Claudia Ann Seaman Award-Winning Submissions From Previous Issues
Volume 17 | 2021-2022
Poetry
Judge: Tara Betts
WINNER
RUNNERS-UP
Fiction
Judge: Crystal Hana Kim
WINNER
RUNNERS-UP
Creative Nonfiction
Judge: Beth Kohl
WINNER
RUNNERS-UP
Naturalization Test, Dana Blatte
Sharon High School, Sharon, Massachusetts, USA
24-hour bathhouse, Corina Yi
Humphreys High School, Pyeongtaek, South Korea
the deluge is not enough to heal, Yvanna Vien Tica
Faith Academy, Cainta, Rizal, Philippines
2 AM IN A BOMBAY BATHROOM, Dia Bhojwani
JBCN International School Oshiwara, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Fireworks at the End of Time, Caitlin Mah
Crofton House School, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Snake-people, Jessica Wang
Cold Spring Harbor High School, Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
Banchan, Madeline Chun
The Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas, USA
THESE SMALL EXPLOSIONS, Abigail Li
American Heritage Plantation, Miami, Florida, USA
responses to love, Christine Baek
Northview High School, Duluth, Georgia, USA
Poetry
Judge: Tara Betts
WINNER
RUNNERS-UP
Fiction
Judge: Michael Zapata
WINNER
RUNNERS-UP
Creative Nonfiction
Judge: Jonathan Eig
WINNER
RUNNERS-UP
Of aching knots, Rachel Brooks
Christian Heritage School, Trumbull, CT, USA
Swollen Mouths, Sarah Fathima Mohammed
The Harker School, San Jose, CA, USA
computer, Caroline Dinh
Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, MD, USA
What the Seagull Saw at Night, Abby Lu
Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford, CT, USA
Newspaper Planes, Jonathan Truong
Orange Country School of the Arts, San Clemente, CA, USA
Mother's Doll, Benjamin Choi
The Potomac School, McLean, VA, USA
Bury Me With All the Lights On, Ella A. Harrigan
Interlochen Center for the Arts/Interlochen Arts Academy, Charlottesville, VA, USA
Marhaban, Onassa Sun
Arcadia High School, Arcadia, CA, USA
Snapshot, Divya Mehrish
The Spence School, New York, NY, USA
How to Become a "Writer", Lara Katz
Pierrepont School, Westport, CT, USA