Announcing the 2025 Teen Writing Contest & Ned Vizzini Prize Winners
We received 970 submissions, and the Teen Writing Contest Committee is pleased to announce the following prizes, honors, and selections for the 2025 Teen Writing Contest & Ned Vizzini Teen Writing Prize. Poetry Middle School First Place: Russia is Not Russian by Sasha KeehnerSecond Place: I Held the Match by Dolce TessHonorable Mention: My Only Love Pizza by Javon FindlayHonorable Mention: The Wild Tulip by Angria UtnasunovaHonorable Mention: The Beautiful Truth by Sophia Smith High School First Place: Plot by Michelle LeeSecond Place:…
Announcing the 2024 Teen Writing Contest & Ned Vizzini Prize Winners
We received 800+ submissions, and the Teen Writing Contest Committee is pleased to announce the following prizes, honors, and selections for the 2024 Teen Writing Contest & Ned Vizzini Teen Writing Prize. Poetry Middle School First Place: Probably by Stella DempseySecond Place: Unbreakable by Gia OcceanHonorable Mention: Where I'm From by Tamira BradshawHonorable Mention: Welcome to New York by Alan Kofman Honorable Mention: Monster Dream by Jeffrey OrtigozaHigh School First Place: Unfinished Gun Poem by Arielle Lichtman Second Place: Mourner…