1st Place, Personal Narrative2021-22, Division 3, News Writing By Zachre PhillipsPortraitEast Lansing HS All my life I’ve been trying to learn how to blend in. As a mixed kid who does motocross, a sport that is mainly white, it brings a lot of …
My Fight Against Anxiety
1st Place, Personal Narrative2021-22, Division 2, News Writing By Lily GalnaresOccidentalistTraverse City West Senior HS An invisible monster has lingered in the background of my life for the past five years. It watches me daily with its jagged …
Getting My Cat, Coco
By Mia LinThe Cougar Star Clague MS 1st PlaceDivision MS, News Writing sat on the carpeted stairs in my home, the sunlight hitting the side of my face. The warmth gave me a cozy, relaxing feeling. I flipped through the memories in my mind …
Deep Waters
By Sebastian OlivaThe CommunicatorAnn Arbor Community HS Growing up, it was always just me and my mother. We lived in a small, white townhome on the outskirts of Ann Arbor, Mich., near the border of Ypsilanti. There was a maple tree outside …
The girl with a million questions: the journey to rediscover my voice
1st PlaceDivision 3, News Writing By Kylie CliftonPortage Northern LightPortage Northern HS I spent the first twelve years of my life without a voice. I spoke words and could form sentences, but these phrases, messages, and expressions of …
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Four walls: my battle with cancer
By Will BoringThe EmeryAnn Arbor Huron HS 1st PlaceDivision 2, News Writing Alone in my room, I was cold, bald and pale. I was weak. I felt trapped by the way the walls of my room surrounded me: four walls of silence, four walls of loneliness, …