Congratulations to our our prize-winning student authors. Our judges have evaluated nearly 150 submissions and selected four place winners and two honorable mentions in each category, poetry and prose. Thanks to each and every student who participated. In this, the third year, the quality of submissions was better than ever. The evaluation process was difficult and nuanced; there were many, many worthy submissions.  

Poetry

1^st Place: Oluwatomi Ogundimu, “Sundance // opulence”
(Adlai E. Stevenson High School) 

2^nd Place: Emma Keating, “Beneath the Surface”
(Hinsdale Central)

3^rd Place: Ashra Roshy, “know me, the ugly girl”
(Adlai E. Stevenson High School) 

4^th Place: Parker Koehler, “what the tea leaves tell us”
(Chicago High School for the Arts)

Poetry, Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)

Simon Archer III, “Blue Swallow of Hope”
(The Chicago Academy for the Arts)

Bodhi Haines, “Gumbo”
(Lane Tech High School)

Prose

1^st Place: Ivy Faust Lefebvre, “Directions”
(Walter Payton College Prepatory High School)

2^nd Place: Fiona Jin, “L’Hôpital’s Rule”
(Adlai E. Stevenson High School) 

3^rd Place: Lucinda De Maio, “Tail of a Frog”
(Walter Payton College Prepatory High School)

4^th Place: Lucille Hachtel, “In the Modern World”
(Senn High School)

Prose, Honorable Mentions (in no particular order)

Aanya Santosh, “Everything Comes to Be”
(Adlai E. Stevenson High School) 

Destiny Sacluti, “Rising from Setbacks”
(Trinity High School)