2010 Literary Arts and Video Contest Winners
This year’s contests focused on nationally debated existing or proposed social or economic policies that result in inequitable treatment of or have unintended negative outcomes for those citizens least likely to have a voice and asked students: “What creative insight or original work can you present that transforms the consciousness of American citizens, champions Dr. King’s dream for a society that is structurally and morally just, and furthers the idea of equality that is embedded in the ideals of the American dream?”
Highlighting the creative energy and sense of individual participation [and responsibility] of the nonviolent resistance movement, this year’s contests consider how individuals can effect social change using the arts and other cultural mediums to raise awareness, encourage civic engagement and transform the consequences of social policies and practices for all Americans. Contest submissions must represent the creative ways individuals can call attention to the inequitable or unintended negative outcomes of this country’s social and economic policies and to the challenges they present in people’s everyday lives. Thinking about Dr. King’s general concern for humanity and his specific concern for the poor and oppressed, students should either create or critique an artistic work designed to inform, involve and/or motivate everyday citizens.
Students in grades 7 through 12 were invited to submit original literary or video presentations.
Literary Contest Winners, Grades 7-8
First Place:
Maya Kuang, grade 7, Stuart Country Day School, Princeton
Anuj Mehndiratta, grade 8, Princeton Friends School, Princeton
Third Prize:
Javeed Nassiah, grade 8, Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, Princeton
Honorable Mention:
Erik Ferenczy, grade 8, Readington Middle School, Whitehouse Station
David Scheckel, grade 7, Saint Paul Catholic School of Princeton, Princeton
Literary Contest Winners, Grades 11-12
First Place:
Allysa Dittmar, grade 12, Stuart Country Day School, Princeton
Second Place:
Bethan Johnson, grade 11, Stuart Country Day School, Princeton
Devin McGuire, grade 12, Stuart Country Day School, Princeton
Honorable Mention:
Tiyai Culver-Curry, grade 12, South Plainfield High School, South Plainfield
Mohan Liang, grade 12, Stuart Country Day School, Princeton
Erika Riederer, grade 12, Stuart Country Day School, Princeton
Sarah Zollner, grade 12, Suart Country Day School, Princeton
Video Contest Winners, Grades 7-12
First Place, Grades 7-8:
Devon Fitzgerald, grade 8, Stuart Country Day School, Princeton
First Place, Grades 9-10:
Jennifer Liu, grade 9, Stuart Country Day School, Princeton
First Place, Grades 11-12:
Kirsten Carpino and Pia Sawhney, grade 12, Stuart Country Day School, Princeton