Winners 2022

2022

GRAND PRIZE  |  ELEMENTARY   
Alicia GARRETT – I Left My Heart In Haiti – was in 5th grade at Rambam Day School.
Teacher: Lori Smith.

GRAND PRIZE  |  MIDDLE SCHOOL
Amira AVELLAN – Phantasmagoria – was in 6th grade at Conchita Espinosa Academy.
Teacher: Juliana Zapata.

GRAND PRIZE  |  HIGH SCHOOL
Ariana KAYE – A Mind of My Own – was in 10th grade at Ransom Everglades School.
Teacher: Frances Alexander.

FIRST PLACE  |  ELEMENTARY
Emilia ENRIQUEZ – The Fire Horse – Was in 3rd grade at Sunset Elementary School.
Teacher: Nancy Celdran.

Aria JURKOVICH – Diary of Friends and the Grizzly Adventure – was in 4th grade at Palmetto Elementary School.
Teacher: Alina Lanzas.

FIRST PLACE  |  MIDDLE SCHOOL
Patrick KEEDY BROWN – Diary – was in 8th grade at Ransom Everglades School.
Teacher: Flavia Araripe.

FIRST PLACE  |  HIGH SCHOOL
Sara RAMOS – The Sandmen – was in 12th grade at Palmer Trinity School.

SECOND PLACE  |  ELEMENTARY
No recipient.

SECOND PLACE  |  MIDDLE SCHOOL
Ivana TROIA – Sid the Sloth – was in 6th grade at SY. Agnes Academy.
Teacher: Brittany Gonzalez.

SECOND PLACE  |  HIGH SCHOOL
Lucia Rose DAHN – Downpour – was in 11th grade at Ransom Everglades Upper School.
Teacher: Gila Aloni.

Sophia ROMANOV IMBER – Anya – was in 10th grade at Ransom Everglades Upper School. Teacher: Corinne Rhyner.

THIRD PLACE  |  ELEMENTARY
Leonardo ESPINOZA – Wizards Return – was in 5th grade at Pinecrest Elementary School. Teacher: Marilyn Morrison.

THIRD PLACE  |  MIDDLE SCHOOL
Cecile ETZBACH – Forte – was in 6th grade.
Homeschooled.

Emilia RAMOS – Adrenaline Falls – was in 6th grade at Palmer Trinity School.
Teacher: Jackie Taylor.

Giulia TROIA – Japanese Inn – was in 8th grade at St. Agnes Academy.
Teacher: Miriam Sotolongo.

THIRD PLACE  |  HIGH SCHOOL
Olivia BUENO – Chronicles – was in 9th grade at Gulliver Preparatory School.
Teacher: Ms. Artzt.

Siena DEVINE GUZMÁN – A Sad Serendipity – was in 9th grade at New World School of the Arts. Teacher: Mario Garcia.

HONORARY AWARD  |  ELEMENTARY
Lloyd AVELLAN – The Spider Plague – was in 4th grade at Conchita Espinosa Academy.
Teacher: Helen Hernandez.

Marcos AVELLAN – Marker & Daniel #2-The Popsicle Problem – was in 4th grade at Conchita Espinosa Academy.
Teacher: Ana Vizoso.

HONORARY AWARD  |  MIDDLE SCHOOL
Victoria ENRIQUEZ – Happy Pills – was in 7th grade at Palmer Trinity School.
Teacher: Emily Rolling.

Maia ESPINOZA – The Killers of the Rose – was in 7th grade at George Washington Carver Middle School.
Teacher: Jacqueline Pinilla.

Sebastian FAJARDO – Immigrants – was in 7thy grade at Conchita Espinoza Academy.
Teacher: Jessica Munar.

Garrett FOX – What’s Happening to Our World – was in 8th grade at Ransom Everglades School. Teacher: Shaida Whitley.

Christopher TSIALAS – Gerard Dupont’s Last Case – was in 8th grade at George Washington Carver Middle School.
Teacher: Richard Hudson.

ACHIEVEMENT AWARD  |  ELEMENTARY
LOCKHART Ulysses – My Mysteries – was in 4th grade at MCA academy.
Teacher: Lara Jonasson.

ACHIEVEMENT AWARD  |  MIDDLE SCHOOL
Gianna PILOTO – The Night of the Firework Show – was in 7th grade at Conchita Espinoza Academy.
Teacher: Jessica Munar.

ENCOURAGEMENT AWARD  |  MIDDLE SCHOOL
Alyssa CARDOSO – Monster Hunting 101-A Preview – was in 6th grade at Conchita Espinoza Academy.
Teacher: Ms. White.

Sofia ESTRADA – Fire and Ice – was in 6th grade at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School. Teacher: Adriana Lorenzo-Garcia.

Martina POLCINO –Thirteen – was in 6th grade at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic School. Teacher: Adriana Lorenzo-Garcia.