First Place

• Elizabeth Winkler, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA Read Essay

Second Place

• Starlene Justice, California State University-San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA, USA
• Rebel Fornea, Wake Technical Community College, Raleigh, NC, USA
• Stephanie Aldrich, Clark University, Worcester, MA, USA

Third Place

• Karli Lytle, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
• Valerie Carey, Kentucky State University, Frankfort, KY, USA
• Sarah Christiansen, University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, AB, Canada
• Bodhi Stone, Ivy Technical Community College-Lafayette, Lafayette, IN, USA
• Slade Mendenhall, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA

Finalist

• Leanne Morrow, Pahrump Valley High School, Pahrump, NV, USA
• Kathy Chao, Brea-Olinda High School, Brea, CA, USA
• Michael Hogan, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, USA
• Chris Przybyla, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
• Rebecca Hadjiloucas, Mountain Lakes High School, Mountain Lks, NJ, USA
• Jeffrey Helton, Berea College, Berea, KY, USA
• Paul Burgess, Miami University-Oxford, Oxford, OH, USA
• Catherine Holloway, Mcgill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
• Joshua Windham, North Carolina State, Raleigh, NC, USA
• Dylan Lloyd, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW, Australia
• Chen (Mary) Chen, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Ashley June Decker, Owens Community College, Perrysburg, OH, USA
• Abbie Harper, Miami University-Oxford, Oxford, OH, USA
• Matthew Oursbourn, Missouri University of Science And Technology, Rolla, MO, USA
• Nora Sandler, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
• John Lindquist, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO, USA
• Alexander Krischik, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, USA
• Nora Fiore, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, USA
• Alexandra Davis, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
• Joseph Landry, Washington And Lee University, Lexington, VA,
• Ethan Walsh, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
• Francesca Parise, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA
• Jeremiah Dow, Eastern Oregon University, La Grande, OR, USA
• Joanna Gardner, Catholic University of America, Washington, DC, USA
• John Smart, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA, USA

Semi-Finalist

• Robert Townsend, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA
• Machaela Watson, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
• Ruperto Mariano, University of Texas At Dallas, Richardson, TX, USA
• Sarah Gutierrez, Patrick Henry College, Purcellville, VA, USA
• Eric Conley, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
• Karl Schulze, Lake Park High School-West Campus, Roselle, IL, USA
• Ryan Workman, Quest University Canada, Squamish, BC, Canada
• Lauren Klawonn, Marvin Ridge High School, Waxhaw, NC, USA
• Joseph Rogero, Bishop Kenny High School, Jacksonville, FL, USA
• Rebecca Tachihara, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA
• Benjamin Arlet, Hochschule Für Technik Und Wirtschaft Berlin, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
• Wei-Tung Liu, El Camino College, Torrance, CA, USA
• Ji Xia, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
• Sarah Minobe, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL, USA
• Victoria Fabuluje, Howard University, Washington, DC, USA
• Melisa Button, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
• Sakina Attaar, The College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ, USA
• Miles Maus, West Chester University of Penn, West Chester, PA, USA
• James Frederick William Rowe, City University of New York Graduate Center, New York, NY, USA
• Ashley Tiapon, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• Caitlin Lamping, University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, TX, USA
• Jordan Koluch, Emerson College, Boston, MA, USA
• Kirk Benson, University of Maine, Orono, ME, USA
• Brian Alsobrook, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
• Olivia Beck, Lee University, Cleveland, TN, USA
• Lacey Buck, Cal Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
• Brittany Alsot, Seattle Film Institute, Seattle, WA, USA
• Michael Smith, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA
• Aaron Goone, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
• Matthew Mazewski, Haverford College, Haverford, PA, USA
• Andrew Russell, Uc Davis, Davis, CA, USA
• Jonathan Laplante, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
• Paulina Karpis, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
• Zoe Thompson, University of Washington-Seattle, Seattle, WA, USA
• Anna Friederike Wildberg, University of Freiburg, Freiburg Im Breisgau, Baden-Würt, Germany
• Jasmine Wang, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA
• Judy Tran, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Tay Tufenkjian, George Washington University-DC, Washington, DC, USA
• Emily Bradford, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
• Brian Hawkins, Morehead State University, Morehead, KY, USA
• Valerie Paz, Alliant International University, San Diego, CA, USA
• Kelvin Bates, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, USA
• Jaret Kanarek, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL, USA
• Bryce Watson, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA
• Andrei Hent, University of Toronto – St. George Trinity College, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Monika Dembowy, Sheridan College, Oakville, ON, Canada
• Austin Hembd, University of Texas At Austin, Austin, TX, USA
• Malynda Pope, Valencia Community College, Orlando, FL, USA
• Sarah Howe, Williams College, Williamstown, MA, USA
• Robyn Rodger, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON, Canada