Washington DC Regional Scholastic Writing Awards 2013 Winners!

Congratulations to these teens, whose creative work was recognized by the 2013 Scholastic Writing Awards!

Congratulations to the following writers, whose work has been recognized in the 2013 DC Regional Scholastic Writing Awards! A panel of Washington writers, teachers, and literary professionals selected these works—from nearly 1,000 works submitted this year—as the most exceptional in the region.

The $1,000 Busboys and Poets Scholarship Recipient...

is Luisa Banchoff, of Washington Lee High School! Her senior portfolio was selected by Bomani Armah, the Director of Poetry Events at Busboys and Poets, as the most outstanding portfolio in the region.

5 American Voices Nominations...

were awarded to the most outstanding Gold Key writing of Greater Washington. This award honors the "Best in Show" regardless of category or age group. This year these top works were chosen by our Head Jurors: novelist and critic Alan Cheuse, novelist Amy Stolls, and poet Kyle Dargan.

55 Exemplary Pieces...

will be published in the 2nd annual anthology of Teen Voices of the DC Scholastic Writing Awards. These works were selected by jurors as exemplary in voice, style, subject matter, and power, and they represent the diverse and talented community of writers who contribute to The Awards. These selected pieces are denoted as “DC Teen Voices” in the table below.

56 Gold Keys...

were awarded to the most accomplished works in the region. Gold Key writing will also be forwarded to the national level of The Scholastic Writing Awards and considered for national recognition.

148 Silver Keys...

were awarded to distinguished works in the region.

200 Honorable Mentions...

were awarded to promising works in the region.

All Recipients...

Recipients listed alphabetically below.

State	School	Last Name	First Name	Grade	Title(s)	Category	Award(s)
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Abrishami	Tara	10	Checkmate	Short Story	Honorable Mention
MD	Montgomery Blair High School	Adler Asch	Peter	12	“The Infinities Of Love”, “Motivation”, “Reimagined Chances”, “Intellectual Curiosity”	Poetry	Gold Key
MD	Holton-Arms School	Alamdeen	Yasmin	8	“The Abyss And The Plum In Your Back”	Poetry	Silver Key
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Alston	Asia	11	“The Hair Piece”	Poetry	Gold Key
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Alston	Asia	11	“Sixteen Ain't Grown”	Poetry	Honorable Mention, DC Teen Voices
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Alston	Asia	11	“All She Want Is For You...”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Alston	Asia	11	“Super No One “	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	An	YouNa	11	“Meridian Fall: Anne Boleyn”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Fairfax High School	Andalib	Laureen	12	Reverie	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
VA	Fairfax High School	Andalib	Laureen	12	Memoir	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Fairfax High School	Andalib	Laureen	12	Memoir	Portfolio	Honorable Mention
DC	Deal Middle School	Anderson	Tala	7	Sweet Thinking	Short Story	Honorable Mention
DC	School Without Walls Senior High School	Aneke	Chioma	10	“Depression Of Suppression”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	West Springfield High School	Ang	Jei-Si	11	Bonding With The Couch	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
DC	Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop	Anonymous	Writer	12	“Great Or Not”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop	Anonymous	Writer	11	“In The Land Of Opportunity”	Poetry	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
DC	Maret School	Arnholz	Jack	10	“The Tale Of Jesse Washington”	Poetry	Silver Key
DC	Maret School	Arnholz	Jesse	12	6412 Barnaby	Journalism	Silver Key
DC	School Without Walls Senior High School	Ashford	Chloe	11	Good Parenting	Short Story	Honorable Mention
MD	Lakelands Park Middle School	Asofsky	Elena	8	“The Staircase”	Poetry	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
MD	Winston Churchill High School	Aubinoe	Darien	12	“Belief In The Truth”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	H-B Woodlawn	Auerhan	Tori	11	“Waxing”, “Waning”, “Final Words”, “Vultures”, “Prisms”, “Muscle Memory”	Poetry	Silver Key
MD	Damascus High School	Austin	Ian	11	Book of Fate	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Silver Key
MD	Damascus High School	Austin	Ian	11	Dried Blood	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
MD	Friends Community School	Babin	Heather	8	Even When No One’s Sitting There	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key
VA	Washington Lee High School	Banchoff	Luisa	12	Life of the Party	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
VA	Washington Lee High School	Banchoff	Luisa	12	“American Zodiac”, “Offline”	Poetry	Gold Key
VA	Washington Lee High School	Banchoff	Luisa	12	“Brasília”, “Conversation Across the Smoke”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Washington Lee High School	Banchoff	Luisa	12	American Zodiac	Portfolio	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Washington Lee High School	Banchoff	Luisa	12	Dear MaryDian	Short Story	Gold Key
DC	Deal Middle School	Barr	Olivia	7	Trying To Break The Box	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
VA	Robert E Lee High School	Batra	Simran	10	“Contagion”	Poetry	Honorable Mention, DC Teen Voices
VA	Robert E Lee High School	Batra	Simran	10	Hound Dog	Short Story	Honorable Mention
VA	Hayfield Secondary School	Baz	Mari	12	Lost Moments	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Hayfield Secondary School	Baz	Mari	12	“Moments Insanity Collection “	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	George C. Marshall High School	Behdad	Negeen	12	“Piling Up”, “Before The Day Began”, “From Peaches to Poison”, “The Depths of Motherhood”, “Things I Cannot Help”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	George C. Marshall High School	Behdad	Negeen	12	“So Absurd”, “The Half-smiler”, “Good Enough”, “A Distinct Nostalgia”, ““	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	George C. Marshall High School	Behdad	Negeen	12	“Times Could Be Sweeter”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
MD	Poolesville High School	Belenky	Julia	12	What You Were In The Dark	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
MD	Poolesville High School	Belenky	Julia	12	“Allectio”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Berry	Andie	12	“peach”	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Berry	Andie	12	“A Dirge without Poetry”	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Berry	Andie	12	“Cincinnati”, “""Alzheimer's”	Poetry	Silver Key
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Berry	Andie	12	“July”, “""When Waves Whisper”	Poetry	Silver Key
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Berry	Andie	12	“July"", ""When Waves Whisper”	Portfolio	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Berry	Rasheeda	12	“Vicious Cylce”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
MD	Winston Churchill High School	Birnbaum	Emily	11	The Devil	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Winston Churchill High School	Birnbaum	Emily	11	How To Fall in Love	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Winston Churchill High School	Birnbaum	Emily	11	Learning To Run	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key
MD	Winston Churchill High School	Birnbaum	Emily	11	“Michael And Andrea as Children”	Poetry	Gold Key
MD	Winston Churchill High School	Birnbaum	Emily	11	“A Room In My Mind”	Poetry	Silver Key
MD	Winston Churchill High School	Birnbaum	Emily	11	“Noticing”	Poetry	Silver Key
MD	Winston Churchill High School	Birnbaum	Emily	11	Spilled Milk	Short Story	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	The Potomac School	Bowen	Kelsey	8	Breaking Away	Flash Fiction	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
DC	Georgetown Day School	Boyer	Isabel	8	Catching Santa	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
DC	Georgetown Day School	Boyer	Isabel	8	Unwound	Short Story	Silver Key
VA	The Potomac School	Brennan	Madeleine	8	Highschool Assassin	Dramatic Script	Silver Key
DC	Friendship PCS - Collegiate Academy	Brown	Morgan	12	“Inner City Suburbia”, “Untitled”, “the Blessing”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Bui	Minh	12	A Full House	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Bui	Vivian	12	Healing With Music	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key
DC	Deal Middle School	Canty	Leo	7	Down Under	Short Story	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	George Mason High School	Castillo	Grace	11	Sunday	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
VA	George Mason High School	Castillo	Grace	11	Fooling Smokey Bear	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
VA	George Mason High School	Castillo	Grace	11	“I Breathe Winter”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	George Mason High School	Castillo	Grace	11	“Awake”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Chandrashekar	Pooja	10	The Pink Sari	Personal Essay/Memoir	Gold Key
MD	Montgomery Blair High School	Chavez	Michelle	12	A Journalist's Journey	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
MD	Montgomery Blair High School	Cheng	Brittany	12	Mitt Romney's ""a New Course For The Middle East"" Lacks Substance	Portfolio	Honorable Mention
MD	Montgomery Blair High School	Cheng	Brittany	12	Silence	Short Story	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Cheung	Grace	9	The Magic Of A Moment	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Cheung	Grace	9	The Dangers of Standardized Testing	Persuasive Writing	Honorable Mention
MD	Col. Zadok Magruder High School	Chill	Stephanie	11	A Cureless Child	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Col. Zadok Magruder High School	Chill	Stephanie	11	Why Do I Persevere?	Humor	Honorable Mention
MD	Col. Zadok Magruder High School	Chill	Stephanie	11	That Ambitious King Louis Xvi	Humor	Honorable Mention
MD	Col. Zadok Magruder High School	Chill	Stephanie	11	Spear's Wound	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
MD	Connelly School of the Holy Child	Christman	Allie	8	“Dare”, “I Am Fire”, “Art”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Chantilly High School	Chung	Helena	12	“Commit”, “Sand Children”, “The Certainty Of A Personal Hell”, “Sehnsucht”, “Unrestricted Submarine Warfare”, “Innocent Until Proven”	Poetry	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Chantilly High School	Chung	Helena	12	“From First To Ninth”, “Celebrations Of Another Day On Earth”, “The Certainty Of A Personal Hell”, “The Girl With The February Face”, “London 2012”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Chantilly High School	Chung	Helena	12	“Glass Children”, “The List”, “Words Like These”, “Cake”, “Hero”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Chantilly High School	Chung	Helena	12	Commit, Sand Children, The Certainty Of A Personal Hell, Sehnsucht, Unrestricted Submarine Warfare, Innocent Until Proven	Portfolio	Silver Key
DC	Deal Middle School	Claman	Sophia	8	Sale At The Circus	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
DC	Deal Middle School	Claman	Sophia	8	“Do You Remember?”, “Cracked”, “Barricade”, “Fighter”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Deal Middle School	Claman	Sophia	8	Crystals By The Millions	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Silver Key
VA	Yorktown High School	Coble	Katie	9	“Sometimes”	Poetry	Honorable Mention, DC Teen Voices
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Cohen	Ellie	11	And Nobody Was The Wiser	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Cohen	Ellie	11	I Think, Therefore....i Am?	Journalism	Honorable Mention
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Cohen	Ellie	11	Placebo	Short Story	Silver Key
MD	St. Bartholomews School	Collins	Kathryn	7	Repeaters	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Honorable Mention
DC	Field School	connaughton	grace	12	Nana	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Cooke	Sarah	12	Lungs	Dramatic Script	Gold Key
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Cooke	Sarah	12	“White-Out”	Poetry	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Cooke	Sarah	12	“The Fallacies Of Old Men”, “In Which I Meet Lucifer”, “He Tells Me Some Things”	Poetry	Silver Key
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Cooke	Sarah	12	Ophelia	Portfolio	Gold Key
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Cooke	Sarah	12	An Elegy For Greta Cohen	Short Story	Gold Key
VA	The Potomac School	Cooper	Mina	8	I'll Be Right There	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
VA	The Potomac School	Cooper	Mina	8	Beautiful Day	Short Story	Gold Key
VA	The Potomac School	Cooper	Mina	8	The Color Of Blood	Short Story	Silver Key
VA	The Potomac School	Cooper	Mina	8	Abandoned Storms	Short Story	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Hayfield Secondary School	Coyle	Meghan	12	College Admissions As a Fairytale	Humor	Honorable Mention
MD	Quince Orchard High School	Cunniff	Sydney	11	“I Should Have Held Your Hand In That Riptide”, “Oh Sylvia”, “Circadian Warfare”, “Skuffuskald”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Robinson Secondary	Davis	Maya	12	Me, My Mac, And I	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key
DC	National Cathedral School	Dayan	Rebecca	11	Wrestling With G-d	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
DC	National Cathedral School	Dayan	Rebecca	11	“A Safe Place”	Poetry	Silver Key
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Dease	Bridget	12	Moment Of Distinction	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Dease	Bridget	12	This Girl's Life	Portfolio	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Delobel	Lucie	11	Screams	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Delrosario	Moises	10	“Mi Madre”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Lake Braddock Secondary	Dennis	Araba	11	Piano Piece	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key
DC	Deal Middle School	Diggs-Galligan	Sophia	7	“Hiding Places”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Deal Middle School	Diggs-Galligan	Sophia	7	“Child Dying”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Deal Middle School	Diggs-Galligan	Sophia	7	“Reflection”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Deal Middle School	Diggs-Galligan	Sophia	7	“Horsie”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Oakton High School	Dolinh	Aline	9	“Immigrant”, “American Dream”, “Daughter One”, “Radio Silence”	Poetry	Gold Key, American Voices, DC Teen Voices
VA	Yorktown High School	Domson	Joanna	10	Hearts, Minds And License Plates	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key
MD	Damascus High School	Donnelly	Victoria	12	The Lost Year	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Doran	Joseph	10	Red, White, Or Blue	Persuasive Writing	Silver Key
DC	National Cathedral School	Durling	Ellie	12	Chatterbox	Portfolio	Honorable Mention
VA	Robinson Secondary	Early	Casey	11	“Jux”, “An Observation In Math Class”, “Dating Chemists”, “Sincerely”, “Mars”, “As Long As There Is Poetry”	Poetry	Silver Key
MD	Montgomery Blair High School	Edouard	Sherlande	12	Emery	Short Story	Honorable Mention
DC	Washington International School - Tregaron Campus	Edwards	Belen	9	Toulouse	Short Story	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	George Mason High School	Eldred	Leah	9	The Moment	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Emanuel	Galen	12	Kingfisher	Portfolio	Silver Key
MD	Rocky Hill Middle School	Evenson	Matthew	7	The Cardinal And The Blue Jay	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
DC	Edmund Burke School	Ewing	Caroline	12	She Lit The Sea	Short Story	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	H-B Woodlawn	Falkenheim	Sophie	7	My Life Under The Vegan Dictatorship	Humor	Silver Key
VA	Yorktown High School	Fields	Jason	11	“Little People”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Yorktown High School	Fields	Jason	11	Washed Away	Short Story	Silver Key
MD	Melvin J Berman Hebrew Academy	Fishman	Dena	11	“Adapt: Popcorn Style”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	National Cathedral School	Forman	Ellie	12	“Glass Paned Pupils”, “Le Peuple”, “This Too Big Space”, “With Unsteady Hands”, “And Also With You”	Poetry	Gold Key
DC	National Cathedral School	Forman	Ellie	12	“what The Living Do”, “Maturely Mock”, “My Soul to Keep- Pantoum to my Brother”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Oakcrest School	Fowler	Isabella	8	The Lighthouse	Short Story	Honorable Mention
MD	French International School	Fromont	Amandine	12	“The Shores of the Mind”, “For the Queen's Sake”, “To Love a Wolf”, “Roads”, “Remember my Taste”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	George C. Marshall High School	Frye	Jessica	12	Green Acres	Portfolio	Honorable Mention
DC	Maret School	Fulcher	Adam	9	They Who Destroyed God	Short Story	Silver Key
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Gaetan	Victoria	10	“Little Demons Feast”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Washington Lee High School	Gajadhar	Kateri	10	“Fat”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Washington Lee High School	Gajadhar	Kateri	10	“The End Of Innocence”	Poetry	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Yorktown High School	Gaylord	Amanda	11	Rotational Reactions	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Gondi	Suhas	12	A Curious Mixture	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
VA	H-B Woodlawn	Goodwin	Noah	11	“100 Years War “	Poetry	Gold Key
MD	Thomas S. Wootton High School	Gunaratne	Sheoli	11	“The Voyager”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Haefner	Alexina	10	Pride	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Haft	Lara	12	“Little Girls Room”, “An Affirmation”, “Sangrias”	Poetry	Gold Key, American Voices, DC Teen Voices
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Haft	Lara	12	Sangrias, Little Girls Room	Portfolio	Gold Key
MD	Montgomery Blair High School	Hammond	Leah	12	La Ferme Du Bonheur	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
DC	Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop	Harris	Sharod	11	“A Rising King”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Harris	Sydney	11	Katherine Anne	Short Story	Silver Key
DC	Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop	Harrison	D'angelo	12	“Dragging My Name Through The Mud”	Poetry	Silver Key
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Hartke-Weber	Madison	12	Black Friday	Dramatic Script	Silver Key
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Hartke-Weber	Madison	12	Black Friday	Portfolio	Silver Key
VA	St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School	Hassell	Haley	9	Unpredictable	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
VA	St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School	Hassell	Haley	9	Gay: Adj.	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
VA	St. Stephen's & St. Agnes School	Hassell	Haley	9	“June”, “July”, “Perfection Of Sin”, “An Effortless Loss”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Hastings	Emma	11	Tissue By Tissue, Cell By Cell	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Hastings	Emma	11	The Sweet Scent Of Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid	Short Story	Gold Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Hastings	Emma	11	The Schizoid Man	Short Story	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Hastings	Emma	11	Your Son Is Dead	Short Story	Silver Key
VA	H-B Woodlawn	Hayes	Amanda	10	“every poem is deficient.”, “lost in transition”, “spectral lines”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	South County High	Hayes	Emily	11	Boy V. Girl	Short Story	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Heilbrun	Caroline	10	Living Without - The Story of Dealing with Celiac Disease	Journalism	Silver Key
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Herriott	Quadaja	11	“Keloid Treatment “	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Herriott	Quadaja	11	“Nine Poem”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Herriott	Quadaja	11	“That Lady”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	George Mason High School	Hinsz	Siana	8	His Dream	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
VA	George Mason High School	Hinsz	Siana	8	Look Away	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
VA	George Mason High School	Hinsz	Siana	8	Twi-bite	Humor	Silver Key
VA	George Mason High School	Hinsz	Siana	8	“Being”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	George Mason High School	Hinsz	Siana	8	Traitor	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Honorable Mention
VA	Oakton High School	Hoang	Elysee	12	Invisible	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
DC	Gonzaga College High School	Hohman	Andrew	11	Incoming Call	Journalism	Honorable Mention
VA	Washington Lee High School	Holtzapple	Katarina	10	Restrictions	Flash Fiction	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
MD	Poolesville High School	Horrigan	Annie	12	“Untitled”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
MD	Stone Ridge School of the Sacred	Howell	Megan	12	Aunt Henrietta	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Stone Ridge School of the Sacred	Howell	Megan	12	Birdsong	Short Story	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Hughes	Christopher	12	Room To Breathe	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
MD	Homeschool	Hurr	Tessa	11	Liminality: Caught Between The Two Worlds Of Society And Wilderness In Twain & Robinson	Persuasive Writing	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Hwang	Aaron	11	The Life And Death Of Eliza Grey	Dramatic Script	Silver Key
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Jacobovitz	Gavrielle	9	Curie Coleman's 16th Experiment On The Psychology Of The Human Mind, Behavior And Beyond	Dramatic Script	Honorable Mention
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Jacobovitz	Gavrielle	9	The Tree	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Honorable Mention
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Jacobovitz	Gavrielle	9	One	Short Story	Silver Key
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Jang	Eun Young	10	“The Impressionist”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Langley High School	Ji	Jessica	11	Incendiary	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
VA	Langley High School	Ji	Jessica	11	Live And Learn	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
VA	Langley High School	Ji	Jessica	11	On Impact	Short Story	Honorable Mention
VA	Langley High School	Ji	Jessica	11	Black Market Hearts	Short Story	Honorable Mention
VA	Oakton High School	Johnson	Hayley	11	“The Prayer of Jean Hélion”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Yorktown High School	Jones	Justin	11	“Transcendence”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Yorktown High School	Jones	Justin	11	“Lupus”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Oakton High School	Jordan	Anna	11	“The Traveler “	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Jung	Saehee	11	A Troublemaker's Hero	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key
DC	Maret School	Kanefield	Eliana	12	“Superwoman”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Thoreau Middle School	Katz	Lyana	7	Call That Star My Own	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
DC	Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop	Kettles	Malik	11	“Looking Out My Cell Window”	Poetry	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Stuart High School	Khalaji	Sydney	10	Surviving The Memories	Short Story	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Khatry	Sarah	12	Our Evolution	Portfolio	Honorable Mention
VA	Fairfax High School	Kihiu	Josephine	11	As Sweet As This Sandwich	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
VA	Fairfax High School	Kihiu	Josephine	11	Ice Cream And A Sunrise	Short Story	Honorable Mention
VA	Kilmer Middle School	Kim	Audra	8	“(1) Bee Prisoners”, “(2) The Cherry Tree”, “(3) Super Pea!”, “(4) Fishie”, “(5) The Voting Poem”	Poetry	Gold Key
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Kirsch	Isabel	7	Family Bonding	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Ko	Syeun	11	A Last Letter	Short Story	Honorable Mention
MD	Quince Orchard High School	Ko	Yumi	11	Destiny	Short Story	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Kodama	Nathan	12	Waiting By The Window	Personal Essay/Memoir	Gold Key
VA	West Springfield High School	Koses	Ben	12	Consequences	Dramatic Script	Honorable Mention
VA	West Springfield High School	Koses	Ben	12	The Window	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
VA	West Springfield High School	Koses	Ben	12	Consequences	Portfolio	Honorable Mention
VA	West Springfield High School	Koses	Ben	12	The Science Of Love	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Silver Key
VA	West Springfield High School	Koses	Ben	12	Of Fire And Fences	Short Story	Honorable Mention, DC Teen Voices
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Kuang	Raynor	12	Roman Youth, Learn The Noble Arts	Personal Essay/Memoir	Gold Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Kuang	Raynor	12	“The Myths: ""Antaeus”, “""Danae in the Prison”, “""The Sphinx”, “or On Looking Into the Museum Photograph”“	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Kuang	Raynor	12	“Breaths: ""Consumption Function”, “""dive”, “""The Moon Is Out Again”, “""Starman”, “""Still Life”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Kuang	Raynor	12	Roman Youth, Learn The Noble Arts	Portfolio	Honorable Mention
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Kules	Genevieve	11	Passing Treasures	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Kules	Genevieve	11	“Friendly Spirits”	Poetry	Silver Key
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Kules	Genevieve	11	Dooda Alah (No Friend)	Short Story	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
DC	Maret School	Kumar	Kiran	11	A Letter To A Champion	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
DC	Maret School	Kumar	Kiran	11	Bathtub Dreams: Beautiful Spies	Short Story	Silver Key
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Laguarda	Sofia	9	Romeo And Juliet	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Laguarda	Sofia	9	Banana Man	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Laguarda	Sofia	9	Three Ways That Music Killed Her	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Lainoff	Lillie	12	Santa Fe	Flash Fiction	Gold Key
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Lainoff	Lillie	12	Finding Shapes In The Sky	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Lainoff	Lillie	12	The Elevator	Personal Essay/Memoir	Gold Key, American Voices, DC Teen Voices
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Lainoff	Lillie	12	Fighting Back	Portfolio	Gold Key
VA	Madison High School	Langley	Ramsey	11	Two Shots	Short Story	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Lanman	David	10	There Once Was A Man	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Washington Lee High School	Larroca	Isabel	11	Rushing Into Things, An Analysis Of The Criticism Of Rush Limbaugh	Persuasive Writing	Honorable Mention
VA	Washington Lee High School	Larroca	Isabel	11	Final Episode, Final Straw	Persuasive Writing	Honorable Mention
VA	Washington Lee High School	Larroca	Isabel	11	At Least You Have Your Health ... Right?	Persuasive Writing	Honorable Mention
VA	Washington Lee High School	Larroca	Isabel	11	“Never Sleeping”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Georgetown Day School	Lasater-Guttmann	Elizabeth	12	Safety	Personal Essay/Memoir	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
DC	Georgetown Day School	Lasater-Guttmann	Hope	7	Goodman	Short Story	Gold Key
MD	Quince Orchard High School	Leavy	Jennifer	12	October's Farewell	Portfolio	Honorable Mention
MD	Winston Churchill High School	Lee	Jessica	12	Gods Gathering Dust, Shattered Hearts, Pomegranate Seeds, Siege Of Fire	Portfolio	Honorable Mention
MD	Quince Orchard High School	Lemieux	Haley	11	Wake	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Quince Orchard High School	Lemieux	Haley	11	“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes”, “Faun”, “This Tornado Loves You”	Poetry	Silver Key
MD	Quince Orchard High School	Lemieux	Haley	11	The Lunar Colony	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Honorable Mention
DC	Deal Middle School	Lewis	Claire	7	The Mysterious Baron Association	Short Story	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Li	Yiyi ""Jessica""	11	Between The Fountain And Trees	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Li	Yiyi ""Jessica""	11	Ode To A Slumbergale	Humor	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Li	Yiyi ""Jessica""	11	“The Veteran on March to Parking Lot”, “The Talk Show Host”, “The Age Of Innocence”, “Virgin Defiled”, “Farewell To Columbia Shuttle”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Liang	Andrew	10	The Beast	Short Story	Honorable Mention
MD	Montgomery Blair High School	Lipten	Sabine	12	Untitiled	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Liu	William	10	Survival	Personal Essay/Memoir	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Gunston Middle School	Lopez	Rafael	8	The Umbrella Parade	Short Story	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
MD	The Heights School	Loria	Michael	12	A Word Will Do	Short Story	Silver Key
MD	Thomas S. Wootton High School	Lowy	Alessandra	9	Perfect	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Thomas S. Wootton High School	Lowy	Alessandra	9	White On White	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Thomas S. Wootton High School	Lowy	Alessandra	9	Sensational Cessation	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Thomas S. Wootton High School	Lowy	Alessandra	9	Swim	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Thomas S. Wootton High School	Lowy	Alessandra	9	A Little Perspective	Persuasive Writing	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
MD	Thomas S. Wootton High School	Lowy	Alessandra	9	“Scelus Leapordus”	Poetry	Silver Key
MD	Thomas S. Wootton High School	Lu	Alice-Yanhong	12	The Genetic Counselor	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
DC	St. Anselm's Abbey School	Luque	Daniel	11	“Courage”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Deal Middle School	Lyons	Anasuya	7	A Castle In The Air	Short Story	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Mahoney	Peter	10	Take The Politics Out Of Climate Change	Persuasive Writing	Silver Key
MD	The Bullis School	Mannuel	Stacey	10	Silence	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
VA	Sandburg Middle School	McAllister	Erin	7	Maze Of Books	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Silver Key
DC	Field School	McClellan	Alexandra	9	Me, Myself, And Sylvia	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
VA	McLean High School	McCune	Elizabeth	11	Blade	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
VA	McLean High School	McCune	Elizabeth	11	“The Rose Hill Sky”, “Infallible Disasters”, “Lessons From A Cactus”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	McLean High School	McCune	Elizabeth	11	“Nightlife Scars”, “Little Mermaid: Variation Il”, “Fingerprints On Water”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	McLean High School	McCune	Elizabeth	11	A Meeting In The Sky	Short Story	Honorable Mention
MD	Westland Middle School	Mckee	Marcus	7	Bob McJoe	Short Story	Honorable Mention, DC Teen Voices
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Mckinney	Daniel	10	The Master Of His Fate	Short Story	Silver Key
DC	Maret School	McLish	Jennifer	9	The Universe In A Clementine	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
DC	Maret School	McLish	Jennifer	9	A Murder of Crows	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
DC	Maret School	McLish	Jennifer	9	Hebrew School	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	George C. Marshall High School	Merideth	Molly	12	A Beautifully Interesting Title (will Edit Later?)	Short Story	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Merriman-Goldring	Rachel	12	The Voices We Must Hear	Persuasive Writing	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Merriman-Goldring	Rebecca	10	\dirt\	Short Story	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Meyers	Isabel	10	Wolf Child	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Honorable Mention
VA	H-B Woodlawn	Michos	Kendall	10	There's an Alligator Under the Bed	Short Story	Silver Key
MD	Homeschool	Miller	Jessica	9	Did That Just Happen?	Humor	Honorable Mention
MD	Quince Orchard High School	Milwit	Lily	11	White Dwarf	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Charles Herbert Flowers High School	Montgomery	Josalyn	12	The Dam, Retrospect, Born Of Two, Rooftops	Portfolio	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Moore	Gavin	10	Appol and the iStick	Humor	Silver Key
DC	Georgetown Day School	Morsink	Kalila	10	“I Should Like To Walk Through Life”, “Comet Hour”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Georgetown Day School	Morsink	Kalila	10	Dapperdaft And Needleshine	Short Story	Silver Key
MD	Sherwood High School	Murphy	Katie	11	Barn In A Field	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Sherwood High School	Murphy	Katie	11	Beautiful Smiles	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Muthakana	Hariank	10	The Struggle For Education Reform	Persuasive Writing	Silver Key
VA	Yorktown High School	Napper	Corinne	11	“Tom Robinson”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Twain Middle School	NewRingeisen	Erin	7	“Pain”	Poetry	Gold Key
VA	Twain Middle School	NewRingeisen	Erin	7	“Sunrise”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Nguyen	Mimi	10	Duty Of The Firtsborn	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Noursi	David	10	A Seven Pointed Economy	Persuasive Writing	Honorable Mention
MD	Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School	O'Dowd	Lily	9	The Calico	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Silver Key
DC	Edmund Burke School	Okun	Julia	11	Chapstick	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
DC	Edmund Burke School	Okun	Julia	11	Apartment 308	Short Story	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Omeish	Anwar	11	I Found Him In The Ballot Box	Personal Essay/Memoir	Gold Key, American Voices, DC Teen Voices
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Omeish	Anwar	11	“Mihi: To My Body”, “To My Mind”, “To My Soul”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Omeish	Anwar	11	“Evanescence: Thursday Afternoon”, “Or”, “A Five-day Death”, “Shoelace”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Omeish	Anwar	11	“Corporations Are People Too”, “My Friend”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Omeish	Anwar	11	“A Song Of Stardust”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Omeish	Anwar	11	“Soldier”	Poetry	Silver Key
MD	Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School	Orbach	Milena	9	“Ghosts Of The Living”, “Connections”, “Love For Cynics”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
MD	Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School	Orbach	Milena	9	Sky	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Silver Key
VA	George C. Marshall High School	Orobaton	Ivie	10	“The Voyage”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	George C. Marshall High School	Orobaton	Ivie	10	The Iron Fist	Short Story	Honorable Mention
DC	Georgetown Day School	Page	Gillian	9	“Ocean Nights”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Georgetown Day School	Page	Gillian	9	Seashells	Short Story	Gold Key
DC	Georgetown Day School	Page	Gillian	9	Photographs	Short Story	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Page	Rachel	9	Four Ways She May Have Turned To Stone	Flash Fiction	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Page	Rachel	9	Maps	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Page	Rachel	9	Fresh Air	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Page	Rachel	9	A Wilson Wedding Story	Journalism	Silver Key
VA	Yorktown High School	Pages	Madeline	12	Little Mermaid	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
VA	Yorktown High School	Pages	Madeline	12	Little Mermaid	Portfolio	Silver Key
VA	H-B Woodlawn	Paris	Cassie	12	Club Heaven	Portfolio	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	James Madison High School	Park	Howoong	11	Let it Blossom	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
VA	James Madison High School	Park	Jeunghyun	12	What Liitle He Did Was Not In Vain	Journalism	Gold Key
VA	George Mason High School	Parnell	Anna	8	The Mess Of The Universe	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Albert Einstein High School	Pascual	Francesca	12	Far Too Personal	Personal Essay/Memoir	Gold Key
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Patrong	Khat	11	re: history of love	Flash Fiction	Gold Key, American Voices, DC Teen Voices
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Patrong	Khat	11	Christmas	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
MD	Paint Branch High School	Paulsen	Kiera	12	Sometimes I Wake Up Tired	Personal Essay/Memoir	Gold Key
MD	Paint Branch High School	Paulsen	Kiera	12	Sometimes I Wake Up Tired	Portfolio	Honorable Mention
MD	Paint Branch High School	Paulsen	Kiera	12	What The Wind Took	Short Story	Honorable Mention
DC	National Cathedral School	Perlmutter	Alexa	8	The Way Christmas Used To Be	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
DC	National Cathedral School	Perlmutter	Alexa	8	“Dreams”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	National Cathedral School	Perlmutter	Alexa	8	“Mother in Common”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Congressional Schools of Virginia	Phaltankar	Julia	8	Mightier Than the Sword	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
VA	Congressional Schools of Virginia	Phaltankar	Julia	8	The End Of The Rope	Short Story	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Piller	Melanie	10	“The Boy Who Walked With The Stars”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Maret School	Pomper	Anna	11	The Last Stop	Short Story	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Robinson Secondary	Posadas	Marianthy	12	Little Thoughts	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
VA	Robinson Secondary	Posadas	Marianthy	12	My World	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
VA	Homeschool	Price	Rachel	8	Daisies	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Stone Ridge School of the Sacred	Primosch	Anna	11	The Cloakroom	Personal Essay/Memoir	Gold Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Puranen	Emma	11	Our Own Earth	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Honorable Mention
MD	Thomas S. Wootton High School	Pyo	Juliana	11	Starting Is Half The Task	Journalism	Silver Key
VA	Jefferson Middle School	Randolph	Sierra	8	“Starting Over”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Reinsel	Madeline	11	How to Write an Award-Winning Piece: Five Methods for Achieving Fame	Humor	Honorable Mention
MD	Holton-Arms School	Robinson	Adia	11	Sisters.	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
DC	Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop	Robinson	Alonzo	12	“Life Story”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Rosenthal	Annie	10	Fourteen And Pregnant?	Journalism	Silver Key
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Rosenthal	Annie	10	“On Your Ninetieth Birthday”	Poetry	Silver Key
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Rosenthal	Annie	10	The Most Beautiful Girls In The World	Short Story	Honorable Mention
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Sanchez	Dario	12	“A Couple Of Phantoms (Reflection”, “The Figure)”	Poetry	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Sarraille	Ben	11	“Atlas”, “The Blacksmith”, “5 Kilometers”, “Parade”, “The Last Tree”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Edmund Burke School	Schifferes	Juliana	9	The Death Of Ganja-Scythia	Short Story	Silver Key
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Schneider	Emily	11	Carpe Diem	Short Story	Honorable Mention
DC	Georgetown Day School	Schulman	Kyra	11	The Honorable Soldier	Short Story	Honorable Mention
VA	Oakton High School	Schwarz	Marriya	9	Tattered Soles	Short Story	Honorable Mention
VA	Yorktown High School	Schweikert	Ned	11	Up on the Rooftop	Humor	Honorable Mention
VA	Yorktown High School	Schweikert	Ned	11	Dichaeologia	Humor	Silver Key
DC	Woodrow Wilson Senior High School	Shapiro	Eva	9	On The Other Hand, Lonely Is An Overused Word	Short Story	Gold Key
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Sharaf	Mona	10	“Loss”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Sharaf	Mona	10	“Sharaf”	Poetry	Honorable Mention, DC Teen Voices
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Simon	Will	11	“Refrain Du Gondolier”	Poetry	Silver Key
MD	Winston Churchill High School	Singh	Chaitanya	10	Whispers Of The Past	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention, DC Teen Voices
MD	Holton-Arms School	Sion	Shea	8	Puppet	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
MD	Holton-Arms School	Sion	Shea	8	Surviving The Zombie Apocalypse Known as Middle School	Short Story	Honorable Mention
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Smith	Barrett	11	Magician Of Change	Personal Essay/Memoir	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
MD	Winston Churchill High School	Smith	Greer	11	Montgomery County Rapper Rises To Fame	Journalism	Honorable Mention
MD	Westland Middle School	Smith	Molly	8	The Summer Of Spirin	Short Story	Honorable Mention
VA	Rocky Run Middle School	Song	Paulina	7	A Thousand Tears	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
VA	Rocky Run Middle School	Song	Paulina	7	No Regrets	Short Story	Honorable Mention
VA	Westfield High School	Sosa	Carolina	10	The Housekeeper's Daughter	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Yorktown High School	Stavrou	Olivia	11	Symbiosis	Dramatic Script	Gold Key
DC	Washington International School - Tregaron Campus	Sullivan	Noor	11	The Gravity In Rhythm	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Honorable Mention
VA	McLean High School	Tamarina	Polina	12	A Self Portrait	Portfolio	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Stuart High School	Tesema	Hilina	12	Ethical Dillema	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key
DC	Duke Ellington School of the Arts	Thomas	Ajani	10	Rameses Ii	Dramatic Script	Silver Key
VA	Centreville High School	Tropea	Elisabeth	12	“Honest”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Centreville High School	Tropea	Elisabeth	12	“Loud”, “Sample”, “Stitch”, “Raw Feet”, “Olivia”	Poetry	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Oakton High School	Tubbs	Heidi	11	Saving Lives by Default: Presumed Consent for Organ Donation	Persuasive Writing	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Veroneau	Samuel	10	Winning the Battle Against MRSA	Journalism	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Wang	Zoe	10	In Pursuit of Justice	Short Story	Silver Key
VA	Bishop Denis J. O Connell	Watson	Thomas	11	Sacrifice	Science Fiction/Fantasy	Honorable Mention
MD	Stone Ridge School of the Sacred	Wellisz	Olenka	8	A Brief History Of Rhodes	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
MD	Stone Ridge School of the Sacred	Wellisz	Olenka	8	The True Origin Of The Cheddar Goldfish Snack	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
MD	Stone Ridge School of the Sacred	Wellisz	Olenka	8	Xefagenks	Short Story	Silver Key
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Werner	Lexie	12	A Patralini Affair	Short Story	Honorable Mention
MD	Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School	Wildavsky	Aaron	12	The Elephant In The Room	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key
VA	Lake Braddock Secondary	Williams	Divya	12	State Of Being	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
DC	Luke C. Moore Academy Senior High School	wilson	khadijah	12	Detaching from stigmas	Personal Essay/Memoir	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
MD	Little Flower School	Winkler	Julia	7	Sandy	Flash Fiction	Honorable Mention
MD	Little Flower School	Winkler	Julia	7	“Artist's Haiku”	Poetry	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
MD	Little Flower School	Winkler	Julia	7	Daydreams	Short Story	Silver Key
DC	Georgetown Day School	Wirtz	Megan	10	The Bitter Truth	Persuasive Writing	Gold Key
MD	Walt Whitman High School	Wolfe	Emma	9	“Almost”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Trinity Christian School	Won	Alexander	9	“Untitled”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Wong	Jade	12	“How Bookshelves Were Invented”, “Footnotes to Summertime”, “Voyages”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Sidwell Friends School	Wong	Jade	12	How Bookshelves Were Invented; Jakarta, Indonesia; Passivity of a Bottom Dweller; To the Knight; Imprints of Nostalgia	Portfolio	Honorable Mention
MD	Homeschool	Wright	Kamaria	12	“We Stand Together “	Poetry	Honorable Mention
VA	Thomas Jefferson HS of Science and Technology	Wu	Jessica	10	Forgotten Rainbows	Personal Essay/Memoir	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Xu	Suzanne	11	On The Virtues Of Inanimate Objects	Humor	Silver Key
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Xu	Suzanne	11	A Sister's Connection	Short Story	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Yan	Megan	12	“learning curve i”, “learning curve ii”	Poetry	Silver Key
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Yan	Megan	12	“Philosophy Of Grief”	Poetry	Silver Key
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Yan	Megan	12	learning curve i, learning curve ii	Portfolio	Silver Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Oakton High School	Yaremchuk	Emily	12	“Rebirth Revenge”	Poetry	Gold Key, DC Teen Voices
VA	Oakton High School	Yaremchuk	Emily	12	“In The Arms Of Ruin”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
MD	Thomas S. Wootton High School	Yeatts-Lonske	Ariana	12	“Six Ways To Weep”, “Optimism”, “Reincarnation Request”, “The School That Secrets Built”, “Love”	Poetry	Silver Key
VA	Centreville High School	Yoon	Esther	12	The Silent Affair	Portfolio	Honorable Mention
VA	Yorktown High School	Youcha	Emma	11	Crumbling	Short Story	Silver Key
VA	Islamic Saudi Academy	Zaidan	Heba	10	Masks	Dramatic Script	Honorable Mention
MD	Richard Montgomery High School	Zeng	Katherine	11	Petrichor	Flash Fiction	Silver Key
VA	Rocky Run Middle School	Zhao	Christine	7	“Angels Die”	Poetry	Silver Key
MD	Briggs Chaney Middle School	Zhu	Kyle	7	Starting Schools Later To Let Teens Hit The Sack and Get More Sleeping Time	Journalism	Silver Key
MD	Briggs Chaney Middle School	Zhu	Kyle	7	Running On	Personal Essay/Memoir	Silver Key
MD	Briggs Chaney Middle School	Zhu	Kyle	7	“I Love you Grandaddy”	Poetry	Honorable Mention
DC	Deal Middle School	Zizka	Eliza	7	A Story Not Meant To Be Read Out Loud	Short Story	Gold Key