Lillian Wright Awards for Creative Writing

The Lillian Wright Awards for Creative Writing

The Lillian Wright Awards recognize literary achievement among young writers in the COMPAS Creative Classroom Program. Generously underwritten by the Lillian Wright and C. Emil Berglund Foundation, the award winners and their schools are celebrated at the publication event in December along with all the students within these pages. This year’s judge is the anthology’s editor Danny Solis.

The winners are:

BEST WRITING, GRADES K-3: “¡Me Levanto!, ” by Acitlali Martinez, Grade 2, Sheridan Arts Spanish Dual Immersion, Minneapolis

BEST WRITING, GRADES 4-6: “Halmoni,” by Ariella Kim, Grade 5, Saint Paul Academy, Saint Paul

BEST WRITING, GRADES 7-8: “The Painting,” by Rebekah Anderson, Grade 8 Anoka Middle School for the Arts, Anoka

BEST WRITING, GRADES 9-12: “What is a Man?” by Anton Jahn-Vavrus, Grade 12, South Senior High School, Minneapolis

BEST WRITING OVERALL, GRADES K - 12: “Eight Things I’ve Learned as a T.A. in Kindergarten Art,” by Allison Kaiser, Grade 12, William Kelley High School, Silver Bay