Literary Analysis
7-8
1st: Aidan Cheng (8) “Gilgamesh: A Hero’s Odyssey of Redemption and Transformation”
2nd: Jasmine Weldon (8) “Step by Step the Disease is Slowly Being Cured”
3rd: Lin Peng (8) “A Slice of Life”
9-10
1st: Emma Chun (10) “Money, Safety and Nothing More”
2nd: Kaliʻa Rivera (10) “How Parents Affect Your Identity; A Literary Analysis on A Little Too Much is Enough”
3rd: James Ohta Pai (10) “A Solitary Existence: A Glimpse Into the Life of Edgar Allan Poe”
11-12
1st: Tyler Hijirida (11) “The Godfather: Perception of the American Dream”
2nd: Lindsey Barcia (12) “Time’s a B*tch but Maybe Our Love Is Immortal“
3rd: Chase Graham (12) “Book Report on Slaughterhouse Five”
Personal Essay
7-8
1st: Sonia Pourjalali (8) “The First Step”
2nd: Henry Li (7) “The World Can Change With Heart”
3rd: Anya Teruya (8) “My Lifelong Voyage”
9-10
1st: Zoe Young (9) “In the Shadow”
2nd: Annaliese Pang (9) “The Day I Wish I Prayed Harder”
3rd: Emmett Lopez (10) “A Bad Break”
11-12
1st: Liza Kukharuk (11) “Independence”
2nd: Nikki Ma (11) “Framing Healing Moments”
3rd: Alila Nguyen (11) “The Devil to be Embraced”
Short Story
7-8
1st: Sonia Pourjalali (8) “A Portrait of Memories”
2nd: Ella Okimoto (7) “The Final Wish”
3rd: Lin Peng (8) “All of a Sudden”
9-10
1st: Gabby Kim (9) “Dancing Around Inevitable”
2nd: Halo Delmonico (10) “The Chemistry of a Shooting Star”
3rd: Humi Yoshizawa (9) “Invisible Hearts”
11-12
1st: Lindsey Barcia (12) “Graffitied Heart”
2nd: Susan Flatt (12) “The Bewildering Body in the Badwater Basin”
3rd: Mari Cheng (11) “Golden Hour”
Poetry
7-8
1st: Elliot Lomuscio (7) “Songbird”
2nd: Jaron Riegel (8) “What it Seems”
3rd: Aiden Cheng (8) “Reflection”
9-10
1st: Leia Choi (10) “salvation, damnation”
2nd: Angie Thai (9) “A Symphony of Valley Life”
3rd: Dylan Hendricks (9) “Mystic Treasure”
11-12
1st: Susan Flatt (12) “An Ode to America, 2023 (Blood on Our Hands)”
2nd: Kazumi Hayashi (12) “Beneath the Ginkgo Tree”
3rd: Mari Cheng (11) “Queen of Hearts”
