School, Pennsylvania

Meredith Hanley
Age 16, Queen Nefertiti Ring, Gold Award
Teacher: Ron Frank
Hopkins High School, Minnesota

Madeline Hedstrom
Age 17, Onyx Ring of Death!!!, Silver Award
Teacher: Terrwyn Chamberlin
Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan

Shawn Smith
Age 16, Earplug Ring, Gold Award
Teacher: Sharon Massey
Shawn Smith
Age 16, Cellular Brooch, Gold Award
Teacher: Sharon Massey
Shawn Smith
Age 16, Specimen Necklace, Gold Award
Teacher: Sharon Massey
James Spica
Age 18, Sight Specific, Gold Award
Teacher: Sharon Massey
Lamberton Middle School, Pennsylvania

Mackenzie Fox
Age 14, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Ashley Knauff
Waukesha Central Middle School, Wisconsin

Tyler Prater
Age 14, 3 Piece Pendant, Silver Award
Teacher: Lisa Osvatic
Kristin Wypiszynski
Age 12, Parakeet, Silver Award
Teacher: Lisa Osvatic
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DESIGN: PLANS/MODELS


Hoover High School, Ohio

Megan Dority
Age 17, La Maison De Musique, Gold Award
Teacher: Skip Baran
Lowell High School, California

Anesta Iwan
Age 16, Emerging Artist Performance Building, Gold Award
Teacher: Julian Pollak
Regional Technical Institute, Nevada

Jonathan Reyes
Age 18, Waiting Room, Gold Award
Teacher: Jim Burke
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DESIGN: PRODUCT


Art Quest School of Visual Art, Alabama

Blake Atkins
Age 13, Woven Lamp, Silver Award
Teacher: P.Hope Brannon
Berlin High School, Wisconsin

Katy Kramlich
Age 16, Hors d'oeuvre Set with Opal, American Visions Award
Teacher: Paula Hanson
Bob Jones High School, Alabama

Gary Holladay Jr.
Age 17, Compact Lounge Chair, Gold Award
Teacher: Melissa Hughey
Center Grove Middle School Central, Indiana

Matt Winchester
Age 14, Ito (yarn in Japanese), Silver Award
Teacher: Marsha Todor
duPont Manual High School, Kentucky

Isaac Vanheuklon
Age 18, Batik Stovetop Cooking, Gold Award
Teacher: Alana Alford
West Ottawa High School North, Michigan

Callie Dunn
Age 16, Water Toy Design, Silver Award
Teacher: Janice Propst
Western Wayne Middle School, Pennsylvania

Peyton Stanko
Age 13, Grinning Reindeer, Silver Award
Teacher: Christine Ganser
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DIGITAL IMAGERY


Albuquerque Academy, New Mexico

Kelley Moodie
Age 17, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Louis Schalk
Antietam High school, Pennsylvania

Amanda Pritz
Age 17, Young and Old, Gold Award
Teacher: Scott Minter
Meredith Yachnik
Age 17, Piano, Silver Award
Teacher: Scott Minter
Bayonne High School, New Jersey

Faryn Lynch
Age 19, Forming a Posse, Silver Award
Teacher: Thomas Hart
Blue Valley North High School, Kansas

Ashley Leek
Age 15, Black Eyed Susan, Silver Award
Teacher: Sharon Fate
Booker T. Washington Magnet High School, Alabama

Jessica Farquhar
Age 17, I Was Not Ready to Go, American Visions Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Andy Meadows
Braintree High School, Massachusetts

Victoria Deyoung
Age 17, The Birdhouse, Gold Award
Teacher: Alan Tibbetts
Molly Sullivan
Age 16, Food Triptych, Gold Award
Teacher: Alan Tibbetts
Cab Calloway School of the Arts, Delaware

Leslie Pickel
Age 14, Surrealism in Philadelphia, Silver Award
Teacher: Toniann Degregory
Cape Henlopen High School, Delaware

Ryan Arnold
Age 17, Cannibalism for Future Mechanization, American Visions Award
Teacher: Elaine Ippolito
Carroll High School, Indiana

Amy Benkenstein
Age 16, Waiting, Gold Award
Teacher: Nicole Croy
Cascade High School, Washington

Jeffrey Anzures
Age 17, Skelehands, Silver Award
Teacher: Yvonne Linnabary
Central High School, Missouri

Hannah Hurd
Age 17, Static Resistance, Gold Award
Teacher: Jackie Scott
Cypress Fairbanks High School, Texas

Brendan Moody
Age 17, Contructed Imaige #22 (Chair), Silver Award
Teacher: Laurie Emery
Fox Chapel Area High School, Pennsylvania

Kirsten Celo
Age 15, Not Quite a Door, Silver Award
Teacher: Amy Mahle
Iolani School, Hawaii

Nash Witten
Age 16, Into the Ocean, Silver Award
Teacher: Tracy Wright
Jay M. Robinson Middle School, North Carolina

Kaitlyn Myers
Age 13, A Face in the Crowd (ReRegister), Silver Award
Teacher: Melissa Leftwich
John Poole Middle School, Maryland

Zane Bassett
Age 13, White Fence and Fog, Gold Award
Teacher: Nori Thorne
La Reing High School, California

Lauren Hearne
Age 13, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Jane Shubert
Lahser High School, Michigan

Kyle Gracey
Age 17, Hazy Night, Gold Award
Teacher: Peg Pasternak
Laurel School, Ohio

Emily Marotta
Age 17, Antique Toys, Silver Award
Teacher: Renee Psiakis
Katherine Smith
Age 17, Puppy's Eye View, Gold Award
Teacher: Renee Psiakis
Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, Massachusetts

Raymond Ewing
Age 16, Death System, Silver Award
Teacher: Chris Baer
Masconomet Regional High School, Massachusetts

Erik Gronneberg
Age 17, Pierced, Gold Award
Teacher: Joseph Yutkins
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Riverfront, Louisiana

Stephen Edmond
Age 17, Portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Michel Varisco
Nordonia High School, Ohio

Regina Dombrosky
Age 17, Railroad, Gold Award
Teacher: Tim Naujoks
Northwest Pennsylvania Collegiate Academy, Pennsylvania

Sarah Priestap
Age 17, Artist's Laundry, Gold Award
Teacher: Alan Thayer
Plainfield South High School, Illinois

Danny Wozniak
Age 16, Underneath It All, Gold Award
Teacher: Stacey Candella
Santa Catalina Lower School, California

Keeyana Donaldson
Age 13, McAmerica, Gold Award
Teacher: Susan Kendall
South Milwaukee High School, Wisconsin

Briana Prudhomme
Age 16, Reflect, Silver Award
Teacher: Donna Cuyler
St. Andrews Episcopal School, Mississippi

John Dennis Daniels Ii
Age 17, Sunday Afternoon, American Visions Award
Teacher: Ann Seale
The Bryn Mawr School, Maryland

Samia Ahmed
Age 16, Distance, Silver Award
Teacher: Diane Margiotta
The Waterford School, Utah

Whitney Kofford
Age 16, Milk, Gold Award
Teacher: Ann Paterra
Towson High School, Maryland

Taylor Deyoung
Age 18, The Bridge #3, Silver Award
Teacher: Kate Morrill
University School of Nashville, Tennessee

Lindsey Eskind
Age 15, Uncovered, Gold Award
Teacher: Trent Boysen
Utica High School, Michigan

Jongmee Kim
Age 17, Egg, Gold Award
Teacher: Megan Berry
Voyager Middle School, Washington

April Cornelson
Age 13, Blue Love, Silver Award
Teacher: Sarah Goodall
Waterford Kettering, Michigan

Jessica Vanfleteren
Age 17, Untitled 6, Silver Award
Teacher: Lori Groff
Webster Thomas High School, New York

Dan Link
Age 16, One Last Wish, Gold Award
Teacher: Sue Toomey
West Allegheny High School, Pennsylvania

Nathaniel Carr
Age 16, Aftermath, Gold Award
Teacher: Carol Dewitt
West Bloomfield High School, Michigan

Eric Tuttle
Age 17, Acidic Sandbox, Gold Award
Teacher: Pam Groves
West Ottawa High School South Bldg., Michigan

Rachel Plockmeyer
Age 16, "Walking", Silver Award
Teacher: Nathan Kukla
Winchester High School, Massachusetts

Brendan Vogt
Age 17, The Kitchen, Gold Award
Teacher: Robert Gillis
Winston Churchill High School, Maryland

Samuel Draxler
Age 16, Ophthalmology, Silver Award
Teacher: Michael Foo
Wyomissing Area School, Pennsylvania

Miles Goldman
Age 17, The Kids Table, Gold Award
Teacher: Laura Henssler
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DRAMATIC SCRIPT


Bard High School Early College, New York

Abigail Savitch-Lew
Age 14, Haemanthus - A Biographic Drama Of Edvard Munch, Gold Award
Teacher: Ray Peterson
Birch Wathen Lennox School/Playwriting Program Manhattan Theatre Club, New York

Alison Adams
Age 17, Domestic Mastermind, Silver Award
Teacher: David Auburn
Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Maryland

Gieselle Allen
Age 15, Blue Eyes In Black And White, Gold Award
Teacher: Bonny Boto
Mirah Ippolito
Age 17, Just Like That, Silver Award
Teacher: Bonny Boto
Charleston County School of the Arts, South Carolina

Jackson Holder
Age 17, Free-Thinking, Gold Award
Teacher: Megan Link
Forrest Putnam
Age 15, Lords Of Ice, Silver Award
Teacher: Maryann Henry
Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, Florida

Jessica Cohn Kleinberg
Age 16, In Between, Silver Award
Teacher: Melissa Keller
Jesse Laier
Age 17, Consequences, Jimmy, Silver Award
Teacher: Karen Kurzer
Greens Farms Academy, Connecticut

Rebecca McCarthy
Age 17, Fallujah, Gold Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Cleary
Hunter College High School, New York

Matt Grossman
Age 15, Counting The Sheep, Gold Award
Teacher: Margaret Sturiano
Immaculata Academy Home School, Pennsylvania

John-Paul Heil
Age 11, The Big, Bad Wolf, Gold Award
Teacher: Sarah Heil
Klein Forest High School, Texas

Gabriela Calloway
Age 17, Camera Obscura, Gold Award
Teacher: Kristi Brockman
Klein High School, Tennessee

Abigail Cannon
Age 17, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Alicia Eichhorn
Landisville Middle School, Pennsylvania

Rachel Herman
Age 12, Dreamer's Angel, Silver Award
Teacher: Diane Anderson
Rafael Hernandez Dual Magnet School, New York

Anuradha Golder
Age 14, Age Of Reason, Gold Award
Teacher: Robyne Walker
Saint Ann's School, New York

Ruby Spiegel
Age 13, Love Me To The Bone, Gold Award
Teacher: Melissa Kantor
Sanford School, Delaware

Sean Ryon
Age 17, Unfinished Pictures, Silver Award
Teacher: Helen Vermeychuk
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, South Carolina

Shannelle Mills
Age 17, What We Want To Say But Won't, Silver Award
Teacher: Scott Gould
William Alexander Middle School, New York

Rachel Berger
Age 13, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: John P. Mceneny
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DRAWING


A.L. Brown High School, North Carolina

Cara Aston
Age 18, Luminous Shells, Silver Award
Teacher: Brenda Hardin
Alabama School of Fine Arts, Alabama

Derrick Williamson Junior
Age 15, Indifference, Silver Award
Teacher: Randy Gachet
Aliamanu Middle School, Hawaii

Wendy Barcelona
Age 13, Lines on building, Silver Award
Teacher: Ted Uratani
Brianna Shumpert
Age 13, Mask and Face, Silver Award
Teacher: Ted Uratani
Allendale Columbia School, New York

Katrina Stokes
Age 16, Self in Studio, Silver Award
Teacher: Lori Wun
Ian Williams
Age 15, Eleven Thirty, Gold Award
Teacher: Lori Wun
Alpharetta High School, Georgia

Nuni Lee
Age 16, Afternoon Bus Ride, Gold Award
Teacher: Kathleen Jackson
Athens High School, Michigan

Paige Darbyshire
Age 15, Stretch of Emotions, Silver Award
Teacher: Lisa Matel
Paige Darbyshire
Age 15, Sticky Situation, Silver Award
Teacher: Lisa Matel
Aurora High School, Ohio

Katy Filarski
Age 16, Hello, Gold Award
Teacher: Brian Caponi
Alyssa Johnson
Age 16, My Best Friend Has Red Hair, Silver Award
Teacher: John Smolko
Emma Kropp
Age 16, Self-Portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: John Smolko
Avon High School, Ohio

Tim Lewicki
Age 17, Self Portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Maria Petrulis
Bak Middle School of the Arts, Florida

Christopher Hurbs
Age 13, Conscientious Chris, Gold Award
Teacher: Patrick Fallon
Bellaire High School, Texas

Yanran Lu
Age 17, Summer Dreams, Gold Award
Teacher: Mary Rogers
Benjamin N. Cardozo High School, New York

Namhun Lee
Age 17, Fatigue, Silver Award
Teacher: Douglas Potter
Bob Jones High School, Alabama

Shay Mckee
Age 17, The Me I Want To Be, Silver Award
Teacher: Melissa Hughey
Brandon Patrick
Age 17, Alone, Silver Award
Teacher: Melissa Hughey
Joseph Redcross
Age 18, The World Is All Mine!, Silver Award
Teacher: Laurie Mckelvie
Ann Marie Satterfield
Age 17, Self-Portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Melissa Hughey
Buckeye Valley High School, Ohio

Jordan Edwards
Age 17, Horn In F, Gold Award
Teacher: Tj Chaney
Carbondale Community High School, Illinois

Trevor Rogers
Age 17, Shadow of the Collossus, Silver Award
Teacher: Connie Morgan
Cardinal Gibbons High School, North Carolina

Katherine Despotes
Age 17, Drums, Gold Award
Teacher: Rebecca Dason
Francisco Lopez
Age 18, Perspective Bottles, Silver Award
Teacher: Rebecca Dason
Carroll High School, Indiana

Lauren Jackson
Age 18, Self Portrait on Mirror, Silver Award
Teacher: Nicole Croy
Rachel Squier
Age 17, Shattered Hope, Gold Award
Teacher: Nicole Croy
Madelyn Vonderau
Age 17, Blooming Array, Silver Award
Teacher: Scott Kilmer
Carroll Middle School, Indiana

Julia Hyndman
Age 14, Two Pots and An Egg, Silver Award
Teacher: Susan Buttermore
Carthage High School, New York

Amber Rocha
Age 16, Callibration, Silver Award
Teacher: Robert Renaud
Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Maryland

Jordan Stearns
Age 16, Three Self-Portraits, Gold Award
Teacher: Theresa Mcdaniel
Cheyenne Moutain High School, Colorado

Staci Amburgey
Age 17, Anthropomorphic, American Visions Award
Teacher: Chip Shaw
Clarence High School, New York

Kiersten Bakowski
Age 17, Curt, Silver Award
Teacher: George Gilham
Clear Lake High School, Texas

Kelly Kin
Age 17, Otherworld, Silver Award
Teacher: Nina Makepeace
Cleveland Heights High School, Ohio

Sze Chan
Age 15, Self Portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Susan Hood
Coconut Creek High School, Florida

Traver Dodorye
Age 18, Peace, American Visions Award
Teacher: Marcus Bickler
Coloma Highschool, Michigan

Tim Miller
Age 19, Mirrors, Silver Award
Teacher: Carol Johnson
Cooper Art Academy, New Jersey

Soya Seo
Age 16, Cooper, Silver Award
Teacher: Sungduk Sohn
Cranston High School East, Rhode Island

Michelle Webber
Age 17, Staircase, Silver Award
Teacher: Alice Gebhart
Cranston High School West, Rhode Island

Candice Bousquet
Age 16, Lattice Fence with Flowers, Gold Award
Teacher: Marty Russell
Candice Bousquet
Age 16, Great Grandmothers Dress, Self Portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Helen Poor
Crestwood High School, Ohio

Kimberley Fitch
Age 16, Llama, Silver Award
Teacher: Sean Berrodin
Hannah Orr
Age 16, Jacy, Silver Award
Teacher: Sean Berrodin
Design and Architecture Senior High School, Florida

Carla Bailey
Age 15, Reminiscing Carla, American Visions Award
Teacher: Tavare Hill
Detroit Country Day School, Michigan

Erik Williams
Age 17, Adolescence, Silver Award
Teacher: Mary Ann De Vogel
Detroit School of Arts, Michigan

Tasha Mcclain
Age 17, Bold and Beautiful, Silver Award
Teacher: Gayle Glenn
Douglas High School, Nevada

Kevin Roberts
Age 17, Portrait in Black and White, Silver Award
Teacher: Nancy Bargman
Downers Grove High School, Illinois

Jeanette Hansen
Age 17, Glisten, Gold Award
Teacher: Marty Voelker
Nicholas Sadek
Age 17, Greenman, Gold Award
Teacher: Marty Voelker
Dublin Scioto High School, Ohio

Emily Smith
Age 17, Emily, Gold Award
Teacher: Schall Ben
Durham School of the Arts, North Carolina

Ellen Duda
Age 18, Night Lights, Silver Award
Teacher: Kim Page
Eagan High School, Minnesota

Naomi Chen
Age 16, Niveum, Silver Award
Teacher: Stephanie Molstre Kotz
East Greenwich High School, Rhode Island

Anne Keithline
Age 17, The Morning After, Silver Award
Teacher: Cynthia Duffy
Forest Hills Northern High School, Michigan

Shizuka Horii
Age 18, Windy City, Gold Award
Teacher: Laura Madison
Fort Hayes Mech High School, Ohio

Adam Johnson
Age 17, Two Figures, American Visions Award and Silver Award
Teacher: Anna Ackers
Amber Smith
Age 17, Your Body Is A Weapon, Silver Award
Teacher: Anna Ackers
Frank Sansivieri School, New York

Hoyi Leung
Age 13, Little Boy's Journey, Gold Award
Teacher: Antonia Torio
Franklin Central High School, Indiana

Erica Johnson
Age 18, Heirlooms, Gold Award
Teacher: Kathy Vogler
Guymon High School, Oklahoma

Jarrod Lucero
Age 17, Life in a Box, Silver Award
Teacher: Kristy Patterson
Hall High School, Connecticut

Daniel Boccato
Age 15, Bus Stop, American Visions Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Anthony Billard
Hamilton Southeastern High School, Indiana

Hope Smith
Age 17, Library, Silver Award
Teacher: Angela Fritz
Harding Academy, Tennessee

Mac Frith
Age 13, Woman Alone, Silver Award
Teacher: Patricia Caseyryan
Henrico High School, Virginia

Marshall Hawthorne
Age 16, History of Humans, Silver Award
Teacher: Genevieve Packett Dowdy
Henry Ford II High School, Michigan

Kela Robinson
Age 17, Backyard, Silver Award
Teacher: Kristine Cooper
Hilliard Davidson High School, Ohio

Zachary Zobrowski
Age 17, Architect, Gold Award
Teacher: Daniel Gerdeman
Holcomb High School, Kansas

Machelle Klaus
Age 16, I'm Not Cleaning it Up, Silver Award
Teacher: Archie Oliver
Home school, Tennessee

Cassie Cole
Age 13, What It's Like to be Free, Silver Award
Teacher: Elaine Neeley
Hoover High School, Ohio

Jake Linder
Age 17, Tree of Life??, American Visions Award
Teacher: Janet Baran
Horseheads Middle School, New York

Mitch Johnson
Age 13, Self-Portrait, Gold Award
Teacher: Scott Cunningham
Houston High School, Tennessee

Adam Farmer
Age 17, Scribble Face, Silver Award
Teacher: Arlene Weinrich
Hudson High School, Ohio

Ricky Schieber
Age 17, Self-Portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Billy Moore
Hume-Fogg Academic High School, Tennessee

Julia Denison
Age 16, Magnolia Seed Pod, Gold Award
Teacher: Pamela Bergman
Hunter College High School, New York

Becky Zhao
Age 16, Swans, Silver Award
Teacher: Julie Reifer
Jackson Academy, Mississippi

Scott Penman
Age 16, Jessie and Me, Gold Award
Teacher: Susan Ingram
Scott Penman
Age 16, D and Mary Emma, Silver Award
Teacher: Susan Ingram
Jackson Milton High School, Ohio

Scarlett Chepke
Age 16, Laundry Day in the Neighborhood, Gold Award
Teacher: Kristine Prince
Jamesville DeWitt High School, New York

Jessica Coleman
Age 15, Landscape, Gold Award
Teacher: Carlos Benedict
Dan Mabie
Age 16, Cityscape, Silver Award
Teacher: Carl Wenzel
Krithika Sathyamurthy
Age 16, The Wall, Silver Award
Teacher: Carl Wenzel
Jamesville DeWitt Middle School, New York

Caterina Bormioli
Age 13, Games on the Farm, Gold Award
Teacher: Richard Jasinski
Jenison High School, Michigan

Miranda Elliott
Age 17, Still Life Reflections, Gold Award
Teacher: Donna Vanderplas
John Glenn High School, Indiana

Amber Zoellner
Age 17, Music of the Heart, American Visions Award and Silver Award
Teacher: John Thomas
Keene High School, New Hampshire

Corinne Bell
Age 17, Thoughts, Silver Award
Teacher: Scott Hyde
Klein Oak High School, Texas

Chelsea Embry
Age 16, 3 in a Row, Silver Award
Teacher: Cynthia Peanick
Scott Vaughan
Age 17, My Cousin, Silver Award
Teacher: Cynthia Peanick
Lafayette Jefferson High School, Indiana

Bethany Hohman
Age 16, Jeans, Silver Award
Teacher: Stephanie Funcheon
Kevin Lee
Age 18, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Terry Jackson
Lafayette Tecumseh Junior High School, Indiana

Molly Lamb
Age 13, Self-Portrait, Gold Award
Teacher: Stephanie Funcheon
Lake Orion Community High School, Michigan

Zack Kendra
Age 17, Still Life, Silver Award
Teacher: Melissa Buffington Buffington
Brad Lawrence
Age 17, Self Reflection, Gold Award
Teacher: Melissa Buffington Buffington
Brad Lawrence
Age 17, Thirst, American Visions Award
Teacher: Melissa Buffington Buffington
Lakota West High School, Ohio

Lisa Xie
Age 18, Dimension, American Visions Award
Teacher: Stephanie Gauer
Lapeer West High School, Michigan

Kevin Becker
Age 18, Hard At Work, Gold Award
Teacher: Nancy Barry
Liberty Junior High School, Illinois

Sucha Chantaprasopsuk
Age 13, Pirate Ship, Silver Award
Teacher: Gena Sumerz
Lincoln Way East High School, Illinois

James Bertucci
Age 17, An Artist's Collection, American Visions Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Dale Sandoval
Livonia Junior Senior High School, New York

Matthew Reese
Age 17, Creativity Test, Gold Award
Teacher: Greg Smith
Joe Rudolph
Age 17, Self-Portrait, Gold Award
Teacher: Greg Smith
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, California

Brittney Williams
Age 16, head, shoulders, knees, and toes, Silver Award
Teacher: Lia Halloran
Maret School, District of Columbia

Michael Oshinsky
Age 14, Self-Portrait, Gold Award
Teacher: Carlotta Hester
Mark Twain School I.S. 239, New York

Yekaterina Komarovskaya
Age 13, Autumn Colors, Silver Award
Teacher: Valerie Louzonis
Marquette Hich School, Missouri

Jordan Tucker
Age 17, Still Life, Silver Award
Teacher: Olga Sotiriou
Mears Middle School, Alaska

Mariano Barela
Age 13, The Joke, American Visions Award
Teacher: Stephanie Noah-Wing
Mercersburg Academy, Pennsylvania

Heesun Lee
Age 18, Self Portrait, American Visions Award
Teacher: Kristy Higby
Mill Creek High School, Georgia

Emily Beck
Age 16, La Lume, Gold Award
Teacher: Kelly Guyotte
Monmouth Academy, Maine

Heather Leonas
Age 15, Simon, American Visions Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Sokoloff
Mountain Pointe High School, Arizona

Jenny Yuan
Age 16, Narcissist, Silver Award
Teacher: Megan Emerymoore
Mt. Pleasant High School, North Carolina

Rebecca Minor
Age 17, "Speak" No Evil, Silver Award
Teacher: Johnna Ritchie
Muhlenberg North High School, Kentucky

Claire Kelly
Age 17, Stripped, American Visions Award
Teacher: Leigh Stewart
Myers Park High School, North Carolina

Will Knauth
Age 18, Squiggly-Fish, Silver Award
Teacher: Lynn Wu
Nettleton Junior High School, ArKansas

Alecia Morgan
Age 12, Man of Genius, Gold Award
Teacher: Jerris Palmer
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Riverfront, Louisiana

Ariel Jackson
Age 15, Cool Rapid, Silver Award
Teacher: Mary Jane Parker
Norland Middle School, Florida

Lauren Hudson
Age 14, Phenomenal, Gold Award
Teacher: Linda Draesel Atkinson
Nyack High School, New York

Mead Chase Stone
Age 17, Ghost Riders, Silver Award
Teacher: Joseph Fusaro
Oakton High School, Virginia

Anastasia Demson
Age 17, Portrait of Erica, Silver Award
Teacher: Laura Conley
Anastasia Demson
Age 17, Self Portrait in Ink, Silver Award
Teacher: Laura Conley
Oberlin High School, Ohio

Michael English
Age 16, Time, Silver Award
Teacher: Lorna Kretchmar
Lee Jones
Age 15, Train Chess, Silver Award
Teacher: Lorna Kretchmar
Oswego City School District, New York

Alexandra Jackson
Age 17, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Melissa Martin
Ouachita Christian School, Louisiana

Lauren Gladney
Age 17, Sails, Silver Award
Teacher: Karen Sharp
Natolie Herold
Age 16, Rebellion, Gold Award
Teacher: Karen Sharp
Overland High School, Colorado

Mary Ferraro
Age 16, Kohler and Me, Silver Award
Teacher: Elaine Strompolos
Palm Harbor University High School, Florida

Gianna Pergamo
Age 17, Wrapped Object, Silver Award
Teacher: Kerri Silvernell
Park Tudor School, Indiana

Dani Fishman
Age 16, Fractured Glass, Silver Award
Teacher: Barbara Beattie
Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts, Maryland

Bryant Ramos
Age 17, Talbolt, Gold Award
Teacher: Bernadine Zienkiewicz
Pius XI High School, Wisconsin

Stephanie Sulik
Age 18, In My Room, Gold Award
Teacher: Patricia Frederick
Port Huron High School, Michigan

Michelle Mallon
Age 17, Marbles, Gold Award
Teacher: Eugenia Fulton
Regis High School, New York

Daniel Obzejta
Age 17, Fat Man, Silver Award
Teacher: Julie Innis
Rochester High School, Illinois

Jordan Cullen
Age 17, Mournful Embrace, American Visions Award
Teacher: Dave Shaw
Rose Hill High School, Kansas

Chase Ozbun
Age 17, Summer Catch, Silver Award
Teacher: Ward Hilgers
Savannah Arts Academy, Georgia

Margaret Hayes
Age 17, Shelley, Gold Award
Teacher: Steve Schetski
Andre' Johnson
Age 16, Up Close and Personal, Silver Award
Teacher: Steve Schetski
Thien Nguyen
Age 16, Enlighted, Gold Award
Teacher: Steve Schetski
Thien Nguyen
Age 16, Self-Portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Steve Schetski
Garon Smoak
Age 18, Dumbells, Silver Award
Teacher: Steve Schetski
Seminole High School, Florida

Ashlee Ortega
Age 17, Serene, Silver Award
Teacher: Susan Harbison
Senatobia High School, Mississippi

Lucus Jackson
Age 16, Shadow of the Past, American Visions Award
Teacher: Jean Bennett
Shaker Heights High School, Ohio

Kelsey Hopkins
Age 18, Roadside Sacrifice, Silver Award
Teacher: Daniel Whitely
Mary Winkelman
Age 18, Bananas and Pencils, American Visions Award
Teacher: Daniel Whitely
Sherwood Middle School, Oregon

Steven Thon
Age 14, Paint Brush, Silver Award
Teacher: Joelle Browning
Sol C. Johnson High School, Georgia

Jaimie Suss
Age 17, Useless, Silver Award
Teacher: Julia Hodge
Southridge High School, Oregon

Brittany Santucci
Age 16, 24 Hour, Silver Award
Teacher: Jessica Pluhar
Southside High School, New York

Daniel Shuster
Age 16, The Beard in a Bag, American Visions Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Debb Vandelinder
Soyoo Art Studio, New Jersey

Jane Yoon
Age 14, Red Carpet, Silver Award
Teacher: Soyoo Caltabiano
Spring High School, Texas

Ioana Manolache
Age 18, Loren, Silver Award
Teacher: Myrtie Porter
Spring Valley High School, Nevada

Ramy Lam
Age 16, Inverted Sight, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Tichon
William Snell
Age 16, Hood, Silver Award
Teacher: Josh Drews
St. George's School, Rhode Island

Ellie Mcdonald
Age 16, Stacked Plates with Glass, Silver Award
Teacher: Michael Hansel
Maxine Muster
Age 15, Up Close, Gold Award
Teacher: Michael Hansel
Stoney Creek High School, Michigan

Kelsey Beckett
Age 16, Sleeping, Silver Award
Teacher: Diane Heath
Summit Christian Academy, Pennsylvania

Patrick Kelley
Age 14, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Hamby
Sunset High School, Oregon

Melina Maltese
Age 17, Self-Portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Cathy Cain
Swift Creek Middle School, Virginia

Jackie Mann
Age 14, Self-Portrait, Gold Award
Teacher: Barbara Mehrer
Kathyrn Minczuk
Age 15, My Grandmother, Gold Award
Teacher: Barbara Mehrer
Syracuse High School, Kansas

Sharley Hayes
Age 17, Torn Apart, American Visions Award and Silver Award
Teacher: Rhonda Levens
The Mary Louis Academy, New York

Courtney Irizarry
Age 17, "Boo", Silver Award
Teacher: Ellen Fee
The Mirman School, California

Ome Chavolla Zacarias
Age 12, Myself, Gold Award
Teacher: Karin Durup
Thornton Academy, Maine

Samantha Baines
Age 15, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Merry
Tindra High School, Ohio

Heidi Wagner
Age 17, Silk, Gold Award
Teacher: Eileen Tietz
Towson High School, Maryland

Garrett Ames Ledbetter
Age 17, Charcoal series #5, Silver Award
Teacher: Cheryl Milligan
Union Springs Central school, New York

Laura Dungey
Age 16, Pause: A Moment at Creation Fest, Silver Award
Teacher: Jason Charles
Vestal Senior High, New York

Angela Fairbrother
Age 18, Trees In Threes, Silver Award
Teacher: Nikki Corgel
Wadsworth Senior High, Ohio

Elizabeth Bauer
Age 17, View from 463, Silver Award
Teacher: Sandra Nedoh
Waipahu High School, Hawaii

Bryson Espresion
Age 16, The Morning Journey, Silver Award
Teacher: Gloria Jakahi
Walled Lake Western High School, Michigan

Maxim Ermakov
Age 17, Atlas, Silver Award
Teacher: Carol Socksparker
Maxim Ermakov
Age 17, War Machine, Silver Award
Teacher: Carol Socksparker
Webster Thomas High School, New York

Blake Walinder
Age 16, Continue, Silver Award
Teacher: Catherine Zalewski
West Stokes High School, North Carolina

Anna Joyce
Age 16, Emo, Silver Award
Teacher: Thad Cox
WesternWayne High School, Pennsylvania

Danielle Dubois
Age 17, I am Drowning, American Visions Award and Silver Award
Teacher: Marie Ostrowskyy
Westosha Central High School, Wisconsin

Audrey Horst
Age 17, The Control Room, Gold Award
Teacher: Lois Christopher
Lindy Swan
Age 15, Alex, Silver Award
Teacher: Chris Lois
WOW Art Studio, New York

Joyce Chung
Age 17, UNTITLE, Silver Award
Teacher: Eun Chou
Chyistina Kim
Age 17, CASTLE IN THE SKY, Silver Award
Teacher: Eunjung Choun
Hyun Jung Kim
Age 19, Seaport with the Setting Sun, Silver Award
Teacher: Eun Chou
Taery Kim
Age 17, Reflected on Sculpture, Silver Award
Teacher: Eun Chou
Wyomissing Area School, Pennsylvania

Juan Ruiz
Age 18, Revelation Vision, Silver Award
Teacher: Laura Henssler
Zachert Home School, Michigan

Elisa Zachert
Age 17, Sitting Around, Silver Award
Teacher: Louise Azzoli
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GENERAL WRITING PORTFOLIO


Alabama School of Fine Arts, Alabama

Stacy Oliver
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Stuart Flynn
Beechwood High SChool, Kentucky

Will Hollis
Age 18, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Ruth Johnson
Cheshire High School, Connecticut

Kayla Satmaria
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Donna Carbone
Colorado Academy, Colorado

Kelly Wehrle
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Betsey Coleman
Crystal Springs Uplands School, California

Justine Drennan
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Suzanne Wilsey
Denver School of the Arts, Colorado

Ryan Brown
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jana Clark
Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, Florida

Lee Oglesby
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jason Meyers
El Cerrito High School, California

Elizabeth Sanders
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Curt Wraldouglas
Episcopal High School, Texas

Jennifer Wegmann
Age 18, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Mary S Dawson
Fort Lee High, New Jersey

Christine Kwon
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Nancy Armstrong
Girls Write Now/Leon M. Goldstein High School for the Sciences, New York

Jeanette Anderson
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Susanna Horng
Idyllwild Arts Academy, California

Claire Simons
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Ed Skoog
Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan

Anne Reece
Age 18, General Writing Portfolio, Gold Award
Teacher: Michael Delp
Phoebe Rusch
Age 18, General Writing Portfolio, Gold Award
Teacher: Anne Marie Oomen
Ivanna Eudora Kean High School, Virgin Islands

Jenae Richardson
Age 18, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Amy Roberts
Lee Home School, Pennsylvania

Peter Lee
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Brenda Lee
Lick Wilmerding High School, California

Juliana Friend
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Robin Von Breton
Little Rock Christian Academy, ArKansas

Rachael Small
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Camelia Raghinaru
Meridian School, Utah

Wen Lei
Age 18, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Matthew Kennington
Milton Academy, Massachusetts

Hannah Pulit
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: James Connolly
Tara Venkatraman
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Elisabeth Baker
Helen Vradelis
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: James Connolly
Motich Home School, Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Motich
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Mark Motich
New Horizons Academy, Indiana

Jesse Kennedy
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Amanda Rohland
Park Tudor School, Indiana

James Lipshaw
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jan Guffin
PCAE Arts High School, Minnesota

Teresa Smit
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: John Colburn
Ridley High School, Pennsylvania

Shannon Fandler
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Helen Montgomery
River Hill High School, Maryland

Ellie Williams
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Rick Robb
Riverdale Country School, New York

Elisabeth Dickson
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Christine Hong
Saint Ann's School, New York

Alex Connolly
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Ruth Chapman
Saint Joseph High School, California

Patricia Sazani
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Geraldine May
Saint Mary's Hall, Texas

Bonnie Kavoussi
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Amy Williams-Eddy
School for Advanced Studies, South, Florida

Carlos Moreno
Age 16, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Belkis Cabrera
School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Ohio

Katherine Sheldon
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Joy Fowler
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, South Carolina

Joshua Moore
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: George Singleton
Cory Wallace
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Gold Award
Teacher: Scott Gould
Erin Weeks
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: George Singleton
Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School, North Carolina

Denise Rickman
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Gold Award
Teacher: Quincey Hyatt
St. Marys Academy, Oregon

Bridget Brewer
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Sara Salvi
Stuyvesant High School, New York

Carolyn Madeo
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jonathan Weil
The Nightingale School, New York

Elizabeth Metzger
Age 18, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Julie Whitaker
Towson High School, Maryland

Aaron Donnenberg
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: William Jones
Westover School, Connecticut

Jacqueline Siefert
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Bruce Wralcoffin
Xavier High School, New York

Conor Gannon
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Kennedyorlando
Yorktown High School, Virginia

Abbey Chung
Age 17, General Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Melanie Mccabe
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HUMOR


Abington Heights High School, Pennsylvania

Thomas Renjilian
Age 16, Brace Yourself, Silver Award
Teacher: Cyndi Page
Abraham Joshua Heschel Middle School, New York

Oliver Fisher
Age 13, My Life In Darkness, Gold Award
Teacher: Rebecca Segall
Anthony Home School, Pennsylvania

Sam Anthony
Age 13, One Day In The Life Of Wechsler 'Weasel' Lang, Silver Award
Teacher: Sharon Traver
Berkeley Carroll School, New York

Julia Harris
Age 16, Kiss My Ass, Ned Vizzini!, Gold Award
Teacher: Marlene Clary
Campbell Hall School, California

Mark Chen
Age 15, A "Loverly" Little Experiment, Gold Award
Teacher: Robert Robillard
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Connecticut

Katharine Eisenberg
Age 16, Church People, Silver Award
Teacher: Mary Lee Rafferty
Cooperative Middle School, New Hampshire

Rebecca Deranian
Age 13, The High Seas Of Lake Winnipesaukee, Gold Award
Teacher: Juliana Jones
Eldorado High School, Nevada

Rachel Rodriguez
Age 18, The Dangers Of Organ Doning, American Voices Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Norma Smith
Frankel Jewish Academy of Metro Detroit, Michigan

Michael Yashinsky
Age 17, Confessions Of A Teenage Mascot: My Life As A Bee, Silver Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Platsis
Friends Seminary, New York

Rachel Sard
Age 16, Creative Writing Am-07, Silver Award
Teacher: Ron Singer
Gaston Day School, North Carolina

Heather Davis
Age 16, Buzz, American Voices
Teacher: Erin Sharpe
Charles Modlin
Age 17, The Cafeteria Line Of Life, Silver Award
Teacher: Lori Davis
George H. Moody Middle School, Virginia

Katelyn Hebel
Age 13, God's Bad Day, Gold Award
Teacher: Joan Crownhodges
Home school, North Carolina

Ben Szany
Age 16, A Modest Proposal, Silver Award
Teacher: Jan Szany
Immaculata Academy Home School, Pennsylvania

John-Paul Heil
Age 11, Cats In The Cradle, Silver Award
Teacher: Sarah Heil
Julius West Middle School, Maryland

Margaret Kelly
Age 13, Pick Me, I'm Fabulous!, Gold Award
Teacher: Nancy Lockard
Lusher Charter School, Louisiana

Daniel Gaston
Age 13, Bob The Explorer, Silver Award
Teacher: Brad Richard
Monta Vista High School, California

Junchi Ke
Age 16, Heart To Heart With Omniscience, Gold Award
Teacher: Kelly Wong
Rippowam Cisqua School, New York

Jack Mitchell
Age 13, Hephaestus's Revenge, Gold Award
Teacher: Cathleen Greenwood
Robert Cushman Murphy JHS, New York

Ruoyi Jiang
Age 14, Real Fruits Of English Literature, Silver Award
Teacher: Debbie Lauri
Saint Ann's School, New York

Alessandra Gotbaum
Age 17, Mothers In The Park, Silver Award
Teacher: Beth Bosworth
Selinsgrove Area High School, Pennsylvania

Parker Smith
Age 13, The Ray Thomas Incident, Silver Award
Teacher: Christine Lester
Seven Sorrows School, Pennsylvania

Jillian Kinsey
Age 14, Brace Yourself, Silver Award
Teacher: Dana Kinsey
The Horace Mann School, New York

Jessica Schleider
Age 16, Pride And Cookies: A Choral Ode In The Style Of Greek Tragedy, Gold Award
Teacher: Emma Laurence
The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science, Mississippi

Stella Nickerson
Age 16, Roadside Viewing, Gold Award
Teacher: Emma Richardson
Trinity School, New York

Sonya Mollinger
Age 17, Song Of The Lord's High Executioner, Silver Award
Teacher: Jane Mallison
Upper Dublin High School, Pennsylvania

Mike Petkun
Age 16, The Daily Fabler: Sports Page, Silver Award
Teacher: Paul Vandegrift
Walton High School, Georgia

Ben Gross
Age 16, CSI-Alabama, Gold Award
Teacher: Cathy Murphy
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JOURNALISM


Abraham Joshua Heschel Middle School, New York

Zoe Goldberg
Age 14, Judge A Book By Its Cover, Silver Award
Teacher: Rebecca Segall
Avery Coonley School, Illinois

Krystle Leung
Age 13, The Fragility of Cloning, Gold Award
Teacher: Stefny Heeley
Bishop McDevitt High School, Pennsylvania

Charles Mcelwee
Age 17, Appointment In Baghdad, American Voices Award
Teacher: Carole Scott Bush
Blake School, Minnesota

Sarah Schewe
Age 17, The Benefits Of Diversity: If Nobody's Looking, Does Blake Still Value Diversity?, Gold Award
Teacher: Amie Deharpporte
Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Maryland

Eldis Sula
Age 17, A Record Store In A Comic Book Store, Silver Award
Teacher: Colleen Jordan
Charlotte Latin School, North Carolina

Kathleen Powers
Age 16, When Webster's Dictionary Fails You, Gold Award
Teacher: Richard Harris
Cumberland Valley High School, Pennsylvania

Rachel Anice
Age 17, Well, Is It Really For The Good Of The Students?, Silver Award
Teacher: Jessica Mealy
Cypress Woods High School, Texas

Phillip Wozny
Age 16, The Fall Of The Texan Empire, Silver Award
Teacher: Candace Tannous
Deer Park Junior High School, Texas

Katie Guillory
Age 13, Character Building, Gold Award
Teacher: Sarah Chapman
Good Shepherd School, Pennsylvania

Lauren Eisenhauer
Age 13, Resist The Pressure, Silver Award
Teacher: Mary Vita Drennan
Highlands High School, Kentucky

Anna Remley
Age 17, These Boots Were Made for Walking, Gold Award
Teacher: Teri Foltz
Hunter College High School, New York

James Ding
Age 16, In Midterm “Referendum,” A Mandate For Change, Silver Award
Teacher: Christopher Zegers
Monica Klein
Age 17, It's Just Too Soon, Gold Award
Teacher: Lois Refkin
Immaculata Academy Home School, Pennsylvania

John-Paul Heil
Age 11, A Wait Is A Terrible Thing To Mind , Gold Award
Teacher: Sarah Heil
Lee Home School, Pennsylvania

Peter Lee
Age 17, Malcolm X: Remembering A Free Man, Gold Award
Teacher: Brenda Lee
New Cumberland MS, Pennsylvania

Quinn Bower
Age 13, Why Not A Playoff?, Silver Award
Teacher: David Simpson
Newton South High School, Massachusetts

Kaitlin Sanders
Age 17,
Bouncing Back, Gold Award
Teacher: Brian Baron
Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire

Naomi Funabashi
Age 16, The Last Revolution, Gold Award
Teacher: Michael Golay
Quadrini Home school, Pennsylvania

Nicholas Quadrini
Age 18, Blowing Smoke, Silver Award
Teacher: Joan Quadrini
Saint Ann's School, New York

Samuel Brudner
Age 16, Students In The Age Of Alliteracy: Finding The Time To Read And Write, Silver Award
Teacher: Jane Avrich
Sanford School, Delaware

Sean Ryon
Age 17, Turn Of The Screw: Less Is More, American Voices Award
Teacher: Helen Vermeychuk
Seven Sorrows School, Pennsylvania

Rachel Miller
Age 13, Ruining History, Gold Award
Teacher: Dana Kinsey
Shippensburg Middle School, Pennsylvania

Benjamin Shenk
Age 14, What Happened, Silver Award
Teacher: Carrie Timmons
Siren School District, Wisconsin

Jacob Stiemann
Age 14, A New Study Aid?, Gold Award
Teacher: Jodi Mclain
Jacob Stiemann
Age 14, Do Guns Make Schools More Safe?, Gold Award
Teacher: Jodi Mclain
Jacob Stiemann
Age 14, Some Pig!, Gold Award
Teacher: Jodi Mclain
Stuyvesant High School, New York

Anna Tao
Age 17, The Children's Hour: Not Child's Play, Silver Award
Teacher: Hugh Francis
The Kinkaid School, Texas

Kacy Stark
Age 15, School Policy, Silver Award
Teacher: Jina David
Thomas Jefferson High School, Virginia

Lauren Ruth
Age 17, Caught In The Headlights, Gold Award
Teacher: Jennifer Seavey
Turkey Foot Middle School, Kentucky

Adam King
Age 14, Letter to Editor -- Drilling in Alaska, Silver Award
Teacher: Melanie Dulaney
Walt Whitman High School, Maryland

Anna Isaacs
Age 16, On Being Informed, Gold Award
Teacher: Louise Reynolds
West Perry High School, Pennsylvania

Kristine Lightner
Age 17, Parrot Spreads Spirit, Silver Award
Teacher: Carol Weishaar
Joshua McMillen
Age 17, A Twisted Stomach, Gold Award
Teacher: Carol Weishaar Wral
Williamsport Area High School, Pennsylvania

Farida Esaa
Age 14, What Are You?, Gold Award
Teacher: Judith Yaggi
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MIXED MEDIA


A.N. McCallum High School, Texas

Sarah Welch
Age 17, Experiments in Science, American Visions Award
Teacher: William Cauthern
Albert Einstein High School, Maryland

Ari Klein
Age 18, Martin Swift, Gold Award
Teacher: Piechocinski Michael
Avon High School, Ohio

Wilmarie Busher Betancourt
Age 15, Sadness Flies on the Wings of Time, American Visions Award
Teacher: Maria Petrulis
Bondurant Farrar Junior Senior High School, Iowa

Freddy Koke
Age 14, Fun Guy, Silver Award
Teacher: Stewart Buck
Cardinal Gibbons High School, North Carolina

Afton Carducci
Age 17, Another Side, Silver Award
Teacher: Rebecca Dason
Charlotte Latin School, North Carolina

Annelise Shelton
Age 17, War on Terror, Gold Award
Teacher: Will Thomason
Churchville Chili High School, New York

Jenna Holly Iannucci
Age 16, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Charmagne Dodd
Cleveland Central Catholic High School, Ohio

William Vazquez
Age 16, Grandpa's Closet, Silver Award
Teacher: Tammy Sparks
Coconut Creek High School, Florida

Juan Borrero
Age 16, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Marcus Bickler
Coronado High School, Texas

Polina Drigalenko
Age 18, Americanization, American Visions Award
Teacher: Joseph Maclean
Dartmouth High School, Massachusetts

Hannah Szynal
Age 16, The World Living As One, Silver Award
Teacher: Maura Erwin
Delta Middle School, Indiana

Anna Schink
Age 15, Lessons on Love and Life Before TURNING 15, Silver Award
Teacher: Sheila Piazza
Dorman High School, South Carolina

Brittany Parkhurst
Age 17, Birds of a Feather, American Visions Award
Teacher: David Benson
duPont Manual High School, Kentucky

Sarah Spalding
Age 17, the three sides of sarah, American Visions Award
Teacher: Alana Alford
Dutch Fork High School, South Carolina

Kelsey Boyer
Age 14, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Scott Hoffman
Fairfield Ludlowe High School, Connecticut

Leslie Rose
Age 18, Photographer, Gold Award
Teacher: Virginia Zimmermann
Gorton Junior High School, Rhode Island

Jessica Beer
Age 13, Sometimes I Wish I Were a Fish, American Visions Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Courtney Dickinson
Grosse Pointe South High School, Michigan

Alex Mcmillan
Age 16, Itchy, Gold Award
Teacher: Barbara Gruenwald
Henry F. Moss Middle School, Kentucky

Katie Bautista
Age 13, Whimsical Queen, Silver Award
Teacher: Brenda Ullrich
Highland Hills Middle School, Indiana

Jessica Anson
Age 13, Generations, Silver Award
Teacher: Beth Hensley
J Art Studio, Virginia

Isabel Yun
Age 14, The Room, Gold Award
Teacher: Ju Yun
Lansing High School, New York

Kyle Supek
Age 16, self portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Robin Rogers
Larson Middle School, Michigan

Faina Stefadu
Age 13, Self-Portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Mclellan
Lowville Academy, New York

Erica Kennell
Age 18, What I Wanted, American Visions Award
Teacher: Carolyn Tine
Lyons Township high School, Illinois

Samantha Millsap
Age 17, Silhouettes, Silver Award
Teacher: Patrick Page
Maize High School, Kansas

Amanda Klammer
Age 19, Timekeeper, Gold Award
Teacher: Deb Cox
Maret School, District of Columbia

Arielle Peet
Age 16, Welcome, Silver Award
Teacher: Carlotta Hester
Maui High School, Hawaii

Crystal Tan
Age 17, Turn Around, Silver Award
Teacher: Robin Curammeng
Miller-South Visual Perf Arts Middle School, Ohio

Daryl Ratcliff
Age 13, Emma, Silver Award
Teacher: Susan Yingling
Niles Middle School, Ohio

Leah Mighell
Age 19, Un Jour Au Marche, Silver Award
Teacher: Phyllis Bako
North Mecklenburg High School, North Carolina

Alexandra Loncar
Age 17, Untitled, American Visions Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Catherine Brown
Jessica Tatham
Age 17, North Carolina Department of Correction, Gold Award
Teacher: Maebeth Hill
North Ridgeville High School, Ohio

Kiah Watson
Age 15, It Happens, Silver Award
Teacher: Jim Messenheimer
Northwest School of the Arts, North Carolina

Grace Stott
Age 16, Approval (ReRegister), Silver Award
Teacher: Virginia Atkins
Open High School, Virginia

Danny Fabelo
Age 17, Cuban Memories, American Visions Award
Teacher: Brigette Newberry
Pinellas Preparatory Academy, Florida

Jeremy Fredricks
Age 13, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Aimee Wickstrom
Savannah Arts Academy, Georgia

Margaret Hayes
Age 17, Skelks, Silver Award
Teacher: Steve Schetski
Shadowlawn Middle, Tennessee

Sophia Kim
Age 13, Shop til you Drop, Silver Award
Teacher: Lynn Murphy
Smithtown High School East, New York

Stephanie Wowk
Age 17, Painting on Window, Gold Award
Teacher: Tim Needles
Smoky Hill High School, Colorado

Sidney Masuga
Age 16, Enough is Never Enough, Silver Award
Teacher: Sandra D'Amico
The Asheville School, North Carolina

Yuri Park
Age 15, Self Portrait, American Visions Award
Teacher: Spencer Crawford
Westfield High School, Virginia

Eugene Yoon
Age 17, Circus, American Visions Award
Teacher: Elaine Florimonte
Wilsonville High School, Oregon

Shelli Grant
Age 18, Thanks For Listening, Silver Award
Teacher: Christopher Shotola Hardt
WOW Art Studio, New York

Stephany Chung
Age 16, Shadow of Inseparable Friendship, Gold Award
Teacher: Eun Chou
Hyo Jung Han
Age 18, Ground, Silver Award
Teacher: Eun Chou
Wyomissing Area School, Pennsylvania

Bernard Antoine
Age 15, Self Portrait, American Visions Award and Silver Award
Teacher: Michael Miller
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NONFICTION WRITING PORTFOLIO


Bethel Park High School, Pennsylvania

Jennifer Rizzi
Age 18, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Christopher Wilson
Brooklyn Technical High School, New York

Tasnim Shamma
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Sylvia Weinberger
Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York

Olivia Waxman
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: William Driscoll
Cypress Falls High School, Texas

Vicky Ren
Age 18, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jane Johndrow
Evanston Township High School, Illinois

Ava Beata Gehringer
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Holding
Hershey HS, Pennsylvania

Colleen Crawford
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Carol Ogilvie
Athanasia Vgontzas
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Carol Ogilvie
Kfar Pines High School, Massachusetts

Leila Dashevsky
Age 18, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Greg Trimmer
Marshfield High School, Wisconsin

Elizabeth Brasington
Age 18, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: William Zuiker
Millburn High School, New Jersey

Jacob Mcnulty
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Marilyn Drennanm
Minnechaugh Regional High School, Massachusetts

Asmi Sanghvi
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Greg Trimmer
Norman High School, Oklahoma

Andy Halterman
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Betsy Ballard
Notre Dame Academy, Kentucky

Rebecca Grout
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Linda Bricking
Olathe Northwest High School, Kansas

Jesi Egan
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Tish Varraveto
Saint Ann's School, New York

Katherine Browning
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Martin Skoble
Saint Mary's Hall, Texas

Cecelia Smith
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Amy Williamseddy
Shaler Area High School, Pennsylvania

Deanna Machi
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Anne Loudon
Sleepy Hollow High School, New York

Christopher Miller
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Phoebe Rosenwasser
South Anchorage High School, Alaska

Brenna O'Tierney
Age 18, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Rebecca Gerik
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, South Carolina

Malia Griggs
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: George Singleton
Sheresse Myers
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Scott Gould
Susanna Parrish
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Scott Gould
Temnete Sebhatu
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Gold Award
Teacher: Scott Gould
Erin Weeks
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Scott Gould
Stuyvesant High School, New York

Carolyn Madeo
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jonathan Weil
Taft Educational Center, Connecticut

Edward Dwyer
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Zaccarawral
Thomas Jefferson High School, Virginia

Jane Kim
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Susie Lebrykchao
Woodbridge Senior High School, Virginia

Sarah Crossland
Age 17, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Catherine Hailey
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NOVEL


Gaithersburg High School, Maryland

Charlene Thomas
Age 18, Poker, Silver Award
Teacher: Kushner Amy
The Nightingale School, New York

Elizabeth Metzger
Age 18, Mum's the Word, Gold Award
Teacher: Julie Whitaker
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PAINTING


Akiba Hebrew Academy, Pennsylvania

Jonah Stern
Age 16, Portrait of a War Veteran, Silver Award
Teacher: Laura Stern
Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts, Florida

Joseph Parra
Age 16, Drained, American Visions Award
Teacher: Scott Armetta
Aurora High School, Ohio

Sara Mirolli
Age 16, Fine Tuning, Silver Award
Teacher: Brian Caponi
Bayonne High School, New Jersey

Kasey Balla
Age 17, Last Breadth, Silver Award
Teacher: Christina Poruczynski
Bayonne High School, New Jersey

Kasey Balla
Age 17, Consoled, Silver Award
Teacher: Christina Poruczynski
Bellaire High School, Texas

Yin Zhou
Age 17, The Last Dance, Gold Award
Teacher: Jo Zider
Belmont High School, Massachusetts

George Coffin
Age 16, The Tree in Me, Gold Award
Teacher: Mark Milowsky
Billerica Memorial High School, Massachusetts

Corinne Phelan
Age 17, Secret Place, Silver Award
Teacher: Marco Marchi
Brecksville/Broadview Heights Middle School, Ohio

Bethany Qiang
Age 13, Do Not Judge A Branch by Its Bark, Gold Award
Teacher: Anne Henderson
Briarcrest Christian High School, Tennessee

Scott Lyle
Age 16, High School, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Fergus
Calvary Christian High School, Florida

Lindsay Rapp
Age 15, Downtown DC Skaters, Silver Award
Teacher: Jon Seals
Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Maryland

Jordan Stearns
Age 16, Cluttered and Overworked, Silver Award
Teacher: Theresa Mcdaniel
Jordan Stearns
Age 16, Landscape in January, Gold Award
Teacher: Theresa Mcdaniel
Churchville Chili High School, New York

Pauline Wegman
Age 16, Self-Reflection, Gold Award
Teacher: Colleen L'Hommedieu
Community College High School, Nevada

Lindsey Leger
Age 16, I Don't Believe in You, Silver Award
Teacher: Marc Smereck
Cordova High School, Tennessee

Anika Munshi
Age 17, NYC, Silver Award
Teacher: Rebecca House
Dublin Scioto High School, Ohio

Maria Call
Age 18, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Schall
Stephanie Lukito
Age 17, I'm as Pretty as My Mommy, Silver Award
Teacher: Schall
Carrie Middleditch
Age 17, A is for Delicious, Silver Award
Teacher: Schall
Jenna Moomaw
Age 18, Cross My Heart, Silver Award
Teacher: Schall
Dulles Middle School, Texas

Guan Lin Chen
Age 13, Self Portrait: Carving of Life, Silver Award
Teacher: June Demarsico
Durham School of the Arts, North Carolina

Aaron Ambroso
Age 15, Self-Portrait in Brown, Silver Award
Teacher: Kim Page
Enloe High School, North Carolina

Kseniya Baranova
Age 17, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Susan Euler
Framingham High School, Massachusetts

Jesse Mitchell
Age 15, Candy, Silver Award
Teacher: Rebecca Cauchon
Gaston Day School, North Carolina

Megan Debelius
Age 14, UNTITLED, Silver Award
Teacher: Kristi Bailey
Gibbs High School, Florida

Stephanie Mckee
Age 17, Man's Knowledge, American Visions Award
Teacher: Alan Johnson
Graham High School, North Carolina

Isabel Ceballos
Age 16, Rocky Bottom, Gold Award
Teacher: Harris Hall
Greens Farms Academy, Connecticut

Julia Rueckert
Age 18, Logstudy, Silver Award
Teacher: Nancy Mctague Stock
Hathaway Brown School, Ohio

Grace Needlman
Age 17, Color test, Silver Award
Teacher: Jamie Morse
Grace Needlman
Age 17, Enthroned, Silver Award
Teacher: Jamie Morse
Hazel Park High School, Michigan

Alyssa Morian
Age 18, Octopus, Silver Award
Teacher: Susan Friedman
Henry Ford II High School, Michigan

Kela Robinson
Age 17, Grapes, Gold Award
Teacher: Kristine Cooper
Holcomb High School, Kansas

Tina Keim
Age 16, Scalawag's Cabin, Silver Award
Teacher: Archie Oliver
Colton Newell
Age 16, Rescued Refuge, Silver Award
Teacher: Archie Oliver
Houston High School, Tennessee

Wyatt Grant
Age 17, Los Muertos, Silver Award
Teacher: Arlene Weinrich
Bomi Lee
Age 18, Mother and a Daughter, Silver Award
Teacher: Arlene Weinrich
Howland Middle School, Ohio

Reuben Shaw
Age 16, San Francisco, American Visions Award
Teacher: Shirley Omogrosso
Hume-Fogg Academic High School, Tennessee

Julia Denison
Age 16, Reflection 1, Gold Award
Teacher: Pamela Bergman
Jackson Preparatory School, Mississippi

Madison Wilson
Age 17, Mama's Tomatoes, Silver Award
Teacher: Sunnye Mcgraw
James E. Taylor High School, Texas

Abby Chou
Age 17, Between the Dark and Light, Silver Award
Teacher: Nancy Huffman
John Glenn High School, Indiana

Luke Whalen
Age 17, Yellow Car, Silver Award
Teacher: John Thomas
Amber Zoellner
Age 17, The Glass Slipper, Gold Award
Teacher: John Thomas
Lafayette Jefferson High School, Indiana

Jimmy Frezza
Age 18, Everybody's Doin' It, American Visions Award
Teacher: Terry Jackson
Lakeridge High School, Oregon

Frank Chen
Age 17, Abstract Landscape, Silver Award
Teacher: Shannon Mcbride
Lionville Middle School, Pennsylvania

Beverly Huang
Age 13, Greenlane Reservoir, Gold Award
Teacher: Debra Cowherd
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, California

Emily Hale
Age 16, Plugged In, Gold Award
Teacher: David Schoffman
Manchester Central High School, New Hampshire

Marlee Bruning
Age 16, Artichoke Heart, Gold Award
Teacher: Lisa Tagalakis-Fedor
Maret School, District of Columbia

Rachel Greenspan
Age 16, Wyoming, Silver Award
Teacher: Carlotta Hester
Memorial Senior High School, Texas

Kimberly Chang
Age 16, The Thinker, Silver Award
Teacher: Marilyn Guerinot
Michael E. DeBakey High School For Health Professions, Texas

Yachuan Cai
Age 16, Seeing through my fantasy, Silver Award
Teacher: Treena Rowan
Milford High School, New Hampshire

Elizabeth Charpentier
Age 17, Yellow Cloth, Gold Award
Teacher: Glenn Kelly
Miller-South Visual Perf Arts Middle School, Ohio

Claire Marks
Age 14, Still life with bowl, Silver Award
Teacher: Susan Yingling
Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee

Randy Bedrin
Age 17, Necessity, Silver Award
Teacher: Rosemary Paschall
Morehead High School, North Carolina

Catrell Graham
Age 18, Torn Paper Mosaic, Silver Award
Teacher: Cheryl Yeatts
Karen Lauzau
Age 18, Self-Portrait, Gold Award
Teacher: Cheryl Yeatts
Mother Of Mercy High School, Ohio

Jessica Staubach
Age 15, Views of Landscape, Gold Award
Teacher: Joan Mcguire
North High School, Massachusetts

Shannon Bush
Age 16, Flower, Silver Award
Teacher: Patricia Hogan
NorthPointe Christian Schools, Michigan

Drew Pettinga
Age 17, Untitled (watercolor), Silver Award
Teacher: Rachael Van Dyke
Our Lady of Mercy High School, New York

Ellen Ellison
Age 17, Bonnie Right, Silver Award
Teacher: Kristin Malone
Pine Middle School, Nevada

Jared Tyler
Age 13, Last Game of the Season, Gold Award
Teacher: Gini Campbell
Pius XI High School, Wisconsin

Stephanie Sulik
Age 18, Zoo, Silver Award
Teacher: Patricia Frederick
Rangeley Lakes Regional School, Maine

Sarah Simonds
Age 17, The Faces of Me, Silver Award
Teacher: Sonja Johnson
Riverton High School, Illinois

Leigh Dodd
Age 17, Musical View, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Grimaldi
Rose Hill High School, Kansas

Jaclyn Cage
Age 18, Caterpillar, Silver Award
Teacher: Ward Hilgers
Santa Margarita Catholic High School, California

Amy Kallen
Age 17, Between the Tree Melody, Silver Award
Teacher: Kathy Shafranske
School of the Arts, New York

Rachel Simonson
Age 17, Family Portrait, American Visions Award
Teacher: Sue Tkach
Spring High School, Texas

Ioana Manolache
Age 18, Untitled, American Visions Award
Teacher: Susan Sheets
St. Clair High School, Michigan

Jennifer Devine
Age 17, self portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Lisa Joseph
Stivers School for the Arts, Ohio

Mary Catherine Heard
Age 13, Composition in Red, Silver Award
Teacher: Sumir Khurma
Terry Sanford High School, North Carolina

Ashley Wilson
Age 17, Artist's Retreat, Silver Award
Teacher: Sandra R. Williams
The Hotchkiss School, Connecticut

Gaya Morris
Age 16, Self-Portrait in the style of Alice Neel, Silver Award
Teacher: Charles Morrris
Tomlinson Middle School, Connecticut

Taylor Boyd
Age 13, Tuscany, Gold Award
Teacher: David Ward
Walled Lake Western High School, Michigan

Joohee Lee
Age 19, Oh, My Crab, Gold Award
Teacher: Pamela Day
Warren Mott High School, Michigan

Lauren Zehel
Age 17, Wine Glasses, Silver Award
Teacher: Pat Venaleck
Waukesha South High School, Wisconsin

Molly Rentscher
Age 17, Connor Weathered In Time, Gold Award
Teacher: Mike Foster
Waynesboro Area Senior High School, Pennsylvania

Tim Reihner
Age 17, Air King 217, Gold Award
Teacher: Trudy Gembe Palughi
West Carteret High School, North Carolina

Leigh Hawkins
Age 18, Untitled, American Visions Award
Teacher: Kathy Spruill
West Columbus High School, North Carolina

Tiffany Britt
Age 17, Coming Out of Darkness, Gold Award
Teacher: Larry Hewett
Morgan Walker
Age 16, Little Boy, Gold Award
Teacher: Larry Hewett
Jennifer Lee
Age 18, Woman, Silver Award
Teacher: Katherine Rehm
Westlake High School, Ohio

Lauren Voiers
Age 15, Transparency, Gold Award
Teacher: Steven Davies
Wijnen Home School, Indiana

Marijke Wijnen
Age 14, A Rusty Car, Silver Award
Teacher: Maureen Wijnen
Wilsonville High School, Oregon

Kelcey Costanzo
Age 17, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Christopher Shotola Hardt
Wyomissing Area School, Pennsylvania

Justin Seibert
Age 17, Visum et Teneo, Silver Award
Teacher: Michael Miller
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PERSONAL ESSAY/MEMOIR


Abraham Joshua Heschel Middle School, New York

Shana Burstein
Age 13, A Lasting Friendship, Silver Award
Teacher: Rebecca Segall
Oliver Fisher
Age 13, Big Y Tales, Gold Award
Teacher: Lori Skopp
Michael Gellman
Age 13, My Mirror, Gold Award
Teacher: Rebecca Segall
ACES Educational Center for the Arts, Connecticut

Jane Youngberg
Age 15, And This Is Where We Are, Gold Award
Teacher: Caroline Rosenstone
Avery Coonley School, Illinois

Krystle Leung
Age 13, The Costs And Joys Of My Name, Silver Award
Teacher: Maria Kerhulas
Bishop McDevitt High School, Pennsylvania

Jonas Miller
Age 17, The Day I Buried Santa Claus, Silver Award
Teacher: Cathy Ciocci
Brookline High School, Massachusetts

Sarthak Pani
Age 14, A Christmas Memoir, Silver Award
Teacher: Richard Gorman
Buckingham Browne and Nichols School, Massachusetts

Emma Huvos
Age 15, Understanding, Silver Award
Teacher: Rob Leith
Carlisle High School, Pennsylvania

Eugene Stockton Juarez
Age 14, The Cotton Club, Gold Award
Teacher: Susan Biondo-Hench
Castilleja School, California

Grace Barry
Age 13, Sarah Mcphee, Gold Award
Teacher: Nancy Ware
Skylar Dorosin
Age 13, The Ticket To Freedom, Silver Award
Teacher: Nancy Ware
Aurora Real De Asua
Age 13, On Top Of The World, Gold Award
Teacher: Nancy Ware
Central Dauphin Middle School, Pennsylvania

Kaitlyn Eason
Age 14, An Angel Among Us, Silver Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Howes Stevenson Pa4W
Clayton High School, Missouri

Yue Pang
Age 17, The Deluge Of Vhs, Silver Award
Teacher: John Ryan
CYBER, Pennsylvania

Izaak Oliphant
Age 13, My First Kiss, Silver Award
Teacher: Pam Desch and Eileen Costanzo
Design and Architecture Senior High School, Florida

Camille Kass
Age 16, Eyes So Obscure, Gold Award
Teacher: Diann Simmons
Monica Socorro
Age 16, Abuelito, Gold Award
Teacher: Diann Simmons
Edward W. Clark High School, Nevada

Shaan Patel
Age 17, Dear Mr. Spears, Silver Award
Teacher: Cynthia Mccoy
Farnsely Middle School, Kentucky

Ela Banerjee
Age 13, The Fourth Day, Gold Award
Teacher: Kelly Haile
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York

Rachel Bodden
Age 14, Tourette's, Silver Award
Teacher: Dale Hawrylczak
Gaston Day School, North Carolina

Katherine Biggers
Age 16, Touch Stone, Gold Award
Teacher: Lori Davis
Gibbs High School, Florida

Jessica Knight
Age 16, Golden Beads, Gold Award
Teacher: Sara Dubbeld
Hempfield High School, Pennsylvania

Maya Devitry
Age 16, A Traveler's Journey, American Voices Award
Teacher: Wanda Richie
Hunter College High School, New York

Kaustabh Basu
Age 13, Heart And Soul, Silver Award
Teacher: Christopher Zegers
Sara Leshen
Age 16, Memory Trail, Gold Award
Teacher: Christopher Zegers
Nicole Levy
Age 16, The Lump Of Inspiration, Silver Award
Teacher: Christopher Zegers
Diana Li
Age 13, My Pyrrhic Victory, Silver Award
Teacher: Emily Fink
Huntington North High School, Indiana

Megan Schmaizried
Age 18, The Father, Silver Award
Teacher: Bonnie Shipman
Immaculata Academy Home School, Pennsylvania

John-Paul Heil
Age 11, Tales Of A Tyrannical Toddler, Gold Award
Teacher: Sarah Heil
Linglestown Middle School, Pennsylvania

Chelsea Covage
Age 14, Never Give Up, Silver Award
Teacher: Anthony Sedun Pa4W
Madison West High School, Wisconsin

Chelli Riddiough
Age 15, My Life As A Pagan Baby, Silver Award
Teacher: Steven Olson
Manhasset High School, New York

Sara Snedeker
Age 16, Kicking And Screaming: My Life Under The Knife, Silver Award
Teacher: Noel Gish
McGuffey High School, Pennsylvania

Kaitlin Clutter
Age 17, Buttons, American Voices Award
Teacher: Andrew Macbeth
Meridian School, Utah

Suzanna Yang
Age 17, The Tiger, Gold Award
Teacher: Matthew Kennington
Minnechaugh Regional High School, Massachusetts

Mai Hedayat Zadeh
Age 16, On Two Notes, Silver Award
Teacher: Greg Trimmer
Motich Home School, Pennsylvania

Elizabeth Motich
Age 17, So Old School, Gold Award
Teacher: Mark Motich
North Harford Middle School, Maryland

Jessica Perry
Age 13, Mcdermott Road, Gold Award
Teacher: Virginia Huller
Northern High School, Pennsylvania

Sara Mirasola
Age 15, Ten Miles Of Butterflies, Silver Award
Teacher: Sandra Emig
Northwest Yeshiva High School, Washington

Michal Salman
Age 16, Inborn Conflict, Silver Award
Teacher: Jan Vallone Roberts
Open High School, Virginia

Shaahida Lewis
Age 17, Peas And Thank You, Silver Award
Teacher: Clary Carleton
Osceola Middle School, Florida

Melody Houser
Age 13, One Simple Wish, Silver Award
Teacher: Marisa Martino
Oyster River Middle School, New Hampshire

Kathryn Tirrell
Age 13, Bloody Oars, Gold Award
Teacher: Susan Renner
Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire

Tara Burton
Age 16, Botticelli's Daughter, Gold Award
Teacher: Michelle Dionne
Tara Burton
Age 16, Peasants, Gold Award
Teacher: Michelle Dionne
Tara Burton
Age 16, The Faithful, Gold Award
Teacher: Michelle Dionne
Tara Burton
Age 16, We Are Dust And Shadows, Gold Award
Teacher: Michelle Dionne
Presbyterian School, Texas

Isidora Stankovic
Age 13, Slipping Tears, Gold Award
Teacher: Alexandra Simmons Txw
Savage Home School, Ohio

John Savage
Age 13, Nature At Our Doorstep: Four Seasons On An Ohio Farm, Gold Award
Teacher: Scott Savage
Seven Sorrows School, Pennsylvania

Jillian Kinsey
Age 14, Rise Up, Gold Award
Teacher: Dana Kinsey
Rachel Miller
Age 13, Puzzled, Gold Award
Teacher: Dana Kinsey
Francesca Russ
Age 14, Strokes, Gold Award
Teacher: Dana Kinsey
Sierra Canyon School, California

Madison Love
Age 13, Always Keep Promises, Gold Award
Teacher: Nat Damon
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, South Carolina

Shannelle Mills
Age 17, Tightrope, Gold Award
Teacher: Scott Gould
St. Johns Middle School, Texas

Emma Erwin
Age 14, Swimming With The Alligator, Gold Award
Teacher: Sharon Fabriz Txw
Jessica Van Sweringen
Age 14, Unexpected Company, Gold Award
Teacher: Sharon Fabriz Txw
St. Johns School, Texas

Laura Brill
Age 15, Wubba Woo, Silver Award
Teacher: David Nathan
Staples High School, Connecticut

Aaron Kiersh
Age 17, Intimidation, Silver Award
Teacher: Stephen Rexford
Kathryn Llewellyn
Age 16, Mapping The Streets Of Chinatown, Gold Award
Teacher: Christine Radler
The Elisabeth Morrow School, New Jersey

Kara Lessin
Age 13, Yad Vashem: My Stumble Across Reality (Or Something Like It), Gold Award
Teacher: Lisa Nicolaou
The Montgomery Academy, Alabama

Sarah Wool
Age 16, Hollow City Afternoon, Silver Award
Teacher: Hope Brannon
The Wheeler School, Rhode Island

Alena Mehtani
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Robert Martin
Rosetta Young
Age 16, On Being Experienced, Gold Award
Teacher: Krisitine Palmero
Thomas Jefferson High School, Virginia

Luke Cheng
Age 15, A Story Of China, Gold Award
Teacher: Jennifer Seavey
Nora Gayer
Age 14, She Called Me Little Flower, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Seavey
Trinity School, New York

Zara Kessler
Age 16, A Sunday Morning Surprise, Silver Award
Teacher: Saul Isaacson
Zara Kessler
Age 16, One Last Day, Gold Award
Teacher: Saul Isaacson
Walden School of Liberal Arts, Utah

Taylor Jacoby
Age 16, March (How Loving Someone Who Can Only Process Twenty Words You Say To Him Is Helpful…), Silver Award
Teacher: Monson Hayes
Williamston Middle School, Michigan

Megha Jagannathan
Age 13, Imagine, Gold Award
Teacher: Jessica Loznak
Wunderlich Intermediate, Texas

Deepak Patel
Age 13, Dragon Wars, Silver Award
Teacher: Kathy Becker
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PHOTOGRAPHY


Abraham Lincoln High School, New York

Jennifer Buckley
Age 17, A Tree Falls in Brooklyn, American Visions Award and Silver Award
Teacher: Carlos Molina
Shaniqua Green
Age 18, Lifeguard, Gold Award
Teacher: Carlos Molina
Alexandra Legros
Age 16, Flatbush, Gold Award
Teacher: Carlos Molina
Yusuf Mitchell
Age 17, Girl in the Middle, Silver Award
Teacher: Carlos Molina
Brian Trezevant
Age 17, Boardwalk Twins, Gold Award
Teacher: Carlos Molina
Albuquerque Academy, New Mexico

Santiago Leyba
Age 15, Night Watchman, Silver Award
Teacher: Michal Sommers
Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts, Florida

Brian Cook
Age 17, Combined Polaroids, Silver Award
Teacher: Peter Stodolak
Brian Cook
Age 17, Animal Life, Silver Award
Teacher: Peter Stodolak
Arts and Communications Magnet Academy, Oregon

Elizabeth Baker
Age 17, Making Me 2, Gold Award
Teacher: Jon Gottshall
Bak Middle School of the Arts, Florida

Katherine Jackson
Age 13, Grandma Supreme, Gold Award
Teacher: Stephanie Chesler
Bergenfield High School, New Jersey

Milton De La Cruz
Age 17, Idle Knights #2, Gold Award
Teacher: Charles Bogusat
Berkeley Carroll School, New York

Kathleen Farrar
Age 16, School Children, Silver Award
Teacher: Susan Haber
Berkeley Preparatory School, Florida

Sarah Sussman
Age 16, Boxes and Flower, Silver Award
Teacher: Terrie Forester
Blue Valley High School, Kansas

Taylor Odom
Age 16, Teen Angst, Silver Award
Teacher: Robert Putnam
Brentwood Academy, Tennessee

Kate Brock
Age 17, Kite Runner, Gold Award
Teacher: Debbie Dunn
Brentwood School, California

Hannah Bender
Age 16, Mother, May I?, Silver Award
Teacher: Amanda Konya
Brockport High School, New York

Andrew Palumbo
Age 18, Submerged, Silver Award
Teacher: Ryan Mcdonell
Cape Elizabeth High School, Maine

Chloe Brown
Age 17, Self-Portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Richard Rothlisberger
Carbondale Community High School, Illinois

Daniel Le
Age 16, Untitled 2, Silver Award
Teacher: Frances Swedlund
Carroll High School, Indiana

Robin Crowell
Age 18, Projected Future, Silver Award
Teacher: Nicole Croy
Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Maryland

Dani Balenson
Age 15, New York Journal, Gold Award
Teacher: Carroll Cook
Chamblee Charter High School, Georgia

Sara Dowdle
Age 15, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Gold Award
Teacher: Roberta Schacher
Cleveland School Of the Arts, Ohio

Jamal Conkle
Age 17, Look at Me, Gold Award
Teacher: Toni Starinsky
Cordova High School, Tennessee

Anika Munshi
Age 17, 4-D Volkswagon, Gold Award
Teacher: Rebecca House
Cy Fair High School, Texas

Emily Lopez
Age 16, Metal Branches, Silver Award
Teacher: Earl Emery
Cy Fair High School, Texas

Margo Sivin
Age 16, Standing out in a Crowd, Silver Award
Teacher: Earl Emery
Cypress Fairbanks High School, Texas

Sarah Murphy
Age 17, Self Portrait Under Water, Silver Award
Teacher: Earl Emery
da Vinci Arts Middle School, Oregon

Una Rose
Age 12, After the Rain, Silver Award
Teacher: Marry Morris
East Grand Rapids High School, Michigan

Aris Slater
Age 18, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Terry Szpieg
Eastern High School, Kentucky

William Crosby
Age 16, Anthology of the Gummy Bear Wars, Silver Award
Teacher: Trisha Hamiltoncooper
Elkhart Memorial High School, Indiana

Nathan Keeslar
Age 16, The Sight of Color, Silver Award
Teacher: Amber Kosar
Episcopal High School, Virginia

Ford Phillips
Age 17, Yellow Car, Silver Award
Teacher: Frank Phillips
Grosse Pointe South High School, Michigan

Alexis Stepanek
Age 16, New York, New York, Gold Award
Teacher: Kit Aro
HB Woodlawn, Virginia

Alex Gustafson
Age 14, Pure Joy, American Visions Award and Silver Award
Teacher: Joan Demoss
Honeoye Falls Lima High School, New York

Alexandra Cairo
Age 17, Zola, Silver Award
Teacher: Harold Coogan
Huntingtown High School, Maryland

Callie Mclean
Age 17, Emily Loves Waffles, Silver Award
Teacher: Dena Radosevic
Indian Springs Middle School, Indiana

Chelsey Herron
Age 14, Angel #1, Silver Award
Teacher: Mary Higler
Lakeview High School, Michigan

Anthony Robbins
Age 17, Transcending The Primordial Ooze, Gold Award
Teacher: Harlan Minor
L'Anse Creuse High School , Michigan

Carina Aquino
Age 16, Corner Bakery, Silver Award
Teacher: Janet Prange
Allyson Beebe
Age 17, A View of John R., Silver Award
Teacher: Janet Prange
Lawrence High School, Kansas

Dylan Smith
Age 17, Suddenly Sarah, Silver Award
Teacher: Angelia Perkins
Alyssa Thiel
Age 18, July, Gold Award
Teacher: Angelia Perkins
Leilehua High School, Hawaii

Kayley Squire
Age 17, Imagine Fear, Silver Award
Teacher: Keith Sasada
Louisville Collegiate School, Kentucky

Mark Richardson
Age 18, Kilovolt Leap, Silver Award
Teacher: Susan Harrison
Louisville High School, Ohio

Chris Oliver
Age 18, America...Be Hypnotized, Silver Award
Teacher: Nancy Greenbaum
Maine Endwell Senior High School, New York

Felicia Lenzo
Age 17, Pink, Gold Award
Teacher: Kellie Smith
Maret School, District of Columbia

Katherine Craven
Age 14, The Day Before Christmas, Silver Award
Teacher: Kevin Vereecke
Sarah Elena Cuellar
Age 17, The Shadow, Gold Award
Teacher: Kevin Vereecke
Ziad Nagy
Age 17, The Fall, Silver Award
Teacher: Kevin Vereecke
Zoe Schaeffer
Age 15, Andrew & Sarah, Gold Award
Teacher: Kevin Vereecke
Marin Academy, California

Spencer Scheidt
Age 17, Scheidt_Spencer Photo4, Silver Award
Teacher: Jenny Rosenberg
Marion High School, Illinois

Molly Young
Age 16, Time Out, Silver Award
Teacher: Beth Wilson
Mark Twain School I.S. 239, New York

Eric Tom
Age 13, Me, Myself, and I, Silver Award
Teacher: Juile Checkett
McClintock Middle School, North Carolina

Maddie Pofahl
Age 13, Civic Opera Chicago, Gold Award
Teacher: Cindy Vetter
McLean High School, Virginia

Maxwell Posner
Age 18, Hothead, Gold Award
Teacher: Jean Grefe
National Cathedral School, District of Columbia

Naomi Pomerantz
Age 16, Lovely Lady Legs, Gold Award
Teacher: Jennifer Dorsey
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Riverfront, Louisiana

Kristin Newman
Age 17, Shed on End, Silver Award
Teacher: Michel Varisco
Newark High School, Ohio

Elina Khachaturyan
Age 17, Behemoth, Silver Award
Teacher: Kathy Lorenz
Paideia School, Georgia

Kaci Palmore
Age 16, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: George Mitchell
Park Tudor School, Indiana

Blake Kennedy
Age 14, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Kathleen Campbell
Portage High School, Indiana

Natalie Johnson
Age 17, The Tutu Stance, Gold Award
Teacher: Justin Biggs
Prior Lake High School, Minnesota

Alexander Kelly
Age 16, Abandon Reflection, Silver Award
Teacher: Kristi Malmgren
Revere High School, Ohio

Matthew Markiewicz
Age 18, Final Rest for a Mother, Silver Award
Teacher: Paulette Colantone
Matthew Markiewicz
Age 18, Be Sure with Pure, Silver Award
Teacher: Paulette Colantone
Southwood Middle School, Florida

Jennifer Ng
Age 13, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Lori Robbins
Jasmine Tomita-Barber
Age 13, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Lori Robbins
St. Joseph School, Ohio

Kathlyn Rakvic
Age 13, My Picture Rocks, Gold Award
Teacher: Brenda Johns
University School, Ohio

Danny Smith
Age 16, Beneath Your Feet #1, Silver Award
Teacher: Christopher Davis
University School of Nashville, Tennessee

Justin Maffett
Age 13, Sporatic Inflation, Silver Award
Teacher: Bob Schatz
Valley Center High School, Kansas

Jennifer Bowers
Age 16, Natural Pattern, Silver Award
Teacher: David Fonseca
Wasilla High school, Alaska

Brooks Patton
Age 18, Light Playground, Silver Award
Teacher: Janet Stuart
Wellington Community High School, Florida

Christina Martins
Age 17, Untitled 9, Gold Award
Teacher: Barbara Brubaker
Westfield High School, Virginia

Beth Coffey
Age 14, Caring, Silver Award
Teacher: Sue Bark
Wichita High School Northwest, Kansas

Alec Jahn
Age 17, Pioneer 12, Gold Award
Teacher: Connie Dirks
Winston Churchill High School, Maryland

Alex Silver
Age 16, Small People Make Big Shadows, Gold Award
Teacher: Michael Foo
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PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIO


Abraham Lincoln High School, New York

Antonio Pulgarin
Age 17, Photography Portfolio Gold Award
Teacher: Carlos Molina
Acton Boxborough Regional High School, Massachusetts

Ryan Green
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Nat Martin
Cambridge School of Weston, Massachusetts

Ariana Gregg
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Anne Rearick
Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Maryland

Andrea Caplan
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Carroll Cook
Charles Brush High School, Ohio

Kelly Tadge
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Hadley Conner
Dakota High School, Michigan

Andrea Popa
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Michele Hunt
Du Pont Manual High School, Kentucky

Ben Sears
Age 18, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Wes Curtis
Eastern High School, Kentucky

Lindsay Nitishin
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher:
Franklin Senior High, Maryland

Paige Mazurek
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Tom Williamson
Governor Dummer Academy, Massachusetts

Mary O'Connor
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: David Oxton
Hanover High School, New Hampshire

Sydney Thomashow
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Peter Lange
Honeoye Falls Lima High School, New York

Anne Denton
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Harold Coogan
Lawrence High School, Kansas

Kristin Penny
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Angelia Perkins
Leon M.Goldstein High School for the Sciences, New York

Matthew Greenstein
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Tzion Halali
Longmeadow High School, Massachusetts

Dana Mengwasser
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Judy Neilson
Maret School, District of Columbia

Sarah Elena Cuellar
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Kevin Vereecke
Marlborough School, California

Charlotte Wayne
Age 18, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Judith Tanzman
Masconomet Regional High School, Massachusetts

Erik Gronneberg
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Walter Meinelt
Pace Academy, Georgia

Sarah Butler
Age 18, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: France Dorman
Meredith Vizzini
Age 18, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: France Dorman
Patapsco High School and Center for the Arts, Maryland

Eric Erdman
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Katie Calkins
Portage High School, Indiana

Chris Thorn
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Paula Wiese
River Hill High School, Maryland

Christopher Bowman
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Gino Molfino
School Without Walls Senior High School, District of Columbia

Paloma Ellis
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Ruth Stenstrom
Sir Francis Drake High School, California

Kevin Macleod
Age 18, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: David Sondheim
St. Andrew's Priory, Hawaii

Jordan Higa
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Larry Prado
St. Christophers Schools, Virginia

Tommy Callan
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Rita Root
The Waterford School, Utah

Kota Ikeda
Age 18, Photography Portfolio Gold Award
Teacher: Tillman Crane
Walt Whitman High School, Maryland

Ian Wong
Age 16, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Marjorie Scott
West Potomac High School, Virginia

Drew Smith
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Anne Dunn
Westfield High School, Virginia

Jessica Dodd
Age 18, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Kimberly Basinger
Westside High School, Nebraska

Stephanie Sterling
Age 18, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Shawn Blevins
White Station High School, Tennessee

Hannah Wells
Age 17, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Charles Berlin
Wilmington Christian School, Delaware

Seth Trader
Age 18, Photography Portfolio, Silver Award
Teacher: Virginia Hiss
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POETRY


ACES Educational Center for the Arts, Connecticut

Jane Youngberg
Age 15, Outer Banks, Gold Award
Teacher: Caroline Rosenstone
Alabama School of Fine Arts, Alabama

Antoinette Forstall
Age 13, The Sweet Forgotten Life, Gold Award
Teacher: Iris Rinke Hammer
Michael Lambert
Age 16, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Anne Wyman Black
Annunciation Orthodox School, Texas

Zoe Trout
Age 13, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Adam Georgandis
Appomattox Regional Governor's School for the Arts & Technology, Virginia

Ashten Williamson
Age 17, Blue Ambulance, American Voices Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Cindy Cunningham
Arturo Toscanini School M.S. 145, New York

Jessica Blandon
Age 13, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Brenda Preisner
Beechwood High SChool, Kentucky

Will Hollis
Age 18, Poetry, American Voices Award
Teacher: Ruth Johnson
Bergen County Academies, New Jersey

Andrew Kahn
Age 14, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Michelle Crimmel
Bishop Kelley, Oklahoma

Amelia Williamson
Age 17, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Kathy Scribner
Bishops School, California

Kayla Krut
Age 15, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Chad Bishop
Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Maryland

Shayna Blank
Age 15, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Bonny Boto
Center for Teaching and Learning, Maine

Bella Provan
Age 13, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: N Atwell
City High, Michigan

Alexis Bowen
Age 14, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Joanne Peterson
Denver School of the Arts, Colorado

Ryan Brown
Age 17, My Father Says He Hates Poetry, American Voices Award
Teacher: Jana Clark
Ryan Brown
Age 17, My Father Says He Hates Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Jana Clark
Enrico Fermi High School, Connecticut

Michele Lavorgna
Age 15, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Rob Sullivan
Greenhill School, Texas

Erin Ginsburg
Age 14, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Blake Harkey
Gulliver Pinecrest Middle School, Florida

Bobby Adams
Age 13, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: John Chenet
Harvard-Westlake School, California

Anderson Alden
Age 15, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Francie Norris
Holy Family Home School, Kentucky

Maria Syfert
Age 13, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Sandy Syfert
Home school, Michigan

David Pederson
Age 16, Drifting Out, Gold Award
Teacher: Jonathan Pederson
Hunter College High School, New York

Sara Blazevic
Age 13, Obsessed, Gold Award
Teacher: Tara Foley
Idyllwild Arts Academy, California

Marlo Barrera
Age 17, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Ed Skoog
Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan

Elizabeth Ford
Age 17, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Michael Delp
John F. Kennedy High School, New York

Frankie Romano
Age 15, Pray for Deliverance When the Ambulance Comes, Gold Award
Teacher: Vivian Lopez
Land O' Lakes High School, Florida

Celeste Lipkes
Age 16, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Katherine Sims
League Academy, South Carolina

Eric Roper
Age 13, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Teresa Blankenship
Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies, California

Cora Johnson-Grau
Age 13, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Velicia Chartier
Mayde Creek High School, Texas

Erika Rodriguez
Age 17, Poetry, American Voices Award
Teacher: Martha Nelson
Meridian School, Utah

Jack Anderson
Age 13, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Matthew Kennington
Milton Academy, Massachusetts

Priscilla Bok
Age 17, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Elisabeth Baker
Nicolette Gendron
Age 14, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Kimberly Walker
Milton Academy, Massachusetts

Grant Hailer
Age 15, Swimming Pool, Gold Award
Teacher: Elisabeth Baker
New Horizons Academy, Indiana

Jesse Kennedy
Age 17, Poetry, American Voices Award
Teacher: Amanda Rohland
Jesse Kennedy
Age 17, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Amanda Rohland
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Riverfront, Louisiana

Avery Friend
Age 14, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Andrea Young
Jonas Griffin
Age 17, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Andrea Young
Our Lady of Mercy, New Jersey

Amy Dipierro
Age 13, Abuelita, Gold Award
Teacher: Stephanie Hanak
Palmyra MS, Pennsylvania

Dillon Lewis
Age 12, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Ellen Flury
Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire

Emma Westrasmus
Age 15, Cosmic Bloom, Gold Award
Teacher: Sarah Ream
Pittsburgh High School for the Creative and Performing Arts, Pennsylvania

Jessica Packer
Age 15, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Peter Oresick
Duncan Richer
Age 15, Wednesday, Gold Award
Teacher: Peter Oresick
Roger and Ellen Beck Junior High, Texas

Osagumwena Osaretin
Age 13, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Cassandra Mckeel
Saint Ann's School, New York

Nora Castle
Age 14, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Marty Skoble
Charlotte Chudy
Age 12, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Alex Levin
Hannah Zeavin Musser
Age 16, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Marty Skoble
Saint Margaret Episcopal School, California

Colin Johnson
Age 13, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Lori Donchak
Siren School District, Wisconsin

Danielle Keller
Age 13, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Jodi Mclain
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, South Carolina

Sarah Carnick
Age 16, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Maime Morgan
Jessica Jernigan
Age 16, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Maime Morgan
Rebekah Latour
Age 16, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Justin Gardiner
St. Francis High School, Kentucky

Olivia Cole
Age 18, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Cia White
St. Joseph School, Pennsylvania

Peter Sprague
Age 13, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Rosanna Ellis
The Computer School, New York

Gabriela Pond
Age 13, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Pamela Seuling
The Elisabeth Morrow School, New Jersey

Evan Goldstein
Age 13, Wishing to be Home, Gold Award
Teacher: Lisa Nicolaou
Thomas Jefferson High School, Virginia

Lisa Pang
Age 15, Family Reunion: China, 2005, Gold Award
Teacher: Mary O'Brien
Trevor Day School, New York

Cate Mahoney
Age 16, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Keith Meatto
Walnut Hill School, Massachusetts

Amanda Picardi
Age 16, Poetry, Gold Award
Teacher: Daniel Bosch
Whitby School, Connecticut

Emily Teall
Age 13, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Nichole Butterfield
Wooster School, Connecticut

Thea Goodrich
Age 16, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Heidi Ostendarp
Xavier High School, New York

Conor Gannon
Age 17, Poetry, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Kennedyorlando
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PRINTMAKING


Angola High School, Indiana

Amanda Preuss
Age 17, Thoughts Set Free, Gold Award
Teacher: Jeanette Meridew
Aurora High School, Ohio

Joseph Lawrie
Age 16, Escape, Gold Award
Teacher: John Smolko
Booker T. Washington Magnet High School, Alabama

Jordan Marx
Age 15, Daddy Left, Gold Award
Teacher: Rachel Dudley
Brookwood High School, Georgia

Maria Nozzi
Age 17, Self-Portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Barbara Willis
Caledonia High School, Michigan

Marisa Kappe
Age 18, Uncle Rick, Silver Award
Teacher: Mike Cornell
Carbondale Community High School, Illinois

Trevor Rogers
Age 17, Death to Diversity, Gold Award
Teacher: Connie Morgan
Charlotte Country Day Upper School, North Carolina

Bess Dickens
Age 15, Anonymous, Silver Award
Teacher: Natalie Bork
Chestnut Hill Academy, Pennsylvania

Walter Wynne
Age 17, Gossip, Gold Award
Teacher: Dan Brewer
Churchville Chili High School, New York

Devin Flood
Age 17, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Colleen L'Hommedieu
Clearview High School, Ohio

Corey Akers
Age 15, Snoozin', Gold Award
Teacher: Jean Jensen
Denver School of the Arts, Colorado

Scott Graham
Age 13, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Deb Rosenbaum
Dighton Rehoboth Regional High School, Massachusetts

James Burkhart
Age 18, Hunter S. Thompson, In Memoriam, Silver Award
Teacher: Wendy Rutkowski
Eastern High School, Kentucky

DJ Corney
Age 16, Early Morning, Silver Award
Teacher: Trisha Hamiltoncooper
Ernest W. Seaholm High School, Michigan

Suzi Chou
Age 17, Nightmare, Gold Award
Teacher: Jud Coveyou
Euclid Schools, Ohio

Lauren Ashe
Age 18, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Ed Mellen
Gibbs High School, Florida

Joseph Burnsed
Age 17, Jesus Feet, Gold Award
Teacher: Myron Hansen
Harpeth Hall School, Tennessee

Sarah Hollis
Age 17, State Fair, Silver Award
Teacher: Rosemary Paschall
Hopewell High School, North Carolina

Allison Gulick
Age 17, Light at My Window, Silver Award
Teacher: Nan Carey
Houston High School, Tennessee

Wyatt Grant
Age 17, Quote Policy, Silver Award
Teacher: Arlene Weinrich
Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan

Rae Stimson
Age 17, Amma's Love has Awakened Me; I shall Now be Cradled in Saraswati's Arms for Eternity, Silver Award
Teacher: John Mckaig
Juan Morel Campos Secondary School, New York

Adam Brito
Age 14, Fame: Jordan, Silver Award
Teacher: Emily Shu
Key Middle School, Virginia

Reem Hashim
Age 14, Self-Portrait, Gold Award
Teacher: Elyse Rosenberg
L.C. Anderson High School, Texas

Kyle Carter
Age 16, 516 Star, Gold Award
Teacher: Mauro Garza
Lee Davis High School, Virginia

Martha Fisher
Age 16, Self-Portrait, Silver Award
Teacher: Sheilah Beville
Marlborough School, California

Ashley Hylton
Age 14, Pieces of Me, Gold Award
Teacher: Linda Aiello
Masconomet Regional High School, Massachusetts

Ashley Kennefick
Age 15, Breaking Free, Gold Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Saitta
Mercy Academy, Kentucky

Kristen Fouts
Age 15, Self Portrait, Gold Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Berry
Montgomery Bell Academy, Tennessee

Matt Ractliffe
Age 16, Supermarket, Silver Award
Teacher: Rosemary Paschall
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Riverfront, Louisiana

Logan Dixon
Age 16, Growth, Silver Award
Teacher: Mary Jane Parker
Ashley Teamer
Age 15, Grow, Silver Award
Teacher: Mary Jane Parker
North Rose Wolcott High School, New York

Eric Thompson
Age 15, Child's Play, Gold Award
Teacher: Mark Williams
Park View Middle School, Rhode Island

Jillian Proulx
Age 12, My House, Gold Award
Teacher: Carolyn Peck
Phillips Exeter Academy, New Hampshire

Carina Lorenz
Age 18, Birds in a Wheat Field, American Visions Award
Teacher: Tara Misenheimer
Pilgrim High School, Rhode Island

Kelly Cambrola
Age 16, Illusion Pattern, Silver Award
Teacher: Sharon Katseff
Pius XI High School, Wisconsin

Sarah Niemiec
Age 17, Communication, Gold Award
Teacher: Mark Mulhern
Scott City Middle School, Kansas

Cecilia Rosenlund
Age 13, Frozen Grace, Silver Award
Teacher: Rochelle Haire
Sequoyah High School, Georgia

Lauren Saunders
Age 17, Birdie., Silver Award
Teacher: Julie Caponigro
Sheboygan Falls High School, Wisconsin

Calley Kohlhagen
Age 16, Man In The Market, Silver Award
Teacher: Patrick Doughman
South Amherst Middle, Ohio

Angela Roos
Age 14, Uma, Gold Award
Teacher: Tamara Prudhoe-Chippi
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, South Carolina

Jack C. Perry
Age 18, Life as a Circus, Gold Award
Teacher: Katya Cohen
Wachusett Regional High School, Massachusetts

Elizabeth De Fosse
Age 17, Birdy Cole, Silver Award
Teacher: Nancy Stangle
West Lee Middle School, North Carolina

Justin Pedley
Age 13, In the Coop, Silver Award
Teacher: Nancy Berliner
West Monona High School, Iowa

Teniesha Kessler
Age 17, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Chere Fox O'Reilly
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SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY


Annunciation Orthodox School, Texas

Clay Spence
Age 12, Unknown, Silver Award
Teacher: Dorcas Hand
Beechwood High SChool, Kentucky

Annie Honebrink
Age 14, The Realm Of Experience, Gold Award
Teacher: Molly Seifert
Cumberland Valley High School, Pennsylvania

Samantha Dove
Age 16, Shades Of Grey, Silver Award
Teacher: Andrew Bucke
CYBER, Pennsylvania

Izaak Oliphant
Age 13, A Farfetched Feast (A Cyanhaven Folktale), Silver Award
Teacher: Pam Desch and Eileen Costanzo
Harborfields High School, New York

Natalie Crnosija
Age 17, Immune, Gold Award
Teacher: James Incorvaia
High School of American Studies at Lehman College, New York

Casey Weiser
Age 14, Umantes, Silver Award
Teacher: P. Wong
Hunter College High School, New York

Emma Martucci
Age 13, Never Wanted, Never Chosen, Gold Award
Teacher: Tara Foley
Lamberton Middle School, Pennsylvania

Kaitlyn Downey
Age 12, Wolf to Dragon, Gold Award
Teacher: Jason Griffith
Lynbrook High School, California

Jasmine Hu
Age 16, En Pointe, Gold Award
Teacher: Connie Willson
Jasmine Hu
Age 16, Far-Off Yellow, Gold Award
Teacher: Connie Willson
Montoursville Area High School, Pennsylvania

Ty Russell
Age 17, A Chourus Of Bells, Gold Award
Teacher: Christine Kindon
NYC Lab School for Collaborative Studies, New York

Kamay Jin
Age 12, Dark Angel, Gold Award
Teacher: Sara Grundman
Oak Hill Middle School, Massachusetts

Adrian Montagut
Age 13, The Panthers Of Saltspray, Silver Award
Teacher: Monica Swain
Palmer Trinity School, Florida

Michelle Evans
Age 15, Whispers, Silver Award
Teacher: Mark Hayes
Shippensburg Middle School, Pennsylvania

Megan Byers
Age 13, Vae's Destiny, Gold Award
Teacher: April Hoover
St. Johns Middle School, Texas

Charlie Caplan
Age 14, Shattered Saints And Science, Silver Award
Teacher: Michael Seckman National
St. Mary Academy Bay View, Rhode Island

Katharine Sedivy Haley
Age 16, Defining You, Silver Award
Teacher: Marion Wrye
St. Marys Academy, Oregon

Erin Oleson
Age 17, Classification 'A', Silver Award
Teacher: Sara Salvi
The Kinkaid School, Texas

Becca Traber
Age 16, Aurora, Texas, Gold Award
Teacher: Angelique Jamail
The Masters School, New York

Yumi Shiroma
Age 13, The Labyrinth, Gold Award
Teacher: Caroline Dumaine
Trinity High School, Pennsylvania

Erin Guty
Age 15, Final Grade, Silver Award
Teacher: Robert Casey
University Laboratory High School, Illinois

Sindha Agha
Age 13, Tantamount, Gold Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Majerus
William Mason High School, Ohio

Wendy Wei
Age 16, Bonespeaking, Gold Award
Teacher: Storey Mecoli
Write from the Heart, Pennsylvania

Taylor Ashley Nam
Age 13, Jinger, Silver Award
Teacher: Denise Botsford
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SCULPTURE


A.J. Dimond High School, Alaska

Whitney Schoenthal
Age 16, Funky Monkey, Silver Award
Teacher: Leslie Matz
Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts, Florida

Emily Gossiaux
Age 17, Another Traveling Song, Silver Award
Teacher: Jenny Gifford
Archie Cole Junior High School, Rhode Island

Daniel Farrell
Age 13, Squealer, Silver Award
Teacher: Nina Reiner
Beech High School, Tennessee

Brandon Jenkins
Age 18, Turning Pointe, American Visions Award
Teacher: Lorraine Puckett
Breck School, Minnesota

Sarah Goldstein
Age 17, Rouage d'horloge Prehistorique, Silver Award
Teacher: Jil Franke
Brunswick High School, Ohio

Corey McDaniel
Age 17, Competition, Silver Award
Teacher: Sarah Costic
Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Maryland

Connie Ambridge
Age 16, Tony, Silver Award
Teacher: Joseph Cypressi
Jordan Stearns
Age 16, shame and envy, Gold Award
Teacher: Joseph Cypressi
Central High School, Missouri

Taylor Bronson
Age 15, Freedom, Silver Award
Teacher: Charles Taylor
Charlotte Latin School, North Carolina

Alexander Beaty
Age 18, ohne Titel, Silver Award
Teacher: Will Thomason
Croatan High School, North Carolina

Joshua Johnson
Age 17, Shrimp, Silver Award
Teacher: Kathleen Adams
Dr. Michael M. Krop Senior High School, Florida

Ana Camargo
Age 18, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: William Kidd
East High School, Ohio

Quentin Brown
Age 17, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Stewart Langenbeck
Elm Street Middle School, New Hampshire

Spenser Nelson
Age 13, Monster House, Silver Award
Teacher: Janet Moran
Farrington High School, Hawaii

Nicole Watanabe
Age 16, Paper Basket, Gold Award
Teacher: Gail Teshima
Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts, New York

Rebbeca Redman
Age 17, A Duck Named Ginger, Silver Award
Teacher: Sheila Stember
Francis Parker School, California

Evan Backer
Age 16, The Armenian Genocide, Gold Award
Teacher: David Marienthal
Gardiner Regional Middle School, Maine

Timothy Peaslee
Age 13, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Stephen Johnson
Gibbs High School, Florida

Alexander Zak
Age 18, The Cypress Bed, Gold Award
Teacher: Alan Johnson
Green Valley high school, Nevada

Susan Isakson
Age 18, The Bunny King, American Visions Award
Teacher: Donna Potter
Hamilton Southeastern Junior High School, Indiana

Katie Lightfoot
Age 14, Don't Throw the Baby Out With the Bathwater, Silver Award
Teacher: Kathy Gammons
Harbour Pointe Middle School, Washington

Amanda Ong
Age 13, Flight of the Lynx, Silver Award
Teacher: Nancy Jordan Squires
Hawken School, Ohio

Kelsey Ellison
Age 15, Izzie, Silver Award
Teacher: Denise Buckley
Dana Lee
Age 15, Eyes On Korea, Gold Award
Teacher: Denise Buckley
Hilliard Davidson High School, Ohio

Jordan Whisler
Age 18, Chicken Pox, Silver Award
Teacher: Dan Gerdemen
Holcomb High School, Kansas

Kenzie Hunter
Age 17, A Secret Lies Within, Silver Award
Teacher: Archie Oliver
Hugoton MS Middle School, Kansas

Blake Sondergaard
Age 14, "The Chase", Silver Award
Teacher: Robert Terrill
Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan

Lindsey Fox
Age 15, Ribbon of 2000 Wire Forms, Silver Award
Teacher: Sharon Massey
Iolani School, Hawaii

Tyson Tsutsumi
Age 14, "Three of a Kind", Gold Award
Teacher: Holly Chung
John F. Kennedy High School, Minnesota

Wipawinee Wannasri
Age 17, Converse, Gold Award
Teacher: Kelly Yackel
Kapolei High School, Hawaii

Nathan Bowman
Age 17, The Idol, Gold Award
Teacher: Amanda Kim
Lakeridge High School, Oregon

Jonny Internicola
Age 16, Industrial Growth, Gold Award
Teacher: Amy Burnham
Lamberton Middle School, Pennsylvania

Christopher Todt
Age 14, Black Abstraction, Silver Award
Teacher: Ashley Knauff
Lee Burneson Middle School, Ohio

Lauryn Smith
Age 13, Untitled, Gold Award
Teacher: Debra Gantz
Madison West High School, Wisconsin

Madeline Schatzberg
Age 17, Twisted Pot, Gold Award
Teacher: Jim Mcconnell
Manheim Central High School, Pennsylvania

Audrey Hanselman
Age 16, Malaika, American Visions Award
Teacher: Cory Wanamaker
Manheim Township Middle School, Pennsylvania

Stephanie Eitner
Age 14, Compulsive Creativity, Silver Award
Teacher: Candace Kauffman
Marion Senior High School, Virginia

Krista Castrodale
Age 17, Requiem, American Visions Award
Teacher: Denise Hoots
Martinsville High School, Virginia

William Mahoney
Age 18, Thinker, Gold Award
Teacher: Merideth Jeffress
Neuqua Valley High School, Illinois

Madeline Yasuda
Age 17, Burned Reality, Gold Award
Teacher: Steve Jones
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Riverfront, Louisiana

Stephen Edmond
Age 17, Cereal Saturation Machine, Silver Award
Teacher: Ersy Schwartz
Perpich Center for Arts Education, Minnesota

Emily Styles
Age 16, Inside Out, Silver Award
Teacher: Mayme Donsker
South Mecklenburg High School, North Carolina

Kyo Hyun Nam
Age 18, Life Cycle, Gold Award
Teacher: Margie O'Shea
University Laboratory School, Hawaii

Emmett Copp
Age 15, Pohaku Kui'ai, Silver Award
Teacher: Douglas Doi
University Laboratory School, Hawaii

Jessica Lam
Age 17, Sweet Dreams, Gold Award
Teacher: Douglas Doi
Viewpoint School, California

William Van Trigt
Age 17, Metal Vessel, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Kirchmann
Wellesley Middle School, Massachusetts

Christina Minich
Age 13, Painting Her Soul, American Visions Award and Silver Award
Teacher: Hillary Sturman
Wyomissing Area School, Pennsylvania

Michelle Grant
Age 17, Untitled Coil Form, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Trani
Yates Center High School, Kansas

Jason Bryant
Age 17, Dia De Los Muertos, American Visions Award
Teacher: Kathe Hamman
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SHORT SHORT STORY


Berkeley Carroll School, New York

Phoebe Reed
Age 16, To A Close, Silver Award
Teacher: Suzanne Fogarty
Brecksville/Broadview Heights Middle School, Ohio

Bethany Qiang
Age 13, Hell Smack Dab In The Middle Of Heaven, Gold Award
Teacher: Sara Kamps
Brooklyn Friends School, New York

Joshua Krieble
Age 13, Anchored, Gold Award
Teacher: Sidney Bridges
Carlisle Public School, Massachusetts

Alexander Kinmonth
Age 13, Rebels, Gold Award
Teacher: Marcella Pixley
Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Maryland

Morgan Frailey
Age 17, The Girls On Maple, Silver Award
Teacher: Bonny Boto
Joslyn Persh
Age 17, Daddy Cephalopod, Gold Award
Teacher: Bonny Boto
Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School, Ohio

Kimberly Pritchard
Age 18, What If, Silver Award
Teacher: James Brooks
Charleston County School of the Arts, South Carolina

Suzannah Isgett
Age 16, Boy, Gold Award
Teacher: Rene Miles
Rachael Lee
Age 16, Abuse, Gold Award
Teacher: Rene Miles
Collegiate School, New York

Harrison Monsky
Age 16, A View Of The Park, Silver Award
Teacher: Natasha Singh
Fort Lee High, New Jersey

Nick Stergiopoulos
Age 16, The Man At The Bar, Gold Award
Teacher: Nancy Armstrong
Garnet Valley High School, Pennsylvania

Christine Flynn
Age 17, Paralleled Paranoia, Silver Award
Teacher: Heather Arters
Greenwich Academy, Connecticut

Elizabeth Mcgirr
Age 17, Faulkner's As I Lay Dying, The Coffin's Angle, Gold Award
Teacher: Mark Feiner
Hastings High School, New York

Madeleine Harrington
Age 16, Sizes, Gold Award
Teacher: Josh Blum
Hume-Fogg Academic High School, Tennessee

Gillian Brassil
Age 15, Ralphie, Gold Award
Teacher: Katherine Enterline
Inglemoor High School, Washington

Merry Li
Age 14, The Way It Was, Silver Award
Teacher: Charles Trafford
James Hart School, Illinois

Laura River
Age 13, The Sun And Moon Concertina, Gold Award
Teacher: Maryann Richardson
Klein Forest High School, Texas

Julianne Wilson
Age 17, The Knight, Silver Award
Teacher: Lynne Dozier
Lick Wilmerding High School, California

Juliana Friend
Age 17, Sandy, Gold Award
Teacher: Robin Von Breton
Lower Dauphin Middle School, Pennsylvania

Suzanne Martin
Age 14, Turtle Soup, Silver Award
Teacher: Nancy Zeigler
Madison West High School, Wisconsin

Chelli Riddiough
Age 15, The Depresent, Silver Award
Teacher: Steven Olson
MAST Academy, Florida

Alyssa Fowers
Age 15, Underground, American Voices Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Karen Sutton
Norman High School, Oklahoma

Jon Riley
Age 17, Remembering Steve, Silver Award
Teacher: Betsy Ballard
Oak Hill Middle School, Massachusetts

Shervin Rezaei
Age 13, Someone To Hug, Gold Award
Teacher: Kathe Langberg
Packer Collegiate Institute, New York

Phia Warren
Age 13, The Act Of Innocence, Gold Award
Teacher: Barbara Seddon
Parkview High School, Georgia

Shalini Ramachandran
Age 17, The Suitcase, Silver Award
Teacher: Marylynn Huie
Rider High School, Texas

Brittany Norman
Age 17, Ringed, Gold Award
Teacher: Mary Lee
Saint Ann's School, New York

Chloe Boxer
Age 16, The Window, Gold Award
Teacher: Matt Laufer
Saint Ann's School, New York

Jamie Maffeo
Age 13, The Island, Gold Award
Teacher: David Khoury
Saint Margaret Episcopal School, California

Colin Johnson
Age 13, Make The Moon Dance For Me, Gold Award
Teacher: Lori Donchak
Colin Johnson
Age 13, The Tomb Painter, Gold Award
Teacher: Lori Donchak
Saint Marks High School, Delaware

Kathryn Barber
Age 17, Pamela, Silver Award
Teacher: Barbara Reilly
St. Gerard Majella, Missouri

Jack Mimlitz
Age 13, Untitled, Silver Award
Teacher: Charles Wraltramont
St. Johns Middle School, Texas

Jessica Allen
Age 14, Toby, The #2 Pencil, Silver Award
Teacher: Michael Seckman National
St. Jude School, Wisconsin

Laura Ball
Age 13, Fire, Silver Award
Teacher: P. Bond
St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Texas

Christopher Evan Smith
Age 17, Islamorada, Silver Award
Teacher: Jenneken Van Keppel
Taylor Allderdice High School, Pennsylvania

Mohana Ravindranath
Age 16, Blip, Gold Award
Teacher: Helen Monroe
The Kinkaid School, Texas

Ryan Beiermeister
Age 16, Tip Tap, Silver Award
Teacher: Carolyn Mccarthy
The Pingry School, New Jersey

Jenna Devine
Age 16, Song Ever Changing, Gold Award
Teacher: Thomas Keating
Watchung Hills Regional High School, New Jersey

Maya Vyas
Age 14, The Tear And The Diamond, Silver Award
Teacher: Jana Battiloro
Weinbaum Yeshiva High School, Florida

Alexa Bryn
Age 16, Shirley Temple, Gold Award
Teacher: Carla Greer
West Genesee High School, New York

Lauren Harsma
Age 17, Those Crucial Moments, Silver Award
Teacher: Karen Depaul
West Linn High School, Oregon

Margaret Hayertz
Age 17, She Thinks She Loves Him, Gold Award
Teacher: Bret Freyer
Westview High School, Oregon

Maisha Foster O'Neal
Age 18, Underwater Fireworks, Silver Award
Teacher: Roseanne Comfort
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SHORT STORY


Amity Middle School Orange, Connecticut

Jenny Yan
Age 13, The Tale Of Him And Her, Silver Award
Teacher: Barbara Marciano
Bellaire High School, Texas

Lumeng Li
Age 14, How To Win At Losing, Silver Award
Teacher: Estelle Moorewalker
Berkeley Carroll School, New York

Amanda Carella
Age 17, To His Coy Mistress, Silver Award
Teacher: Suzanne Fogarty
Borghi Home school, Pennsylvania

Lisa Borghi
Age 14, Eraser Dust, Gold Award
Teacher: Beverly Graybill
Carlisle Public School, Massachusetts

Lauren Pauplis
Age 13, The Attic, Gold Award
Teacher: Marcella Pixley Ral99W
Central York Middle School, Pennsylvania

Sahib Kaur
Age 13, Snake, Gold Award
Teacher: Lisa Turner
Charleston County School of the Arts, South Carolina

Katherine Balcewicz
Age 13, Obsessed, Gold Award
Teacher: Susanne Drennann
Classen School of Advanced Studies, Oklahoma

Anna Waggener
Age 16, Pauper Beach, Gold Award
Teacher: Marian Hulsey
Convent of the Sacred Heart, Connecticut

Ruslana Makarenko
Age 17, The Wrong Ingredient, Silver Award
Teacher: William Mottolese
Deer Park High School, Texas

Kurtis Kangas
Age 14, Deep Thoughts In The Breeze, Gold Award
Teacher: Jacquie Bell
Deerfield High School, Illinois

Sasha Wolff
Age 17, Winter's Breath, Silver Award
Teacher: Jenni Casale
duPont Manual High School, Kentucky

Joseph Weston
Age 17, Fortune, Silver Award
Teacher: David Wright
Elwood Middle School, New York

Claudia Geib
Age 13, Afreya's Diary, A Slave Ship Journal, Gold Award
Teacher: Marie Trucios
Ernest J. King High School, Armed Forces Pacific

Melissa Tolentino
Age 15, Variations On Violet, Silver Award
Teacher: Amy Brennan
Gibbs High School, Florida

Madelyn Ringold Brown
Age 16, About Tomatoes, American Voices Award and Silver Award
Teacher: Sara Dubbeld
Girls Write Now/Berkeley Carroll School, New York

Anna Witiuk
Age 16, Keys Under Mat, American Voices Award
Teacher: Caron Knaver
Greens Farms Academy, Connecticut

Rebecca McCarthy
Age 17, Genesis, Silver Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Cleary
Greens Farms Academy, Connecticut

Rebecca McCarthy
Age 17, Lights Over Kentucky, Gold Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Cleary
Greenwood High School, Kentucky

Margaret Clouse
Age 16, Beats, Gold Award
Teacher: Vicki Schmitt
Hommerding Home School, Iowa

Jane Hommerding
Age 14, The Intellectual, Gold Award
Teacher: Sherry Brooks
Hunter College High School, New York

Anna Wang
Age 16, Anticlimax, Gold Award
Teacher: Christopher Zegers
Interlochen Arts Academy, Michigan

Rebecca Chou
Age 16, Rebecca Chou, Gold Award
Teacher: Lesley Tye
League Academy, South Carolina

Lizzie Goodwin Horn
Age 14, A Temporal Anecdote, Silver Award
Teacher: Teresa Blankenship
Marcus High School, Texas

Thuy Vy Ho
Age 16, The Secrets That Rubies Do Tell, Silver Award
Teacher: Jennifer Forthun
Martha Brown Middle School, New York

Clare Grieve
Age 14, Finding Hope, Gold Award
Teacher: Erik Zimmerman
Mechanicsburg Area Middle School, Pennsylvania

Brendan Huffman
Age 13, The Leaking Heart, Gold Award
Teacher: Kristen Mast
Miss Porters School, Connecticut

Thai Matthews
Age 14, City Air, Gold Award
Teacher: Kate Doemland
New Milford High School, Connecticut

Sarah Barringer
Age 15, A New Snow, Gold Award
Teacher: Carol Wilcock
New Orleans Center for Creative Arts Riverfront, Louisiana

Andrew Shachat
Age 15, Actiq, Silver Award
Teacher: Lara Naughton
Northern Valley Demarest, New Jersey

Alice Rhee
Age 16, Darkroom, Gold Award
Teacher: John Springer
Olathe North High School, Kansas

Kelsey Andrews
Age 17, Have A Heart, Silver Award
Teacher: Molly Runde
Packer Collegiate Institute, New York

Nicholas Foretek
Age 17, Sadie, Silver Award
Teacher: Linda Gold
Padua Academy, Delaware

Margot Miller
Age 16, The Road Home, Silver Award
Teacher: Elizabeth Slater
Parkview High School, Georgia

Shalini Ramachandran
Age 17, A Small Adjustment, Gold Award
Teacher: Marylynn Huie
Peddie School, New Jersey

Jeremy Pfau
Age 16, Broken Glasses, Silver Award
Teacher: Patrick Clements
Phillips Academy, Massachusetts

Cora Lewis
Age 15, The Two-Headed Cobra On Huahsi Street, Silver Award
Teacher: Kathryn Benson
Poly Prep Country Day School, New York

Megan N. Liberty
Age 17, Side Effects, Silver Award
Teacher: Kevin Roth
Presbyterian School, Texas

Caroline Winzenried
Age 13, Selfless, Cold And Composed, Silver Award
Teacher: Lesli Dabney
Rippowam Cisqua School, New York

Sammi Rose Cannold
Age 13, The Perfect Child, Gold Award
Teacher: Cathleen Greenwood
Saint Ann's School, New York

Eli Mandel
Age 14, Astor Place, Gold Award
Teacher: Jane Avrich
Selinsgrove Middle School, Pennsylvania

Olivia Lemons
Age 14, In Due Time, Silver Award
Teacher: Christine Lester National
Shippensburg Area High School, Pennsylvania

Minke Zhang
Age 15, The Eye Of The Beholder, Silver Award
Teacher: Anthony Massara
South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities, South Carolina

Allen Butt
Age 16, Front Sight, Gold Award
Teacher: George Singleton
Cory Wallace
Age 17, Bird Watching, Silver Award
Teacher: George Singleton
Erin Weeks
Age 17, The Problem With Jump-Off Trees, Gold Award
Teacher: George Singleton
St. Margaret Mary School, Pennsylvania

Anne Mrazik
Age 14, Blue Skies, Silver Award
Teacher: Miriam Butz
St. Marys Academy, Oregon

Madeline Wyse
Age 17, Telling Stories, Silver Award
Teacher: Sara Salvi
Stuyvesant High School, New York

Vivian Truong
Age 16, Oranges, Gold Award
Teacher: Annie Thoms
T. H. Rogers Middle School, Texas

Emma Breen
Age 13, The Treasure, Gold Award
Teacher: Susan Oconnor
Sai Goolla
Age 13, Eternal Love, Silver Award
Teacher: Susan Oconnor
Chloe Nguyen
Age 13, Unfaithful, Silver Award
Teacher: Susan Oconnor
The Bronx High School of Science, New York

Tamar Nachmany
Age 15, Chez Madame Goodman, Silver Award
Teacher: Joseph Gazzola
Trinity School, New York

Emery Poor
Age 13, An Eye For An Eye, Gold Award
Teacher: Jordan Slutsky
Turkeyfoot Middle School, Kentucky

Emily Benken
Age 12, Things Not To Bring On A Plane, Silver Award
Teacher: Natasha Smith
Villa Madonna Middle School, Kentucky

Alicia Helfrich
Age 13, A Time Of Change, Gold Award
Teacher: Joan Willoughby
Saramarie Specht-Bird
Age 13, Never Again, Lucy, Gold Award
Teacher: Janet Mitchell
Weinbaum Yeshiva High School, Florida

Alexa Bryn
Age 16, We Were Children, Silver Award
Teacher: Carla Greer
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Alexander W. Dreyfoos Jr. School of the Arts, Florida

Ruby Hernandez
Age 17, El Dentisto, Silver Award
Teacher: Ancil Deluz
Sebastian Morales Bermudez
Age 16, El Dentisto, Silver Award
Teacher: Ancil Deluz
Michelle Motter
Age 17, El Dentisto, Silver Award
Teacher: Ancil Deluz
Christine Valentim
Age 17, El Dentisto, Silver Award
Teacher: Ancil Deluz
Bergenfield High School, New Jersey

Carlos Hiciano
Age 17, My Great Movie, Gold Award
Teacher: Charles Bogusat
Blue Valley West High School, Kansas

Matt Geischen
Age 17, Reel, Gold Award
Teacher: Terry Ensor
Carver Center for Arts and Technology, Maryland

Alex Levy
Age 16, Waterlogged, Gold Award
Teacher: Nino Leselidze
Central High School, Tennessee

John Clayton Lee
Age 16, Skateboarding in Knoxville, American Visions Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Betty Maloy
Joe Nunez
Age 16, Skateboarding in Knoxville, American Visions Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Betty Maloy
Andrew Tirado
Age 16, Skateboarding in Knoxville, American Visions Award and Gold Award
Teacher: Betty Maloy
Design and Architecture Senior High School, Florida

Jonathan Lizcano
Age 17, The Hitchhiker, Gold Award
Teacher: Tom Pike
Hawken School, Ohio

Aaron Kohn
Age 16, Kick Talk, Silver Award
Teacher: Hank Skladanowski
Honeoye Falls Lima High School, New York

Rebecca Astheimer
Age 17, Head Trip, Gold Award
Teacher: Harold Coogan
Living Word Academy, Pennsylvania

Carson Smucker
Age 18, Senioritis, Gold Award
Teacher: Michelle Hayden
Packer Collegiate Institute, New York

Axel Lindy
Age 13, The Side Effects of Caring, Gold Award
Teacher: Michael Miller
Perpich Center for Arts Education, Minnesota

Casey Buck
Age 17, III, Gold Award
Teacher: Nancy Norwood
Pope County High School, Illinois

Josef Rumsey
Age 18, Milk and Bread, Silver Award
Teacher: Jan York
Rockford High School, Michigan

Chris Birkmeier
Age 18, A Really Good Cloak, American Visions Award
Teacher: Colleen Pierson
Krystal Degood
Age 18, A Really Good Cloak, American Visions Award
Teacher: Colleen Pierson
Collin Mauro
Age 17, A Really Good Cloak, American Visions Award
Teacher: Colleen Pierson
The Renaissance University for Community Education's (TRUCE), New York

Antonique Green
Age 15, Hard Knot Life, Gold Award
Teacher: Sutcliffe David
Kadejra Holmes
Age 15, Hard Knot Life, Gold Award
Teacher: David Sutcliffe
Anne-Marie Stein
Age 15, Hard Knot Life, Gold Award
Teacher: Sutcliffe David
Earlene Stevens
Age N/A, Where Do I Come From?, Silver Award
Teacher: David Sutcliffe
Washington High School, Pennsylvania

Wiley Abbas
Age 17, Washington Skatepark Documentary, Gold Award
Teacher: Judith Totty
Yellow Springs High School, Ohio

Andrew Sontag
Age N/A, Focus, Silver Award
Teacher: Melina Elum
Yorktown High School, Virginia

Steven Vagias
Age 17, The Voice in the Wall, Gold Award
Teacher: Denise Phalan