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Young Writers Awards 2010 Program
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The 2010 Winners

Poetry:

• A Hump of Gold by Silver Liftin   (Winner, Grades 3-4 Category)
• An Osprey in a Tree by Grace Alexandra Chiong   (Honorable Mention, Grades 3-4 Category)
• I Am From... by Bryson D. Wiese   (Honorable Mention, Grades 3-4 Category)
• Knitting by Mary Miller   (Winner, Grades 5-6 Category)
• Poem in Three Views by Asher Liftin   (Honorable Mention, Grades 5-6 Category)
• the by Isabel H. Adler   (Honorable Mention, Grades 5-6 Category)
• Snow Flight by Annabel Barry   (Winner, Grades 7-8 Category)
• Clearing a Field by Gautama Mehta   (Winner, Grades 9-12 Category)

Prose:

• Katelyn and Will's Great Adventure by Emma Yeston   (Winner, Grades 3-4 Category)
• Pickle Rage by Jacob Aufzien   (Winner, Grades 5-6 Category)
• In the Shadow of the Cross by Philip Clark   (Winner, Grades 7-8 Category)
• Civil War Journal by Anna Hitchcock   (Honorable Mention, Grades 7-8 Category)

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2009 Winners

Poetry:

• I Meet My Sister by Katherine Franco   (Winner, Grades 3-4 Category)
• The Pomegranate by Asher Liftin   (Honorable Mention, Grades 3-4 Category)
• Assignment by Mary Miller   (Honorable Mention, Grades 5-6 Category)
• A Moment I'll Never Forget by Remi Khagan   (Winner, Grades 5-6 Category)
• Alzheimer's by Martha Jean Epstein   (Winner, Grades 7-8 Category)
• Poultry Poetry: Polemic by Shon Arieh-Lerer   (Winner, Grades 9-12 Category)
• Leda and the Swan by Elissa Watters   (Honorable Mention, Grades 9-12 Category)

Prose:

• Lin Lin's Silk Road Diary by Gabrielle Herzig   (Winner, Grades 3-4 Category)
• Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives by Noah Engelmayer   (Winner, Grades 5-6 Category)
• Strings by Sarah Mei Yeoh-Wang   (Winner, Grades 7-8 Category)

2008 Winners

Poetry:

• Cherry Tree by Olivia Keane   (Winner, Grades 3-4 Category)
• Chocolate by Alexis Kushner   (Honorable Mention, Grades 3-4 Category)
• Pleading Novels by Lucy P. Ryan   (Winner, Grades 5-6 Category)
• The End by Sara Weintrop   (Honorable Mention, Grades 5-6 Category)
• Lady on a Vase by Jennifer Yeoh-Wang   (Honorable Mention, Grades 5-6 Category)
• One String Short by Theo Naylor   (Winner, Grades 7-8 Category)
• Hell on Earth by David Schwerdt   (Honorable Mention, Grades 7-8 Category)

Prose:

• Catch a Memory, Catch a Moon by Sydney Jennison   (Winner, Grades 3-4 Category)
• Lifeless by Babe Howard   (Winner, Grades 5-6 Category)
• Madame's Umbrella by Allie Blankenhorn   (Honorable Mention, Grades 5-6 Category)

2007 Winners

Poetry:

• Life by Billie Fabrikant   (Winner, Grades 3-4 Category)
• Daybreak by Theo Naylor   (Winner, Grades 5-6 Category)
• Riding a Big Apple by David Mokhtarzadeh   (Honorable Mention, Grades 5-6 Category)
• Revolving by Simone Amar Ouimet   (Honorable Mention, Grades 5-6 Category)

Prose:

• Double Fan by Sydney Jennison   (Winner, Grades 3-4 Category)
• Moving to New York City by Lucy Tantum   (Honorable Mention, Grades 3-4 Category)
• Deep in the Heart of a Great Apple by Jonathan Silverman   (Winner, Grades 5-6 Category)
• Iandry by Theo Naylor   (Honorable Mention, Grades 5-6 Category)
• A Terrible Case of Hobophobia by Dan Rubins   (Winner, Grades 7-8 Category)

2006 Winners

Poetry:

• Brooklyn Bridge Poem by Lindsay Jadow   (Winner, Grades 3-4 Category)
• Rush Hour, New York by Jeffrey Radin   (Honorable Mention, Grades 3-4 Category)
• My Backyard by Elly Katz   (Winner, Grades 5-6 Category)
• Piece by Piece by Sari Flomenbaum   (Honorable Mention, Grades 5-6 Category)
• New York: A Sestina by Amelia Cai   (Winner, Grades 7-8 Category)

Prose:

• Country Kid by David Zask   (Winner, Grades 5-6 Category)
• Out of the Ashes of Tragedy by Lauren Krause   (Honorable Mention, Grades 5-6 Category)
• A World of Its Own by Kristian Bailey   (Winner, Grades 7-8 Category)
• Duane Reade by Garth Morgan   (Winner, Grades 9-12 Category)

2005 Winners

Poetry:

• I am the Kid by Michal Tolk   (Winner, Grades 3-4 Category)
• Dakota: Theodore Roosevelt by Gabriel Merkin   (Winner, Grades 5-6 Category)
• Orange by Lily Shoretz   (Honorable Mention, Grades 5-6 Category)
• Dreams of the Sun by Emma Hitchcock   (Winner, Grades 7-8 Category)
• Candy Land by Cate Mahoney   (Winner, Grades 9-12 Category)
• Carousel by Mary Lindsey   (Honorable Mention, Grades 9-12 Category)

2004 Winners

Poetry:

• Books by Morris Kraicer   (Winner, Category)
• A Book by Mark Rapaport   (Winner, Category)
• Books in the Library by Sarah Yeoh-Wang   (Winner, Category)

Prose:

• Vade Mecum by Kate Aufses   (Winner, Category)
• Spine Language by Charlie Panek   (Winner, Category)
• Lost in the Trance of Reading by Kalman Victor   (Winner, Category)

2003 Winners

Poetry:

• The Song by Kevin Morrell   (Winner, Grades 5-6 Category)

Prose:

• Rosy, the Four-Legged Fund Raiser by Clare Redden   (Winner, Grades 3-4 Category)
• This is New York by John Morrell   (Winner, Grades 7-8 Category)

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