FCPS Students Receive 2024 Regional Scholastic Writing Awards
Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) student writers won 31 Gold Key awards in the 2024 Regional Scholastic Writing Awards competition. In all, 259 Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mentions were earned by FCPS students. Gold Keys are automatically forwarded for consideration at the national level of the Scholastic Writing Awards.
Aileen Zhao, a student at McLean High School, was named an American Voices Nominee for her poetry entry, “Everyone You’ve Ever Kissed Up To Now", and for her Science Fiction and Fantasy entry, “Robot Girl.”
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, is the largest, longest-running recognition program of its kind in the United States. Writing categories include critical essay, dramatic script, flash fiction, humor, journalism, novel writing, personal essay and memoir, poetry, science fiction and fantasy, short story, and writing portfolio.
A complete list of winners is available below:
| First Name | Last Name | Grade | Title | Category | Award | School |
| Samara | Alazar | 12 | The Most Threatening Scientific Advancement: Genetic Manipulation | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | West Springfield High School |
| Annika | Aneja | 10 | Identity Crisis | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Centreville High School |
| Anisa | Anjum | 11 | Your Self-Imposed Jar | Short Story | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Allie | Barbieri | 10 | The Importance of Failure | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | Madison High School |
| Allie | Barbieri | 10 | My journey losing my mom | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | Madison High School |
| Helene | Black | 12 | Inex(pl)orable | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | Hayfield Secondary School |
| Konstantina | Boules | 9 | Viewed | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Madison High School |
| Caitlin | Brickley | 10 | The Ghost | Short Story | Honorable Mention | Edison High School |
| Isabella | Cai | 12 | The Code | Humor | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Isabella | Cai | 12 | Midterms | Poetry | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Isabella | Cai | 12 | Blacktop of Haycock Elementary School | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| David | Cao | 12 | Tackling the Adolescent Eye Health Crisis | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Kara | Caulfield | 9 | If it's worth anything | Flash Fiction | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Aaron | Chen | 10 | Myosotis | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Honorable Mention | Oakton High School |
| Aaron | Chen | 10 | The Heart of Time | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Silver Key | Oakton High School |
| Maggie | Chen | 10 | eight easy steps for shame-riddled teenagers! | Poetry | Gold Key | Edison High School |
| Maggie | Chen | 10 | Laid in Earth | Poetry | Silver Key | Edison High School |
| Aiden | Cheng | 12 | Charlie's Toy Soldier | Flash Fiction | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Nidhi | Chinthakindi | 9 | Venus | Flash Fiction | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Crystal | Cho | 7 | “I shoot; I score; I win.†| Short Story | Silver Key | Rocky Run Middle School |
| Ivory | Cho | 8 | Far Away Moon | Poetry | Silver Key | Rocky Run Middle School |
| Wujin | Cho | 11 | Progress | Humor | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Ashley | Chon | 11 | A Cryptic Issue: The Flip Side of the Coin | Critical Essay | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Thanisha | Chowdhury | 12 | To Inhabit Emptiness | Flash Fiction | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Thanisha | Chowdhury | 12 | Changeling | Flash Fiction | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Connor | Chun | 10 | Kyllo vs. United States and the Future of Search Warrants | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Kathryn | Contaoi | 11 | The Lion's Game | Short Story | Honorable Mention | Lewis High School |
| JohnPaul | D'Andrea | 12 | Where Have You Gone O Courage? | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Westfield High School |
| Tuan | Dang | 9 | The Life I Never Had | Poetry | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Haley | Dao | 12 | take me to the firefly tree | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | Lake Braddock Secondary School |
| Haley | Dao | 12 | the fragility of meals & sleepovers | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | Lake Braddock Secondary School |
| Haley | Dao | 12 | make me bow (one more time) | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Lake Braddock Secondary School |
| Haley | Dao | 12 | Misu | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | Lake Braddock Secondary School |
| Kobe | Dao | 11 | The Flavor of a Fleck of Shallot | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | Madison High School |
| Elena | Davis | 11 | What Can the United States Learn from Assessing Swedish Drug Policy? | Critical Essay | Gold Key | Centreville High School |
| Elena | Davis | 11 | Mermaids | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Centreville High School |
| Elena | Davis | 11 | Assessing Federal Methods Used to Mitigate Food Insecurity in the United States | Critical Essay | Silver Key | Centreville High School |
| Allison | Deutsch | 11 | High-Heeled Boots | Flash Fiction | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Kathryn | Duvall | 12 | Reclaim Your Space: How Girls Can Empower Themselves in the Digital Realm | Critical Essay | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Miriam | Fabrycky | 12 | Frau Linden Buys Spray Paint for the First Time | Short Story | Honorable Mention | Woodson High School |
| Naba | Farooqui | 10 | November Rain | Flash Fiction | Honorable Mention | Westfield High School |
| Owen | Fath | 9 | The Headset | Flash Fiction | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Rahm | Fishman | 10 | Tears | Short Story | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Rahm | Fishman | 10 | Final Question | Flash Fiction | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Aleksandra | Foss | 10 | Disaster | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Robinson Secondary School |
| Michaela | Frey | 10 | Staticity | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Michaela | Frey | 10 | Sand for dinner | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Annie | Gao | 10 | Prelude: Paper Dolls | Poetry | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Raina | Gao | 8 | A Cliché Tragedy | Flash Fiction | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Zexuan | Gao | 9 | Once a Familiar Friend | Personal Essay & Memoir | Gold Key | Woodson High School |
| Shrishti | Ghosh | 12 | Celebrating South Asian Beauty Through Wellness-Based Products and Media Representation | Critical Essay | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Tracy | Gong | 12 | Way Back Home | Short Story | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Breanne | Graham | 10 | Grandma's Cows | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Elizabeth | Greene | 11 | When I Bake | Poetry | Silver Key | Marshall High School |
| Claire | Guo | 11 | Motherland | Short Story | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Ryan | Guo | 9 | The Harsh Realities of Mars Colonization: Why It’s Not Worth the Risk and Price Tag | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Sophia | Guo | 10 | Smoke and Scallions | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Luke | Han | 11 | A Letter From An Astronaut | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Woodson High School |
| Max | Haussermann | 12 | Portrait of my Metamorphosis on the Street | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Robinson Secondary School |
| Sofia | Hemmens | 11 | Death's Kindnesses | Poetry | Silver Key | Justice High School |
| Lily | Hood | 9 | Plastic Barbie Doll | Poetry | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Karrie | Hu | 8 | Shattering the Illusion: A Critical Examination of Our Perception | Critical Essay | Silver Key | Longfellow Middle School |
| ANDREW | HWANG | 11 | “The Great Hawaiian Pizza Debate: Why We Should Remain Neutral†| Critical Essay | Gold Key | Langley High School |
| Grace | Im | 11 | Why We Should Prioritize Mitigating Risk of Human Extinction: Unraveling the Relationship between Longtermism and Personhood | Critical Essay | Gold Key | TJHSST |
| Riva | Jain | 12 | television memories | Poetry | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Riva | Jain | 12 | The Leaving Song | Poetry | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Riva | Jain | 12 | phone calls i overheard in the ten minutes of passing period before ap us history | Poetry | Gold Key | TJHSST |
| Riva | Jain | 12 | memory/glitch | Poetry | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Chloe | Jeong | 9 | Poverty Chic: The Caricature of the Lower-Class | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Chloe | Jeong | 9 | Want a One-Dollar Home in Gary; Indiana? | Journalism | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Danna | Jia | 11 | Data Privacy: Ethical Use and User Protection in the Digital Age | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Safinabonu | Juraeva | 12 | Dust | Novel Writing | Honorable Mention | Justice High School |
| Japneet | Kaur | 11 | Virginia Is For Lovers | Poetry | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Japneet | Kaur | 11 | what was i made for? | Poetry | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Rory | Ketzle | 12 | Straight Path | Short Story | Honorable Mention | Chantilly High School |
| Arin | Kim | 9 | Music’s Impact on Cognitive Abilities and Wellbeing | Critical Essay | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Brandon | Kim | 9 | Game 7 | Humor | Honorable Mention | Oakton High School |
| Brandon | Kim | 9 | Beneath the Letter: Exploring the Problems of Modern Academic Evaluation | Critical Essay | Silver Key | Oakton High School |
| Claire | Kim | 10 | Dangling by My Side | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | Centreville High School |
| Grace | Kim | 7 | Nature's Heirloom | Poetry | Gold Key | Rocky Run Middle School |
| Harold | Kim | 11 | Bhutan: No Peace Lasts Forever | Journalism | Gold Key | Herndon High School |
| Ian | Kim | 8 | Tacit Communication | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Longfellow Middle School |
| Lauren | Kim | 7 | I'm Sorry | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Longfellow Middle School |
| Liana | Kim | 12 | Homesick | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | Woodson High School |
| Liana | Kim | 12 | Art and I | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | Woodson High School |
| Rayna | Kim | 10 | The Inheritance | Humor | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Rayna | Kim | 10 | Metamorphosis | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Ryan | Kim | 12 | Cast Away | Personal Essay & Memoir | Gold Key | TJHSST |
| Ryan | Kim | 12 | Combating Nuclear Hysteria | Critical Essay | Gold Key | TJHSST |
| Siyoon | Kim | 9 | Ozempic: The Perfect Cure for Obesity | Critical Essay | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Siyoon (Alice) | Kim | 9 | A Good Morning; Indeed | Short Story | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Yale | Kwon | 10 | How the Chrysanthemums Came to Have Their Colors | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Yale | Kwon | 10 | The Adventures of Shu | Humor | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Yaya | Lan | 10 | Acknowledging Intersectionality: Subjugation and Solidarity Among The Oppressed | Critical Essay | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Charlotte | Lee | 10 | The company of koi carp | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | Centreville High School |
| Chloe | Lee | 12 | Gohyang | Poetry | Silver Key | Oakton High School |
| Chloe | Lee | 12 | Planet Her | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Oakton High School |
| Chloe | Lee | 12 | Chain Me | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Oakton High School |
| Chloe | Lee | 12 | in the back row of biology class | Poetry | Gold Key | Oakton High School |
| Chloe | Lee | 12 | Morning Sun | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Oakton High School |
| DoWon | Lee | 7 | The Boiling Ocean: Climate Change’s Frontline | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | Jackson Middle School |
| Eunice | Lee | 11 | a sunday morning | Poetry | Silver Key | Chantilly High School |
| Hannah | Lee | 11 | Where Do All the Kitties Go? | Poetry | Silver Key | Centreville High School |
| Jayden | Lee | 11 | My Fitbit Manifesto | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Jayden | Lee | 11 | China Boy | Personal Essay & Memoir | Gold Key | Langley High School |
| Jiwoo | Lee | 9 | A Home of an Alien | Poetry | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Jiwoo | Lee | 9 | The Riddle of the Thunder; Perfect Mind | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| JoonWon | Lee | 10 | From Code to Conflict: A War for the Next Mankind | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Joshua | Lee | 11 | Things My Grandfather Taught Me | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | Fairfax High School |
| Joshua | Lee | 11 | Table Tennis Reimagined | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | Fairfax High School |
| Kiwon | Lee | 9 | Recent Changes; New Pages and ArbCom: How Wikipedia Protects Itself From Misinformation | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Stella | Lee | 11 | The AP Psychology Ban: Who Gets to Decide What Students Learn? | Critical Essay | Gold Key | McLean High School |
| Audrey | Li | 9 | An Evanescent Symphony | Poetry | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Audrey | Li | 9 | My Hope; a Hope for All | Poetry | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Isabel | Li | 8 | Echoes in the Embers | Short Story | Honorable Mention | Longfellow Middle School |
| Sarah | Li | 9 | Inner Demons | Short Story | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Marina | Lin | 11 | Autumn Embrace | Flash Fiction | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Michelle | Lin | 8 | fifteen square feet | Poetry | Gold Key | Longfellow Middle School |
| Yanling | Lin | 8 | Through the Seasons | Personal Essay & Memoir | Gold Key | Longfellow Middle School |
| Yanling | Lin | 8 | Triangles and Formulas | Critical Essay | Silver Key | Longfellow Middle School |
| Yanling | Lin | 8 | Befriending a Crow | Short Story | Silver Key | Longfellow Middle School |
| Yanling | Lin | 8 | Floating Fires | Flash Fiction | Honorable Mention | Longfellow Middle School |
| Yanling | Lin | 8 | Run and Talk | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | Longfellow Middle School |
| Yanling | Lin | 8 | Crystal Hunting | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | Longfellow Middle School |
| Yanling | Lin | 8 | Art in History | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | Longfellow Middle School |
| Aimee | Liu | 9 | Tears of Stone the Women Weep | Poetry | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Cassie | Liu | 11 | Ephemerality | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Woodson High School |
| Hannah | Liu | 11 | Digital Slaughter | Poetry | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Hannah | Liu | 11 | Resurrection | Poetry | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Andrew | Lohman | 11 | Day without electricity traumatizes suburban family | Humor | Gold Key | McLean High School |
| Amelia | Lupi-Sher | 12 | The Talker | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Aamnah | Malik | 12 | Expert Jatt by Nawab blasts through the | Poetry | Silver Key | Langley High School |
| Aamnah | Malik | 12 | Mangoes | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | Langley High School |
| Aakanksha | Mazumdar | 11 | The Summer After | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | Madison High School |
| Cierra | Min | 12 | to heal | Poetry | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Cierra | Min | 12 | Thisbe | Poetry | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Cierra | Min | 12 | On Solid Ground | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Kyler | Min | 7 | The Year-End Express | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Silver Key | Kilmer Middle School |
| Kyler | Min | 7 | The Fridge | Novel Writing | Honorable Mention | Kilmer Middle School |
| Inayah | Mirza | 11 | I know (I wonder) everything missing | Poetry | Silver Key | Langley High School |
| Ella | Montgomery | 8 | Happy Mountain Summer Camp | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Honorable Mention | Liberty Middle School |
| Eleanor | Murphy | 11 | The Village | Short Story | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Fatmata | Musa | 10 | Because; I'm tired | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Annandale High School |
| Gaby | Muse | 9 | i tried; mother | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Lake Braddock Secondary School |
| Vivian | Mutz | 9 | The Edge of My World | Short Story | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Amy | Nam | 10 | Snow White's Shadow: Redefining Myself Beyond the Mirror's Gaze | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Isabelle | Nam | 9 | Walking on Mouse Traps | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | Chantilly High School |
| Arai | Nazarova | 10 | A Healing Hug | Journalism | Gold Key | McLean High School |
| Anya | Nehra | 10 | They Just Watched Us | Poetry | Silver Key | Oakton High School |
| Anya | Nehra | 10 | Odor | Poetry | Silver Key | Oakton High School |
| Ella | Newton | 12 | Two Twin Cats | Short Story | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Ella | Newton | 12 | Click. Zing! | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Gold Key | McLean High School |
| Ella | Newton | 12 | Firelight Creatures | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Eliana | Ng | 8 | Summer in Elysium | Poetry | Silver Key | Cooper Middle School |
| Isaac | Ning | 8 | Shadows of Revenge | Short Story | Honorable Mention | Kilmer Middle School |
| Ryan | Odom | 11 | 42 | Poetry | Silver Key | Marshall High School |
| Justine | Olson | 10 | Fear Raging Like Fire | Short Story | Silver Key | Edison High School |
| Amanda-Pearl | Omoigui | 8 | The Concealed Thespian | Novel Writing | Silver Key | Frost Middle School |
| Zoey | Pagotto | 12 | Amateur Guillotine | Flash Fiction | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Gianna | Park | 9 | The Forgotten Melody | Short Story | Honorable Mention | Chantilly High School |
| Arushi | Pathak | 8 | Unravelling my Complex: Navigating Culture; Identity; and Family | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | Kilmer Middle School |
| Harini | Prabhu | 10 | Finding a Balance | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Riya | Prabhu | 7 | Ominous Ocean | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Katherine Johnson Middle School |
| Alexandra | Price | 10 | Plagued by Pain; Pain by Plague | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Robinson Secondary School |
| Grayson | Quigley | 12 | A Dog Called "Death; A Truth Called "America" | Poetry | Honorable Mention | South Lakes High School |
| Indra | Ranjan | 11 | Forgotten Grandma | Poetry | Silver Key | Woodson High School |
| Hailey | Rheingans | 9 | Misty Lilac | Poetry | Silver Key | Robinson Secondary School |
| Maxwell | Roberson | 11 | A Crack In The Universe | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Madison High School |
| Maxwell | Roberson | 11 | I Really Like Your Hat | Short Story | Silver Key | Madison High School |
| Anna | Rosu | 12 | Krapets | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Laura | Roth | 7 | That One Day | Short Story | Gold Key | Franklin Middle School |
| Peyton | Rydzewski | 11 | Sand Harbor | Dramatic Script | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Megan | Sawant | 11 | The Uncertainty of the Uncertainty Principle | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Megan | Sawant | 11 | Tomorrow Doesn't Promise | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Sandi | Schneider | 10 | I will be beautiful tomorrow | Poetry | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Sandi | Schneider | 10 | Bowl of Ocean | Poetry | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Sandi | Schneider | 10 | Do you <3 me too? | Poetry | Gold Key | McLean High School |
| Aarush | Shekhawat | 9 | I'm From | Poetry | Silver Key | Chantilly High School |
| Renee | Shi | 9 | Parted | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | Langley High School |
| Renee | Shi | 9 | Summer Camp | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Renee | Shi | 9 | Encore | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Renee | Shi | 9 | Discounted Color | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Renee | Shi | 9 | Oh | Poetry | Gold Key | Langley High School |
| Renee | Shi | 9 | A Lovely Body | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Renee | Shi | 9 | History Class | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Renee | Shi | 9 | Gaia | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Yeonseo | Sohn | 10 | From Hyeonji to Luna | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | Oakton High School |
| Eshaan | Sombhatta | 9 | Stimulus - How Covid Cash Can Secure Our Long Term Future | Journalism | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Samuel | Stankiewicz | 10 | Wealth and Income Disparity in the United States: A Proposed Solution | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Isabella | Steenburgh | 11 | I LOVE YOU | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Isabella | Steenburgh | 11 | TWO PARTS OF A WHOLE | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Ayan | Sudheer | 7 | The Whispering Pages | Short Story | Gold Key | Carson Middle School |
| Lizzie | Sun | 10 | The Siren and The Angel | Novel Writing | Honorable Mention | Chantilly High School |
| Emily | Tarazi | 11 | That Day in the Snow | Flash Fiction | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Emily | Tarazi | 11 | I Found You | Short Story | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Mia | Tran-Luu | 11 | bound by blood | Poetry | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Mia | Tran-Luu | 11 | We Wilt & We Wither | Poetry | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Mia | Tran-Luu | 11 | Speak to Me; Poetry | Poetry | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Rachel | Truong | 10 | Isaiah's Photograph | Short Story | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Rachel | Truong | 10 | To Burn From Heartache | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Rachel | Truong | 10 | Tell Me Another Story | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Sophia | Tzvetanov | 10 | The Music Between Us | Dramatic Script | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Yusra | Wahedi | 12 | Imperfections of Perfection | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | Justice High School |
| Jiayi | Wang | 12 | My Name is a Chameleon | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | Langley High School |
| Natalie | Wang | 9 | eeny; meeny; miny; moe | Poetry | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Sophia | Wang | 8 | The Painting | Short Story | Silver Key | Carson Middle School |
| Sophia | Wang | 8 | Banning Books; Banning Voices | Journalism | Silver Key | Carson Middle School |
| Sophia | Wang | 8 | What Freedom Means to Me | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | Carson Middle School |
| Venita | Wang | 9 | Porridge | Poetry | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Venita | Wang | 9 | Garden | Personal Essay & Memoir | Gold Key | McLean High School |
| Emily | Weiss | 12 | My Brother's Hands | Poetry | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Sophia | Werthmuller | 11 | Marine Life | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Gold Key | McLean High School |
| Sophie | Wilson | 12 | Hospitalized | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Westfield High School |
| Sophie | Wilson | 12 | Burning Bridges | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Westfield High School |
| Sophie | Wilson | 12 | Standing Against the Tide | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Westfield High School |
| Harry | Xiao | 11 | The Haunted Harvest of Han | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Anthony | Xu | 11 | Kill the Craze: Generative AI in Education | Critical Essay | Gold Key | TJHSST |
| Alicia | Yau | 10 | My Last Goodbye to New York | Short Story | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Alicia | Yau | 10 | A Path Back Home | Short Story | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Justin | Yu | 10 | Let There Be Light | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Grace | Yuan | 9 | Let There Be Light | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Grace | Yuan | 9 | Arcade of Life | Flash Fiction | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Grace | Yuan | 9 | Birthday Cake | Flash Fiction | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Grace | Yuan | 9 | Runaway | Flash Fiction | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Grace | Yuan | 9 | i used to dream about "us" | Flash Fiction | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Grace | Yuan | 9 | The Lonely Guardian | Flash Fiction | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Elaine | Zhang | 8 | reverie (as told through ten haiku) | Poetry | Silver Key | Longfellow Middle School |
| Elaine | Zhang | 8 | penitence | Poetry | Silver Key | Longfellow Middle School |
| Elaine | Zhang | 8 | Dancing in the Rain | Poetry | Honorable Mention | Longfellow Middle School |
| Elaine | Zhang | 8 | The Song of Virginia Beach | Personal Essay & Memoir | Honorable Mention | Longfellow Middle School |
| Elaine | Zhang | 8 | One Step Closer | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | Longfellow Middle School |
| Ivy | Zhang | 7 | In The Stars | Short Story | Honorable Mention | Carson Middle School |
| Laura | Zhang | 12 | Embracing Uncertainty | Personal Essay & Memoir | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Laura | Zhang | 12 | Scouting for Change | Journalism | Gold Key | TJHSST |
| Laura | Zhang | 12 | The ABCs of Being an ABC (American-Born Chinese) | Poetry | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Megan | Zhang | 11 | Paradigm Shifts in a World of Economic Growth: Is There a Plan B for the Environment? | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Megan | Zhang | 11 | an injection of imagination | Poetry | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | Every Possible Ending Before We Even Touch | Poetry | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | the american chinese buffet placemats indicate that my zodiac sign is the dog; meaning loyal | Poetry | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | Ulysses | Flash Fiction | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | Tank Dreamer | Poetry | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | Oh Transcendental Youth We're Really In It Now | Poetry | Gold Key | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | ANDROID BOTTOM SURGERY (1) | Poetry | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | Staring Match | Short Story | Gold Key | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | ELEKTRA And antigone Hold A Panel For Aspiring Young Iconoclasts | Poetry | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | Killing the Girl | Poetry | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | Everyone You've Ever Kissed Up To Now | Poetry | Gold Key and American Voices Nominee | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | Robot Girl and the Infinity | Science Fiction & Fantasy | Gold Key and American Voices Nominee | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | EVERY BOYDAUGHTER DREAMS OF KILLING THEMSELVES AT THE ALTAR OF AN IMMACULATE AND DAMASCUS GRACE | Poetry | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | Vanishing Twin | Poetry | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | UNICORN WRANGLING | Poetry | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | Elegy for the RPG Protagonist | Poetry | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | Megalodon | Poetry | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | CYBERSEX IS HOLY | Poetry | Silver Key | McLean High School |
| Aileen | Zhao | 12 | ANDROID TOP SURGERY (0) | Poetry | Gold Key | McLean High School |
| Brian | Zhou | 12 | While the Arctic Looms Large; the Antarctic Treaty is Under Threat | Critical Essay | Honorable Mention | TJHSST |
| Brian | Zhou | 12 | Prussian Universities Trailblazed American Exceptionalism and the Modern American Research Multiversity | Critical Essay | Silver Key | TJHSST |
| Jiayue | Zou | 9 | Follow the Leader | Short Story | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |
| Jiayue | Zou | 9 | Future | Poetry | Honorable Mention | McLean High School |