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2008 First Place Scholarship
Awards (chosen citywide) |
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Award |
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Title |
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$10,000 Literature/Poetry |
Emma Benayoun |
Hunter College High School |
Meu Coracâo Vagabundo |
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$10,000 Lit/Fiction & Drama |
Vivian Truong |
Stuyvesant High School |
Seams |
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$10,000 Literature/Memoir |
Lily Akerman |
Stuyvesant High School |
Saturday |
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$10,000 Graphic Novel |
Jenna Kass |
Susan E. Wagner High School. |
Journey Home |
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2008 Second Place Scholarship
Awards (chosen citywide) |
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Award |
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School |
Title |
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$5,000 Literature/Poetry |
Nalyse Seymore |
DeWitt Clinton High School |
She Opens Old Wounds |
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$5,000 Lit/Fiction & Drama |
Mark Chiusano |
Stuyvesant High School |
Bid me Run |
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$5,000 Literature/Memoir |
Becky Zhao |
Hunter College High School |
Silence |
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$5,000 Graphic Novel |
Benjamin Samuels-Kalow |
Hunger College High School |
All the King’s Men |
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2008 Third Place Scholarship
Awards (chosen citywide) |
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Award |
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School |
Title |
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$2,500 Literature/Poetry |
Emily Banks |
Stuyvesant High School |
Rain in Mid-December |
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$2,500 Lit/Fiction & Drama |
Naeem Stewart |
High School of Art & Design |
Red Planet |
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$2,500 Literature/Memoir |
Snigdha Sur |
Stuyvesant High School |
Binglish |
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$2,500 Graphic Novel |
Allison Tran |
Stuyvesant High School |
Tale of a Paintbrush |
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All Other 2008 Winners by
School |
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Award |
Title |
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Bard H.S. Early College |
Luis Sanchez Jr. |
$500 - Graphic Novel |
My New York |
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Bronx H.S. of Science |
Ruxanda Cosma |
$1000 - Memoir |
Life is Not a Fairytale |
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Johannah King-Slutzky |
Hon. Mention - Fiction & Drama |
There Was Water |
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Natalia Piland |
$1000 - Fiction & Drama |
Pulse |
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Shane Steinberg |
Hon. Mention - Fiction & Drama |
18-1 |
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Michael Ting |
$500 -Memoir |
Man of Steel |
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Brooklyn College Academy |
Ian Gellman |
$1000 -Memoir |
What Does it Mean to Be |
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Brooklyn Technical H.S. |
Alyssa Baylor |
$1000 -Spoken Word |
To the Grandmother |
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Marta Kheyfets |
Honorable Mention- Memoir |
Aisha |
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Brian Lung |
$500 -Poetry |
Trail of Rwanda |
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Zachary Smith |
$500 -Fiction & Drama |
A Tale from Another |
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Corey Trippiedi |
$1000 -Fiction & Drama |
Diary of a Fallen Soldier |
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Jie Zou |
Honorable Mention -Poetry |
Just Like Clockwork |
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Canarsie High School |
Kamiesha Thompson |
$500 - Graphic Novel |
Dream |
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City As School |
Donald Moore |
$500 - Fiction & Drama |
Palmetto |
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Clara Barton High School |
Dieunane Chapoteau |
$500 - Memoir |
My Memoir |
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Dewitt Clinton High School |
Marlen Amaro |
$1000 - Poetry |
No Countries, Imagine |
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Amarachi Duru |
Honorable Mention - Poetry |
Cultures Scream |
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Fashion Industries H.S. |
Nelio Naut & |
$500 - Graphic Novel |
The Ward |
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Flushing International H.S. |
Darnying Montas |
$500 - Graphic Novel |
Accepted |
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Forest Hill High School |
Karin Dgon |
Hon. Mention - Graphic Novel |
New York, New Daphney |
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Frank Sinatra School |
Ariel Cotton |
Hon. Mention - Fiction & Drama |
Seekers |
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of the Arts |
Victoria Wasserman |
$500 - Memoir |
Live Your Life |
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Grover Cleveland H.S. |
Mena Hanna |
$1000 - Memoir |
Stars Beyond the Storm |
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Jennifer Nweji |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
My Personal Statement |
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Herbert H. Lehman H.S. |
Cecellia Burl |
Honorable Mention - Poetry |
I Wanna Hear a Poem |
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Brittany Gonzalez |
Honorable Mention - Poetry |
Broadway |
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H.S. for Contemporary Arts |
Shanika Brown |
Hon. Mention - Graphic Novel |
Adolescent Childhood |
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High School for |
MayMay Cheng |
Hon. Mention - Graphic Novel |
The Hair Raising... |
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Environmental Studies |
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High School of Art & Design |
David Hwang |
Honorable Mention - Poetry |
Piano |
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Hostos-Lincoln Academy |
Karlyce Edwards |
$500 - Fiction & Drama |
The Day I Lost My Home |
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Sheila McPherson |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
To the End of Time |
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Hunter College High School |
Sara Leshen |
$1000 - Memoir |
Memory Trail |
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Yichen Zhang |
$1000 - Graphic Novel |
Never in a Fairytale |
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Information Technology H.S. |
Mandeep Kaur |
$1000 - Graphic Novel |
Fiend |
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Jane Adams Vocational H.S. |
Tiana Williams |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
The Finest Steel |
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Jonathan Levin High School |
Richard Twumasi |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
The Existence |
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LaGuardia High School |
Caitlin Allen |
$1000 - Fiction & Drama |
Italian Imports |
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Long Island City High School |
Melinda Ling |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
Dark Sunny Day |
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Nathasha Sukhu |
Hon. Mention - Graphic Novel |
Dream Within Dreams |
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Manhattan Hunter |
Jenneida Cruz |
Hon. Mention - Graphic Novel |
Guardian |
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Science High School |
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Middle College High School |
Mauricio Castillo |
$500 - Fiction & Drama |
Remember Me |
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Midwood High School |
Rebeca Baudille |
Honorable Mention - Poetry |
And Be as Another Man |
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Irvin Ibarguen |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
Chapter 1: The Synoptic |
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Brittany Thornton |
$1000 - Graphic Novel |
Kisses Get Stitches |
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Monroe Academy Arts & |
Mildred Robinson |
Hon. Mention - Graphic Novel |
World Class Ninjas |
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Design |
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Murry Bergtraum H.S. |
Angie Quiros |
Hon. Mention - Graphic Novel |
The Trap |
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New Dorp High School |
Evelina Gokinayeva |
$1000 - Memoir |
Beslan Cemetery |
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New Explorers High School |
Joshua Lopez |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
The Visit |
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NYC Lab School |
Soli Shin |
Honorable Mention - Poetry |
Diana in Repose |
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Paul Robeson High School |
Julian Jeremiah |
Hon. Mention - Spoken Word |
Ghetto Past 11213 |
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Port Richmond High School |
Ain Buford |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
Black Flames |
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Valentina Nezaj |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
A Day in the Park |
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Amanda Tousson |
$500 - Poetry |
When God's Eyes Were Blind |
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Brian Cofano |
$500 - Graphic Novel |
Tsuttsuki |
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Queens High School for |
Shellie Ann Dick |
Hon. Mention - Fiction & Drama |
Dearly Departed |
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the Sciences |
Jenny Kai |
Hon. Mention - Fiction & Drama |
The River |
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Queens H.S. for Information, |
Mandeep Kaur |
$1000 - Graphic Novel |
Fiend |
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Technology & Research |
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Richmond Hill High School |
Poiema Willett & |
Hon. Mention - Graphic Novel |
Rediscovery The... |
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Rashney Kaur |
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Riverdale Kingsbridge |
Kandace Coston |
$500 - Poetry |
Air and Earth |
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Academy |
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Sheepshead Bay H.S. |
Marquita Pring |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
The First Day |
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Yanoska Sarazin |
Hon. Mention - Graphic Novel |
The Annual Horrors |
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Staten Island Technical |
Christina Tworek |
$500 - Memoir |
An Organized Mess |
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High School |
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Stuyvesant High School |
Raheel Anwar |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
The Yellow Cab |
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Zakia Babb |
$500 - Fiction & Drama |
Nancy |
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Vanessa Charubhumi |
$500 - Poetry |
From the Eighteenth |
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Helen Ho |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
Estranged |
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Olga Izakson |
Honorable Mention - Poetry |
Electroshock |
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Cindy Law |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
Journey Through Music |
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Rebecca Levitan |
Hon. Mention - Fiction & Drama |
Silence of Infinite Spaces |
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Diana Poon |
$500 - Memoir |
Almost! |
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Katherine Wycisk |
Hon. Mention - Fiction & Drama |
That's Why We Sail... |
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Alice Xu |
Hon. Mention - Fiction & Drama |
A Legacy Within the Hour |
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Susan E. Wagner H.S. |
Divya Gadangi |
Honorable Mention - Poetry |
Who Knew this Would Turn... |
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Deana Holness |
Hon. Mention - Spoken Word |
Equal Fights |
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Hussein Saja |
Honorable Mention - Poetry |
The Black Leafd Forest |
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Tracy Solomon |
$1000 - Fiction & Drama |
Please Die |
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Nina Spierer |
$1000 - Spoken Word |
Untitled |
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Tottenville High School |
Brian Garritano |
Hon. Mention - Fiction & Drama |
Violetta |
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Jocelyn Kuo |
Hon. Mention - Fiction & Drama |
Metamorphosis |
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Tiffany Kuo |
$500 - Fiction & Drama |
Disproving the Intangible |
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Kaya Suainson |
Hon. Mention - Fiction & Drama |
Father of Fortune |
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Sana Venjara |
$500 - Memoir |
The March |
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Samantha Zanatta |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
One-Third of a Whole |
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Angel Velandres |
$1000 - Graphic Novel |
The 7th Legion Chronicles |
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Townsend Harris H.S. |
Caroline Kang |
Honorable Mention - Poetry |
1952 |
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Marisa Lupo |
Honorable Mention - Memoir |
Made-up Memories |
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Adrianna Mateo |
$1000 - Fiction & Drama |
The Nature of Faith |
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Sarah Pepe |
$500 - Poetry |
Embers |
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Pranita Sookai |
Honorable Mention - Poetry |
O'Keefe |
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Melanie Sovern |
$1000 - Poetry |
The Alchemist |
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Tijana Vursic |
Honorable Mention - Poetry |
Long Hours, Every Working |
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