Tri-Valley Writers annual high school writing contest
“My Story, My Vision”
2025 Award Winners by Category
Literary Nonfiction:
First Place: Sahana Nagandia for “Roots”
Second Place: Rheanna Kuruvilla for “Crescendo”
Third Place: Taylor Thomas for “Haircut from Hell”
Honorable Mentions: Gianna Cozzo for “The Room of Becoming”; Rheanna Kuruvilla for “Jaw Dropping”; Avinash Gajjar for “Competition”; Mia Widdowson for “Go On”
Poetry:
First Place: Ellie (Eunoo) Cho for “fight club”
Second Place: Sienna Wong for “Reasons Why Samurai Have Insomnia”
Third Place: E. Dunaway for “Search”
Third Place: Krishna Chopra for “Abandoned Station”
Honorable Mentions: Luke Kang for “Where the Light Waits”; Yashi Sharma for “My Wounded Heaven”; Jayden (Seojun) Hyun for “Number 13″
Short Story:
First Place: Hanson Yoo for “Tina’s Laundromat”
Second Place: Yuejue (Jolie) Wang for “The Tale of Meng Po Soup”
Third Place: Arshia Sharda for “The Clockwork of Forgotten Suns”
Honorable Mentions: Suhani Goyal for “Bloodwoven: The First Thread of Freedom”; Xining Wang for “Cleveland Ventures into the Night”; Keerthi Eraniyan for “Dear Nate”; Haani Khurshid for “The Fires”
CWC Tri-Valley Branch congratulates these authors of tomorrow. We wish to thank the Alameda County Arts Commission, and the following donors for their support: Constance Hanstedt and Rose Owens.
Past Contests:
High School Writing Contest Past Years