Winners of the Friends of the Chappaqua Library Young Writers Contest 2010

June 25, 2010

Editor’s Note: NCNOW.org congratulates all of the winners and honorable mentions for their achievements in the field of creative writing, expository writing and poetry writing. We look forward to publishing some of your works.

HIGH SCHOOL AWARDS

WINNERS HIGH SCHOOL POETRY

1st Prize - STATE MOTTOS by BROOKE BIEDERMAN (12th grade)

2nd Prize - FREE PEOPLE, OR SEVEN FOR ALL MANKIND by MAYA ANAND (9th)

3rd Prize - A SONNET FOR CLUMSINESS by ALISON GOLDBERG (11)

Honorable Mentions

ALWAYS HESITANT by SABRINA HILFER (9th grade, The Masters School)

* SONG OF MYSELF (AFTER WALT WHITMAN) by BRIANA F. HILFER (11th, The Masters School)

LUCKY POEM by ZACHEY KLIGER (12)

WINNERS HIGH SCHOOL FICTION

1st Prize - POINTS OF DIVERGENCE by ZACH EHRLICH (12)

2nd Prize - CHILD’S PLAY by JAHANARA ALAMGIR (11)

3rd Prize - TRAFFIC by JANE McKEE (10)

Honorable Mentions

PANIC DISORDER by ALISON GOLDBERG (11)

SURVIVAL OF THE EYES by BROOKE BIEDERMAN (12)

WINNERS HIGH SCHOOL NON-FICTION

1st Prize - WHY I RUN by BROOKE BIEDERMAN (12)

2nd Prize (tie) - DEFYING STEREOTYPES by BRIANA F. HILFER (11, The Masters School)

2nd Prize (tie) - ZACH’S HAIR, GONE WHERE? by DANI LEVENTHAL (10)

3rd Prize - THE SPACE BETWEEN by CHERYL CHO (12)

Honorable Mention

A WORD by LINDSAY MUSTARD (11)

MIDDLE SCHOOL AWARDS

WINNERS MIDDLE SCHOOL POETRY

1st Prize - FIRST DAY by MOLLY LESSER (6th grade, Bell)

2nd Prize - PENCIL by ELDON DUMMIT (7B, 8th, 7B)

3rd Prize (tie) - HEARTSTRINGS by CARLY STERN (8th, Bell)

3rd Prize (tie) - WHEN I WAS YOUNG ON THE STAIR LANDING by TARA ANAND (6th, Bell)

Honorable Mentions

IF I COULD by ZOE KERRICH (8th, Bell)

WINNERS MIDDLE SCHOOL FICTION

1st Prize - TIE IT ALL UP by KATHERINE ROSENBERG (8th, Bell)

2nd Prize - WISH UPON A STAR by RIYA VERMA (7th, 7B)

3rd Prize (tie) - LETTING GO by MICHAELA ROBINSON (6th, Bell)

3rd Prize (tie) - CLASSROOM CHEATERS by DIVYA GOPINATH (7th, 7B)

Honorable Mentions

COLLEGE, RAIN AND PURPLE GLASSES by GILLIAN GREENE (7th, Bell)

THE CORPSE OF SEAN McKINSLEY by BEN STEWART (6th, 7B)

WINNERS MIDDLE SCHOOL NON-FICTION

1st Prize - THE OCEAN’S PULL by CARLY STERN (8th, Bell)

2nd Prize - AFRAID by AMANDA ROTA (7th, Bell)

3rd Prize - SPINACH POWERED LAPTOPS by DIVYA GOPINATH (7th, 7B)

Honorable Mention

* GRANDMOTHER (A Personal Narrative) by EMMA BENACK (8th, 7B)

* SADNESS by OLIVIA METCALF (8th, Bell)