We are thrilled to announce the winners of the 2019 Booth Tarkington Prize for Young Writers!\u00a0 We had a record number of submissions and were blown away by their quality! Congratulations to all!<\/p>\n
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Winner – Bella Groothuis, “Aloe”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Runner-up – Lily Claire Goodson, “How the Roomba was Invented”<\/p>\n Honorable Mentions – ~~~<\/p>\n Winner – Gregory Whitworth-Neufeld, “At the Table”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Runner-up – Eleanor Snopek, “The Best Part of Me”<\/p>\n Honorable Mentions – <\/p>\n Winner – Gabrielle Hadad, “Hotel Loup Gris”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Runner up – Avery Barbosa-Hayes, “Different”<\/p>\n Honorable Mentions – ~~~<\/p>\n Winner – Sade Okeyemi, “Black and White”<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Runner-up – Maxwell Habel, “In the Windowsill of a 3rd Story Window”<\/p>\n Honorable Mentions – <\/p>\n
\nPrudence Peng, “Test Your Luck”<\/p>\nPoetry <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
\nAmelia McKenna, “Me”
\nPrudence Peng, “Penguins”
\nGregory Whitworth-Neufeld, “The Nihilist”<\/p>\nMiddle School\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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Fiction <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
\nTannon Rogers, “Elementals”
\nJonah Smith, “The Final Chance”
\nMaren Smith, “Katie’s Dreams”<\/p>\nPoetry <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n
\nWill Chambley, “Ocean”
\nHannah McKenna, “Rose”
\nEvelina Rubchinsky, “Discovering a Tree and Weed”<\/p>\nHigh School<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Fiction <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n