Tri-Valley Writers 12th annual high school writing contest
“My Story, My Vision”
2023 Award Winners by Category
Literary Nonfiction:
First Place: Natalie May for “The Creature and Me”
Second Place: Neil Chandran for “Toxic GPA: The Negative Impact of Obsessing over Grades”
Third Place: Elizabeth Popovich for “How to Pass Your Permit Test”
Honorable Mentions: Dorothee Catipon for “Growing Pains”; Ashray Pamula for “Addressing Political Polarization in a Time of Democratic Backsliding”; Nivedita Rao for “My Ten Thousand”; Lillie Woodard for “Disorder”
Poetry:
First Place: Sienna Wong for “If I’m Being Honest”
Second Place: Ishmeet Dhillon for “an ode to nani and nanu”
Third Place: Ananya Biswas for “Just Fine”
Honorable Mentions: Ishmeet Dhillon for “I Know Now”; Elizabeth Hong for “fifty”; Joshua Leung for “The Boy He Once Was”
Short Story:
First Place: Alyssa Wu for “Because”
Second Place: Saanvi Aneja for “Live”
Third Place: Kaylee Macias for “Lily of the Valley”
Honorable Mentions: Aditi Swaminathan for “The Stag in the Glen”; Alan Wan for “Death’s Greatest Lament”; Angela Zhang for “Self Portrait”
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: Jordan Bernal, Patricia & James Boyle, Paula Chinick, Lani Longshore, Rose Owens, Marie-Anne Poudret, Kathy Urban, Anonymous TVW Donors.
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High School Writing Contest Past Years