2017 Winners

Elementary School Winners

Winner:

Poem for the Dreamers by Lucy Genck, Chehalem Elementary, fourth grade

CEC winning entry by Lucy Genck Opens in new window

Runners up:

Separate is Never Equal by first grade class at Arco Iris Spanish Immersion School

Arco Elementary Class CEC runner up entry


 What if…? by Eunji Ryu, Springville Elementary, fifth grade

Cover of What if essay by Eunji Ryu

Middle School Winner

Being Black by Celia Castillo-Torres, Arts and Communication Magnet Academy, seventh grade

Cover page of poem by Celia Castillo-Torres


Runners up:

Universal Language by Nina Takahashi, Whitford Middle School, seventh grade

CEC runner up entry by Nina Takanashi


A Way by Karenna Umscheid, International School of Beaverton

Cover page from CEC runner up poem by Karenna Umschied

High School Winners

Winner:

Water is Safer Than Land by Ania Ty, Valley Catholic, eleventh grade

CEC winning entry by AniaTy_thumb


Runners up:

The Sun by Aliyah Blattner, Southridge, tenth grade

Cover page from CEC runner up poem by from Aliyah Blattner

  Porajmos by Grace Tran, Westview, tenth grade

Cover page from CEC runner up short story by Grace Tran

All 2017 entries