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Rahul Arora

“Citizenship Paper” (critical essay), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2022.

Molly Breckman

“Milton and Sam” (short story), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2021.

Lola Cantillon

“Extraterrestrial” & “Favorite Color” (poetry), Navigating the Maze, 2021.

“Modern Love” (nonfiction), Blue Marble Review, 2021.

“Clean Your Lens” (short story), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2021.

Kaitlyn Chee

Easy Eatings: The Book for Kids Whose Parents Don’t Cook (nonfiction), 2020.

Marina Chernin

“Reflections on the war from a Jewish-Ukrainian-Russian family in New Jersey” (op-ed), The Star-Ledger, April 2022.

“Dollhouse: A One Act Play” (dramatic script), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2022.

“From Russia with Love” (personal essay & memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2022.

“Chocolate Glazed with Sprinkles” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2021.

Dina Drogin

“Reproductive Rights: A Measure of Women’s Citizenship” (critical essay), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2022.

Elena Koestel

“We Live Through the Dark” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2021.

“Corporate Citizenship: Financing Electoral Inequality” (critical essay), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2022.

“mother may i” (poem), The Apprentice Writer (Vol. 39), fall 2021.

Pranay Maddali

“How Detention Centers Restrict Citizenship” (critical essay), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2022.

Isabela McNeilly-Anta

“Something Else” (personal essay/memoir), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2019.

Ashna Shah

“new age” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2022.

“The Beekeeper” (poetry), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2022.

Rebecca Shan

“The American Alien: A Product of the Chinese Exclusion Period and Its Legacy” (critical essay), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2022.

Yasmeena Sharif

“Why Black Women Don’t Trust the American Medical System: Disparities in the American Medical System and How They Disproportionately Affect Black Women” (critical essay), Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key, 2022.

Lauren Siegel

“Environmental Injustice and Inequality in America: A Violation of Citizenship” (critical essay), Scholastic Writing Awards Silver Key, 2022.

“Strangled” (short story), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2021.

Andrea Yan

“Chinese Immigration in America: The Racial Principles of Citizenship” (critical essay), Scholastic Writing Awards Honorable Mention, 2022.