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Contest Winners

Teenage writers and artists expressed their creativity through original drawings, photography, poetry and short stories in the Pierce County Library System’s annual Teen Writing and Art Contest Our Own Expressions. Between January and February 2020 students submitted over 800 entries from more than 80 public and private schools. The Pierce County Library System congratulates the 2020 winners and thanks to our 2020 judges: Christina Butcher, Daniel Marks, Sharon Styer, and Jill Alayna Frey.

See the winning entries for 2020. 

See the Contest Archives for past award-winning entries.

Grades 7 and 8

1st - Krisha Anne Dullago - Woodbrook Middle School
2nd - Will Barnes - Bryant Elementary
3rd - Joel McMillan - Heritage Christian

Grades 9 and 10

1st - Alexandra Arrascue - Lakes High School
2nd - Iris Rogel - Bonney Lake High School
3rd - Sam Johnson - Bethel High School

Grades 11 and 12

1st - Angelina Cruz - Peninsula High School
2nd - Chloe Brown - Home School
3rd - Korenna Dixon - Lakes High School

Grades 7 and 8

1st - Rachel Miloa McKeen - Home School
2nd -Denaya Dyke - Home School
3rd - Alivia Stuck - Home School

Grades 9 and 10

1st - Amaialyne Nadine Cepeda - Steilacoom High School
2nd - Lauren Cryder - Rogers High School
3rd - Laurel Oelke - Covenant High School

Grades 11 and 12

1st - Millaray Lopez Salazar - Washington High School
2nd - G Alvarado - Bellarmine Preparatory
3rd - Aiden Michael - Steilacoom High School

Grades 7 and 8

1st - Kyleigh Helland - Key Peninsula Middle School
2nd - Benjamin Hughes - Pioneer Middle School
3rd - Autumn John - Chief Leschi Schools

Grades 9 and 10

1st - Clarence Sanders - Franklin Pierce High School
2nd - Alicia Hale - Fife High School
3rd - Claire Ensunsa - Franklin Pierce High School

Grades 11 and 12

1st - Syncear Loyd - Lincoln High School
2nd - Alisa Zhupanenko - Science and Math Institute
3rd - G Alvarado - Bellarmine Preparatory

Grades 7 and 8

1st - Ellis Adamson - Kopachuck Middle School
2nd - Natalie Baker - Tacoma Baptist Schools
3rd - Emily Bray - Kopachuck Middle School

Grades 9 and 10

1st - Viola James - Covenant High School
2nd - Skylar Viene - Spanaway Lake High School
3rd - Jacob Lawty - Covenant High School

Grades 11 and 12

1st - Maleila Henry-Mitchell - Annie Wright School
2nd - Juliana Smith - Other
3rd - Savannah Guenzi - Covenant High School