Tri-Valley Writers annual high school writing contest

“My Story, My Vision”

Students from Tri-Valley high schools were recently honored for their nonfiction, poetry and short stories that won awards in a contest sponsored by the Tri-Valley Writers, a branch of the California Writers Club. There were 72 entries from 53 students: 20 literary nonfiction pieces, 32 poems, and 20 short stories.

“It takes great courage for students to submit writing to strangers to evaluate and comment on it,” Tri-Valley Writers newsletter editor Patricia Boyle said. “I’m proud of the students who entered the contest and took the risk of sharing their work.”

Award Winners by Category

Nonfiction

First place: Smriti Davey for “Slow Down” (Foothill)

First place: Jessica Luan for “The Da Jie Agenda: How I Learned to Embrace My Sea Sponge Siblings” (Amador)

Third Place: Rohan Chandran for “Rebel with a Cause” (Monte Vista)

Honorable Mentions:

Sanjana Bhanvadia for “The Story of My Life” (Granada)

Madeline Day for “What I Remember” (Amador)

Ananya Iyengar for “Tug of War” (Dougherty)

Elaine Yang for “Monkey” (Dougherty)

Simoni Regmi for “Inforgettable Road Trip” (Amador)

Rahul Almeida for “My Passion” (Amador)

Nivriti Krishnamurthy for “The Taste of Home” (Dublin)

Poetry

First Place: Kanchan Naik for “To Proud Boys” (Quarry Lane)

Second Place: Kanchan Naik for “A Postcard from Mumbai” (Quarry Lane)

Third Place: Mikayla Marinko for “Depression” (Livermore)

Honorable Mentions:

Eva Shen for “Self-Portrait as a Tree” (Dougherty)

Vivien Song for “Letters from the Kitchen Pantry” (Amador)

Calvin Shawler for “Twenty Seconds” (Granada)

Short Story Fiction

First Place: Kirin Yadav for “The Girl Who Grew Dragon Wings” (Monte Vista)

Second Place: Macie Calvert for “Ferryman” (Monte Vista)

Third Place: Roshni Aradya for “The Revolutionary” (California)

Honorable Mentions:

Soumya Sahay for “Silent Soft Strokes Scare Me to Sleep” (Amador)

Myrsini SAn Marchi for “Tale of the Trees” (Amador)

Kylie Jones for “House of Mirrors” (California)

Photo Gallery:

	Nonfiction	Poetry	Short Story
1st Place	Smiriti Davey	Kanchan Naik	Kirin Yadav
2nd Place	Jessica Luan	Kanchan Naik	Macie Calvert
3rd Place	Rohan Chandran	Mikayla Marinko	Roshni Aradhya
HM	Sanjana Bhanvadia	Vivien Song	Soumya Sahay
HM	MadelineDay	Calvin Shawler	Myrsin iSan Marchi
HM	Ananya Iyengar		Kylie Jones
HM	Elaine Yan
HM	Nivriti Krishnamurthy