Current Winners

Top 5 Winners: 

• Sydney Gray, La Jolla, CA, The Bishop's School 
• Vanesa Carrillo, El Paso, TX, Bel Air High School 
• Chloe Petrosino, Merritt Island, Edgewood Junior/Senior High School
• Sofia Vainikos, Orland Park, IL, Carl Sandburg High School 
• Vainavi Viswanath, San Diego, CA, Canyon Crest Academy

Top Finalists: 

• Neha Deshmukh, The Woodlands, TX, The Woodlands High School 
• Fiona Donovan, Phoenix, AZ, Xavier College Preparatory 
• Reet Mishra, Cupertino, CA, Homestead High School 
• Varsha Nekkanti, San Jose, CA, Notre Dame High School 
• Elaine Wen, Atlanta, GA, North Springs High School
• Carolyn Zhang, Cincinnati, OH, Sycamore High School 

• Sarah Castleberry, State College, PA, Pennsylvania State University 
• Greyson Hoye, Tacoma, WA, Pacific Lutheran University 
• Daniela Maquera Sardon, South Orange, NJ, Seton Hall University 
• Justine Rainford, Washington, D.C., Howard University 
• Raven Witherspoon, Richmond, VA, Virginia Commonwealth University

• Enterprise High School, Enterprise, AL 
• Logos Academy, Hong Kong

• Corinna Jones, Enterprise, AL, Enterprise High School
• Jovany Trevino, Arlington, TX, Arlington Collegiate High School
• Stephanie Reid, Battle Creek, MI, Pennfield High School
• Caroline Fisher, Clarkesville, TN, Clarkesville High School
• Paige Keeler, West Boylston, MA, Worcester Academy
• Trinh Tran, Fulton, MD, Reservoir High School
• Rachel Stange, Stephens City, VA, Sherando High School
• Andrea Moran-Melendez, Jacksonville, FL, Paxon School for Advanced Studies
• Zachary Lafontaine, Warwick RI, Pilgrim High School
• Alexandra Van De Kieft, Lower East Side, New York, New Explorations into Science, Technology, and Math

• Emily Bell, Suwanne, GA, Lambert High School 
• Makayla Fox, Parker, CO, Chaparral High School 
• Evan Metaj, Grand Rapids, MI, Forest Hills Central High School

• Sean Buchanan, Ballwin, MO, Marty Institute and Saint Louis Country Day School 
• Noah Covey, Dunwoody, GA, Dunwoody High School 
• DeGreer Harris, Atlanta, GA, Charles R. Drew Charter Academy
• Paris Creed King, Tallahassee, FL, Leon High School 
• Yanai Sun, Coon Rapids, MN, Coon Rapids High School 

• Alexandra Swain, Chicago, IL, Whitney M. Young Magnet High School 

Top 2 Winners: 

• Anne Ball, Spartanburg, SC, Spartanburg Day School 
• Peter Schmidt, Crestwood, KY, South Oldham High School 

Top 5 Finalists: 

• Savana Nelson, Livermore, CA, Livermore High School 
• Delynn Pesek, Shiner, TX, Shiner Catholic School 
• Krsitin Riggs, Casa Grande, AZ, Casa Grande Union High School 
• William Rodriguez, Las Vegas, NV, Spring Valley High School 
• Tori Vestal, Louisville, KY, DuPont Manual High School 

• Jennifer Cornejo, Salt Lake City, UT, Salt Lake Community College

• Adriana Deonarine, Washington, D.C., The George Washington University 
• Tyler Holder, Poughkeepsie, NY, Marist College

Full program scholarship:

• Karni Dechoian, Parsippany, NJ, Parsippany High School

Partial program scholarship:

• Klaybis Asllani, Aurora, IL, Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy 
• Julian Barkoh, Missouri City, TX, Lawrence E. Elkins High School 
• Katelyn Bryant, Smithfield, VA, Smithfield High School
• Elizabeth Kolb, Mauston, WI, Mauston High School 
• Mya Watts, Chicago, IL, DePaul University 

• Aidan Altamirano, Homeschool
• Rishibrata Biswas, Baltimore, MD, Calvert Hall College High School
• Yazmin Bocanegra, San Gabriel, CA, San Gabriel Mission High School
• Suzanne Brown, Muncie, IN, Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities 
• Taylor Brown, Tenino, WA, Tenino High School
• Jocelyn Chen, Irvine, CA, Northwood High School
• Nathaniel Clements, Online
• Cristina Cruz, Flowery Branch, GA, Flowery Branch High School
• Roberto Demarchi, Beachwood, OH, Beachwood High School
• Katelyn Ebert, Vancouver, WA, Evergreen High School
• Alexandra Erickson, Amman, Jordan, American Community School-Amman
• Nina Frame, Sultan, WA, Sultan High School
• Jenna Hanson, Leander, TX, Rouse High School 
• Matison LeBlanc, Morgan City, LA, Morgan City High School
• Kara Luckett, Matador, TX, Valley High School
• Mudit Mishra, Singapore, Anglo-Chinese School Independent
• Priscilla Ohara, Port St. Lucie, FL, Treasure Coast High School
• Rocco Polimeni, Swiftwater, PA, Pocono Mountain East High School
• Melany Quintero, Hollywood, FL, McArthur High School
• Rosalie Read, Manvel, TX, Manvel High School
• Rachel Ritchey, York, PA, West York Area High School
• Lucy Skrypzak, Portland, OR, Saint Marys Academy
• Isaiah Turner
• Allaura Wile, Knoxville, TN, L&N STEM Academy 
• Elise Williamson, Louisville, KY, DuPont Manual High School

• Jack Brockman, Enterprise, AL, Enterprise High School
• Milan Chandy, Collegeville, PA, Perkiomen Valley High School
• Blaine Fasil, Greenbelt, MD, Eleanor Roosevelt High School
• Bradley Ferguson, Linwood, NJ, Mainland Regional High School
• Neeyanth Kopparapu, Alexandria, VA, Jefferson Science Technical High School
• Samantha Leach, North Charleston, SC, Academic Magnet High School
• Andrew Masek, N. Attleborough, MA, North Attleborough High School, Eleanor Roosevelt High School
• Kristen Postiglione, Ringoes, NJ, Hunterdon Central Regional High School
• Amy Tam, Hacienda Heights, CA, Los Altos High School
• Gianna Wessler, Matthews, NC, David W Butler High

• Lokesh Pugalenthi, Katy, TX, British International School of Houston
• Ahdis Beruk, Greenville, MS, Greenville High School

Fiction:

• 1st place: Margarita Skvortsova, Reisterstown, MD, Franklin High School
• 2nd place: Som Mohapatra, Richmond, VA, Maggie L. Walker Governor's School
• 3rd place: Johnathan Zhu, Katy, TX, Obra D Tompkins High School

Poetry:

• 1st place: Shelby DeWitt, Bellevue, OH, Bellevue High School
• 2nd place: Maximilian Kim, Manassas, VA, Osbourn Park Senior High School
• 3rd place: Shayla Ashley, Northwood, NH, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy

Painting/Drawing:

• 1st place: Dora Pang, Allen, TX, Allen High School
• 2nd place: Alyssa Duhart, Frisco, TX, Heritage High School
• 3rd place: Jennifer Li, Claremont, CA, Claremont High School

Photography:

• 1st place: Alisha Gebe, Albuquerque, NM, Cibola High School
• 2nd place: Sai Tippana, Alpharetta, GA, Alpharetta High School
• 3rd place: Devon Willis, Pasadena, TX, First Baptist Christian Academy

• 1st place: Taetyn Panagos, Interlochen, MI, Interlochen Center for the Arts
• 2nd place: Isabella Escobedo, Santa Ynez, CA, Santa Ynez Valley Union High School
• 3rd place: John Lindsay, Suffolk, VA, Nansemond River High School

• Mikhail Ocampo, Bakersfield, CA, Stockdale High School

• Abin Antony, Northville, MI, Northville High School
• Alexa Grabelle, Voorhees Township, NJ, Eastern Regional High School
• Alexandra Barfield, Zachary, LA, Zachary High School
• Amari Murry, Atlanta, GA, Westlake High School
• Avi Shah, Pleasanton, CA, Foothill High School
• Bailey Nuutinen, Ashland, WI, Ashland High School
• Brianna Bui,  Mechanicsville, VA, Atlee High School
• Britney Soll, Moka, Mauritius, Le Bocage International School
• Cassandra Joseph, Somers, NY, Kennedy Catholic High School
• Christian French, New York, NY, Columbia Secondary School
• Clarice Flores, Austin, TX, Brentwood Christian School
• Colleen Buckley, Hauppauge, NY, Hauppauge High School
• Devin Ellis, Hampton, VA, Kecoughtan High School
• Devon Willis, Pasadena, TX, First Baptist Christian Academy
• Dorian Smalley, Detroit, MI, Renaissance High School 
• Erika Swanson, Online
• Gabriel Drill
• Gillian Conner, Plymouth Meeting, PA, Plymouth Whitemarsh High School
• Hannah Pippin, Lynchburg, VA, Liberty University Online Academy 
• Hannah Wilson, Homeschool
• Imanni Wright, Tilton, NH, Tilton School
• Isha Puri, Chappaqua, NY, Horace Greeley High School 
• Jacob Shellhamer, West Chester, PA, 21st Century Cyber Charter School
• Jenna Alam, Daleville, VA, Lord Botetourt High School
• Jessie Turner, Villa Rica, GA, Villa Rica High School
• Joseph Grams,  Parker, CO, Colorado Early Colleges-Douglas County
• Kathryn Bairley, Covington, GA, Eastside High School
• Kekeli Logoh, Horsham, PA, Hatboro-Horsham High School
• Kelli Alford, Camdenton, MO, Camdenton R-III High School
• Khalil Forbes, Detroit, MI, Martin Luther King High School
• Lauren Yang, Sugar Land, TX, Dulles High School
• Lauryn Johnson, Winter Park, FL, Circle Christian School
• Lexi Atilano, White, GA, Cass High School
• Lezai Favors, Middletown, NY, Middletown High School
• Liam Iovinella, Reno, NV, Damonte Ranch High School
• Lilly Schroer, Dumfries, VA, Potomac Senior High School
• Madeline Purvis, Troy, MI, Athens High School 
• Madeline Reese, Chicago, IL, Trinity High School
• Madison Wong, Katy, TX, Obra D Tompkins High School 
• Madrid Holland, Nipomo, CA, Nipomo High School
• MaKayla Erdmann, Pulaski, WI, Pulaski High School 
• Malik Williams, Vancouver, WA, Seton Catholic College Preparatory
• Marco Polimeni, Swiftwater, PA, Pocono Mountain East High School
• Margot Bolanos-Gamez, Skokie, IL, Niles Township West High School
• Molly Stanly, Cary, NC, Panther Creek High School
• Natalie Fleshman, Lexington, VA, Rockbridge County High School
• Obamide Samaye, Skokie, IL, Niles Township West High School
• Olivia Romanko, Franklin, TN, Centennial High School
• Oluwasemilore Ayo-Gbenjo, Fulton, MD, Reservoir High School
• Patricia Freeman, Mundelein, IL, Carmel Catholic High School
• Poojita Chinmay, Online, Liberty University Online Academy
• Ramya Raja, Cumming, GA, North Forsyth High School
• Samantha Donohue, East Brunswick, NJ, East Brunswick High School
• Steven French, New York, NY, Columbia Secondary School
• Tory Johnson, Lake Elsinore, CA, Temescal Canyon High School
• Victoria Taylor, Dallas, TX, Cambridge School Of Dallas
• William Barber, Lynn Haven, FL, A Crawford Mosley High School
• Winston Khan, Kissimmee, FL, Gateway High School
• Adriane Monroy, Baja California Sur, Mexico, Bhakti Centro de Estudios
• Amanda Simon, Roseville, CA, Woodcreek High School
• Caymen Woods, Aurora, IL, Waubonsie Valley High School
• Chivon Ou, Hillsboro, OR, Liberty High School
• Christian Little, McCrory, AR, McCrory High School
• Denique Tullooch, Poughkeepsie, NY, Oakwood Friends School
• Dylan Kelly, New Fairfield, CT, New Fairfield High School
• Elizabeth Bedrossian, La Crescenta-Montrose, CA, Crescenta Valley High School
• Eljin Rhymes, Tallahassee, FL, Maclay School
• Emari Swinton, Charlotte, NC, Phillip O. Berry Academy of Technology
• Emily Bowen, Jersey City, NJ, Hudson County Prep High School
• Erin Simon, Winter Haven, FL, Polk State College Collegiate High School
• Haven Primm, San Antonio, TX, Louis D. Brandeis High School
• Jackson Bellard, Reno, NV, Galena High School
• Jonathan Goforth, Charlotte, NC, Hickory Grove Christian School
• Josie Mallory, Monticello, GA, Monticello High School
• Katilin Cesario, Traverse City, MI, St. Francis High School
• Kennedy Amucha, Bellevue, WA, Newport High School
• Kishen Mitra, Melbourne, FL, West Shore Junior-Senior High School
• Leah Adams, San Antonio, TX, Ronald Reagan High School
• Liberty Broughton, Spokane Valley, WA, Central Valley High School
• Lila Copeland, Homeschool
• Macy Carlson, Wilsonville, OR, Wilsonville High School
• Madeline Wederquist, Omaha, NE, Millard West High School
• Manuel Rea, Osprey, FL, Pine View School 
• Ofeck Mazor, Dix Hills, NY, Half Hollow Hills High School East
• Patrick Brewer, Greensburg, PA, Greensburg Central Catholic High School
• Samuel Foore, Lafayette, LA, Carencro High School
• Samuel Rex, San Diego, CA, Rancho Bernardo High School
• Susan Williams, Johnstown, PA, Westmont Hilltop High School