Congratulations!
2009 Winners
Essays
Sixth Grade
First Place
Augustine Chemparathy
Keeping Your Hand on the Rudder
Gale Ranch: Sara Faidley
Second Place
Stephanie Sloves
When You Wish Upon A Star
Orinda: Sally Thompson
Third Place
Rishi Krishnan
Wednesday Night Fever!
Gale Ranch: Sara Faidley
Seventh Grade
First Place
Carter Broad
Le Tour de Ow
Orinda: Cecilia Kilmartin
Second Place
Caie Kelley
Climbing My Fears
Orinda: Cecilia Kilmartin
Third Place
Fatima Naveed
Two Minutes
WCI: Carol Hoy
Eighth Grade
First Place
Nina Fairbairn
Masi Mara
Dorris-Eaton: Brad Breilein
Second Place
Sebastian Grobelny
The Learning Curve
St. Agnes School: Paula Traynor
Third Place
Arielle Mourrain
The World’s a Stage
Dorris-Eaton: Deenie Schoenfeld
Short Stories
Sixth Grade
First Place
Sarah Sweeney
Moonlight
Joaquin Moraga: Kristin Anderson
Second Place
Zhill Olonan
Blood Shed
Adams Middle: Angie McDonald
Third Place
Rubina Gala
Why Snakes Are Scaly
Gale Ranch: Marissa West
Seventh Grade
First Place
Sean Lee
Run
Windmere Ranch: Kim Vaiana
Second Place
Raia Cherednikov
Monster
Valley View: Johanna Ravhala
Third Place
Time to Wait
Sophie Belinn
Orinda: Mary Risso
Eighth Grade
First Place
Aaron Broadbent
Misstep
Palmer School: Miss Cassie
Second Place
Karishma Pareek
Fade
Pine Valley: Sylvia Hegarty
Third Place
B.J. Norcross
Guardian Angel
Delta Vista Middle: Mr. Whitmore
Poetry
Sixth Grade Poetry
First Place
Chloe Chan
Kaleidoscope
Pine Valley Middle: Robin White
Second Place
Lena Milton
Waiting for the Moon
Tehiyah Day: Richard Lyon
Third Place
Paul Cook
If I Were A Tree
Valley View: Nicole Manasewitcsh
Seventh Grade
First Place
Eleana Binder
Betrayal
Tehiyah Day: Stephanie Piper
Second Place
Jonathan Ng
The Sea Slug
Athenian: Charlie Raymond
Third Place
Gabriella Alvarez
When Cupid Misses
Queen of All Saints: Jeffrey Buhl
Eighth Grade
First Place
Theresa Rizza
WCI: Mary Claire Caron
Second Place
Celina Maiorano
Lady Sea
Pine Valley Middle: Sylvia Hegarty
Third Place
Austin Shore
An Inevitable Outcome
Dorris-Eaton: Deeni Schoenfeld
Congratulations to the winners and to all the students who entered the contest! Keep writing!
Karen Terhune
What are honarable mentions and who are getting them?
Will you send a letter commenting or replying back on everybody else’s entry? When?
What will happen at the banquet?
Hi Fatima – We will have a lovely lunch for you, give you your award, share your work and you get to hear a couple of adult authors talk about writing and YOU. There will be a drawing, prizes, awards, a display of your writing, and we’ll take your photo for the newspaper. You get to meet the judges and I personally want to see you again!
Are there any other contests that you hold? Are there any contests for high school students?