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Third Place in Nonfiction: Ashley Ortiz’s “Outsider”

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Nonfiction Second Place: “Revolutions” by Tara Prakash

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Third Place in Poetry: Ava Chen’s “How to Visit a Country You Never Knew and Don’t Remember”

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Third Place in Fiction: “Is Bliss” by Tess Harris

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Second Place in Fiction: Catherine Balid’s “Every Autumn”

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First Place in Fiction: Claire Beeli’s “Saint Antonia”

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Nonfiction First Place: Jacqueline Vogel’s “No Remedy for Regret”

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First Place in Poetry: Hans Yang’s, “Hivemind”

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“HIVEMIND” //declare yourself, east asians {we the we the people we the veneer peelings on smoldering verandas we the ribs chipped by unatomic silence trickling down fourteen stories we the koi in redlined ponds gulping salt-song in bleeding gill ...
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Announcing the Winners of the Young Authors Writing Competition 2023

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Congratulations to our first, second, and third place winners of the Young Authors Writing Competition 2023! A note from one of our faculty judges regarding all the incredible submissions we received this year: “All in all, these high school...
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Announcing the 2023 Young Authors Top Ten Finalists

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It is with great joy and in awe of all the brilliant submissions we received that we now announce our top ten finalists in each portion of the 2023 Young Authors Writing Competition. Fiction Claire Chen: “All That is...
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Recent Posts

  • Third Place in Nonfiction: Ashley Ortiz’s “Outsider”
  • Nonfiction Second Place: “Revolutions” by Tara Prakash
  • Third Place in Poetry: Ava Chen’s “How to Visit a Country You Never Knew and Don’t Remember”
  • Third Place in Fiction: “Is Bliss” by Tess Harris
  • Second Place in Fiction: Catherine Balid’s “Every Autumn”

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