Announcing the 2023 Teen Writing Contest & Ned Vizzini Prize Winners

Karen, Coordinator of Young Adult Services

This post has been edited to reflect a new list of winners.

We received 900+ submissions, and the Teen Writing Contest Committee is pleased to announce the following prizes, honors, and selections for the 2023 Teen Writing Contest & Ned Vizzini Teen Writing Prize. 

Poetry  

Middle School 

  • First Place: A Child’s Thoughts on Recurring Themes in Headlines by Gabi Flatto-Katz 
  • Second Place: Green blades, barbeque, and dawn + dusk by Mae Lower
  • Honorable Mention: Where I'm From by Emmanuella Anaela Ibeanu 
  • Honorable Mention: An Ode to Ye Mordious Micturations by Maxime Jaccon 
  • Honorable Mention:  Name/이름 (ileum) by Liya Choi 

High School 

  • First Place: red-tailed hawks by Ari Watkins 
  • Second Place: Overture for the End by Rivkah Lahav 
  • Honorable Mention: Bildungsroman Hymnal by Sumaitaah Alam 
  • Honorable Mention: The Price You Pay by Chloe Nudelman 
  • Honorable Mention: Marigold as Girl by Yan Zhen Zhu 

Prose 

Middle School 

  • First Place: The Shattered Princess by Dahlia Clark-Gercke 
  • Second Place: Chill Out Dude, Have Some Mexican Cuisine! by Tuesday Miller 
  • Honorable Mention: Jerry's Spoon by Laila Gilabert 
  • Honorable Mention: The Potion by Thúy Holder-Vinh 
  • Honorable Mention: I despise mint by Francine Joerg 

High School 

  • First Place: The Love Boat by Sophia Medina 
  • Second Place: Motherz by Jack Kramer   
  • Honorable Mention: Eggplants by Meital Fried  
  • Honorable Mention: Koisenu Futari: An Aromantic Asexual Take on a Happy Family by Tara Isabel Lago   
  • Honorable Mention: Canary by Sarah Martinez   
  • Honorable Mention: Ghost Story by Audrey O'Heir   

The following additional selections from our finalists will also be published in our Teen Writing Journal: 

Poetry 

Middle School  

  • Untitled by Delancey Dodd 
  • what keeps me up at night? by Marcus Nieves-Farmer 
  • Despite Concrete by Esteban Ramirez 

High School  

  • on nostalgia by Eliana Cochrane 
  • You, ABCD by Shreya Daggolu 
  • What is Brooklyn to me? by Joelle Nugent 
  • The Mercy of Hardwood Floors by Eliot Taber 

Prose  

Middle Schoo

  • Why The Tide Rises with the Moon by Elise Kosacolsky  
  • Only in New York by Noa Salas Adam 

High School  

  • tiny stones by Eleanor Bolas   
  • Our Shadows are Not the Same by Matilda Curley   
  • Dear Sixth-Grade Self by Kaela Li 
  • Introduction by Rivkah Lahav   
  • Tito José: The Grandfather He Has Always Been by Daniella Sanchez Barillas   

Congrats to our winners and many thanks to our staff readers and judges. Please join us for the 2023 Teen Writing Contest & Ned Vizzini Teen Writing Prize Celebration on Monday, June 12, 6:00pm-8:30pm. 

 



Lisaela Ngandu…

Congratulations Emmanuella Ibeanu, your beautiful and thoughtful poem has been recognized. We are so proud of you - our little poet. Felicitations!
Wed, May 3 2023 6:55 pm Permalink

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