First Place

• Ashley Feng, Pingry School, Martinsville, NJ Read Essay

Second Place

• Hannah Bauer, Fairbury Junior Senior High School, Fairbury, NE
• Audrey Hsu, Juanita High School, Kirkland, WA
• Andrew McGhee, Ransom Everglades Upper, Miami, FL
• Nicolas Noble, R. E. Mountain Secondary School, Langley, BC, Canada
• Brian Ong, Stephen F. Austin High School, Sugar Land, TX

Third Place

• Amelia Kosciulek, East Lansing, MI
• Alycia Lewis, Mountain Ridge High School, Glendale, AZ
• Angela Marraudino, Aichi-Ken, Japan
• Ian Mclaughlin, Madison Senior High School, Rexburg, ID
• Quincy Riordan, Butte High School, Butte, MT
• Echo Seiersen, Corry Area High School, Corry, PA
• Lauren Turner, Hyde Park Baptist High School, Austin, TX
• Melody Wood, Homeschool, Auburn, CA
• Heting Yu, Marc Garneau Collegiate Institute, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Rita Zevallos, West Springfield High School, Springfield, VA

Finalists

• Hannah Barnes, Wilson Senior High School, West Lawn, PA
• Jennifer Beall, Anamosa High School, Anamosa, IA
• Amanda Burfiend, Douglas High School, Box Elder, SD
• Julia Campbell, Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, Plymouth Mtng, PA
• Yiyun (Grace) Cao, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy, Aurora, IL
• David Carney, Cherokee High School, Canton, GA
• Jessica Chandler, Fountain Hills High School, Fountain Hills, AZ
• Katie Conigliaro, Davison High School, Davison, MI
• Jamie Cuccinelli, Immaculata High School, Somerville, NJ
• Naomi Desai, Bayview Secondary School, Richmond Hill, ON, Canada
• Jennifer Dininger, Peachtree Ridge High School, Suwanee, GA
• Victoria Do, Milpitas High School, Milpitas, CA
• Julia Doran, Immaculata High School, Somerville, NJ
• Sarah Dugan, St. Charles East High School, St. Charles, IL
• Lane Erickson, South High School, Torrance, CA
• Timothy Fisher, River Hill High School, Clarksville, MD
• Christine Fox, Downingtown High School East, Exton, PA
• Jonathan Geldof, River Hill High School, Clarksville, MD
• Eliana Glogauer, Ulpanat Orot High School, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Deborah Grimes, Yuba City High School, Yuba City, CA
• Ishaan Gulrajani, Downingtown East High School, Exton, PA
• Lauren Hittson-Smith, Rockwall High School, Rockwall, TX
• Nikolai Horbarenko, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ
• Lauren Keltner, Wheaton Warrenville South High School, Wheaton, IL
• Chad King, Bishop McCort High School, Johnstown, PA
• Andrew Kowal, Averill Park High School, Averill Park, NY
• Sharon Lam, Abelard Centre for Education, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Samantha Lux, Westlake High School, Westlake Village, CA
• Niki Maloney, Corry Area High School, Corry, PA
• Emily Mccann, Bishop Hartley High School, Columbus, OH
• Blake McDonald, Woodstock High School, Woodstock, GA
• Siena McFetridge, Homer Hanna High School, Brownsville, TX
• Michelle Merritt, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami, FL
• Vanessa Michaud, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami, FL
• Ian Mikkelsen, Seaman High School, Topeka, KS
• Emily Paine, Old Lyme High School, Old Lyme, CT
• Jessica Perkins, Rockwall High School, Rockwall, TX
• Brice Peyton, Covington High School, Covington, IN
• Vivien Poterack, Fountain Hills, AZ
• Joseph Rogero, Bishop Kenny High School, Jacksonville, FL
• Michael Skrade, Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, WI
• Rush Stevens, Wheatland-Chili High School, Scottsville, NY
• Kendall Walker, Shore Regional High School, West Long Branch, NJ
• Ashley Weber, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ
• Gail Zhuang, Parkview High School, Lilburn, GA

Semi-Finalists

• Tahmina Ahmed, Monterey High School, Monterey, CA
• Chet Aldrich, Pella Community High School, Pella, IA
• Celeste Allen, Desert Mountain High School, Scottsdale, AZ
• Nicole Antol, Horizon High School, Scottsdale, AZ
• Ashton Banta, Red Bank High School, Chattanooga, TN
• Samantha Bares, Erath High School, Erath, LA
• Steven Barroqueiro, Science High School, Newark, NJ
• Riley Bauer, Homer High School, Homer, NY
• Tayler Beaird, Community College South High School, Henderson, NV
• Sarah Blomstrand, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ
• Tyler Bond, Ransom Everglades Upper School, Miami, FL
• Johnny Brazas, Covington High School, Covington, IN
• Samantha Brink, New Oxford High School, New Oxford, PA
• Isela Brito, Anaheim High School, Anaheim, CA
• Eden Brunson, Brunson Homeschool Academy, Rockford, IL
• Emily Brunt, Nepean High School, Ottawa, ON, Canada
• Emily Bull, St. Joseph’s College School, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Katie Burger, Cherokee High School, Canton, GA
• Zane Burton, Yukon High School, Yukon, OK
• Andrea Byassee, Cornwall Central High School, New Windsor, NY
• Nicollette Carducci, Aurora High School, Aurora, ON, Canada
• Jordan Carrette, Collège Jeanne-Sauvé, Winnipeg, MB, Canada
• Samantha Chapa, B. F. Terry High School, Rosenberg, TX
• Nicholas Claggett, Bellevue West High School, Bellevue, NE
• Alexis Clark, Homer High School, Homer, NY
• Jacob Clark, Watertown High School, Watertown, SD
• Olivia Cloud, Middlesex High School, Saluda, VA
• Jonathan Coombs, Hatboro-Horsham Senior High School, Horsham, PA
• Jason Crawford, Homer High School, Homer, NY
• Melissa D’Albora, Toll Gate High School, Warwick, RI
• Taylor Dean, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ
• Nicole Del Castillo, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami, FL
• Alesandria De Sapio, Immaculata High School, Somerville, NJ
• Alex Devonport, Deer Valley High School, Glendale, AZ
• Kyle Donahue, Natick High School, Natick, MA
• Laura Dorn, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC
• Emilie Duchesne, St. Francis High School, Calgary, AB, Canada
• Chandler Ellison, Johnsburg High School, McHenry, IL
• Cecilia Farley, River Hill High School, Clarksville, MD
• Sophia Fast, Ephrata High School, Ephrata, PA
• Sapphire Feltner, Homeschool, Cheyenne, WY
• Timothy Fernandez, Cherokee High School, Canton, GA
• Kaitlin Ferrero, Nathan Hale-Ray High School, Moodus, CT
• Mike Fischer, Downingtown East High School, Exton, PA
• Gabriel Flores, American Senior High School, Hialeah, FL
• Stephen Ford, Serena High School, Serena, IL
• Kyle Foster, Okeechobee High School, Okeechobee, FL
• Lindsay Fountain, Academy of Science and Technology, The Woodlands, TX
• Heather Frampton, Davis High School, Kaysville, UT
• Catherine Gallik, Lasalle Peru Township High School, La Salle, IL
• Conrad Garcia, B. F. Terry High School, Rosenberg, TX
• Ashley Gribik, Ford City Junior Senior High School, Ford City, PA
• Aaina Grover, W. J. Mouat Secondary School, Abbotsford, BC, Canada
• Leesha Gunnink, The Alliance Academy International, Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
• Aaron Gustafson, Homer High School, Homer, NY
• Sergio Guzman, Anaheim High School, Anaheim, CA
• Lauryn Halahurich, Ford City Junior/Senior High School, Ford City, PA
• Dakota Hall, William Tennent High School, Warminster, PA
• Daniel Haller, North County Senior High School, Glen Burnie, MD
• Stephen Halm, La Salle-Peru High School, La Salle, IL
• Jamee Hanson, Cactus Shadows High School, Cave Creek, AZ
• James Hardgrove, Immaculata High School, Somerville, NJ
• Taylor Heggen, Loyola Sacred Heart High School, Missoula, MT
• Jordan Hendricks, Natrona County High School, Casper, WY
• Joelle Henshaw, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
• Evan Hibbs, Gander Collegiate, Gander, NL, Canada
• Daniel Holland-Moritz, Marshall Fundamental High School, Pasadena, CA
• Chase Honeycutt, College of Southern Nevada High School South, Henderson, NV
• Kylie Horton, Mohonasen High School, Schenectady, NY
• Kelly Huber, Mukwonago High School, Mukwonago, WI
• Gage Huffman, Sullivan High School, Sullivan, IN
• Jenna Ingram, Fountain Hills High School, Fountain Hills, AZ
• Kavitha Iyengar, Lansing Catholic Central High School, Lansing, MI
• Hyun Jae Park, Oxford Academy, Cypress, CA
• Allie Jennings, Bridgeton, MO
• Devin Jepson, Parkland High School, Allentown, PA
• James Jiang, Troy High School, Troy, MI
• Laura Johnson, Thomas A. Blakelock High School, Oakville, ON, Canada
• Kelsey Juraschka, Waterdown District High School, Waterdown, ON, Canada
• Heather Kane, Peachtree Ridge High School, Suwanee, GA
• Kelsey Keeley, Keeley Home School, Colonial Heights, VA
• Andrew Kim, Cresskill High School, Cresskill, NJ
• Brandon Kral, Deer Valley High School, Glendale, AZ
• Dana Lapides, Central Bucks High School West, Doylestown, PA
• Eric Lau, Savannah Arts Academy, Savannah, GA
• Felix Lee, River Hill High School, Clarksville, MD
• Justin Lee, White Oaks Secondary School-South, Oakville, ON, Canada
• Kevin Lei, Arlington High School, LaGrangeville, NY
• Yiran Li, Hamilton High School, Chandler, AZ
• Marlee Lisker, Cornwall Central High School, New Windsor, NY
• Ning Liu, Parkview High School, Lilburn, GA
• Rebecca Lotholz, Barrhead Composite High School, Barrhead, AB, Canada
• Corey Lutz, Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, Plymouth Meeting, PA
• Tazira Malungu, Nancy Campbell Collegiate, London, ON, Canada
• Presley Matthias, Covington High School, Covington, IN
• Elise Mcatee, Cactus Shadows High School, Cave Creek, AZ
• Joseph McConaughy, Mercer Island High School, Mercer Island, WA
• Nicholas McNallen, Detroit Catholic Central High School, Novi, MI
• Sara Meyer, Rhinebeck High School, Rhinebeck, NY
• Jon Miller, Wellington School, Columbus, OH
• Ana Moas, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami, FL
• Meghan Morris, Anaheim High School, Anaheim, CA
• Rebecca Morris, Indiana University High School, Bloomington, IN
• Perry Morrissey, Fountain Hills High School, Fountain Hills, AZ
• Elsie Mountford, Barrhead Composite High School, Barrhead, AB, Canada
• Emma, Nash, Whitefield Academy, Mableton, GA
• Maria Navarro, Anaheim High School, Anaheim, CA
• Brooke Niles, Centennial High School, Corona, CA
• Jennifer Noji, Shore Regional High School, West Long Branch, NJ
• Kaitlin Nordhoff, Ephrata High School, Ephrata, PA
• Kara Ogawa, Pearl City High School, Pearl City, HI
• Jack Olin, Chatfield Senior High School, Littleton, CO
• Zachary Pace, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
• Kristen Parisi, Wheatley School, Old Westbury, NY
• Myles Parnell, B. F. Terry High School, Rosenberg, TX
• Dressler Parsons, Fountain Hills High School, Fountain Hills, AZ
• Ao Peng, Whitney Young Magnet High School, Chicago, IL
• Alec Perez, B. F. Terry High School, Rosenberg, TX
• Cody Pollard, Forbush High School, East Bend, NC
• Elyse Quesada, Royal Oak High School, Royal Oak, MI
• Monica Raciti, Penn High School, Mishawaka, IN
• Amy Ramapuram, Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, Gwynedd Valley, PA
• Ethan Redd, Redd High School Academy, Buffalo, NY
• Victoria Reilly, Hull High School, Hull, MA
• Samantha Richmond, Goose Creek High School, Goose Creek, SC
• Reece Riddle, Cactus Shadows High School, Cave Creek, AZ
• Matt Rios, Alexander Hamilton High School, Elmsford, NY
• Victoria Rivera, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ
• Gino Rodriguez, North Cobb High School, Kennesaw, GA
• Peter Rogers, Henry M. Gunn High School, Palo Alto, CA
• Marta Roman, River Hill High School, Clarksville, MD
• Evan Rothlin, Crowsnest Consolidated High School, Coleman, AB, Canada
• Alicia Roy, Ecole secondaire catholic Jean-Vanier, Welland, ON, Canada
• Nicole Russo, North Cobb High School, Kennesaw, GA
• Sean Sannwaldt, Georgetown High School, Georgetown, TX
• Brandon Santiago, Sabis International Charter School, Springfield, MA
• Gretchen Scheel, Canfield High School, Canfield, OH
• Courtney Scott
• Kylie Shannon, Carver High School, Carver, MA
• Alex Smith, Immaculata High School, Somerville, NJ
• Bridgette Smith, Willow Canyon High School, Surprise, AZ
• Carla Smith, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami, FL
• Kelsey Smith, Hall High School, West Hartford, CT
• Abby Snyder, Goose Creek High School, Goose Creek, SC
• Jenifer Sposit, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics, Durham, NC
• Jessie Stone, Woodstock High School, Woodstock, GA
• Rachel Suflita, Mohonasen High School, Schenectady, NY
• Lannie Sullivan, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ
• Cheyenne Swasey, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ
• Sapna Syal, Mates Academy, Manahawkin, NJ
• Emily Sybrant, Rock County High School, Bassett, NE
• Sabrina Tabassum, Oxnard High School, Oxnard, CA
• Carolyn Taclas, Oxford Academy, Cypress, CA
• Anna Tatelman, Charles A. Lindbergh High School, Renton, WA
• Laura Triana, Miami Sunset Senior High School, Miami, FL
• Ayla Tribble, Canton, GA
• Istan Utiashev, Brooklyn Technical High School, Brooklyn, NY
• Susan Vandagriff, Bedford North Lawrence High School, Bedford, IN
• Maximiliano Vazquez, Coronado High School, El Paso, TX
• Rodrigo Vazquez Mellado Rosas, American School of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico
• Anna Vera, Camden High School, Camden, NY
• Aditya Viswanathan, Hebron High School, Lewisville, TX
• Thomas Walborn, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA
• Rebecca Walker, Middlesex High School, Saluda, VA
• Brooke Waln, Covington High School, Covington, IN
• Shanna Wang, Semiahmoo Secondary School, Surrey, BC, Canada
• Jennifer Weng, Wellesley High School, Wellesley, MA
• Cindel White, Nelson High School, Burlington, ON, Canada
• Austin Whitlock, Kennard-Dale High School, Fawn Grove, PA
• Jennifer Whyte, Handsworth Secondary School, N-Vancouver, BC, Canada
• Laura Wilk, Brookfield Central High School, Brookfield, WI
• Haleigh Williams, Smithtown High School-East, Saint James, NY
• Jacob Wright, Covington High School, Covington, IN
• Katherine Zamora, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami, FL
• Adeney Zo, Temple City High School, Temple City, CA