Young Writers Awards
2008
Current Winners
Poetry
- Olivia Keane, Cherry Tree
(Winner, Third and Fourth Grade Category)
- Alexis Kushner, Chocolate
(Honorable Mention, Third and Fourth Grade Category)
- Lucy P. Ryan, Pleading Novels
(Winner, Fifth and Sixth Grade Category)
- Sara Weintrob, The End
(Honorable Mention, Fifth and Sixth Grade Category)
- Jennifer Yeoh-Wang, Lady on a Vase
(Honorable Mention, Fifth and Sixth Grade Category)
- Theo Naylor, One String Short
(Winner, Seventh and Eighth Grade Category)
- David Schwerdt, Hell on Earth
(Honorable Mention, Seventh and Eighth Grade Category)
Prose
Past Winners
| AUTHOR |
TITLE |
YEAR |
GENRE |
GRADE |
| Aufses, Kate
| Vade Mecum
| 2004
| Prose
|
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| Bailey, Kristian
| A World of Its Own
| 2006
| Prose
| Grades 7-8
|
| Blankenhorn, Allie
| Madame's Umbrella
| 2008
| Prose HM
| Grades 5-6
|
| Cai, Amelia
| New York: A Sestina
| 2006
| Poetry
| Grades 7-8
|
| Fabrikant, Billie
| Life
| 2007
| Poetry
| Grades 3-4
|
| Flomenbaum, Sari
| Piece by Piece
| 2006
| Poetry HM
| Grades 5-6
|
| Hitchcock, Emma
| Dreams of the Sun
| 2005
| Poetry
| Grades 7-8
|
| Howard, Babe
| Lifeless
| 2008
| Prose
| Grades 5-6
|
| Jadow, Lindsay
| Brooklyn Bridge Poem
| 2006
| Poetry
| Grades 3-4
|
| Jennison, Sydney A.
| Catch a Memory, Catch a Moon
| 2008
| Prose
| Grades 3-4
|
| Jennison, Sydney A.
| Double Fan
| 2007
| Prose
| Grades 3-4
|
| Katz, Elly
| My Backyard
| 2006
| Poetry
| Grades 5-6
|
| Keane, Olivia
| Cherry Tree
| 2008
| Poetry
| Grades 3-4
|
| Kraicer, Morris
| Books
| 2004
| Poetry
|
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| Krause, Lauren
| Out of the Ashes of Tragedy
| 2006
| Prose HM
| Grades 5-6
|
| Kushner, Alexis
| Chocolate
| 2008
| Poetry HM
| Grades 3-4
|
| Lindsey, Mary
| Carousel
| 2005
| Poetry HM
| Grades 9-12
|
| Mahoney, Cate
| Candy Land
| 2005
| Poetry
| Grades 9-12
|
| Merkin, Gabriel
| Dakota: Theodore Roosevelt
| 2005
| Poetry
| Grades 5-6
|
| Mokhtarzadeh, David
| Riding a Big Apple
| 2007
| Poetry HM
| Grades 5-6
|
| Morgan, Garth
| Duane Reade
| 2006
| Prose
| Grades 9-12
|
| Morrell, John
| This is New York
| 2003
| Prose
| Grades 7-9
|
| Morrell, Kevin
| The Song
| 2003
| Poetry
| Grades 5-6
|
| Naylor, Theo
| Daybreak
| 2007
| Poetry
| Grades 5-6
|
| Naylor, Theo
| Iandry
| 2007
| Prose HM
| Grades 5-6
|
| Naylor, Theo
| One String Short
| 2008
| Poetry
| Grades 7-8
|
| Ouimet, Simone Amar
| Revolving
| 2007
| Poetry HM
| Grades 5-6
|
| Panek, Charlie
| Spine Language
| 2004
| Prose
|
|
| Rapaport, Mark
| A Book
| 2004
| Poetry
|
|
| Radin, Jeffrey
| Rush Hour, New York
| 2006
| Poetry HM
| Grades 3-4
|
| Redden, Clare
| Rosy, the Four-Legged Fund Raiser
| 2003
| Prose
| Grades 3-4
|
| Rubins, Dan
| A Terrible Case of Hobophobia
| 2007
| Prose
| Grades 7-8
|
| Ryan, Lucy P.
| Pleading Novels
| 2008
| Poetry
| Grades 5-6
|
| Schwerdt, David
| Hell on Earth
| 2008
| Poetry HM
| Grades 7-8
|
| Shoretz, Lily
| Orange
| 2005
| Poetry HM
| Grades 5-6
|
| Silverman, Jonathan
| Deep in the Heart of a Great Apple
| 2007
| Prose
| Grades 5-6
|
| Tantum, Lucy
| Moving to New York City
| 2007
| Prose HM
| Grades 3-4
|
| Tolk, Michal
| I Am The Kid
| 2005
| Poetry
| Grades 3-4
|
| Victor, Kalman
| Lost in the Trance of Reading
| 2004
| Prose
|
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| Weintrob, Sara
| The End
| 2008
| Poetry HM
| Grades 5-6
|
| Yeoh-Wang, Jennifer
| Lady on a Vase
| 2008
| Poetry HM
| Grades 5-6
|
| Yeoh-Wang, Sarah
| Books in the Library
| 2004
| Poetry
|
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| Zask, David
| Country Kid
| 2006
| Prose
| Grades 5-6
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*HM = Honorable Mention
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