Honorable Mentions for Young Writers Contest
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Honorable Mention Winners |
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| Short Story | ||
| 6th Grade | ||
| Traded | Mizarahy Aquino | Park Middle |
| Why Cheetahs Do Not Have Much Stamina | Anthony Chen | Gale Ranch |
| The Dare | Anthony Chen | Gale Ranch |
| The Last Shot | Amanda Chun | Pine Valley |
| Punishers | Mimi Evans | Gale Ranch |
| Cloaks, Wiis, and Coffee | Timothy Deng | Gale Ranch |
| The Thin Mirror Glass | Alexander Felix | Park Middle |
| Out of Time | Rubina Gala | Gale Ranch |
| Kelsey the Beginning | Christian Gianni | Martinez Jr. High |
| Damian’s Mark | Colleen M. Gill | Christ the King |
| Whispers in the Hallway | Clarina He | St. Perpetua |
| My Valley | Liya Khan | Gale Ranch |
| When Johnny Comes Marching | Joy Koonin | North Creek Academy |
| Blue Eyes | Elora McCutcheon | Park Middle |
| Delinquent | Jack Madigan | Christ the King |
| The Magical Coin | Lena Milton | Tehiyah Day |
| Picture Perfect | Zhill Olonan | Adams Middle |
| The Brass Hallways | Zhill Olonan | Adams Middle |
| Silence | Cassidy Amber Vaughn | Christ the King |
| Jamey’s Hope | Ariana VonEnrenkrook | Above & Beyond Academy |
| 7th Grade | ||
| Ashes to Ashes | Mia Camille Miculob | Orinda Intermediate |
| Life After the Tragedy | Kaylee Fagan | Queen of All Saints |
| Americans Talk Quickly | Raia Cherednikov | Valley View |
| Reduce, Reuse & Recycle | Liam Kelly | Orinda |
| The Journey | Kevin Lu | Valley View |
| The Ocelot: A Mayan Story | Krithik Puthalath | Windemere Ranch |
| The Tree Prince | Ailan Evans | Joaquin Moraga |
| 8th Grade | ||
| The Dreamer | Sarah Alford | Orinda |
| Waiting for the Cry | Sasha Batz-Stern | Tehiyah Day |
| Traitor | Anthony Chan | Windemere Ranch |
| Night Music | Stella Chua | Pine Valley |
| The Walking Shadow | Emmet Francis | Martinez Junior High |
| Longing for Life | Samantha Hebing | North Creek Academy |
| Zapatos Magicos | Juan Morena | Sequoia Middle |
| Shanghaied Sailor | Briana Pearsall | North Creek Academy |
| The Little Wolf | Ruth Spekner | Royal Oaks Academy |
| Personal Narrative/Essays | ||
| 6th Grade | ||
| Untitled | Timothy Deng | Gale Ranch |
| Red Roses | Mia Cheverz | Iron Horse |
| Untitled | Victoria Lu | ? |
| Mia | Lauren Burns | Pleasant Hill Middle |
| Riding Rapids | Rubina Gala | Gale Ranch |
| 7th Grade | ||
| A Near Dunk in the Water | Mikayla Flicek | Gale Ranch |
| When I got Leland Out | Joey Mediati | Joaquin Moraga |
| The Lost Child | Sara Poston | Diablo View |
| The Day New York City Stood Still: My Story | Alexis Zwahlen | ? |
| Stars in the Meadow | Waverly Runion | Diablo Vista |
| Rocha | Haley Morucci | Diablo View |
| Running the Mile | Sejal Jain | Gale Ranch |
| Eighth Grade | ||
| Guilty Pleasure | Mina Nayeri | Pine Valley |
| The Big Lebowski and Me | Arash Ehya | Windrush |
| Not the Way to Start | Jennifer Preciado | Riverview |
| Traditions Never Die, They Just Get Funnier | Dominic Aliotti | St. Agnes |
| The Ice Cream Fell Off the Cone | Emily Galloway | St. Agnes |
| A Night to Remember | Cassie Naughton | Dorris-Eaton |
| To Sing or Not to Sing | Makaela Williams | Martinez |
| A Hug of Care | William John Rhodes | William John Rhodes |
| Dazzle Me! | Madison Peters | St. Agnes |
| An Unbreakable Bond | Lucy Li | Iron Horse |
| Poetry | ||
| 6th Grade | ||
| The Rainbows | Cece Alter | Tehiyah Day |
| Heaven | Kate Menefee | Christ the King |
| Inability | Chloe Chan | Pine Valley |
| Fall Composition | Chloe Chan | Pine Valley |
| Missing | Grace Howard | Walnut Creek |
| Picket Fence | Paul S. Cook | Valley View |
| Memories | Liya Khan | Gale Ranch |
| The Rock | Paul S. Cook | Valley View |
| 7th Grade | ||
| Escaping Out the Back Door | Eleana Binder | Tehiyah Day |
| Nine Ways of Looking at a Mirror | Eleana Binder | Tehiyah Day |
| The Questioning Mind | Fatima Naveed | Walnut Creek |
| Hiroshima | Caitlin Kloess | Windrush |
| Jodileen’s Dream | Katherine Smith | Valley View |
| There’s No Place I’d Rather Be | Elia Chauqui-Schmida | Windrush |
| Trophies | Noah Baker | Tehiyah Day |
| Brat Claude | Jonathan Ng | Athenian |
| A New Day | Sejan Jain | Gale Ranch |
| The Mustard Massacre | Joey Mediati | Joaquin Moraga |
| 8th Grade | ||
| Escape | Shania Reynolds | Foothill Middle |
| I Don’t Understand | Lexie Burton | Dorris-Eaton |
| I Don’t Understand Why | Curtis Haist | Dorris-Eaton |
| Tears Spill Over the Edge | Kiren Singh | Dorris-Eaton |
| Paul | Rosemary Cook | St. Catherine |
| Reality | Rosemary Cook | St. Catherine |
| Rain | Sydney Cook | ? |
| The Cowboy | Claire Zasso | Stone Valley |
| The Shadow Messenger | Lexie Burton | Dorris-Eaton |
| The Land of the Snowgeese | Brianna Grace Contaxis-Tucker | Windrush |
| Before and After | Emily Radler | Dorris-Eaton |
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