Celebrate America 2022 Creative Writing Contest Winners
Truly by Isabelle Tee, age 15, New Jersey
The Most Precious Gift by Yarynka Yarosh, age 15, Kyiv, Ukraine
Should LGBTQ+ Be Taught in Schools? by Lucille Amato, age 11, New Jersey
Voltaire’s Micromegas: A Different Kind of Science Fiction by Sahil Prasad, grade 6, Maryland
180 Days by Claire Emery, 18, Missouri
It Was Good to be Back by Benjamin Kwack, age 9, Illinois
Overlooked Oppression by Lily Fu, 17, Texas
Sit by Me by Sonia Mehta, 17, Ohio
Taiwanese Food by Camille Chen, 10, California
A New Home by Ace Yeom, 15, South Korea
The Horse That Jumps by Ava Shorten, 11, Ireland
Girl Meets Belief by Ishita Shukla, 16, India
The Sock Problem by Karena Christen, 12, Latvia
My Love for Written Words By Mehek Azra, 15, New York
A Journey Behind the Walls By Eileen Kim, 17, South Korea
I’m a Young African Elephant Calf , A flash fiction by Alina Yuan, 17, California
Erwin: A Holocaust Survivor By Maggie Satterthwaite, age 16, Massachusetts
Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) New Year By Seja Kularatna, age 10, Wisconsin
Our Buddhist Meditation Class By Seja Kularatna, age 10, Wisconsin
The Codependency between ‘Peace’ and ‘Trust’ By Aliya S., grade 7, INDIA
What’s It Like to Be a Teen with Social Anxiety By Mehek Azra, age 15, New York
Blindfolded By Doeun (Jessica) Kim, age 14, Manila, Philippines
Ibn Battuta: The Marco Polo of Islam By Sahil Prasad, grade 4, Maryland
Kindness Is Magic By Lila Drowos, age 10, Florida
Mother’s Daughter By Samantha Liu, age 16, New Jersey
Why I Need My Cell Phone By Beatriz Lindemann, age 13, Florida
Xiāng Xiāng By Jessica Wang, age 16, New York