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Tiffany Agkpo

“A Story of Self-Confidence and Socializing” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2017.

“Clueless” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2017.

Elaine Choy

“Everlasting” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2017.

Ruthie Gu

“Wake up, Child” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2017.

“Invincible” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2017.

Lori Hashasian

92Y Young Writers Program, summer 2019.

Annika Inampudi

NCTE Achievement Awards – Certificate of Superior Writing, 2020.

Devotion: A Collection of Short Stories, 2020.

Other Gods” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards National Silver Medal & Gold Key, 2019.

“Mahaprasthanika” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2019.

“Cowslip” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2019.

Stolen Hearts,” Scholastic Writing Awards National Gold Medal & Gold Key, Flash Fiction, 2017.

“Indirect Proof,” “Deer in the Headlights,” “(Perhaps the World Turns Without Us)” & “A Crash Course in Rebellion” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2017.

Jeffrey Keys

“Caricatures and Citizenship, Intertwined” (critical essay), Scholastic Writing Awards National Gold Medal, Civic Expression Award & Alliance/ACT-SO Award, 2020.

Nikita Narayanan

Poetry, Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2019.

“Broken Wood” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2019.

“The Game” (poetry) Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2017.

“Piano” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2017.

Boluwatife Oshuntolu

“Unconscious Thoughts” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2017.

Samantha Parelli

“beauty queen” (short story), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2020.

“we used to skydive everywhere” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2020.

“Sacrosanct” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2019.

Hotel Stories,” 1st Place, Jersey Shorts Fiction Contest, 2018.

Governor’s Award in Arts Education, 2018.

Emily Tang

“Slicing” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2020.

“Ketchup Tales” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key Award, 2019.

“The Crack in the Sidewalk” (short story), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2017.

Michaela Wang

“Five Lessons from a 17-Year-Old Book Author” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2021.

“How Chinese Soap Operas Taught Me To Love My Culture” (humor), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2021.

“Learning to ‘Un-Model’ the Asian-American Minority Myth Will Counter Stereotypes, Hate and Free Us to Write Our Own Story” (op-ed), The 74, 2021.

“The Narrative of a Classroom Crush” (humor), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2021.

The New Observer, Editor-in-Chief, 2020–2021.

Broomed, Blessed, and Braised: Celebrating Traditional Chinese Holidays, independently published, 2020.

Mahatma Gandhi Peace and Harmony Award, 2020.

“High School Dances, Religiously” (humor), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key Award, 2019.

“It’s All Spanish to Me” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2019.

Kaitlin Weiss

New England Young Writers Conference, 2019.

“16” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key Award, 2019.

“On Feminism” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2019.