Congratulations to all of the winners of this incredibly competitive contest!  All entries were  creative and talented works of art.  Thank you for your participation!

Below you will find the winner’s name, their school, teacher and the title of their entry.  

The Betty Tenney Memorial Essay/Personal Narrative Awards

6^th Grade

1^st  Calia Ann Lockey

Walnut Creek: Jann Taylor-Geyer

“Three Words, One Meaning” 

2^nd  Katelyn Downing

Pleasant Hill: Holly Latz

“What Is This?”

3^rd  Megha Bhargava

Windemere Ranch: Diana Kaplenko

“The Adventures in Cave Swimming”

7^th Grade

1^st  Alexandra Desmedt

Walnut Creek: Jana Palmquist

“Unsilent Night”

2^nd  Lauren Russell

Windemere Ranch : Jeff Osborn

“Ready, Set, SHOT!”

3^rd  Karina Ting

Orinda: Cecilia Kilmartin

“A Lesson to Last”

8^th Grade

1^st  Mia Stripling

Stanley: Donna Gallagher

“Confidence”

2^nd  Ahab Chopra

Dorris-Eaton: Melissa Parker

“Biking to a New Life”

3^rd  Emma Cottrill

Dorris-Eaton: Melissa Parker

“The Night My Life Changed Forever”

Poetry

6^th Grade

1^st  Sasha Hassan

Windemere Ranch: Diana Kaplenko

“Midnight Wish”

 2^nd  Rashmi Pradhan

Windemere Ranch: Diana Kaplenko

“A Song is Drowned” 

3^rd  Sihyun Na

Windemere Ranch: Diana Kaplenko

“What Does it Feel Like?”

7^th Grade

1^st  Jasmine Steele

St. Isidore: Amy Burgin

“Storybook”

2^nd  Rebekah Mangels

Homeschool

“Who Knows What I Think?”

3^rd  William Francis

Martinez: Anne Martin

“A Day’s Work as a Dishonest Man” 

8^th Grade 

1^st Ahab Chopra

Dorris-Eaton: Deeni Shoenfeld

“You Will Never Find Me”

2^nd  Meher George

Dorris-Eaton: Melissa Parker

“Carpe Diem”

3^rd  Kismat Dhaliwal

Dorris-Eaton:  Melissa Parker

“An Unlikely Savior”

Short Story

6^th Grade

 1^st  Aaron Ouyang

Dorris-Eaton: Mary Dickens

“Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle”

 2^nd  Sasha Hassan

Windemere Ranch: Diana Kaplenko

“Search and Rescue”

 3^rd  Sasha Hassan

Windemere Ranch: Diana Kaplenko

“What is Right is not Always Popular, What is Popular is not Always Right”

 7^th Grade

 1^st  Lucy Caitlin Shaw

Walnut Creek: Jana Palmquist

“The Escape”

 2^nd  Ingrid Lam

PineValley: Dianna Longhery

“My Eyes”

 3^rd  Alexandra Desmedt

Walnut Creek: Jana Palmquist

“The Caterpillar and the Worm”

 8^th Grade

 1^st  Lauren Hui

Gale Ranch: Kimberly Carter

“House of the Rose”

 2^nd  Emily Hui

PineValley: Sarah Gibbons

“Blue Skies”

 3^rd  Julie Deng

PineValley: Susan Banks

“It All Proves Nothing”