Tri-Valley Writers 11th annual high school writing contest
“My Story, My Vision”
“It takes great courage for students to submit writing to strangers to evaluate and comment on it,” Tri-Valley Writers member Patricia Boyle said. “I’m proud of the students who entered the contest and took the risk of sharing their work.”
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2022 Award Winners by Category
Literary Nonfiction
First Place: Prakriti Saxena for “How to Win a Fight with your Parents” Monte Vista
Second Place: Srija Nampally for “Gratitude” Dublin
Third Place: Natalie May for “All You Can Hope For” Granada
HM: Gayathri Viswanath for “Climate Change: The Profitability of Human Suffering” Dougherty Valley
HM: Angelina Ge for “Finding the Outlier” San Ramon Valley
HM: Jessica Baker for “Legacy Ends Here” Foothill
HM: Emma Ka for “Winds” Amador Valley
Poetry
First Place: Annika Gangopadhyay for “Nautch Girl” Foothill
Second Place: Julia Vu for “duyên” Quarry Lane
Third Place: Sarah Baer for “Alcoholic” Amador Valley
Third Place: Catherine Vuletic for “The Thing About Writing” San Ramon Valley
HM: Michelle Pan for “Finding Peace” Quarry Lane
HM: Victoria Huang for “Bluebells Behind Our Ears” Foothill
HM: Annika Gangopadhyay for “Self Portrait as Luna” Foothill
Short Story Fiction
First Place: Jessica Jiang for “The Silent Voices” Amador Valley
Second Place: Sameer Dhanvantari for “The Horrifying Scourge of Being Addicted to Learning” Vineyard
Third Place: Meghan Boyle for “A Fire Painted Sky” California
HM: Serena Lei for “Sisters Forever” Foothill
HM: Sarah Ham for “The Reason” Monte Vista
HM: Alexandra (Alex) Hanin for “This Is How It Starts” California
HM: Shriya Sridhar for “Senseless” Dougherty Valley
HM: Sneha Ganesh for “The Bus Stop” Dougherty Valley
HM: Yufei Xian for “The Girl I Loved to Hate” Amador Valley
Past Contest Winners:
High School Writing Contest Past Years