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2021 CONNECTICUT STUDENT WRITERS CONTEST student AWARDS
Thanks to all the students and their teachers who submitted pieces for the 2021 Connecticut Student Writers contest.
They are all winners because they are developing as writers and they are on their way to being productive and successful
young people. Special congratulations go to the students listed in the table below who received Platinum, Gold, Silver,
and Honorable Mention (HM) awards in the 2021 Connecticut Student Writers contest. The table is sorted by grade level,
genre, and award category. All Platinum award winners will be published in the 2021 Connecticut Student Writers
magazine. Connecticut Student Writers magazines are available online on the Connecticut Writing Project website.
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Melia Luo Annie E. Vinton Elementary School
Marcy Rudge The Blue Moon Art Kindergarten PLATINUM
Rory Ford CREC Ana Grace Academy of the Arts Elementary
Magnet School
Sue Files Sunny Day Smiles
Art Kindergarten PLATINUM
Braxton Brown North Street School Emily Handel The Gym Non-Fiction
Kindergarten PLATINUM
Laurel Golych North Street School Liz Aube My Mom Non-
Fiction Kindergarten PLATINUM
Marshall Rabbett North Street School Noreen Mitchell Weekend at the
Park
Non-
Fiction Kindergarten PLATINUM
Natalie Clifford Head O'Meadow Elementary
School
Beth Taverna How To Make A
Cat Mask Non-
Fiction Kindergarten PLATINUM
2
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
TJ Wells CREC Ana Grace Academy
of the Arts Elementary
Magnet School
Sue Files My Story Non-
Fiction Kindergarten PLATINUM
Amelia Luo Annie E. Vinton Elementary
School
Marcy Rudge The Blue Moon Poetry Kindergarten PLATINUM
Max
Kurzatkowski
Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Sharon Byron Winter Art 1 PLATINUM
Robert Perlmutter
Anna Reynolds Elementary School
Lesley Keener “Cat-tastic” Day in the Park
Art 1 PLATINUM
Owen Gietzen Northeast Academy Arts
Magnet School
Allison Brown The Box Brothers Fiction 1 PLATINUM
Colette McKeown North Street School Evilija
Malinauskaite
The Best Snack in
the World
Non-
Fiction 1 PLATINUM
Jolie Nguyen Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Sharon Byron How to Grow a
Plant Non-
Fiction 1 PLATINUM
Lily Wilson Hopewell Elementary School Julie Brennan How to Read Non-
Fiction 1 PLATINUM
Lindsey Rodriguez
Hopewell Elementary School Jessica Wolf When I Cut My Hair
Non-Fiction
1 PLATINUM
Owen Gietzen Northeast Academy Arts
Magnet School
Allison Brown All About Zooming Non-
Fiction 1 HM
Owen Gietzen Northeast Academy Arts
Magnet School
Allison Brown Our Walks Poetry 1 PLATINUM
Bethany George Home schooled Sharon George Sunset In The City Art 2 PLATINUM
Jon-Sherman
Ponder
Breakthrough Magnet
School North
Maria Milanez-
Miller
Crying Art 2 PLATINUM
3
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Jon-Sherman
Ponder
Breakthrough Magnet
School North
Maria Milanez-
Miller
Drawing Art 2 PLATINUM
Tessa Mirabello Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Jeff Helming An Amazing Day Fiction 2 PLATINUM
Keira Murphy Squadron Line Elementary Nadia Egan Ending Up In the
Laundry Fiction 2 GOLD
Jon-Sherman Ponder
Breakthrough Magnet School North
Maria Milanez-Miller
Blackclaw and Brownstripe Fiction 2 SILVER
Kylie Lewis Tariffville School NIcole White The Gemstone Fiction 2 SILVER
Logan Gomes Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Eve Davis Charlie and the Pet
Store Fiction 2 SILVER
Maya Szewczyk Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Jeff Helming Maya and the police
snowman patrol Fiction 2 SILVER
Miriam Paige Naubuc Elementary School Tierney Zuba Double Double
Trouble Trouble Fiction 2 SILVER
Riley Kaseta John Paterson Elementary
School
Andrea Obert-
Hahn
Roxy and Penelope Fiction 2 SILVER
Josephine Nogiec Glastonbury East Hartford
Magnet School
Jennifer Senick The Day I Got
Zelda Fiction 2 HM
Julia Antico Tootin' Hills School Catherine Hoerle Lucy's Adventure Fiction 2 HM
Mihika Gupta Naubuc Elementary School Tierney Zuba Alyssa and Sunny: Friends for Life
Fiction 2 HM
Parker Dionne Tootin' Hills School Catherine Hoerle Jack, Andy and the
Giant Snowman Fiction 2 HM
4
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Robert Todaro Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Jeffrey Helming The Haunted
House Fiction 2 HM
Skylar Noel Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Eve Davis Rose the Unicorn
and Friends Save
Unicorn High School
Fiction 2 HM
Carter McHugh Bakerville Consolidated Tara Ljubuncic Bike Riding Non-
Fiction 2 PLATINUM
Evan Ribeiro Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Melissa Bornas All About Sharks Non-
Fiction 2 PLATINUM
Angela Vacca Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Eve Davis My Birthday
Parade Non-
Fiction 2 SILVER
Charlotte Clifford Head O'Meadow Rosemarie
Costello
Martin Luther
King Jr Essay
Non-
Fiction 2 SILVER
Elle McDavid John Paterson Elementary School
Andrea Obert-Hahn
Bears Non-
Fiction 2 SILVER
Hudson Behan John Paterson Elementary School
Andrea Obert-Hahn
Timmy's Take on Video Games
Non-
Fiction 2 HM
Jaxson Konopka Central School Nancy Montemerl
The Dodgeball Game
Non-Fiction
2 HM
Lillian Nogiec Glastonbury East Hartford
Magnet School
Jennifer Senick All About Jellyfish Non-
Fiction 2 HM
Sadie Habel North Street School Julie Newell Fun Facts About
Deer
Non-
Fiction 2 HM
Claire Stephenson Squadron Line Elementary
School
Maureen Billings Winter Dance Poetry 2 PLATINUM
5
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
William O'Brien Squadron Line Elementary
Schools
Maureen Billings Hot Chocolate Poetry 2 PLATINUM
Arth Sharma Academy of Aerospace and
Engineering
Christopher
Gordon
Racial Segregation Poetry 2 SILVER
Tessa Mirabello Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Jeff Helming Winter Poetry 2 SILVER
Apeksha Vejendla CREC Discovery Academy Jennifer Shannon Fireplace Fun Poetry 2 HM
Chelsea Whitman Squadron Line Elementary
School
Maureen Billings Sisters Poetry 2 HM
Katherine Farley North Street School Laura Sullivan The Emotion
Poem Poetry 2 HM
Sydney Coleman Squadron Line Elementary
School
Maureen Billings Winter Cookies Poetry 2 HM
Adele Morgan Tootin' Hills Elementary
School
Tisa Beaudoin Green Eye Art 3 PLATINUM
Gabriel de Dios Buttonball Lane Elementary
School
Genessa
Zickefoose
Snowy Day Art 3 PLATINUM
Olivia Perlmutter Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Angela Boudreau Seashells in
“Parrot-ise” Art 3 PLATINUM
Jacob Abbate Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen The Adventures of
Super Orange Art 3 GOLD
Pranav Durai Buttonball Lane school Julie Veschi The Dino Escape Fiction 3 PLATINUM
Tharan Chimmiri Buttonball Lane School Genessa
Zickefoose
Operation Oxygen Fiction 3 PLATINUM
Audrey Morris Hebron Avenue School Kelly Celio Rockefeller Fiction 3 SILVER
6
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Daniel Huo Nayaug School Jennifer Barone Steve and the
Ender Dragon Fiction 3 SILVER
Graham Gietzen Northeast Academy Arts Magnet School
Erin Dozier The Wedding Incident Fiction 3 SILVER
Adele Morgan Tootin' Hills Elementary School
Christine Neskie The Time I Drank Too Much Seltzer
at Once
Fiction 3 HM
Amelia Reid Hebron Avenue Elementary Kelly Celio Treasure of the Sea Fiction 3 HM
Bennett Orlando Hebron Avenue Elementary Kelly Celio The Great Big
Waterslide!!!! Fiction 3 HM
Dace Lewchik Squadron Line Elementary School
Nicole Harold The Man and the Well Fiction 3 HM
Noelle Linskey Anna Reynolds Elementary School
Angela Boudreau The Astronauts' Adventure Fiction 3 HM
Arth Sharma CREC Academy of Aerospace & Engineering
Elementary School
Christopher Gordon
Racial Segregation Non-
Fiction 3 PLATINUM
Olivia Ferguson Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Angela Boudreau All About
Dachshunds
Non-
Fiction 3 SILVER
Denzel Espinal Waddell Elementary School Stephanie Case Sharks Aren't Scary Non-
Fiction 3 HM
Grishma
Neupane
Wolcott Elementry School Lorie Campagna My experience in
Nepal
Non-
Fiction 3 HM
Lillian Brownbill-
Wormstedt
Waddell Elementary School Stephanie Case All About Among
Us
Non-
Fiction 3 HM
7
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Phoebe Stowers Anna Reynolds Rebecca Voisine Finding Out I’d Be
A New Big Sister
When Covid-19 First Started!
Non-
Fiction 3 HM
Saanvi Jahagirdar Catherine Kolnaski Steam
Magnet School
Devon Newman Let us All Be
Rainbows Non-
Fiction 3 HM
Allison Boyle Latimer Lane School Heather
O'Connor
The Atlantic Ocean Poetry 3 PLATINUM
Ava Rodgers Latimer Lane School Heather
O'Connor
The Ocean Poetry 3 PLATINUM
Gavin Roberts Latimer Lane School Heather O'Connor
The Calm Water Hike
Poetry 3 PLATINUM
Ashley Thorpe Wheeler Elementary School Karen Kamens The Sun Poetry 3 HM
Carolina Katigbak Hopewell School Julianne Veschi The Tree Poetry 3 HM
Gavin Roberts Latimer Lane School Heather
O'Connor
The Calm Water
Hike Poetry 3 HM
Jackson Fournier Latimer Lane School Heather O'Connor
The Birds and the Snowy Day
Poetry 3 HM
Annabelle Hobbs Central School Kelsey Marconis Choose Love Art 4 PLATINUM
Divija Adhikary Crystal Lake Elementary
School
Melusia Menard Frosty The
Snowman Art 4 PLATINUM
Emily Meng South School Michael Herold Bald Eagle Art 4 PLATINUM
Emily Meng South School Michael Herold Phoenix Art 4 GOLD
Emily Meng South School Michael Herold Tiger Art 4 GOLD
8
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Nayan Varma CREC International Magnet
School
Theodore
Martinez
After the Sunset Art 4 GOLD
Kinley Cincotta Eli Terry Elementary School Jacquie Childree Dan the Lion Fiction 4 PLATINUM
Lucas Raymond Squadron Line Elementary
School
Susan Johnson Mango Plays
Baseball Fiction 4 PLATINUM
Sanchaya
Vibranarayanan
Crystal Lake Elementary
School
Cecily Sam A Cold, Snowy
Morning on Crystal
Lake Road
Fiction 4 PLATINUM
Gabriella Cultrera John Paterson Elementary
School
Marsha Carson A Girl Who Loved
Football Fiction 4 GOLD
Leah Mazzaccaro Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Jackie Marek The Walk That
Changed My Life Fiction 4 SILVER
Nika Karahalios Buttonball Lane Elementary School
Lynnie Richardson
WhatsHisFace 2 Fiction 4 SILVER
Emily Meng South School michael Herold Sailboat Fiction 4 HM
Emily St.
Arnauld
Orchard Hill Elementary
School
Grace McKenna 13th Labor Fiction 4 HM
Emmie O'Connor
Leighton
Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Jaime Laferriere Not For Me Fiction 4 HM
Isla Tuohey Squadron Line Elementary
School
Melissa
Champagne
Sienna Bronson
And The Case Of
The Missing
Gingerbread House
Fiction 4 HM
Nayan Varma CREC International Magnet
School
Theodore
Martinez
How I Dealt With
the Mouster Fiction 4 HM
9
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Sophie Reynolds Litchfield Intermediate
School
Kelly Leifert THE
CREEPIEST
NIGHT OF THE YEAR
Fiction 4 HM
Ria Parikh Hopewell Elementary School Lynnie
Richardson
Beautiful
Butterflies
Non-
Fiction 4 PLATINUM
Emily Meng South School Michael Herold The Expression of
My Heart
Non-
Fiction 4 SILVER
Madison Devanney
Anna Reynolds Elementary School
Jaime Laferriere Llama Non-
Fiction 4 SILVER
Michaela Crooks Anna Reynolds Elementary School
Jackie Marek Coronavirus written by Michaela
Crooks
Non-
Fiction 4 HM
Emily Meng South School Michael Herold Winter Day Poetry 4 PLATINUM
Sophie Reynolds Litchfield Intermediate School
Kelly Leifert The Horse Poetry 4 PLATINUM
Annabelle Hobbs Central School Kelsey Marconis The Sea Poetry 4 SILVER
Jasdey Harris
Meneses
Ana Grace Academy of the
Arts Elementary Magnet
School
Dana M
McCorkle
Hero's dream
Poetry 4 SILVER
Riley Haggerty Anna Reynolds Elementary
School
Meredith Faenza Hope is in the air! Poetry 4 SILVER
Divija Adhikary Crystal Lake Elementary
School
Melusia Menard Tree By Divija
Adhikary Poetry 4 HM
Nayan Varma CREC International Magnet
School
Theodore
Martinez
The Giant Wish Poetry 4 HM
10
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Hazel Ronald Bugbee Elementary School Danielle
Herbette
A Hopeful Mandala Art 5 PLATINUM
Olivia Childs Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Eye See You Art 5 PLATINUM
Sadie Eppinger Bugbee Elementary School Danielle
Herbette
Beads in a Clear
Bowl Art 5 PLATINUM
Bea Renwick Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Giraffe Art 5 GOLD
Duaa Khan John Wallace Middle School Tara Fitzsimons Melting Earth 🌍
(poetry and art) Art 5 SILVER
Lavely Corbin Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Looking Ahead Art 5 SILVER
Sophie Redett Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Man with
Surfboard Art 5 SILVER
Imaan Khan John Wallace middle school Tara Fitzsimons A Hard Era Fiction 5 PLATINUM
Jack Bellizzi Remote Learning
Experience (RLE) Elementary School
Jennifer Stanish The Mystery of the
TROUBLE CLEF Fiction 5 PLATINUM
Remi Frankel Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Baby Mouse and
the “Cat”-astrophe Fiction 5 SILVER
Avery Lang Bugbee Elementary School Lynn Czernicki Camille's Hope Fiction 5 HM
Emma
Nascimento
Tootin’ Hills Elmentary Tamara
Tousignant
Keys Non-
Fiction 5 PLATINUM
Remi Frankel Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Morning Walk in
Hawaii
Non-
Fiction 5 PLATINUM
Ella Harris Wells Road Intermediate
School
Kaytlyn
Ferrando
Types of
Friendship Non-
Fiction 5 HM
Allison Lang Lake Street School Nicole Guillet Elementary School
Classroom Poetry 5 PLATINUM
11
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Caroline Boulter Bugbee Elementary School Danielle
Herbette
I Know Poetry 5 PLATINUM
Justin Evans CREC Ana Grace Academy of the Arts Elementary
School
Laura Chause Black Lives Matter Rap Song Poetry 5 GOLD
Xavion Clinton CREC Ana Grace Academy
of the Arts Elementary
School
Laura Chause Black Lives Matter
Freestyle Rap Poetry 5 GOLD
Juliet Caulfield Latimer Lane Elementary School
Melanie Swider Wenz
Twas the Year of Corona Poetry 5 SILVER
Nidhi Vijayakumar
CREC Academy of Aerospace Engineering
Elementary School
Kristina Stasaitis We March Like A Band Poetry 5 SILVER
Olivia Tavares North Stonington
Elementary School
Jane Servidio The Owl Poetry 5 SILVER
Anika Mandela CREC Academy of
Aerospace Engineering
Elementary School
Kristina Stasaitis Change
Poetry 5 HM
Courtney Thorpe Wheeler Elementary School Lindsay Crane Cardinal Poetry 5 HM
Ryder Morton Bugbee Elementary School Danielle
Herbette
Colors Poetry 5 HM
Andrew Garfinkle Beecher Road School Elizabeth Heagney
Peaceful Sky Art 6 PLATINUM
Charlotte Diviney Squadron Line Elementary
School
Carrie Creech Fire's Cold Edge Art 6 PLATINUM
Olivia Walton Squadron Line Elementary
School
Jeffrey Hall The State of the
Union Art 6 PLATINUM
12
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Atlee Teillon Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo Rainbow Art 6 GOLD
Caroline Slepinin Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen The Re-creation of
Adam Art 6 GOLD
Chelsea Phaire Westside Middle School
Academy
Jennifer Blue Looking to the
future Art 6 GOLD
Logan Hoang Timothy Edwards Middle
School
John Stinchon Locked Down Art 6 GOLD
Tessa Smith Ledyard Middle School Tessa O'Leary Hedwig Brings A
Letter Art 6 GOLD
Debduti
Chatterjee
Timothy Edwards Middle
School
Kristin Churila My Heavenly
Mountain Canvas Art 6 SILVER
Eva Cintron Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo End of Winter Art 6 SILVER
Eva Di Garbo Ledyard Middle School Rebecca Snay Birds in the Sun Art 6 SILVER
Evelyn Cohen Tootin’ Hills Elementary
School
Frank Zuliani Seeking the Light Art 6 SILVER
Isabella Torres Tootin’ Hills Elementary
School
Karen Barnes decorative butterfly Art 6 SILVER
Latham
Fothergill
Ledyard Middle School Rebecca Snay The Tiger Art 6 SILVER
Peter Armstrong Ledyard Middle School Rebecca Snay Cool Dude Art 6 SILVER
Krisha Sinha Thompson Brook School Alison Warren Rebirth Fiction 6 PLATINUM
Abby Kesmodel Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo A Nautical
Adventure Fiction 6 GOLD
Savannah Castle Granby Memorial Middle
School
Shirley Cowles The Three Words Fiction 6 GOLD
13
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Ava Parente Timothy Edwards Middle
School
John Stinchon Dragon Paint by
Ava Parente Fiction 6 SILVER
Tanvi Mishra Timothy Edwards Middle
School
John Stinchon A BFG Fanfiction Fiction 6 SILVER
Cecilia Heyworth Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo A Dog's View: The
Pandemic from a
Dog's Perspective
Fiction 6 HM
Esha Malli Timothy Edwards Middle
School
John Stinchon Lighting Bugs Fiction 6 HM
Evan Glynn Gideon Welles School Suzanne Lips Soccer Fail? Fiction 6 HM
Hanyasai
Ramakrishnan
Timothy Edwards John Stinchon The Outer World
of Earth Fiction 6 HM
Jayden Korber Gideon Welles School Eileen McIntyre Leaving Me Fiction 6 HM
Makaleigh Kline Nathan Hale Middle School Bryan Kirby The Story of
Peyton Fiction 6 HM
Sophia Narkawicz Tolland Middle School Melanie
VanOstrand
Lost Wishes Fiction 6 HM
Abby Kesmodel Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo Where You'll Find
Me
Non-
Fiction 6 PLATINUM
Aryana Patel Tootin' Hills Elementary
School
Peggy Bruno Football is
Menacing to Players
Non-
Fiction 6 PLATINUM
Bari Mounty Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen The Hard Work
Paid Off
Non-
Fiction 6 GOLD
Taylor Ginman Gideon Welles School Eileen McIntyre Skiing Non-
Fiction 6 GOLD
14
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Atlee Teillon Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo The Lonely Trail Non-
Fiction 6 SILVER
Jane Carty Timothy Edwards Middle School
Sarah Foster Shrimp Juice in the Chocolate Ganache
Non-
Fiction 6 SILVER
Sadie Ginman Gideon Welles School Eileen McIntyre Painted Sky Non-Fiction
6 SILVER
Cecilia Estrada Granby Memorial Middle
School
Shirley Cowles A Brook That's
Lost Its Way Non-
Fiction 6 HM
Esha Malli Timothy Edwards Middle
School
John Stinchon It all went
downhill....or did it? Non-
Fiction 6 HM
Leelah Mouradov Gideon Welles School Eileen McIntyre The Big Swing Non-
Fiction 6 HM
Liam Rodriguez JFK Middle School Sarah
Chadbourne
My Body is a
Prison
Non-
Fiction 6 HM
Emma Mao Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo Four-year-old Dream
Poetry 6 PLATINUM
Jackson Baron Gideon Welles School Deborah Nelson Rise Poetry 6 PLATINUM
Miranda King Schaghticoke Middle School Amy D'Orio Fall Poetry 6 PLATINUM
Evelyn Cohen Tootin' Hills Elementary
School
Frank Zuliani Aging Poetry 6 GOLD
Nora Carty Timothy Edwards Middle
School
Sarah Foster Where I'm From Poetry 6 GOLD
Abby Kesmodel Greenwich Academy Maureen Corbo Houses and Homes Poetry 6 SILVER
Amelia Ditzel Woodstock Middle School Aaron Murray Lost Poetry 6 SILVER
Bari Mounty Greenwich Academy Dana Johansen Waves Catching Poetry 6 SILVER
15
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Kailey Townsend Woodbury Elementary
School
Caroline South Follow Your
Dreams Poetry 6 SILVER
Nandini Panigrahi
Talcott Mountain Academy May J. Hartell The Lockdown Poetry 6 SILVER
Skylar Cimino Ledyard Middle School Tessa O'Leary Chairs Poetry 6 SILVER
Ananya
Lingamallu
Gideon Welles School Suzanne Lips Robin Poetry 6 HM
Armin Alahyari Gideon Welles School Eileen McIntyre New Book Poetry 6 HM
Calen Kuiper Gideon Welles School Eileen McIntyre Lizard Skin Poetry 6 HM
Evan Glynn Gideon Welles School Suzanne Lips Door Poetry 6 HM
Ilana
Mezheritskiy
Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell The One Who Was
Responsible Poetry 6 HM
Kayla Lin Mansfield Middle School Margaret Cofrancesco
Hot Air Balloons Art 7 PLATINUM
Linda Chen Amity Middle School
Bethany
Daniel Proto Landscape Art 7 PLATINUM
Mihika Joshi Timothy Edwards Middle
School
Julianna Lyons Little Blue Rooster Art 7 PLATINUM
Vanessa Slepinin Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen From the Flowers Art 7 PLATINUM
Abby Ditzel Woodstock Middle School Elizabeth Costa Welcome 2021-
Rejoice! Art 7 GOLD
Adhiti Parupalli Ellington Middle School Emma Czaplinski
Pots and Cups Art 7 GOLD
Janet Fan Amity Middle School
Bethany
Daniel Proto The Forest of
Winter Spirits Art 7 GOLD
16
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Will Sleavin Granby Memorial Middle
School
Shirley Cowles Brown Trout Art 7 GOLD
Aarna Panigrahi Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen Spring Day Art 7 SILVER
Phydena Liu Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen Introduction to the
Snow Art 7 SILVER
Srida Kadari Ellington Middle School Emma
Czaplinski
Bleeding Thoughts Art 7 SILVER
Tony Zhang Amity Middle School
Bethany
Michelle Ortiz Hope 2021 Art 7 SILVER
Faith Dalton Ledyard Middle School Sally Davidson "Disaster Dorian" Fiction 7 PLATINUM
Nora Stewart Elizabeth C. Adams Middle
School
Christi Higgins Drowning Fiction 7 GOLD
Ellie Ballard RHAM Middle School Julie Day The Darkest of
Waters Fiction 7 SILVER
Genevieve Corricelli
East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Forward! March! Fiction 7 SILVER
Isabella White Two Rivers Magnet Middle
School
Ruth
Macijauskas
The Summer
Camp Fiction 7 SILVER
Jack Reynolds Litchfield Middle School Leah Smith The Sandwich Saga Fiction 7 SILVER
Luke Derksen Two Rivers Magnet Middle
School
Karen Adrian Water Bottle
Mishap Fiction 7 SILVER
Maria Griffin JFK Middle School Sarah
Chadbourne
Sticks and Stones Fiction 7 SILVER
Phydena Liu Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Covering It Up Fiction 7 SILVER
17
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Adhiti Parupalli Ellington Middle School Emma
Czaplinski
The Second
Shadow Fiction 7 HM
Colin Sidlosky Canton Middle School Elena Chafetz A Tale of Neighbors
Fiction 7 HM
Ellie Kirk Henry James Memorial
Middle School
Allison Young Fallons Fight Fiction 7 HM
Emma Samiotis Two Rivers Magnet Middle
School
Ruth
Macijauskas
One Shot Fiction 7 HM
Eva Sumlin Two Rivers Magnet Middle
School
Karen Adrian Middle School Fiction 7 HM
Harper Smith Fairfield Woods Middle
School
Maxine Minalga Connection Lost Fiction 7 HM
J.D. Pereira Two Rivers Magnet Middle School
Karen Adrian Panic Attack Fiction 7 HM
Jadalynn Kerr Two Rivers Magnet Middle School
Ruth Macijauskas
An Excerpt: (the opening) to a Serial
Horror
Fiction 7 HM
Janet Fan Amity Middle School
Bethany
Caroline Camera Chains Fiction 7 HM
Jonah Church Henry James Memorial
Middle School
William
Antonitis
Child of Magic Fiction 7 HM
Jonah Gorman CREC Metropolitan
Learning Center
Julia Kelly The Shot Fiction 7 HM
Lauren de los
Reyes
Granby Memorial Middle
School
Shirley Cowles The Boston
Massacre Fiction 7 HM
18
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Monika Principal West Side Middle School
Academy
Jennifer Blue Dans Ce Monde
Incolore ( In this
colorless world )
Fiction 7 HM
Sandhya
Sudarsanam
Westside Middle School
Academy
Jennifer Blue Unexpected
Dangers Fiction 7 HM
Sandhya
Sudarsanam
Westside Middle School
Academy
Jennifer Blue Unexpected
Dangers Fiction 7 HM
Srija Narahari Two Rivers Magnet Middle
School
Ruth
Macijauskas
Why Do you Care
About ME? Fiction 7 HM
Susan Haberlandt Two Rivers Magnet Middle
School
Ruth
Macijauskas
Learning to Love Fiction 7 HM
Aditi Choudhary Ellington Middle School Emma
Czaplinski
Unraveling the
Moon
Non-
Fiction 7 PLATINUM
Riley Anderson East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik My Hidden Truth Non-
Fiction 7 PLATINUM
Graciela
Cazenave
Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Please Listen Non-
Fiction 7 SILVER
Hansika Lenkala East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Two Sides of India Non-
Fiction 7 SILVER
Jakob
Salomonsson
Henry James Memorial
Middle School
Allison Young Becoming Jakob
Viktor
Salomonsson - A
Memoir
Non-
Fiction 7 SILVER
Sia Reddy Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Barriers Non-
Fiction 7 SILVER
19
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Adhiti Parupalli Ellington Middle School Emma
Czaplinski
The Importance of
SPACE
EXPLORATION
Non-
Fiction 7 HM
Elijah Rich East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Belgian Waffles Non-
Fiction 7 HM
Izabella
Dallesander
East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Belle Non-
Fiction 7 HM
Kayla Lin Mansfield Middle School Margaret
Cofrancesco
Birds In Oceans Non-
Fiction 7 HM
Sia Reddy Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell If Only Poetry 7 PLATINUM
Vanessa Slepinin Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Self-Portrait Poetry 7 PLATINUM
Aditi Choudhary Ellington Middle School Emma
Czaplinski
My sweet, green
tree Poetry 7 SILVER
Alessandra
Tuccillo
Roger Ludlowe Middle
School
Cynthia
Manware
Little Boy and
Butterfly Poetry 7 SILVER
Genevieve
Corricelli
East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Relativity Poetry 7 SILVER
Hannah Broome East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Ode to the Menin Gate
Poetry 7 SILVER
Jack Reynolds Litchfield Middle School Leah Smith The Carpenter's
Handiwork Poetry 7 SILVER
Mihika Joshi Timothy Edwards Middle
School
Julianna Lyons Explorers Poetry 7 SILVER
Phydena Liu Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Synthetic
Expectations Poetry 7 SILVER
20
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Aarna Panigrahi Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell The World is a Bit
of a Mess Poetry 7 HM
Aa'Ryn Rowe Two Rivers Magnet Middle School
Ruth Macijauskas
The Sun Shining Before Midnight Poetry 7 HM
Amelia Hosack Granby Memorial Middle School
Shirley Cowles The Pain of Friendship Poetry 7 HM
Breanna Brantley Two Rivers Magnet Middle School
Ruth Macijauskas
Shadows That Creep Poetry 7 HM
Emma Samiotis Two Rivers Magnet Middle School
Ruth Macijauskas
Baby Steps Poetry 7 HM
Hailey Litchfield East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik Ode to Winter Poetry 7 HM
Janet Fan Amity Middle School
Bethany
Caroline Camera The Lies We Tell Poetry 7 HM
Leah Terry Two Rivers Magnet Middle
School
Ruth
Macijauskas
On That Rock Poetry 7 HM
Mia Hines East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik The Sky That
Splits Open Poetry 7 HM
Natalie Chin Timothy Edwards Middle
School
Lynda Pelkey A Fitting Ending Poetry 7 HM
Samuel Wu Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Corrupt Poetry 7 HM
Amy Meng Saxe Middle School Deb Bennett Three Birds Art 8 PLATINUM
Mary Lynch Mansfield Middle School Tara Achane-
Miller
Longing Art 8 PLATINUM
21
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Melina Velendzas Smith Middle School Christopher
DelCoro
A Glimpse into
Form; An Artist's
Musings
Art 8 PLATINUM
Julia Ruddy Mansfield Middle School Julia Ruddy Self Portrait Art 8 GOLD
Amanda Ford Amity Middle School
Bethany
Amy Benton Inner Thinking Art 8 SILVER
Ariana Pourkavoos
Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen Teen Spirit Art 8 SILVER
Alex Hayes Talcott Mountain Academy Katie Larsen Alicorn Art 8 HM
Hannah Guo Amity Middle School
Bethany
Amy Benton Starboy Fiction 8 PLATINUM
Youlmin Lee Amity Middle School
Bethany
Thomas Ward She Fiction 8 PLATINUM
Ella Esteve E.C. Adams Middle School Phillip Day Unhappily Chased
After Fiction 8 GOLD
Peter Morand Henry James Memorial
Middle School
Sean Hogan Witch Boy? Fiction 8 GOLD
Ava Passon Metropolitan Learning
Center for Global and
International Studies
Sheryl Wilkerson Friend Unexpected
Fiction 8 SILVER
Dariush Raissi Amity Middle School
Bethany
Amy Benton The Mist of Death Fiction 8 SILVER
Alex Klee Amity Middle School Bethany
Amy Benton The Queen’s Dilemma
Fiction 8 HM
Bailey Jordan Amity Middle School
Bethany
Amy Benton The Reaper's Steps
are Silent Ones Fiction 8 HM
22
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Caroline Blazer Henry James Memorial
Middle School
N/A The Freeze Fiction 8 HM
Cecelia Nelson Ellington Middle School Emma Czaplinski
Nothing More Perfect
Fiction 8 HM
Dimitry Dyer Adams Middle School Phillip Day Bringing Her Back Fiction 8 HM
Jade Lee Amity Middle
SchoolBethany
Thomas Ward Technology Fiction 8 HM
Simonne
Thibeault
Mansfield Middle School Rochelle Marcus My Little Child Fiction 8 HM
Soleil Asano Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Kookie Karma Fiction 8 HM
Sarah Shaikh Amity Middle School
Bethany
Thomas Ward Everlasting
Memories of Time:
Alive in my Mind
Non-
Fiction 8 PLATINUM
Ariya King Sage Park Middle School Kimberly McGee How They See Me Non-
Fiction 8 GOLD
Lilah Dunn Killingly Intermediate
School
Matthew
Sierakowski
Smile And Listen Non-
Fiction 8 GOLD
Oliver Morrison Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell To Kill a
Mockingbird: A
Story That
Continues to
Question America
Non-
Fiction 8 SILVER
Victoria Beniston Fairfield Woods Middle
School
Vanessa Bertrand In My Sister's
Shadow
Non-
Fiction 8 SILVER
Alexa Banbury Sage Park Middle School Kimberly McGee Letter to Rachael
Lippincott
Non-
Fiction 8 HM
23
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Alexandra Hayes Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Metamorphosis Non-
Fiction 8 HM
Mary Lynch Mansfield Middle School Tara Achane-Miller
Falling Dream Non-Fiction
8 HM
Samya Cotugno Ledyard Middle School Sally Davidson So They Don't Non-
Fiction 8 HM
Sadie Cunneen Amity Middle School
Bethany
Thomas Ward Living History Poetry 8 PLATINUM
Ariana Pourkavoos
Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell In My Head Poetry 8 GOLD
Bailey Jordan Amity Middle School
Bethany
Amy Benton Balloons Poetry 8 GOLD
Mary Lynch Mansfield Middle School Tara Achane-
Miller
The Cardinal's
Glory Poetry 8 GOLD
Soleil Asano Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell The Long Wait Poetry 8 GOLD
Bailey Fuerst Mansfield Middle School Tara Achane-
Miller
Today I Lied Poetry 8 SILVER
D'your Carr Westside Middle School
Academy
Jennifer Blue Spitting Perfect Poetry 8 SILVER
Ella Esteve E.C. Adams Middle School Phillip Day I Know Poetry 8 SILVER
Julia Simpson Mansfield Middle School Tara Achane-
Miller
Death Poetry 8 SILVER
Juliet Dahlstrom Westside Middle School
Academy
Jennifer Blue Ichor Poetry 8 SILVER
24
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Spriha Dharan Avon Middle School Eric Story The Next
Generation of
Dreamers
Poetry 8 SILVER
Xavier Elsner East Granby Middle School Kate Stewart The Mirror Poetry 8 SILVER
Alexandra Hayes Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell The Princess of
Sun Poetry 8 HM
Amanda Schweitzer
Mansfield Middle School Tara Achane-Miller
A Single Rose Poetry 8 HM
Anna Tevelde Ellington Middle School Emma
Czaplinski
Modern Immortals Poetry 8 HM
Ava Passon Metropolitan Learning
Center for Global and
International Studies
Sheryl Wilkerson Vault
Poetry 8 HM
Cameron Lloyd East Granby Middle School Renee Klucznik I Can't Write Free
Verse Poetry Poetry 8 HM
Jasmine Brown Sage Park Middle School Kimberly McGee For A Black Girl Poetry 8 HM
Landon Smith Amity Middle School
Bethany
Amy Benton Pride Poetry 8 HM
Meghan Jo Kingswood Oxford School Anastasia Quinn Five Seconds Poetry 8 HM
Oliver Morrison Talcott Mountain Academy Mary J. Hartell Education in
America: Separated
Into Two Lands
Poetry 8 HM
Peter Morand Henry James Memorial Middle School
Sean Hogan This World Poetry 8 HM
Sang Do Ledyard Middle School Sally Davidson Untitled Poetry 8 HM
Trinity Cason Ledyard Middle School Sally Davidson Help Poetry 8 HM
25
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Trinity Voss Sage Park Middle School Kimberly McGee Simplicity of Toxic
Positivity Poetry 8 HM
Leo Mahlke New Milford High School Robert Nathan Still Connected Art 9 PLATINUM
Hebah Mariyam
Habib
Newington High School Kaitlyn Costanzo Wistful Art 9 SILVER
Griffin Bramwit New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill Hoops Fiction 9 PLATINUM
Sarah Fortin Amity Regional High School Emily Clark Lost in My Mind Fiction 9 PLATINUM
Taina Tolson CREC Metropolitan
Learning Center
Rebecca
Schwoerke
THE UNKNOWN
PLANET Fiction 9 PLATINUM
Leo Mahlke New Milford High School Robert Nathan Your Bicycle Fiction 9 GOLD
Alice Xu Amity Regional High School Jeanine
Lambrecht
Fine Fiction 9 SILVER
Annabel Zhou Greenwich High School Laura Burdick Dreams of Reality Fiction 9 SILVER
Isabella Wang Loomis Chaffee School Petagay Rowe Soldier Fiction 9 SILVER
Caitlyn-Rose
Bompart-Libert
Metropolitan Learning
Center
Rebecca
Schwoerke
Demons in the
Dreams Fiction 9 HM
Genevieve
Tremlett
Greater Hartford Academy of
the Arts
Julie Nunes Too Late Fiction 9 HM
Jordyn Karpoff Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Remembering Fiction 9 HM
Mercedez Henry Metropolitan Learning
Center
Rebecca
Schwoerke
My Other Half Fiction 9 HM
Natalia Dupiton Metropolitan Learning
Center
Rebecca
Schwoerke
Family First
Forever Fiction 9 HM
26
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Annabel Zhou Greenwich High School Laura Burdick Angels Landing Non-
Fiction 9 PLATINUM
Leo Mahlke New Milford High School Robert Nathan The Kite Non-Fiction
9 GOLD
Savannah
Nieroda
Metropolitan Learning
Center
Rebecca
Schwoerke
Time for change Non-
Fiction 9 HM
Leo Mahlke New Milford High School Robert Nathan Evenings on the
Sofa Poetry 9 PLATINUM
Sofia Dillabough Fairfield Ludlowe High School
Dr. Elise Dardani Where I Am From Poetry 9 PLATINUM
Ronald
Baapogmah
Metropolitan Learning
Center
Rebecca
Schwoerke
I am black Poetry 9 SILVER
Isabella Wang Loomis Chaffee School Petagay Rowe Never Meant to Fly Poetry 9 HM
Arianna Martinez Danbury High School Ann Tucci Shades of Life Art 10 PLATINUM
Brandon Kim Loomis Chaffee School Jasmine Hwang MASK Art 10 PLATINUM
Clarissa Halpryn Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
The Last Light of a
Dying Star Fiction 10 PLATINUM
Jerelis Deleon Vargas
Rockville High School Victoria Nordlund
Home Sweet Home Fiction 10 PLATINUM
Natalie Durrant Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
The Matchmaker Fiction 10 PLATINUM
Elisabeth
Oslovich
Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Musical Thoughts Fiction 10 SILVER
Robyn McNeilly Rockville High School Victoria Nordlund
The Sun, The Wind, And The
Flower
Fiction 10 SILVER
27
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Anaya Tolton Rockville High school Victoria
Nordlund
Aliah Fiction 10 HM
Brenna Schnitzke Rockville High School Victoria Nordlund
Henry Fiction 10 HM
Caitlin Chatterton Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Senior Superlatives Fiction 10 HM
Ella Milton-
Benoit
Suffield High School Jason Efland Hop, Skip, Jump
Off Fiction 10 HM
Samantha Seepersad
Simsbury High School Melanie Meehan I Don't Break Fiction 10 HM
Sara Neves Bethel High School Kristen
Rotherham
The Missing Piece Fiction 10 HM
Brandon Kim Loomis Chaffee School Jasmine Hwang Golden Chain Non-
Fiction 10 PLATINUM
Aniket Martins Fairfield Ludlowe High School
Jenny Ingram Hogwarts, Hindi and Hand Mudras:
A Tale of Growth
Non-Fiction
10 SILVER
Ritika Aggarwal Glastonbury High School Michelle DiMeo Open Letter to
Culture
Non-
Fiction 10 SILVER
Lauren Levine E. O. Smith High School Elizabeth
Sangree
I, the Ant
Progenitor Poetry 10 PLATINUM
Victoria Mitchell Rockville High School Victoria Nordlund
Not your Average Winter
Poetry 10 PLATINUM
Anaya Tolton Rockville High school Victoria
Nordlund
Hera/Medusa
Greek Poem Poetry 10 HM
Julia Healey-
Parera
E. O. Smith High School Elizabeth
Sangree
the day after the
dentist Poetry 10 HM
28
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Sophie Martinez New Canaan High School Robert Darken Let's Ask Weird
Question Late at
Night
Poetry 10 HM
Patricia Williams
Kellogg
Simsbury High School Stephanie
Lauretano
Gaea Art 11 PLATINUM
Sydney Kolz Montville High School Ted Richmond Overcast Great
Head Trail Art 11 PLATINUM
Caroline
Bartolotta
Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Banshee Art 11 SILVER
Patricia Sackor-
Blamah
Ethel Walker School Ben Barker Unrequited Art 11 SILVER
Julie Song New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill A Mother's Touch Fiction 11 PLATINUM
Lauren Doherty New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill A New Home For Two
Fiction 11 PLATINUM
Amanda Walsh South Windsor High School Amanda
Flachsbart
Clementine Walls Fiction 11 SILVER
Bianca Jortner Joel Barlow High School Ralph Giordano Death Visited the
Farm Fiction 11 SILVER
Gabby Streinger New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill Counting Dishes Fiction 11 SILVER
Greg Sheffield Manchester High School Deborah
Weinberg
Lazarus Fiction 11 SILVER
Kai Carrozza-
Lutz
Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Sin K Fiction 11 SILVER
Kaylin Maher Rockville High School Victoria Nordlund
California Poppies Fiction 11 SILVER
Lily Codd New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill Learning to
Forgive Fiction 11 SILVER
29
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Nora Holmes William H. Hall High Scott Ferguson wren Fiction 11 SILVER
sophie wemmell Rockville Highschool Victoria
Nordlund
Fish Bait Fiction 11 SILVER
Yunha Kim Avon Old Farms School Samantha Jensen The Drop Fiction 11 SILVER
Alexandra Scully Staples High School Liz Olbrych Suck it Up Fiction 11 HM
Alexandra Scully Staples High School Liz Olbrych Suck it Up Fiction 11 HM
Alyssah Yater Killingly High School Julie Gutierrez The Balcony Scene Fiction 11 HM
Emma
Plocharsky
Lewis S Mills Highschool Tanya McNaboe Dear Ralph Waldo
Emmerson Fiction 11 HM
Guomin Xu E. O. Smith High School Amy Nocton Pale Colors Fiction 11 HM
Kate Sanderson William H. Hall High School Carol Blejwas Drifters Fiction 11 HM
Mahmoud Sidani New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill Landing Fiction 11 HM
Mia Gallo New Canaan High School Maggie Hamill Love’s Sacrifice Fiction 11 HM
Natalie Tolman Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Runaway Fiction 11 HM
Libby Riggs Haddam-Killingworth High
School
Alan Rice Stone Figurines Non-
Fiction 11 PLATINUM
Noah Dube Lewis S. Mills High School Tania McNaboe Letter to Equiano Non-
Fiction 11 PLATINUM
Ayushi Bhattacharjee
South Windsor Public School
Amanda Flachsbart
No Cap? No, Cap. Non-Fiction
11 HM
Harrison Heller Lewis Mills High School Tenia McNaboe Dear William
Cullen Bryant
Non-
Fiction 11 HM
30
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Jared Maidman William H. Hall High School Carol Blejwas Lost and Found Non-
Fiction 11 HM
Jenibelle Ramos Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School
Mindi Englart Dear Beloved Stranger
Non-
Fiction 11 HM
Jennifer Brown William H. Hall High School Carol Blejwas What I Have To Say
Non-Fiction
11 HM
Jordan Dion Suffield High School Jason Efland $20,000,000 in My
Future
Non-
Fiction 11 HM
Kaylin Maher Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Boys will be Boys Non-
Fiction 11 HM
Nadia Siddiqui South Windsor High School Amanda Flachsbart
The Creation of “Cancel Culture”
Non-Fiction
11 HM
Pranav Ramesh South Windsor High School Heather Lodge The Influence of
Social Media on
Polarization and
Disunion
Non-
Fiction 11 HM
Autumn Sexton Tolland High School Max Bakke Two-Way Glass Poetry 11 PLATINUM
Kaylin Maher Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Envy Poetry 11 PLATINUM
Olivia Crowley Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Ghost Town Poetry 11 GOLD
Alyssah Yater Killingly High School Julie Gutierrez Amnesia Poetry 11 SILVER
Cali Miville Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Sun Poisoning Poetry 11 SILVER
Caroline
Bartolotta
Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Effigy of an
Invisible Girl Poetry 11 SILVER
31
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
John Maughan Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Latrodectus Poetry 11 SILVER
Abigail Ursin Rockville High school Victoria Nordlund
Overcome Poetry 11 HM
Lexi Esparza E. O. Smith High School Liza Escott The Fourth Wave Poetry 11 HM
Molly Barney Lewis S. Mills High School Tania McNaboe Dear Mr. Bryant Poetry 11 HM
Natalie Tolman Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Banshee Poetry 11 HM
Ryan Harvey Rockville High School Victoria Nordlund
Lies of a Heel Poetry 11 HM
Samara Mercado Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Seven Poetry 11 HM
William Johns Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Sycophant Poetry 11 HM
Brooke Kvedar Lewis S Mills Tania McNaboe The Secret of Silence
Art 12 PLATINUM
Halie Miller Academy of Aerospace and
Engineering
Cara Quinn Woman Art 12 PLATINUM
Isaac Beltram Academy of Aerospace and
Engineering
Cara Quinn Casual Settings Art 12 PLATINUM
Laura Sosa Danbury High School Maria Bolanos Colors of the soul Art 12 PLATINUM
Krista Mitchell Stafford High School Tannis
Longmore
The Impossible
Dream Art 12 GOLD
Chloe Eristhee Academy of Aerospace and Engineering
Cara Quinn Kavo Art 12 SILVER
32
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Christopher
Geaslin
Glastonbury High School Michelle DiMeo Night Air Fiction 12 PLATINUM
Cory Nocton E. O. Smith/Solterra Academy
Rebecca Mitelman
New Haven Lofts Fiction 12 PLATINUM
Cory Nocton E. O. Smith/Solterra
Academy
Rebecca
Mitelman
From Whence We
Came Fiction 12 GOLD
Dana Vatafu Glastonbury High School Michelle DiMeo Cigarette Nubs on a
Blank Canvas Fiction 12 SILVER
Emma Blanchet Rockville High School Victoria Nordlund
Ceaseless Fiction 12 SILVER
Gabrielle
Gajewski
Manchester High School Deborah
Weinberg
Hunter,
Adventurer, Curse-
Breaker, Treasure
Hunter, Rouge and
Bard, Zephrus At Your Service
Fiction 12 SILVER
Isabella Johnson Wamogo Regional High
School
Carly Tutolo Pretty Paper Fiction 12 SILVER
Julien Sanchez-
Levallois
Cooperative arts and
Humanities High School
Mindi Englart Fur (Chapter 1-
The Shack) Fiction 12 SILVER
Maia Scaramuzza Northwestern Regional 7
High School
Jessica Angell Patient Landscape Fiction 12 SILVER
Patrick
Richardson
Wamogo Carly Tutolo Grandpa, Tell Me
'Bout The Good
'Ol Days
Fiction 12 SILVER
Sara Cove Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Finding Embers Fiction 12 SILVER
33
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Yingyan Lu Ethel Walker School Catherine Reed Too Much, Too
Fast Fiction 12 SILVER
Emily Sunderland
Rockville High School Victoria Nordlund
Lady in the Swamp Fiction 12 HM
Madison
Parlopiano
Wamogo Regional High
School
Carly Tutolo The girl at the train
station Fiction 12 HM
Makenzie Jones Lewis S. Mills High School Tania McNaboe Charles's Trial Fiction 12 HM
Michaela Metcalfe Greater Hartford Academy of
the Arts Full Day
Maureen O'Brien Winter Storms Fiction 12 HM
Nicole Shumway Glastonbury Highschool Michelle DiMeo The Old Red
Truck Fiction 12 HM
Sebastian Hudson Wamogo Regional High
School
Carly Tutolo Until it's over Fiction 12 HM
Shawna Cote Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Hallmark Film Fiction 12 HM
Tasha Jaworski Wamogo Regional
Highschool
Carly Tutolo Brother Fiction 12 HM
Will Caley Granby Memorial
Highschool
Lauren Shafer A Letter to the
SAT Fiction 12 HM
Emma Blanchet Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
State of Body Non-
Fiction 12 PLATINUM
Laney Goral Greater Hartford Academy of
the Arts
Maureen O'Brien Taller Than Them Non-
Fiction 12 PLATINUM
34
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Cory Nocton E.O. Smith/Solterra
Academy
Rebecca
Mitelman
The Ebb-and-Flow
of the Fight for
Civil Rights from 1968 to the Present:
Featuring Words
from Civil Rights
Icon Kathleen
Cleaver
Non-
Fiction 12 GOLD
Ashley McCauley Rockville High School Victoria Nordlund
Love Through Folklore-- In
Response to Taylor
Swift
Non-
Fiction 12 SILVER
Hailee Mailloux Suffield High School Jason Efland Acceptance Non-
Fiction 12 SILVER
Isabella Mielcarek William H. Hall High School Carol Blejwas A Speech in Praise of a Small
Quarantine
Triumph
Non-
Fiction 12 SILVER
Kevin Manea Weston High School Christine Red Wet Wall Non-
Fiction 12 SILVER
Krista Mitchell Stafford High School Caitlin Donahue Sonder Non-
Fiction 12 SILVER
Shawna Cote Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Second Puberty Non-
Fiction 12 SILVER
Wilona Boafo Civic Leadership High
School
Jamie Roderick How do the
portrayals of
minorities and
women in entertainment
Non-
Fiction 12 SILVER
35
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
media affect
viewers?
Carley Simler Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
The Life of a Twin:
Debunked
Non-
Fiction 12 HM
Dana Vatafu Glastonbury High School Michelle DiMeo White Trees Non-Fiction
12 HM
Emily Veatch Wamogo Regional High
School
Carly Tutolo Parents Are Setting
Their Children Up
For Failure
Non-
Fiction 12 HM
Gaby Alvarez Wamogo Regional High
School
Carly Tutolo An Unexpected
Partner Non-
Fiction 12 HM
Gianna Grimaldi Granby Memorial High
School
Lauren Shafer Final: An Open
Letter to Gymnastics
Leotards
Non-Fiction
12 HM
Kimberly
Gonzalez
Rockville Highschool Victoria
Nordlund
Self Discovery
(Excerpt)
Non-
Fiction 12 HM
Maia Scaramuzza Northwestern Regional High
School
Jessica Angell The Magic First
Aid Kit Non-
Fiction 12 HM
Zoey Brunelle Wamogo Regional High
School
Carly Tutolo Dinosaurs...Let
Them Roam The Earth Again
Non-
Fiction 12 HM
Abigail Vartanian Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
November Poetry 12 PLATINUM
36
STUDENT NAME SCHOOL NAME TEACHER NAME TITLE OF SUBMISSION
GENRE STUDENT
GRADE AWARD
Allison Blume Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
The Cookbook of
Grief Poetry 12 GOLD
Allison Blume Rockville High School Victoria Nordlund
The Cookbook of Grief
Poetry 12 GOLD
Xzavier Campbell Academy of Aerospace and
Engineering
Cara Quinn Ahmaud Arbery Poetry 12 GOLD
Jackson
MacDonald
Wethersfield High School Ruth George Happy Biologies Poetry 12 SILVER
Krista Mitchell Stafford High School Caitlin Donahue Senior Year Poetry 12 SILVER
Ashley McCauley Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
5:45 Poetry 12 HM
Dyamanee
Monge
Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
Guide to Inner
Peace Poetry 12 HM
Emma Blanchet Rockville High School Victoria
Nordlund
A Walk in Glacier
National Park Poetry 12 HM
Hannah Kim Glastonbury High School Steven Nicastro Araneae Poetry 12 HM
Nevaeh Gabourel Manchester High School Deborah
Weinberg
The Ride Poetry 12 HM
Nicole Shumway Glastonbury High School Michelle DiMeo Flames Poetry 12 HM
Rosemarie
LaChance
Glastonbury High School Michelle DiMeo The Weight of The
World Poetry 12 HM