
WRITING PORTFOLIO

Youth Winner of Golden Triangle Haiku Contest 2022
My haiku was chosen from over 2,900-plus submissions. Entries came from 71 different countries and from 49 states in the U.S., as well as from the District of Columbia.

Grand Prize Winner of Sixteen Rivers Press Youth Poetry Contest 2021
My poem "MULTIPLE CHOICE: What is the National Anthem?" was selected for publication in a new anthology in San Francisco to be distributed to public schools and prisons in the area.

Winner of Smith College High School Poetry Contest for Girls 2022
My poem "Genetics" was selected for first place by guest judge Leila Chatti.

12 Gold Keys from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
2021
Flash Fiction
Poetry

“Name, phone, address: The writing on a child’s back is now a symbol of Ukrainian parents’ terror.” - New York Times
Read What We Leave Behind, a poem commissioned by Holton-Arms Chorus Director Trevor Fanning.

Worldwide Plays Festival
My plays were performed by professional actors in Bryant Park, Manhattan through this festival for two consecutive years.
2022
2021
1st Place Winner of Montgomery County, MD COVID-19 "Take Your Shot: PSA Video Contest