Torrance Legacy Awards in Writing and Visual Arts

First Place (2-way Tie)

Maya Jordan Hunter
“The Best Gift of All”
Centennial, CO – 3rd grade

Lily Wu-Laudun
“The Pea Under Pressure”
Lafayette, LA– 3rd grade

4^th & 5^th Grades

First Place

Oh Young Na
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Wroclaw, Poland– 4th grade

 6^th- 8^th Grades

 First Place

Nicholas Berray
“A Marriage Made of Paper”
Great Falls, VA – 8th grade

Second Place

Caley Fallon Griebenow
“The Stained Glass Tree”
Mt. Prospect, IL– 7th grade

Third Place (2-way Tie)

Zhang Wen Han
“Standing Alone”
Singapore – 8th grade

Erin Woo
“My Mother’s Dance”
Atlanta, GA– 7th grade

9^th-12^th Grades

First Place

Katie Guyot
“The Graveyard’s Garden”
Lawrence – 12th grade

Second Place (2-way Tie)

Jenny Chen
“A Boy and His River”
Oakton, VA– 12th grade

Ho Choy Ying Freya,
“A Dead Tree Told in Seasons”
Singapore – 9th grade

First Place

Angelina Chan
“Words of Stories, Words of Poems”
Long Grove,IL – 3rd grade

Second Place

Margaret Boersma
“Afraid of Being Afraid”
Batavia, IL – 3rd grade

 4^th & 5^th Grades

First Place

Sierra Jane McGrath
“The Window”
Savannah, GA – 5th grade

Second Place

Leah Altman
“Venice”
Evanston, IL – 5th grade

Third Place

Marlene Schaff
“Response to a Painting by Mary Cassatt”
Lake Forest, IL – 4th grade

6^th – 8^th Grades

First Place

Nadine Quah Dingxin
“She Still Waits”
Singapore – 8th grade

Second Place     

Victoria Phua Rui Qi
“Wake Up, Mama”
Singapore – 7th grade

Third Place

Helen Jia Qi Lin
“Standing Alone”
Singapore – 8th grade

9^th – 12^th Grades

First Place (2-way Tie)

Jason G. Chen
“The Church Bells”
Cupertino, CA– 11th grade

Eric Russell Aupperle
“Orphan”
Savannah, GA – 10th grade

Second Place (2-way Tie)

Sharvani Kim Jeya Putra
“I Am of Porcelain”
Singapore – 10th grade

Tan Fong Han
“Letter from Home”
Singapore – 9th grade

Third Place (2-way Tie)

Cara Leong
“To the Neighbor I Never Took the Chance to Know”
Singapore – 11th grade

Chen Ching Kuang
“We Are the Young”
Singapore – 9th grade