Student Writing Contest Winners

Arisia's Student Writing Contest is open to high school (or home school) students aged 14-19 in New England. There are no fees to enter, but there are cash prizes for the best submissions. For details, please see: http://www.arisia.org/studentwritingcontest

2015 was the first year we gave a prize ($250) to the school of the first place winner.

We had 58 submissions and 5 finalists

1st place

Andrea Ferrara, "The Sleeping Beauty"

2nd place

Blue Spitzer, "The Center of the Earth"

3rd place

Abigail Vartanian, "Clean Slate"

Honorable Mentions

Lia Clark, "Beta-5" and
Anna Morin, "Gray Eyed Monster"

Other Finalists

Abigail Vartanian, Anna Morin, Blue Spitzer, Andrea Ferrara, and Lia Clark

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2018 Student Writing Contest Winners

1st place

Rina Peromsik, "The Pentagram"

2nd place(Tie)

Lily Andrulat, "Remember" and Julia Dickman, "Cloud 9"

3rd place

Alexis Romeros, "The Arena"

Honorable Mention

Brynn McQuaid, "Define Berkeley: Prologue"

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2017 Student Writing Contest Winners

1st place

Annie Colby-McKeon "The Synthetic Beauty"

2nd place

Catalina Sinotte, "Beyond The Wall" "

3rd place

Kaleigh Perkins, "Spectrum"

4th place

Wilayna Putterman, "Forest of Ash"

Honorable Mention

Sophia Skinner, "Space Laureate

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2016 Student Writing Contest Winners

We had 51 entries.

1st place

 Rowan Bagley from Madison Area Memorial High School, "The One-Eyed Knight"

2nd place

Caroline Jeffers, "Mithredath" and
Alexis Felicia Romero, "Void of a Soul"

3rd place

Joyce Hida, "Porcelain Woman"

Honorable Mention

Alexandra Kouroriez, "Average Joe" and
Ellis Ryder, "The Spaceman"

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2015 Student Writing Contest Winners

We had 53 entries.

1st place

Nicole Blackwood from Newburyport High School, "Rapunzel"

2nd place

Mackenzie Stratton, "Starlight"

3rd place

Philip Grayson, "Bildungsroman"

Honorable Mention

Erin Gonyeau, "Crawling with Fear" and
Alyssa Caraher, "Ethereal Peril"

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2014 Student Writing Contest Winners

We had 62 entries.

1st place

Amanda Ugorji, "The Starmaker"

2nd place

Alyssa Aloise, "Ego Dominus Tuus"

3rd place

James O'Brien, "Orange"

Honorable Mention

Jacqueline Ose, "Under the City" and
Erminia Yoder, "Beware Eternity"

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2013 Student Writing Contest Winners

1st place

Justin von Bosau, "Cold Maiden"

2nd place

Nicholas doCarmo, "The Demon Hunter"

3rd place

Christine Alves, "Dead Men Walking"

Honorable mention

Cole Arvidson, "Rehabilitation"