First Place

• Simone Prince-Eichner, Prince Homeschool, Lummi Island, WA Read Essay

Second Place

• Rachel Wallen, Rockbridge Academy, Millersville, MD
• Sheila Williams, Cardinal Carter Chs, Aurora, ON, Canada
• Andrew Lin, Radnor High School, Radnor, PA
• Shirley Miao, Marc Garneau Collegiate Inst, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Sam Holley, Huntington Beach High School, Huntingtn Beach, CA

Third Place

• Deborah Baremberg, Colonel By Secondary School, Gloucester, ON, Canada
• Jacob Boles, Los Fresnos High School, Los Fresnos, TX
• Varun Parameswaran, North Hills Preparatory Sch, Irving, TX
• Bradley Kleinstuber, Southwood Secondary School, Cambridge, ON, Canada
• Emily Wasek, Fuquay-Varina High School, Fuquay Varina, NC
• Thomas Bloom, Home, Middletown, VA
• Ciera Yates, Empire High School, Tucson, AZ
• Andrew Koenig, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, CA
• Kirk Butler, Washington Twp High School, Sewell, NJ
• Gabriel Duemichen, Ransom Everglades Upper School, Miami, FL

Finalists

• Jaclyn Elcock, Uniondale Senior High School, Uniondale, NY
• Benjamin Mitten, Mesa Preparatory Academy, Mesa, AZ
• Mel Goss, Home School, Boca Raton, FL
• Sara Stiklickas, H Frank Carey Jr Sr High Sch, Franklin Sq, NY
• Emily Frost, Orchard Park High School, Orchard Park, NY
• Gopika Mathew, Alexander Hamilton High School, Elmsford, NY
• Yamile Rose, Bayside High School, Bayside, NY
• Maggie Rutkowski, Fountain Hills High School, Fountain Hls, AZ
• Hannah Mohr, Homeschool, Bozeman, MT
• Miya Gaskell, Hidden Valley High School, Roanoke, VA
• Kevin Madden, Fountain Hills High School, Fountain Hls, AZ
• Natasha Kilfoil, St Francis High School, Calgary, AB
• Nicholas Mecikalski, Bob Jones High School, Madison, AL
• Rebecca Froehlich, Madison High School, Madison, SD
• James Duncan, Angola High School, Angola, IN
• Jocelyn Rempel, Medicine Hat High School, Medicine Hat, AB
• Rebekah Choi, Granada Hills Charter High Sch, Granada Hills, CA
• Patrick Lucia, Coral Springs High School, Coral Springs, FL
• Elizabeth Willis, Holy Spirit Preparatory School, Atlanta, GA
• Benjamin Clark, University Of Missouri High School, Columbia, MO
• Mariel Fink, Portage Northern High School, Portage, MI
• Joshua Anderson, Batavia High School, Batavia, IL
• Adam Morgan, Westwood Community High School, Fort Mcmurray, AB
• Catherine Zuo, Winchester High School, Winchester, MA
• Anna Wang, Port Moody Sr Secondary School, Port Moody, BC, Canada
• Kyung-Seo Min, Sir Winston Churchill High Sch, Calgary, AB
• Megan Bourns, St Mary’S Academy, Winnipeg, MB
• Leah Wautelet, South Lyon East High School, South Lyon, MI
• Nicholaus Gurrola, Mattawan High School, Mattawan, MI
• Amber O’Dell, Indian River Charter High School, Vero Beach, FL
• Elliot Rossomme, Beaver Co Christian High Sch, Beaver Falls, PA
• Nathan Mcguire, Toll Gate High School, Warwick, RI
• Corbin Rogerson, Akins High School, Austin, TX
• Megan Morrison, Merrill High School, Merrill, MI
• Antonio Spina, Bartlett High School, Bartlett, IL
• Joyce Jiang, Shawnee Mission S Sr High Sch, Shawnee Msn, KS
• Frederick Heller, Chatham High School, Chatham, NJ
• Whitney Sha, Spanish River Cmty High School, Boca Raton, FL
• Hannah Horne, Homeschool, Chandler, OK
• Garrett Lam, Wellesley High School, Wellesley, MA
• Pooja Solanki, Charter Oak High School, Covina, CA
• Tiffany Pomares
• Emily Selby, Woodstock High School, Woodstock, GA
• Callie Dorsey, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
• Tyler Francis, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA

Semi-Finalists

• Gregory Goins, Pilgrim High School, Warwick, RI
• Alexandra Nelson, Sanderson High School, Raleigh, NC
• William Phillips, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, NM
• Pooja Patel, Alfred Almond School, Almond, NY
• Thomas Henderson, Los Alamos High School, Los Alamos, NM
• Tiffany Zhang, North Cobb High School, Kennesaw, GA
• Radhika Lalseta, Merivale High School, Nepean, ON, Canada
• Kenneth Leidal, Downingtown High School West, Downingtown, PA
• Thomas Stewart, Lansing Catholic Central Hs, Lansing, MI
• Jackson Kennedy, Lansing Catholic Central Hs, Lansing, MI
• Nicholas Witgen, Lansing Catholic Central Hs, Lansing, MI
• Kaitlin Balboa, Lansing Catholic Central Hs, Lansing, MI
• Clare Brennan, Lansing Catholic Central Hs, Lansing, MI
• Isabelle Mercurio, Plymouth Whitemarsh High Sch, Plymouth Mtng, PA
• Sarah Neva, Jamestown High School, Jamestown, ND
• Elizabeth Hillman, Lansing Catholic Central Hs, Lansing, MI
• Matthew Thaler, Bronx High School Of Science, Bronx, NY
• Amber Ruther, Lake George Jr Sr High School, Lake George, NY
• Colleen Kane, Sanderson High School, Raleigh, NC
• Adam Ludvik, Belle Plaine High School, Belle Plaine, MN
• Joshua May, St Mary’S High School, Lancaster, NY
• Andrew Rising, Williamston High School, Williamston, MI
• Lydia Hayes, Williamston High School, Williamston, MI
• Megha Jagannathan, Williamston High School, Williamston, MI
• Kody Striplin, Striplin Home Education, Yuma, AZ
• Megan Kelleher, Homer High School, Homer, NY
• Angela Gizzi, Homer High School, Homer, NY
• Kira Hyde, Homer High School, Homer, NY
• Maggie Hess, Downingtown High School East, Exton, PA
• Nathan Kennedy, Fergus High School, Lewistown, MT
• Jingyi Yang, Loudoun Co High School, Leesburg, VA
• Jeffrey Fiorentino, Downingtown High School West, Downingtown, PA
• Courtner Clark, Loudoun Co High School, Leesburg, VA
• Victoria Guzik, Point Pleasant Beach High Sch, Pt Pleas Bch, NJ
• Chandler Roe, St Paul’S School, Covington, LA
• Christopher Speciale, Croatan High School, Newport, NC
• Daniel Garraway, St Paul’S School, Covington, LA
• Grayson Quay, Beaver Co Christian High Sch, Beaver Falls, PA
• Genevieve Brei, Meripoint Academy, Williamsburg, VA
• Joshua Szramiak, Willow Canyon High School, Surprise, AZ
• Chelsea Hall, Adam Scott Collegiate & Vi, Peterborough, ON, Canada
• Jacquelyn Matson, Wheatland Chili High School, Scottsville, NY
• Scott Neuhoff, Neuqua Valley High School, Naperville, IL
• Tom Shen, Pennsbury High School East, Fairless Hls, PA
• Mary Kyner, Fuqua School, Farmville, VA
• Miranda Wilder, Wheatland Chili High School, Scottsville, NY
• Alexandra Silver, Bayside Hign School, Bayside, NY
• Jamie Han, Bayside High School, Bayside, NY
• Dawson Lafleur, Paul Kane High School, St Albert, AB
• Corey Hannah Summers, Hidden Valley High School, Roanoke, VA
• Briana Akani, Riverview Cmty High School, Riverview, MI
• Margo Stokes, Lexington High School, Lexington, MA
• Hannah Combs, Dayton Christian School, Miamisburg, OH
• Veronica Wickline, Polytechnic School, Pasadena, CA
• Mia Stroud, Newsome High School, Lithia, FL
• Maral Battsogt, Hoffman Estates High School, Hoffman Est, IL
• Melissa Rettig, Ashley Ridge High School, Summerville, SC
• Robert Mcdonald, Bowness High School, Calgary, AB
• Connor Reece, Fountain Hills High School, Fountain Hls, AZ
• Benjamin Rowles, Downingtown High School East, Exton, PA
• Laura Sherer, Fairbanks High School, Milford Ctr, OH
• Jett Andersen, Suncoast High School, Riviera Beach, FL
• Carol Bao, Fleetwood Park Secondary Sch, Surrey, BC, Canada
• Timothy Troutner, Theophile Academy Homeschool, Columbus, OH
• Joanne Koong, Orange Co High Sch Of The Arts, Santa Ana, CA
• Patricia Dillon, Rivercrest High School, Bogata, TX
• Chloe Raphael, Davis High School, Kaysville, UT
• Aaron Biever, Yuma High School, Yuma, AZ
• Isabelle Klinghoffer, Xiamen International School, Xiamen, Fujian, China
• Emma Chaloux-Pinette, Saint John’S International School, Waterloo, Brabant, Belgium
• Megan Taylor, Orcutt Union School District, Santa Maria, CA
• William Robinson, North Forsyth High School, Cumming, GA
• Samantha Luna, Buena High School, Sierra Vista, AZ
• Maximilian Mohr, Osbourn Park High School, Manassas, VA
• John Semones Ii, Maumee City School District, Maumee, OH
• Michael Bloom, Home, Middletown, VA
• Taylor Goebel, Cape Henlopen High School, Lewes, DE
• James Risberg, Manhattan High School-West, Manhattan, KS
• Helena Lin, Crescent Heights High School, Calgary, AB
• Wasiq Ahmad, West Babylon Sr High School, West Babylon, NY
• Katherine Perroots, Thomas S Wootton High School, Rockville, MD
• Kenya Greaves, St Dominic Academy, Jersey City, NJ
• Michael Myers, South Lake High School, Groveland, FL
• Jacob Nieb, Fairview High School, Boulder, CO
• Chelsea Powell, West Hills High School, Santee, CA
• Wayne Shu, Troy High School, Troy, MI
• Madison Lahey, United World College Of The Atlantic, Llantwit Major, Vale of GL, United Kingdom
• Kyla Jones, Bothell Senior High School, Bothell, WA
• Joohyun Lee, Burnaby Mountain Secondary Sch, Burnaby, BC, Canada
• Chris Coonrod, The Woodlands Preparatory School, Tomball, TX
• Alyssa Napier, Gwinnet Cs Of Math Sci & Tech, Lawrenceville, GA
• Megan Armstrong, Notre Dame Catholic Sec Sch, Ajax, ON, Canada
• Kristina Banks, Centre Wellington District High School, Fergus, ON, Canada
• Melissa Herrmann, Brock High School, Cannington, ON, Canada
• Nicholas Swanson, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, TX
• Renate Gyenge, North Royalton High School, N Royalton, OH
• Cherisse Cooper, Miami Beach Senior High School, Miami Beach, FL
• Melanie Nault, Billerica Memorial High School, Billerica, MA
• Sabih Rashid, Colonel By Secondary School, Gloucester, ON, Canada
• Elisa Ponce, Wilde Lake High School, Columbia, MD
• Regina Donovan, Zama American High School, Apo, AP
• Kirstin Hill, Ft Worth Academy Of Fine Arts, Fort Worth, TX
• James Furney, Oak Bay East Secondary School, Victoria, BC, Canada
• Tatiana Schlote, Elko High School, Elko, NV
• Genevieve Richard, Somerset High School, Somerset, WI
• Danielle O’Connor, River Hill High School, Clarksville, MD
• Jenna Jaikissoon, Forest Hills High School, Forest Hills, NY
• Lauren Kelly, Toll Gate High School, Warwick, RI
• Abigail Dove, Perkiomen Valley High School, Collegeville, PA
• Tahmina Ahmed, Monterey High School, Monterey, CA
• James Dean, Stratford High School, Goose Creek, SC
• Omozusi Ajayi, Clear Brook High School, Friendswood, TX
• Michelle Olakkengil, John F Kennedy High School, Plainview, NY
• Nicholas Jackson-Chornenki, Royal St George’S College, Toronto, ON, Canada
• Logan Olson, Richardton-Taylor High School, Richardton, ND
• Madison Stieg, Maple Grove Senior High School, Maple Grove, MN
• Brittany Tran, Gabrielino High School, San Gabriel, CA
• Dur-E-Nayab Khan, Reservoir High School, Fulton, MD
• Frances Ellerson, Key School, Annapolis, MD
• Erika Krutsch, Essex District High School, Essex, ON, Canada
• John Hennon, Morris Central School, Morris, NY
• Ryan Hamilton, Cary Grove Cmty High School, Cary, IL
• Dmitriy Potylitsin, Holmdel High School, Holmdel, NJ
• James Carbone, Oakmont Regional High School, Ashburnham, MA
• Ronald Greene, Freedom High School, Woodbridge, VA
• Amber Weber, Souderton Area School Dist, Souderton, PA
• Andrew Mcgratton, Centre Wellington Dist Hs, Fergus, ON, Canada
• Brooke Lalonde, Harrow District High School, Harrow, ON, Canada
• Emily Simmons, Valentine High School, Valentine, NE
• Edoardo Sifuentes, Clements High School, Sugar Land, TX
• Edward Kleiner, Mt Greylock Reg High School, Williamstown, MA
• Rachel Curry, Greenbrier East Sr High School, Lewisburg, WV
• Morgan Kincade, Valhalla Middle High School, Valhalla, NY
• Kaitlin Faherty, Fiorello H Laguardia High Sch, New York, NY
• Sydney Balgo, West Shore Jr Sr High School, Melbourne, FL
• Anastasia Harper, Red Mountain High School, Mesa, AZ
• Lars Benner, Newsome High School, Lithia, FL
• Philip Von Richthofen, Canton High School, Collinsville, CT
• Luke Downen, Christian High School, O Fallon, MO
• Sydney Rogalla, Bhs-Puget Sound Bus & Indus, Federal Way, WA
• Jessica Grams, Harry D Jacobs High School, Algonquin, IL
• Shaelee Baldwin, Dixie High School, Saint George, UT
• Matthew Cocco, Liberal Arts & Science Academy, Austin, TX
• Rachel Zimmerman, Jersey Village High School, Jersey Village, TX
• Thomas Hsiao, Stephen F Austin High School, Sugar Land, TX
• Jonathan Reamer, Gilman School, Baltimore, MD
• Jennifer Beall, Anamosa High School, Anamosa, IA
• Vincent Kings, Orange Co High Sch Of The Arts, Santa Ana, CA
• Daniella Rogerson, Mariposa Co High School, Mariposa, CA
• Enya Meng, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA
• Anne Wilkinson, Holy Names Academy, Seattle, WA
• Mona Jia, Glenforest Secondary School, Mississauga, ON, Canada
• Michelle Machut, North Delta Senior Sec Sch, Delta, BC
• John Madsen, Starkville High School, Starkville, MS
• Mahira Qadri, Princess Margaret Sec Sch, Surrey, BC
• James Lee, Thomas Jefferson High School, Auburn, WA
• Dylan Bowles, John F Kennedy Catholic High, Manchester, MO
• Jonathan Aguilera, John Francis Polytechnic Hs, Sun Valley, CA
• Brandon Mork, Hopewell High School, Huntersville, NC
• Sarah Keppler, South Kamloops Secondary School, Kamloops, BC, Canada
• Eleeza Tourigny, Governor Sch Arts & Humanities, Greenville, SC
• Andrea Pinilla, George Ranch High School, Richmond, TX
• Shawn Gressly
• Ian Lewis
• Madeline Gray
• Margaret Larson
• Anna Ferrandino
• Amy Dalcanton, Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School
• Kyle Howard, Clear Falls High School, League City, TX
• Casey Taylor, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
• Anna Smith, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
• Mary Louisa Britt, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
• Clare Burton, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
• Jessica Nguyen, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA
• Mckenzie Kostura, Cave Spring High School, Roanoke, VA