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Isabel Alland

“It’s Normal” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2015.

Mark Berger

“In Memory” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2017.

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

“Time to Play” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2016.

“Morning Practice” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2015.

“Prom King” (short story), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2015.

“A Wild Storm” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2014.

“Left in the Dust” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2014.

Sanya Bery

Coloring Books” (creative nonfiction), Blue Marble Review, spring 2017.

“One Untold Story” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2016.

“Coloring Books” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2016.

“12-16” (fiction), Canvas Literary Magazine, spring 2016 print edition.

A Dirt-covered Secret, that Can Save Us All” (nonfiction), Teen Ink online, selected for the front page of the magazine’s hot topics/environment section. November 7, 2015.

Paul Brown

“But a Man” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2014.

Kiran Damodaran

Carnival Games” (short story), Scholastic Writing Awards National Silver Medal & Gold Key, 2017.

“Drown Drizzle” (poetry), Crashtest Magazine, spring 2017.

“Building Supernovae” & “On Coping” (poetry), YARN Magazine, April 2017.

“Outside the Lines” (poetry), Edison Literary Review, vol. 16, fall 2017.

“Collision Theory” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2017.

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

“Building Supernovae,” “The Absolute,” “On Coping” & “A Denunciation of Adulthood” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mentions, 2017.

“From the Notes of my Phone” (writing portfolio), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2017.

“Weak Goodbyes and Failed Interventions: My Love Affair with Harry Potter” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2017.

National Student Poet semi-finalist, 2016.

“Collision Theory” (poetry), Louisville Review, spring 2016.

Collision Theory” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards National Silver Medal & Gold Key, 2016.

“The Absolute” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2016.

“Vulnerability” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2016.

“My Body” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2016.

“A Denunciation of Adulthood” & “Heartbreak” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mentions, 2016.

Collision Theory” (poetry), Claremont Review, 2015.

“The Absolute” (poetry), Black Fox Literary Magazine, fall 2015.

“A Denunciation of Adulthood” (poetry), Canvas Literary Journal, fall 2015.

“Heartbreak” (poetry), Live Poets Society of New Jersey, “Topical Winner” for the “Of Love and Dedication” issue, spring 2015.

“Carnival Games” (fiction), 2nd place, Writer’s Slate annual writing contest sponsored by The Writing Conference, Inc.; April 2015 edition, Vol. 30, Issue 3.

Joelle Gross

“Double Exposure” (one-act play), finalist, New Jersey Playwrights Theatre 33rd Annual Young Playwrights Contest, 2016.

Matteo Moretti

“A Message to the Media” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2016.

Gabrielle Poisson

“Trust No One,” finalist, NJ Young Playwrights Competition, 2017.

“Doesn’t that Sound Lovely?” (play), winner, national Young Playwrights Festival. Play will be professionally produced in Los Angeles in June 2016.

“Shadow Friends” (short story), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2016.

“Looking Glass Life” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2016

“December’s Graveyard” (science fiction/fantasy), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2016.

“Worn Thin” (dramatic script), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2016.

“Worn Thin” (one-act play), Governor’s Award in Arts Education, 2015.

“Worn Thin” (one act play), winner, New Jersey Playwrights Theatre 32nd Annual Young Playwrights Contest, 2015.

Shadow Friends” (fiction) 1st place, Writer’s Slate annual writing contest sponsored by The Writing Conference, Inc.; April 2015 edition, Vol. 30, Issue 3.

“Little Red” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2015.

“Worn Thin” (dramatic script), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2015.

“Depression” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2015.

“Sound of Silence” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2015.

“Little Red” (short story), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2014.

Poetry, Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2013.

Anne Ruble

“The Jar” & “Kinesthetic Outlines” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2017.

“The Jar” (poetry), Polyphony H.S. Magazine, 2016.

“The Jar” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2016.

“Too-Long Texts I Wanted to Send to My Former Best Friend” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2016.

“The Garden of Eden” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2016.

“Shifting Gears” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2015.

“Pink Triangles” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2015.

“Thoughts on Inheritance” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2015.

“Changing Channels” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2014.

“On Traffic Lights and Laundry Detergrent” & “Eye Cannot Explain” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mentions, 2014.

The Misty Truth” (short story), TeenInk.com, June 2012.

Ryan Skorka

“The Baker” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2014.

Abdul-Nafea Syed

“Family Affairs” (poetry), topical winner, Live Poets Society of New Jersey, fall 2015.

Lance Tan

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

“Assistant” & “Legacy” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Keys, 2016.

“Doing Dishes” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2015.

“Brother Wheels” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2015.

“Lorenzo’s Oil” (short story), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2014.

Jocelyn Tolpin

“The Cuckoo Clock” (short story), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2014.

Short story, Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2012.

Eva Verzani

“My Best Shot” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Silver Key, 2014.

Nick Wecal

“Aubade” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2016.

Issi Young

Our Romance is Kamikaze” (poetry), The Louisville Review, Issue 81, spring 2016.

Hold Her Hand” (poetry), topical winner, Live Poets Society of New Jersey, fall 2015.

Betsy Zaubler

Texts from Spain” (short story), winner, Susquehanna University’s 35th Annual High School Writing Contest, 2017.

“Texts from Spain” (short story), The Apprentice Writer, Volume 35, p. 36, fall 2017.

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

“Thanksgiving Surprise” (dramatic script), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2017.

“Texts from Spain” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2017.

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

“The Runners” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2017.

“Shooting Star” (short story), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2017.

“Hide and Go (Seek)” & “Stupid” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mentions, 2017.

“Kleinfield Bridal” (dramatic script), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2017.

16 Minutes” (personal essay), The Montclair Times, December 2016.

NCTE Achievement Award for Superior Writing, 2016.

Thanksgiving Surprise” (one-act play), honorable mention, Princeton University Lewis Center for the Arts National 10-Minute Play Contest, 2016.

“Corn Maze” (poetry), Cicada, July/August 2016 & Jan/Feb 2017.

“Bubblegum” (one-act play), finalist, New Jersey Playwrights Theatre 33rd Annual Young Playwrights Contest, 2016.

Thanksgiving Surprise” (one-act play), 1st place, Writers’ Slate annual writing contest sponsored by The Writing Conference, Inc.; Vol. 31, spring 2016 edition.

“Robin Hood & the Fairy Tale Friends to the Rescue” (play), writer and director. Produced by Studio Players Community Theater in Montclair, eight performances in February 2016.

Thanksgiving Surprise” (one-act play), 3rd place, Theater Project 14th Annual Young Playwright Competition. Performance March 12, 2016 at the Cranford Community Center.

Thanksgiving Surprise” (dramatic script), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2016.

“Hide and go (seek)” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2016.

“Fun House” (flash fiction), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2016.

“Robin Hood & the Fairy Tale Friends to the Rescue” (dramatic script), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2016.

“Shooting Star” (short story), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2016.

Traffic” (poetry), topical winner, Live Poets Society of New Jersey, fall 2015.

Thanksgiving Surprise” (one-act play), Governor’s Award in Arts Education, 2015. Award ceremony May 2015, War Memorial Theater, Trenton, N.J.

Thanksgiving Surprise” (one act play), winner, New Jersey Playwrights Theatre 32nd Annual Young Playwrights Contest, 2015. “Thanksgiving Surprise” will be staged by professional actors at the Playwrights Festival in June 2015.

“Shooting Star” (fiction), 2nd place, Rider University 35th Annual High School Writing Contest, spring 2015.