First Place

• Cheska Mauban, Bayside High School, Queens Village, NY, US Read Essay

Second Place

• Chelsea Speegle, Juneau Douglas High School, Juneau, AK, US
• Jared Hinkle, MMI Preparatory School, Weatherly, PA, US
• Diane Shahan, Bluefield High School, Bramwell, WV, US
• Alysha Labrum, Century High School, Pocatello, ID, US
• Hanne Paine, West High School, Salt Lake City, UT, US

Third Place

• Micah Fitzgerald, New Haven High School, New Haven, IN, USA
• Cody Franklin, Bartlesville Sr High School, Bartlesville, OK, US
• Richad Becker, Kinnelon High School, Kinnelon, NJ, US
• Raluca Ifrim, Redmond High School, Sammamish, WA, US
• Sarah Waddill, Clover High School, Rock Hill, SC, US
• Ruth Wong, Earl Haig Secondary School, North York, ON, CA
• Ashley Feng, Pingry School, Watchung, NJ, US
• Sara Stewart, Handley High School, Roanoke, AL, US
• Tristan Aumentado-Armstrong, FFCA High School, Calgary, AB, CA
• Kelly Buckley, Key School, Annapolis, MD, US

Finalists

• Jolie Altshuler, Ransom Everglades Upper School, Miami, FL, US
• Jonathan Anderson, Grapevine High School, Colleyville, TX, US
• Dylan Baker, Fairfield Community High School, Ellery, IL, USA
• Ryan Baker, Seton Hall Preparatory School, Westfield, NJ, US
• Brian Barnes, Niskayuna High School, Niskayuna, NY, US
• Dale Barnhart, Karns City Area School District, Bruin, PA, US
• Janie Biggs, Apex High School, Apex, NC, US
• Ally Bratzel, Wheaton Warrenville South High School, USA
• John Buckley, Whispering Pines Academy, West Greenwich, RI, US
• Carrie Cabush, Morristown High School, Morristown, NJ, US
• Taylor Crisp, Cimarron-Memorial High School, Las Vegas, NV, USA
• Madison Dell, Ooltewah High School, Ooltewah, TN, USA
• Emily DeMarco, Academy Of Allied Health & Science, Aberdeen, NJ, US
• Kristel Derkowski, Sacred Heart Catholic High School, Newmarket, ON, CA
• Andrew Doerfler, Avon Grove High School, Kennett Square, PA, US
• Matthew Eley, Planted and Deeply Rooted Christian Academy, Howard, OH, US
• Rachel Faith, Massabesic High School, East Waterboro, ME, US
• Michael Feldman, Deerfield Beach High School, Tamarac, FL, US
• David Fox, Danbury High School, Danbury, CT, US
• Lauren Frazier, J H Rose High School, Greenville, NC, US
• Wenbo Gao, Robert Bateman High School, Burlington, ON, CA
• Chloe Gui, Eric Hamber Secondary School, Vancouver, BC, CA
• Ilse Heine, King & Low-Heywood Thomas School, Norwalk, CT, US
• John Imbrie-Moore, Charlottesville High School, Keswick, VA, US
• Carlee Jensen, Santa Monica High School, Santa Monica, CA, US
• James Jiang, Troy High School, Troy, MI, US
• Grace Lee, Atlantic Cmty High School, Boca Raton, FL, US
• Marjatta Lee, Cornwall Central High School, Cornwall-on-Hudson, NY, US
• Jessica Levy, Novi High School, Novi, MI, US
• Taylor Lewis, Bridgewater-Raynham Reg HS, Bridgewater, MA, US
• Jenna Lyons, Apopka High School, Apopka, FL, US
• Emily McCall, Wheatland Chili High School, Scottsville, NY, US
• Daniel Milyavsky, Townsend Harris High School, Jackson Heights, NY, US
• Serena Pierce, Tower Hill School, Paulsboro, NJ, US
• Dana Rieck, Loveland High School, Loveland, CO, US
• Brett Roche, Silver Lake Reg High School, Halifax, MA, US
• Gwendolyn Rodgerson, Sayre School, Hillsboro, KY, US
• Alexander Schaefer, Memorial High School, Eau Claire, WI, US
• Rabia Shah, Clifton High School, Clifton, NJ, US
• Jerome L Smith, The Portsmouth Grammar School, Portsmouth, HA, UK
• Chloe Smith, Wheatland Chili High School, Scottsville, NY, USA
• Amanda St George, Downingtown High School East, Exton, PA, USA
• Megan Trieu, Goddard High School, Roswell, NM, USA
• Madison White, Lincoln Co High School, Stanford, KY, US
• Karissa Wood, Bishop P F Reding School, Milton, PE, CA

Semi-Finalists

• Gahyun Sung, Western Albemarle High School, Seoul, South Korea
• Sarah Greene, Paul D. Schreiber High School, Port Washington, NY, USA
• Colleen Tanner, Duncan U. Fletcher High School, Neptune Beach, FL, USA
• Li Hui Ng, Raffles Institution (Junior College), Singapore
• Tyler Laprade, Palm Bay High School, Palm Bay, FL, USA
• Natalie Flinn, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami, FL, USA
• Brooke Chorney, Walnut Grove Secondary School, Langley, BC, CAN
• Andrea Malek, Sturgeon Bay High School, Sturgeon Bay, WI, USA
• Rebecca Fairchild, Kennard-Dale High School, Stewartstown, PA, USA
• Gretchen Hathaway, Sturgeon Bay High School, Sturgeon Bay, WI, USA
• Ryan Ellman, Arlington High School, Poughquag, NY, USA
• Jenna Naff, Kennard-Dale High School, Stewartstown, PA, USA
• Justin Ekstrom, South Newton High School, Kentland, IN, USA
• Isabella Heepke, Fort Morgan High School, Fort Morgan, CO, USA
• Nhi Tran, Stafford High School, Stafford, TX, USA
• Ike Enwere, Stafford High School, Richmond, TX, USA
• Natalie Skinner, Monticello High School, Monticello, AR, USA
• Jacob White, Lexington High School, Lexington, TN, USA
• Johnathan Dykes, Creekside High School, Jacksonville, Fl, USA
• Deanna Cook, O’Neill Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Whitby, ON, CA
• Laura DE Witt, Lansing Catholic High School, Lansing, MI, USA
• Cassie Flores, Lansing Catholic High School, Lansing, MI, USA
• Frank Liesman, Lansing Catholic High School, Okemos, MI, USA
• Hannah Lindman, Lansing Catholic High School, East Lansing, MI, USA
• Sarah C Brooks, Ooltewah High School, Ooltewah, TN, USA
• Boloutare Doubeni, Holy Name High School, Worcester, MA, US
• Morgan Thomas, Gulf Breeze High School, Gulf Breeze, FL, US
• Jessica Broughton, Toledo School for the Arts, Toledo, OH, US
• Riley Taitingfong, Marysville-Pilchuck High School, Marysville, WA, US
• Bridget Schaaff, Shore Regional High School, West Long Branch, NJ, USA
• Danielle Siverling, Downingtown High School East, Chester Springs, PA, USA
• Madison Chartier, LA Porte High School, La Porte, IN, US
• Marina Hutton, Paul Kane High School, St.Albert, AB, CA
• Sandra Maliangos, Tull Gate High School, Warwick, RI, US
• Andy Tuck, Traverse City Christian School, Williamsburg, MI, US
• John LOY, Francis Scott Key High School, Taneytown, MD, USA
• Cari Mcinturff, Bearden High School, Knoxville, TN, USA
• Jeffrey Ryan Vaughan, Fairfield Community High School, Fairfield, IL, USA
• Chelsye Nelson, Longwood High School, Coram, NY, USA
• Heather Peterson, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ, USA
• Kimberly REN, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ, USA
• Srijita Chakraborty, Longwood High School, Coram, NY, USA
• Kyle Chaffin, Rockwall High School, Rowlett, TX, USA
• Courtney FEE, JOE E Newsome High School, Lithia, FL, USA
• Gretchen Scheel, Canfield High School, Canfield, OH, USA
• Zane Sztuk, NEW Haven High School, NEW Haven, IN, USA
• Lauren E Winn, NEW Haven High School, NEW Haven, IN, USA
• Adrien Radke, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ, USA
• Juhee Thorn, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ, USA
• Lauren Chiba, B F Terry High School, Rosenberg, TX, USA
• Michael Gill, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ, USA
• Cassandra M Schumacher, Starpoint High School, Lockport, NY, USA
• Connor Sears, Bearden High School, Knoxville, TN, USA
• Kendra Strange, Bearden High School, Knoxville, TN, USA
• Willow Howie, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ, USA
• Cassie Parker, Southmont High School, NEW Ross, IN, USA
• Tushar Narayan, Delhi Public School, Aligarh, Chandigarh, Chandigarh, India
• John Ludwig, Cincinnatus High School, De Ruyter, NY, US
• Cassandra Hartt, Burnt Hills High Schools, Glenville, NY, US
• Simon Beskitt, St Vincent – St Mary High School, Cuyahoga Falls, OH, US
• Alfredo Pinheiro, Amazon Valley Academy, Langhorne, PA,
• kevin hickman, Hidden Valley High School, Roanoke, VA, US
• Dahlia d’Arge, Paris High School, Paris, KY, US
• Brittany Fitzgerald, Sanger High School, Orange Cove, CA, US
• Evan Beyers, Williams BAY JR SR High School, Williams Bay, WI, US
• Jennifer Rostrom, Uintah High School, Vernal, UT, US
• Bailey Kay, Orillia Dist Coll & VOC Inst, Orillia, ON, CA
• Kevin Brentise, Stratford High School, Goose Creek, SC, US
• Rachel Faller, North Hills Senior High School, Pittsburgh, PA, US
• Erin Butler, East Providence High School, Riverside, RI, US
• Jesse Young, Alexander Hamilton High School, Tarrytown, NY, US
• Melanie Beyt, Crowley High School, Crowley, TX, US
• Chu Yue Xu, Magee Secondary School, Vancouver, BC, CA
• Alexandra Zortman, Mars Area High School, Gibsonia, PA, US
• Becky Marez, Henry J Kaiser High School, Fontana, CA, US
• Stella Geiss, Auburn Senior High School, Enumclaw, WA, US
• Jake Suss, Deer Valley High School, Glendale, AZ, US
• Laura Cockman, Hamilton Southeastern High SCH, Fishers, IN, US
• Minh Anh Trinh, Regina High School, Macomb, MI, US
• Trevor Needham, Park City High School, Park City, UT, US
• Kathrina Schneckloth, Lincoln East High School, Lincoln, NE, US
• Gayatri Surendranathan, Panther Creek High School, Cary, NC, US
• Christian Henry, Johnny Economedes High School, Edinburg, TX, US
• Patrick Sugrue, Libertyville High School, Libertyville, IL, US
• Nick Stanley, Lawton Chiles Preparatory Academy, Winter Park, FL, US
• Ben Temple, Elgin Park Secondary School, White Rock, BC, CA
• Mary Rice, School OF THE Arts, Rochester, NY, US
• Malcolm Aldrich, Wellington Cmty High School, Royal Palm Beach, FL, US
• Shannon Herbert, Dayton Early College Academy, Dayton, OH, US
• Erika Delk, Carpinteria High School, Carpinteria, CA, US
• Jonielle Osborne, Sparkman High School, Madison, AL, US
• Sterling Jones, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA, US
• Bastien Gaudet, Neuchatel Junior College, Ottawa, ON, CA
• Melanie Lawrence, A Beka Academy, Willow Park, TX, US
• Cassandra Alexander, Burris Laboratory School, Muncie, IN, US
• Geoff Weber, Papillion-Lavista SR High School, La Vista, NE, US
• Kaitlyn Siegel, Harry D Jacobs High School, Algonquin, IL, US
• Samantha Mitchell, Lake Oswego High School, Lake Oswego, OR, US
• Victoria Flanagan, Forestview High School, Gastonia, NC, US
• Jeremy Barnes, Broken Arrow SR High School, Broken Arrow, OK, US
• Nicholas Jacob, Milton Academy, Milton, MA, US
• Sarah Zillioux, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA, US
• Elizabeth Godar, FT Morgan High School, Fort Morgan, CO, US
• Daniel Trauner, Ransom Everglades Upper School, Coral Gables, FL, US
• Suzanne Beaudry, Adams High School, Rochester Hills, MI, US
• Sarah Marx, homeschooled, Chevy Chase, MD, US
• Lily Kim, Savannah Arts Academy, Savannah, GA, US
• Michael Conte, Christ THE King Secondary SCH, Georgetown, ON, CA
• Nolan Reisen, Hempstead High School, Asbury, IA, US
• Gillian Eiserman, Mclean High School, McLean, VA, US
• Omar Tejera Cespedes, Willow Glen High School, San Jose, CA, US
• Margaret Hruschka, Chattahoochee High School, Alpharetta, GA, US
• Amanda Monteiro, Notre Dame Secondary School, Toronto, ON, CA
• Morgan Brokob, Niwot High School, Longmont, CO, US
• Christian Hennigan, Caddo Parish Magnet HS, Shreveport, LA, US
• Colleen Mulvihill, Fayetteville-Manlius High SCH, Manlius, NY, US
• Samantha Guzman, Chino High School, Chino, CA, US
• Rahat Hossain, Western Tech-Commercial SCH, Toronto, ON, CA
• Lauren Flynn, Flynn Family School, Libertytown, MD, US
• Ariana Gover-Chamlou, Langley High School, McLean, VA, US
• Shannen Kuest, Central Valley High School, Spokane Valley, WA, US
• Amanda Schwarz, Sahuarita High School, Sahuarita, AZ, US
• Caitlin Carnes, College Park High School, Pleasant Hill, CA, US
• Anna Glusker, Edina Senior High School, Edina, MN, US
• Rummit Dhillon, Vanden High School, Vacaville, CA, US
• Morgan Lunsford, South Forsyth High School, Cumming, GA, US
• Pragya Saxena, American High School, Fremont, CA, US
• Hannah Berl, Wheatland Chili High SCH, Scottsville, NY, US
• Elizabeth Camilletti, Hidden Valley High School, Roanoke, VA, US
• Erin Verdi, Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas, NV, US
• Tyler Curran, Cary Grove Cmty High School, Cary, IL, US
• Jacquelyn Oesterblad, Payson High School, Payson, AZ, US
• Dmitriy Synkov, Thomas A Blakelock, Winterville, NC, US
• Kyle Miesch, Fruitport High School, Muskegon, MI, US
• Emily Orchowski, Cornwall Central High School, Cornwall, NY, US
• Ian McDonald, Timberline Secondary School, Campbell River, BC, CA
• Nick Hodder, Peachtree Ridge High School, Suwanee, GA, US
• Angela Evans, Plattsburgh Senior High School, Hampton, VA, US
• Mary Hall, Alliance Academy International, O’Fallon, MO, US
• Hayley Cunningham, Sayre School, Midway, KY, US
• Filip Malaric, Hunter College Campus Jshs, Flushing, NY, US
• Jade Kasoff, Deerfield Academy, Washington, DC, US
• Nicholas LeClaire, Dupont Manual High School, Prospect, KY, US
• Christopher Kempf, Granby Memorial High School, North Granby, CT, US
• Ziyad Abdelfattah, Albany High School, Albany, CA, US
• Rui-Jia Zhang, University Hill Secondary SCH, Richmond, BC, CA
• Elizabeth Helpling, Mcauley High School, Cincinnati, OH, US
• Anthony Eastmond, Sabis International Charter School, Springfield, MA, US
• Kayla Deep, Cherokee High School, Waleska, GA, US
• Amanda Coletti, Norwich Free Academy, Norwich, CT, US
• Cara Palmer, Bishop Gorman High School, Las Vegas, NV, US
• Paige Menke, Beechwood High School, Morning View, KY, US
• Paige Helmer, Round Rock High School, Round Rock, TX, US
• Thomas Henson, Alexander Hamilton High School, White Plains, NY, US
• Sarah Wheeler, Tahoma Senior High school, Maple Valley, WA, US
• Randy Newkirk, Arvada West High School, Arvada, CO, US
• Danielle Stark, Capital High School, Helena, MT, US
• Alexander Fragapane, St Margaret’s Episcopal School, Coto De Caza, CA, US
• Alexander Tape, Rockland High School, Rockland, MA, US
• Natalie Salem, San Bernardino High School, San Bernardino, CA, US
• Adam Wulf, Sierra High School, Prather, CA, US
• Dylan Touchstone, Captain Shreve High School, Shreveport, LA, US
• Cheryl Knight, Ogden High School, Clearfield, UT, US
• Kelsey Nichole Robertson, Las Plumas High School, Oroville, CA, US
• Russell Walker, Delsea Regional High School, Franklinville, NJ, US
• Alex Blakley, Franklin Cmty High School, Franklin, IN, US
• Deanna Bourne, Bell High School, Nepean, ON, CA
• Katherine Selman, Wilson Senior High School, West Lawn, PA, US
• Kristi Matovich, Patrick Henry Academy, Monument, CO, US
• Lucas Moulder, Makinley High School, Baton Rouge, LA, US
• TJ McCann, Downingtown West High School, Glenmoore, PA, USA
• Kelsey Douglass, Heritage High School, Leesburg, VA, USA
• Mike Maldonado, John I Leonard High School, Greenacres, FL, USA
• Morgan Gualtieri, Camden High School, Camden, NY, USA
• Eliane Drijber, Cayuga Secondary School, Fisherville, ON, Canada