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2023 Contest Winners

2022 Contest Winners





2021 Contest Winners
First Place: Grades 7-9 Category ![]() |
First Place: Grades 10-12 Category ![]() |
Second Place: Grades 7-9 Category ![]() |
Second Place: Grades 10-12 Category ![]() |
2020 Contest Winners




Past Winners
2019 Contest Winners
1st Place (Grades 7-9)

Gerald’s Share
by Nicole Xiao
1st Place (Grades 10-12)

You Saved the Earth: A Plastic Bottle’s Journey
by Juliet Weschke
2nd Place (Grades 7-9)

Lily and Liam’s Summer at the Library
by Riley Meckley
2nd Place (Grades 10-12)

Simon’s Day at the Beach
by Nicole Freeley
| 2018 Grand Prize Winners | |
![]() Racing Star by Rebecca Blumenthal Grades 7-9 Category |
Wally’s Wild Ride |
| 2018 2nd Place Winners | |
![]() This is How I Help! by Eliana Sasson Grades 7-9 Category |
Freddy the Fish and His First Election Day |
| 2017 Grand Prize Winners | |
![]() We Can Still be Friends! by Eliana Sasson Grades 7-9 Category |
Claire & Her Bear |
| 2017 2nd Place Winners | |
![]() Sammy the Sock Monkey by Nicole Freeley Grades 7-9 Category |
Color Your World |
| 2016 Grand Prize Winners | |
![]() Good Night, Judy by Katie ZhaoGrades 7-9 Category |
Sal the Sock Grades 10-12 Category |
| 2016 Honorable Mentions | |
![]() Rainbow by Nicole FreeleyGrades 7-9 Category |
Honu Grades 10-12 Category |
2015 Winners
| Grand Prize Winner Grades 7 – 9 Lenny the Lion written and illustrated by Leah Cussen |
Grand Prize Winner Grades 10 – 12 Lilabet written and illustrated by Wendy Wahlert |














