Congratulations to all of the passionate student writers who entered the 10th Annual CGA Creative Writing Competition! Over 30 judges have spent the last two months reviewing the story and poetry entries. We wholeheartedly thank the judges for their time, dedication and effort.

1st Place and Honorable Mention recipients listed below will be published in a book to be released on April 18, 2018.

All students who receive 1st Place or Honorable Mention must have a Parent Permission Form completed to have their work published in the book. Please click HERE to fill out the form. The forms must be completed by March 9, 2017 for the story/poem to appear in the book. Books contain the entries from the finalists: ALL 1st place and honorable mentions.

PRE-ORDER YOUR BOOK BY CLICKING HERE.

Books are $17, including tax. Deadline to pre-order books is March 9, 2018.

1st place winners receive 1 free copy of the book.

All pre-ordered Finalist Books will be distributed at the:

CGA Book Release Party

April 25, 2018

at CHS Commons

5:45p start

Books are available for pickup starting at 5:30p

• 1st Place recipients will have the opportunity to read a brief (4 minute) excerpt of their winning story.
• Honorable Mentions and 1st place winners will be called to the stage for recognition and photo opportunities.
• Students who are published in the book may enter a drawing at the party for a GoPro Hero video camera. Must be present to win.

 

 

Winners: 1st Place and Honorable Mention

11-12 Poetry

• 1st Place – Vivek Chilakamarri – Progression
• Honorable Mention – Kanishka Shah – My Dear Boy
• Honorable Mention – Alexandria Goodwin – please don’t make him change the locks again
• Honorable Mention – Jayashree Ganesan – Mindless Flickers
• Honorable Mention – Kendall Coburn – Acoustic Recluse
• Honorable Mention – Sarah Low – Navel-Gazing
• Honorable Mention – Bakhtawar Yasir – Together
• Honorable Mention – Dharshini Suresh – A New Chance

9-10 Poetry

• 1st Place – Ayush Roychowdhury – The Gift
• Honorable Mention – Avani Putcha – Perseverance
• Honorable Mention – Matthew Nuñez – Am I Free
• Honorable Mention – Nupur Rishi – Dr. Grandpa
• Honorable Mention – Eve Theel – What Were You Wearing?
• Honorable Mention – Shreya Tamma – Black Hole
• Honorable Mention – Prerna P Singh – Hear My Cry
• Honorable Mention – Jeongju (Lily) Lee – Tick Tock Goes The Clock

8 Poetry

• 1st Place – Mira Jiang – Starry Skies
• Honorable Mention – Trisha Srinivasan – Sanctuary
• Honorable Mention – Pranavi Garlapati – That one day
• Honorable Mention – Jillian Moore – Priorities
• Honorable Mention – Trisha Atluri – All the Beauty

7 Poetry

• 1st Place – Faye Zhang – Hephaestus
• Honorable Mention – Zachary Ebert – Alexa
• Honorable Mention – Uma Haridas – Shooter
• Honorable Mention – Kushal Chakraborty – The Fallen Willow
• Honorable Mention – Tavishka Arora – The Journey of a Water Droplet
• Honorable Mention – Madhalasa Iyer – Beyond The Ashes

 

6 Poetry

• 1st Place – Weina Lu – A Christmas Massacre
• Honorable Mention – Hana Sawaf – Canine Romance
• Honorable Mention – Enaika Kishnani – Water lilies
• Honorable Mention – Aditi Prakash – This Absurd Land
• Honorable Mention – Scarlett Rose Bliobenes – I Am The Tree
• Honorable Mention – JonDavid Freytag – Lost
• Honorable Mention – Rishika Porandla – Nightmares

5 Poetry

• 1st Place – Aishi Biswal – Path of Peace
• Honorable Mention – Varshini Byreddy – Mysterious Girl
• Honorable Mention – Michael Liu – Stay Away Camp
• Honorable Mention – Sophie Caswell – Parker and Bella
• Honorable Mention – Addison Bunt – The Tiny Dancer

4 Poetry

• 1st Place  – Emma Zhao – My Coco
• Honorable Mention – Ankitha Ravi – October 31st
• Honorable Mention  – Ananya Nair – HOPE
• Honorable Mention – Vibha Vedagiri – The World I Live In
• Honorable Mention – Akshara Pillai – Rain
• Honorable Mention – Sumedha Rapuri – Sleep

 

11-12 Story

• 1st Place – Kelly Wei – Fish in a Bowl
• Honorable Mention – Hope Braafladt – Stains
• Honorable Mention – Marcus Munshi – A Date with Death
• Honorable Mention – Katrina Fisher – Someone in Mind
• Honorable Mention – Jacob Risch – T.E.D. and Leroy

9-10 Story

• 1st Place – Shravya Mahesh – searching . . .
• Honorable Mention – Nikita Madhavaram – A Dead End
• Honorable Mention – Teja Tummuru – The Virture of the Bliss of Ignorance
• Honorable Mention – Ayush Roychowdhury – Thoughts of Horror
• Honorable Mention – Nimra Usmani – What You Can’t Take Back
• Honorable Mention – Eva Theel – Listen to Children
• Honorable Mention – Aashi Lala – The Fruity Fairytale
• Honorable Mention – Anusha Panda – The Never Ending Nightmare

8 Story

• 1st Place – Claire McCoppin – Fate
• Honorable Mention – Mira Jiang – Last Goodbyes
• Honorable Mention – Michelle Zhou – Escape
• Honorable Mention – Harshitha Dittakavi – TRAPPED
• Honorable Mention – Joanne Kim – Life and Death

7 Story

• 1st Place – Jenni Choe – The Last Ones
• Honorable Mention – Cooper Wiethoff – The Worst 6 Hours Of My Life
• Honorable Mention – Faye Zhang – 796
• Honorable Mention – Michelle Rivera – The double universe
• Honorable Mention – Reema Nannapaneni – The Selected

6 Story

• 1st Place – Yaalinee Prabhu – The Night of Broken Spirit
• Honorable Mention – Nikhita Damuluri – Why?
• Honorable Mention – Anushree De – The Mechanism of the Machine
• Honorable Mention – Ryan Gao – Memoir of the Siege of Leningrad
• Honorable Mention – Mahati Sudhagar – Supernova

5 Story

• 1st Place – Aarav Kansupada – My Country, My Pride
• Honorable Mention – Ananya Pilla – The Accident
• Honorable Mention – Diya Hassan – Adventure
• Honorable Mention – Aishi Biswal – The Popular Code
• Honorable Mention – Arjun Manikandan – The Escape
• Honorable Mention – Eleanor Dugan – The Mission

4 Story

• 1st Place – Anabella Zanelli – The Stray
• Honorable Mention – Pranavi Sharma – My Life as a Pioneer girl
• Honorable Mention – Aarna Sreenath – The Crystal Rosebush
• Honorable Mention – Prisha Thakur – A Long Adventurous Journey – Never to be Forgotten