CGA Creative Writing Competition winners announced
Congratulations to all of the students who entered the 3rd annual creative writing competition. 277 entries were received and evaluated by our great judging panel (each entry was reviewed by at least 3 judges). The winner is the submission receiving the highest overall ranking by the 3 judges. Additionally, each entry that was ranked 1st, 2nd or 3rd place by a judge in a category will be included in the book of finalists. The book will be available for purchase in March 2011.
The book release party will be April 7, 2011.
Also, each CGA Campus Rep has certificates to award to each of the finalists, and at the elementary level for participants. We are proud of everyone who entered this competition — it takes a truly passionate writer to put his or her writing out there for other people to judge. (click here if you have not received your certificate yet to contact your campus rep).
Esteemed judges:
- Kim Smith: author of Sydney Wakefield, Into the Faraway
- Matt Bowden: Coppell High School Teacher
- Nicole Scott: Pinkerton Teacher
- Jill Haltom: CISD Language Arts Coordinator
- Jennifer Judd: author
- Jennifer Miller: author
- Debra Marshall: Wilson Librarian
- Laila Sanguras: CMS West Teacher
- Catherine Vanover: Spanish teacher; professional photographer
- Todd Kettler: CISD Director of Advanced Academics
- Lexanne Seifert: CHS Librarian
- Michael Cooke: CHS Librarian
- Becky Bouchard: Cottonwood Creek Librarian
- Andi Feille: Wilson Teacher
- Lynette Fortson: retired Mockingbird librarian
- Liz Tanner: Lakeside Teacher
- Cacey Narez: Lakeside Teacher
- John Scott: Teacher
- Jill Haltom: CISD Language Arts Coordinator
THE WINNERS (the following authors winning entries will appear in the book to be published and released on April 7, 2011):
Fiction (3rd-4th)
- winner, Kelly Wei
- honorable mention, Jenna Brown
- honorable mention, Kazimir Carlsen-Phelan
- honorable mention, Jayashree Ganesan
- honorable mention, Maguire Mathis
- honorable mention, Katelyn Raffenbeul
- honorable mention, Eva Theel
Fiction (5th)
- winner, Mina Yu
- honorable mention, Meghan Bauer
- honorable mention, Audrey Friend
- honorable mention, Abbie Hall
- honorable mention, Maydha Kohli
- honorable mention, Ashna Pathan
- honorable mention, Claudia Wang
Fiction (6th-7th)
- winner, Tori Hotchkiss
- honorable mention, Nikita Belathur
- honorable mention, Nimit Kalra
- honorable mention, Sajani Raja
- honorable mention, Rebekah Su
Fiction (8th-10th)
- winner, Aimee Hyndman
- honorable mention, Kelly Hall
- honorable mention, Aadam Husain
- honorable mention, Kayla Tabuena
- honorable mention, Shelby Truax
Fiction (11th-12th)
- winner, Kristin Miller
- honorable mention, Cody Davis
- honorable mention, Mattie Lonborg
- honorable mention, Sam Medley
- honorable mention, Shehryar Siddiqui
- honorable mention, Kelly Stewart
Graphic Novel (Elementary)
- winner, Matthew Gaffney
- Sushant Gupta
- honorable mention, Joanne Hong
- honorable mention, Riley Sanders
Graphic Novel (Middle School)
- winner, Lexie Yut
- honorable mention, Shreya Chandrasekar
- honorable mention, Maria Licona
Non-fiction (Elementary)
- winner, Liberty Chanin
- honorable mention, Lekhitha Ammaresh
- honorable mention, Aimee Hou
- honorable mention, Shradha Panatpur
- honorable mention, Mina Yu
Non-fiction (Middle)
- winner, Jeanna Carlsson
- honorable mention, Nicholas Jang
- honorable mention, Aparna Panatpur
- honorable mention, Christine Prichard
- honorable mention, Trinity Sullivan
- honorable mention, Lexie Yut
Non-fiction (High School)
- winner, Dani Pearsall
- honorable mention, Nicole Bartley
- honorable mention, Priya Gupta
- honorable mention, Sam Medley
- honorable mention, Kristin Miller
- honorable mention, Michela Morales
- honorable mention, Shehryar Siddiqui
Poetry (3rd – 4th)
- winner, Catherine Guo
- honorable mention, Vanuli Arya
- honorable mention, Nikita Dubey
- honorable mention, Anna Judd
- honorable mention, Alex McCord
- honorable mention, Emilie Sangerhausen
Poetry (5th)
- winner, Mina Yu
- honorable mention, Abbie Hall
- honorable mention, Maydha Kohli
- honorable mention, Allie Saunders
- honorable mention, Monica Su
- honorable mention, Shruti Vellaturi
Poetry (6th)
- winner, Chase Price
- honorable mention, Emaan Bangash
- honorable mention, Alexandra Bowles
- honorable mention, Ruhi Deshmukh
- honorable mention, Taylor Dubey
- honorable mention, Meryl Xiong
Poetry (7th)
- winner, Arthi Tarugu
- honorable mention, Linda Castranova
- honorable mention, Ali Gentry
- honorable mention, Maha Haque
- honorable mention, Sajani Raja
- honorable mention, Katy Yut
Poetry (8th-10th)
- winner, Katy Li
- honorable mention, Aadam Husain
- honorable mention, Aimee Hyndman
- honorable mention, Sabur Khan
- honorable mention, Aparna Panatpur
- winner, Kristin Miller
- honorable mention, Nicole Bartley
- honorable mention, Austin Herrin
- honorable mention, Mattie Lonborg
- honorable mention, Tisha Morales
- honorable mention, Dani Pearsall
- honorable mention, Shehryar Siddiqui
- honorable mention, Jiayin (Julie) Tan
Poetry (11th-12th)
PARTICIPANTS (listed in alphabetical order)
Laasya Achanta
Aishwarya Addepalli
Sabrine Alsalih
Rhea Bachani
Anastacia Badillo
Noor Bairuty
Kira Barr
Nicole Bartley
Hannah Bauer
Eric Benenson
Sneha Shree Bhatia
Anika Biju
Camila Boccalandro
Peyton Borel
Mariana Bulgarelli
Serena Bulone
Bharathi Caldwell
Bharathi Caldwell
Ilse Carrasco
Jennifer Chavarro
Sumedh Chilakamarri
Haemin Chong
Rayan Chowdhury
Emerson Clark
Adrian Crawford
Cody Davis
Luke Depperschmidt
Aisha Espinosa
Dante Ewell
Caroline Ferree
Erin Folk
Sara Fuerst
Elizabeth Fullwood
Susmitha Gaikwad
Eva Gamboa
Ananya Ganeriwalla
shivani ganesh
Reece Gardner
Elena Gillis
Natalie Green
Katie Griffing
Elena Grijalva
Manasa Gudavalli
Sai Gundupalli
Riya Gupta
Shaira Hai
Kelly Hall
Emily Han
Jerry Harris
Charlotte Hayden
Rheaven Hicks
Maddie Hood
Mike Hulcy
Shannon Huurman
Shishir Jessu
Richard Jo
Vignesh Joglekar
Colleen Jones
Autumn Jones
Alisha Kalangara
Nimit Kalra
Sneha Karkala
Bhavana Keepudi
Carsyn Kennedy
Asad Khawaja
Lydia Kim
Joshua Kim
Andrew Kim
Amy Kitzman
Daniel Koh
Sara Koh
Kovida Koneru
Rachel Kruse
Surbhi Kumar
Ashwin Kumar
Asad Lakhani
Kritima Lamichhane
Sierra Latshaw
Madison Lee
Beverly Lo
Mahita Maddukuri
Riya Mahesh
Chandrika Manikandan
Anu Manjesh
Siddharth Marella
Isy Martinez
Naoya Matsumoto
Sam Medley
Caleb Moen
Payton Molina
Tisha Morales
Gaby Mungo
Bhargav Nallanthighal
Daniel Norman
Anais Ocegueda
Nithin Panchakarla
Prayusha Pandey
Rahi Patel
Ashna Pathan
Dani Pearsall
Zoe Peterson
Archana Prabhakar
Arthi Prabhakar
Shivrinith Prasad
Chase Price
Christine Prichard
Lina Pyon
Hoopman Rachel
Anjali Raghavan
Mayuri Raja
Shreyas Rajagopal
Ananya Rajesh
Riddhi Rane
Maggie Roberts
LIllie Saunders
Arnav Saxena
Jishnu Shah
Hannah Sidwell
Anand Singh
Akansha Singh
Johanna Skarbek
Harrison Smith
Connor Smith
Cassidy Smith
Harrison Smith
Margaret Snyder
Woojin (Sam) Song
Cate Stuart
Gina Su
Trinity Sullivan
Meghna Suresh
Aakash Talathi
Andrew Tao
Karina Teruya
Brittany Thompson
Tristan Trevino
Reid Valentine
Marco Vega
Shruti Vellaturi
Shruti Vellaturi
kerrigan visoski
Benjamin Wang
Caylee Webb
Alwin Wen
Meryl Xiong
Stella Yan
Janice (Haejun) Yoo
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