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
6th Grade
1st Calia Ann Lockey
Walnut Creek: Jann Taylor-Geyer
“Three Words, One Meaning”
2nd Katelyn Downing
Pleasant Hill: Holly Latz
“What Is This?”
3rd Megha Bhargava
Windemere Ranch: Diana Kaplenko
“The Adventures in Cave Swimming”
7th Grade
1st Alexandra Desmedt
Walnut Creek: Jana Palmquist
“Unsilent Night”
2nd Lauren Russell
Windemere Ranch : Jeff Osborn
“Ready, Set, SHOT!”
3rd Karina Ting
Orinda: Cecilia Kilmartin
“A Lesson to Last”
8th Grade
1st Mia Stripling
Stanley: Donna Gallagher
“Confidence”
2nd Ahab Chopra
Dorris-Eaton: Melissa Parker
“Biking to a New Life”
3rd Emma Cottrill
Dorris-Eaton: Melissa Parker
“The Night My Life Changed Forever”
Poetry
6th Grade
1st Sasha Hassan
Windemere Ranch: Diana Kaplenko
“Midnight Wish”
2nd Rashmi Pradhan
Windemere Ranch: Diana Kaplenko
“A Song is Drowned”
3rd Sihyun Na
Windemere Ranch: Diana Kaplenko
“What Does it Feel Like?”
7th Grade
1st Jasmine Steele
St. Isidore: Amy Burgin
“Storybook”
2nd Rebekah Mangels
Homeschool
“Who Knows What I Think?”
3rd William Francis
Martinez: Anne Martin
“A Day’s Work as a Dishonest Man”
8th Grade
1st Ahab Chopra
Dorris-Eaton: Deeni Shoenfeld
“You Will Never Find Me”
2nd Meher George
Dorris-Eaton: Melissa Parker
“Carpe Diem”
3rd Kismat Dhaliwal
Dorris-Eaton: Melissa Parker
“An Unlikely Savior”
Short Story
6th Grade
1st Aaron Ouyang
Dorris-Eaton: Mary Dickens
“Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle”
2nd Sasha Hassan
Windemere Ranch: Diana Kaplenko
“Search and Rescue”
3rd Sasha Hassan
Windemere Ranch: Diana Kaplenko
“What is Right is not Always Popular, What is Popular is not Always Right”
7th Grade
1st Lucy Caitlin Shaw
Walnut Creek: Jana Palmquist
“The Escape”
2nd Ingrid Lam
PineValley: Dianna Longhery
“My Eyes”
3rd Alexandra Desmedt
Walnut Creek: Jana Palmquist
“The Caterpillar and the Worm”
8th Grade
1st Lauren Hui
Gale Ranch: Kimberly Carter
“House of the Rose”
2nd Emily Hui
PineValley: Sarah Gibbons
“Blue Skies”
3rd Julie Deng
PineValley: Susan Banks
“It All Proves Nothing”