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Award Honorees - listed by season

  • The Roswell Award:

    1st Place Award Winner: "Astronomology" by Ed Marsh, California, USA

    2nd Place Award Winner: "Dr. Harriet Hartfeld's Home for Aging AIs" by Paul Martz, Colorado, USA

    3rd Place Award Winner: "Heart to Heart" by Susan Wachowski, Illinois, USA

    Finalist: "Beauty Is the Beast" by Ven Pillay, South Africa

    Finalist: "Tyrannosaurus Mechs" by Gregory Norris, New Hampshire, USA

    Feminist Futures Award Winner: "Salt Water" by Jane Smith, United Kingdom

    The Roswell Award - Honorable Mentions:

    "Falling Giants" by Camilla Linde, Sweden

    “The Seventh Day is for Resting” by Florencia Hain, Argentina

    “Bob’s Your Uncle” by Larry Herbst, California, USA

    “Meat Ships Are the Worst” by Addison Marsh, Iowa, USA

    Feminist Futures Award - Honorable Mentions:

    "Chrysanthemums Are Made to Bloom " by Emma Uren, New Zealand “Maximum Potential Skill Level” by Didrik Dyrdal, Norway

    “The Part of Paradise Where Our Anger Comes from” by Yuwinn Kraukamp, South Africa

  • The Roswell Award:

    1st Place Winner: "Imagine Dandelions" by Andrea Goyan, California, USA

    2nd Place Winner: "Biomimicry" by Ven Pillay, South Africa

    3rd Place Winner: "Realtiger" by Susan Wachowski, Illinois, USA

    Finalist: "Autonomous" by Ben Hennesey, USA / Tanzania

    Finalist: "Run" by Tenzin Phillips, South Africa

    Finalist: "The Rite to Vote" by Matthew Cushing, Connecticut, USA

    Women Hold Up Half the Sky Award: "Never Turn Your Back on the Water" by Courtney Watson, Virginia, USA

    The Roswell Award – Honorable Mentions:

    “When The Books Were on Paper” by Evgeniy Bondarev (Russia)

    “Logistics” by Christian Dark (United Kingdom)

    “Buddy and I” by Bryan Leong Jing Ern (Malaysia)

    “Opt-In” by Susan Harper (California, USA)

    “Way Out” by Larry Herbst (California, USA)

    “Starchild” by Mayor Prosper Ihechi (Nigeria)

    “Eclosion” by Alice Laciny (Austria)

    “Rate Me!” by Lexus Ndiwe (United Kingdom)

    “Mittens Aurelius: Meowditations” by Mark Thomas (Canada)

    Women Hold Up Half the Sky Award – Honorable Mentions:

    “Yes” by Marie Cartier (California, USA)

    “Unfrozen” by Libby Marshall (Illinois, USA)

    “Fish Hunting Fish” by Archie Nicholson (Canada)

    “Virgintillion” by Anna O’Brien (Maryland, USA)

    “The Shadows of the Baobabs Fall Long” by Bailey Sweatman (Texas, USA)

  • The Roswell Award:

    1st Place Winner: "The World Ends" by Sam Draper (England)

    2nd Place Winner: "The Sovereignty of All Things” Audrey Hollis (California, USA)

    3rd Place Winner: "LensWipe" by Eliana Carmona (California, USA)

    Finalists:

    "The Curious Story of Frank" by Boris Glikman (Australia)

    "His Memory" by Donovan Soto (Texas, USA)

    Women Hold Up Half the Sky Award Winner:

    "Dirge in D Minor" by J.L. Delozier (Pennsylvania, USA)

    Honorable Mentions:

    "To My Grandson, From a Time in Which I Might Have Loved You" by Raluca Balasa (Canada)

    "The Girl with the Severed Body" by Julie Borden (Virginia, USA)

    "Knock on Graves and Quicken the Dead" by Rachel Cochran (Nebraska, USA)

    "Gray vs. Green" by Emily Fluke (California, USA)

    "Orchids in Green" by Calvin Spears (Missouri, USA)

  • The Roswell Award:

    1st Place Winner: “Pod” by Kit Gower (Pennsylvania, USA)

    2nd Place Winner: “A New Place” by James Sowka (California, USA)

    3rd Place Winner: “Dark Ages” by Chloe Cole (California, USA)

    Finalist: “Night of the Flying Saucers” by Ben Paulus (Oregon, USA)

    Finalist: “The King Experience” by Alanah Andrews (Australia)

    Women Hold Up Half the Sky Award:

    “Equality Day” by Mindy Quigley (Virginia, USA)

    The Roswell Award - Honorable Mentions:

    “Mindless Beasts” by Ted Hayden (California, USA)

    “Project Seahorse” by Anna Katz (Washington, USA)

    “A Quiet Street” by Eli Ryder (California, USA)

    “Mother of Pearl” by Elena Sichrovsky (China)

    “The Space Beyond Cubicle Twenty-Nine” by Chelsea Sutton (California, USA)

  • The Roswell Award Winner:

    “Fifteen Minutes Hate” by Richard Larson (Canada)

    Finalists:

    “I’ll Have What He’s Having” by Mel Gurney (Midwest, USA)

    “Trash Landed” by Liz Hufford (Arizona, USA)

    “Midgley Avenged” by Neil Stevens (California, USA)

    Honorable Mentions:

    “Kitty Cross Saves the World” by Jaap Boekestein (The Netherlands)

    “Half a Mile and Six Years Between Us” by Clio Davis (Virginia, USA)

    “Present Darkness” by Peter-Paul Ndyani (Malawi)

    “Blink” by M.A. Nicholson (Canada)

    “Not My Children” by Janet Ulyett (England, United Kingdom)

  • The Roswell Award Winner: “Tribbulations” by Liam Hogan (England, United Kingdom)

    Finalists:

    “In the hammock between his ribs” by Tom Aschmann (Sweden)

    “First Encounter” by Larry Herbst (California, USA)

    “Constant Change” by Diana M. (Pacific Northwest, USA)

    “Savepoint” by Tom O’Brien (England)

    “Humans ‘N’ Hot Dogs” by Melissa Yuan-Innes (Canada)

    Honorable Mentions:

    “Remembering” by Danielle Aliesh (Florida, USA)

    “Disappearing” by Kelly Copenhaver (Pennsylvania, USA)

    “Recycle Your Human” by Kitty-Lydia Dye (England, United Kingdom)

    “Ninth and Out” by Bruce Golden (California, USA)

    “The People from Bantua” by Ryan Thomas Johnson (California, USA)

    “Asylum” by Alison McBain (Connecticut, USA)

    “Mandered” by Gregory L. Norris (New Hampshire, USA)

    “Fine Print” by Shannon Presby (California, USA)

  • The Roswell Award Winner: “Grandma’s Sex Robot” by William Hawkins (California, USA)

    Finalists:

    “Inside” by T. Lucas Earle (California, USA)

    “RN2399/2037” by Liam Hogan (England, United Kingdom)

    “Heaven Scent” by John McCollum (Indiana, USA)

    “Saving Seeds” by Donna Glee Williams (North Carolina, USA)

    “Cardiopulmonary Arrest” by Melissa Yuan-Innes (Canada)

    Honorable Mentions:

    “Robbie Is Not a Robot Name” by Catherine W. Cherish (California, USA)

    “Dead Lanes” by John Paul Davies (Ireland)

  • The Tomorrow Prize:

    1st Place Award Winner: "House on Sand" by Angel Bran, Hollywood High School

    2nd Place Award Winner: "Backstitching" by Madison Kay, John Marshall High School

    3rd Place Award Winner: "The Mechanical Planet" by Luna Prieto Fernandez, John Marshall High School

    Finalists:

    "Genetic Slumber" by Tais Cortez, Port of Los Angeles High School

    "They're Coming" by Amy Cervantes, Port of Los Angeles High School

    The Green Feather Award Winners:

    "Eden" by Jennifer Wu, Downtown Magnets High School

    "The Seagulls Save Culver City?" by Jonathan Kim, Culver City High School

    The Tomorrow Prize - Honorable Mentions:

    "Final Breath" by Nyn Kim, Port of Los Angeles High School

    "Idiosyncrasy" by Nancy Duran-Lopez, Port of Los Angeles High School

    "Your Case is Quite Unique..." by Indrid Corddry, Girls Academic Leadership Academy

    The Green Feather Award - Honorable Mentions:

    "Gone" by Christine Wu, Downtown Magnets High School

  • The Tomorrow Prize:

    1st Place Award Winner: “Star Sailor” by Gwendolyn Lopez, Pasadena High School

    2nd Place Award Winner: “Returning Home” by Sofia Orduño, Mt. SAC Early College Academy

    3rd Place Award Winner: “EP-1M Contamination” by Britney Cruz, Susan Miller Dorsey High School

    The Tomorrow Prize Finalists:

    “Aerd” by Tessa Kennedy, John Marshall High School

    “The Plague” by Flora White, Geffen Academy at UCLA

    The Green Feather Award Winner: “Corn” By Sienna Koizumi

    The Tomorrow Prize - Honorable Mentions:

    “Cold Ashes” by Ethan Kim, Crescenta Valley High School

    “The Gorm” by Jakob Wedel, Wedel Academy, Independent Homeschool

    The Green Feather Award - Honorable Mention: “The Great Forgotten” by Jonah Guardino, High Tech LA

  • The Tomorrow Prize:

    1st Place Award Winner: “Night” by Megan Vidovich, Port of Los Angeles High School

    2nd Place Award Winner: “The Song Remains the Same, or, Neon Haze Redux” by Arin Krausz, Grover Cleveland High School

    3rd Place Award Winner: “Guardian Angel” by Ailun Shi, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School

    The Tomorrow Prize Finalists:

    “Gone Now and Forever” by Avi Strok, High Tech Los Angeles

    “Wick of Adolescence” by Nicholas Kouchnerov, High Tech Los Angeles

    The Green Feather Award Winner: “Waste Land Awakening” by Molly Hill, Polytechnic School

    The Tomorrow Prize- Honorable Mentions:

    “Obsolescence” by Desiree Eshraghi, Cleveland Humanities Magnet

    “Successful” by Chloe Silver, High Tech Los Angeles

    “The Heritage Construction Agency” by Antonio Torres, Port of Los Angeles High School

    The Green Feather Award - Honorable Mentions:

    “Silver Pots” by Desiree Eshraghi, Cleveland Humanities Magnet

    “Newton’s Third Law” by Yvonne Kuo, Cerritos High School

    “Lending a Voice” by Jaide Lin, Cerritos High School

    “Fishing for Plastic” by Ksenia Pylnev, High Tech Los Angeles

    “Ashia” by Ailun Shi, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School

    “Moon Flower” by Veronica Stanek, Glen A. Wilson High School

  • The Tomorrow Prize:

    1st Place Award Winner: “Addiction” by Kalila Papanikolas, Westridge School for Girls

    2nd Place Award Winner: “The Demiurge” by Bry LeBerthon, Westridge School for Girls

    3rd Place Award Winner: “Relinquished Cities” by Arin Krausz, Grover Cleveland High School

    The Tomorrow Prize Finalists:

    “Midas” by Audrey Wang, Westridge School for Girls

    “Microcosm” by Chelsea See, Glen A. Wilson

    The Green Feather Award Winner:

    “Let Her Play” by Aisling Murran, Polytechnic High School

    The Tomorrow Prize- Honorable Mentions:

    “Edos” by Julia Li, Polytechnic High School

    “The Vault” by Matthew David, Fairfax High School

    “War of the Clouds” by Haley Pak, Westridge School for Girls

    “The Silo” by Alexander Hwang, High Tech Los Angeles

    “Curing of an Illness” by Carlos Gonzalez, High Tech Los Angeles

    The Green Feather Award - Honorable Mentions:

    “Espera” by Naomi Beach, Anderson W. Clark Magnet High School

    “Desperate Measures” by Jake DeRiseis, Culver City High School

    “2084” by Kate Crowell, Westridge School for Girls

    “Trash-O-Synthesis” by Charlotte Feit-Leichman & Nia Yick, Culver City High School

    “Gray” by Subin Yi, Fairfax High School

  • The Tomorrow Prize:

    1st Place Award Winner: “The Most Satisfying Sound” by Joseph Springer, Granada Hills Charter

    2nd Place Award Winner: “The Dead Light” by Leslie Le, Grover Cleveland High School

    3rd Place Award Winner: “Aether.Reality” by Samuel Fischbach, Granada Hills Charter

    The Tomorrow Prize Finalists:

    “Earth II” by Richard Magdaluyo, Granada Hills Charter

    “A Helping Hand” by Jonathan Herbst, Renaissance Arts Academy

    The Tomorrow Prize- Honorable Mentions:

    “Deathtrap” by Paula Wang, Pasadena High School

    “Breathe” by Vianni Valle, Granada Hills Charter

    “Heartbreaking Hope” by Allison Pleitez, Granada Hills Charter

    “Curse of Mau'nani ( A Che'ang Legend)” by Angelica Pico, Pasadena High School

    “The Winged Death” by Zachariah Nash, The Waverly School

    “The Impermanent Scar” by Cira Davis, Fairfax High School

  • The Tomorrow Prize:

    1st Place Award Winner: “Rock Star” by Matilda Berke, Pasadena Polytechnic

    The Tomorrow Prize Finalists:

    “The Missing Memory” by Hazel Carias, Fairfax High School

    “Details” by Sam Clark, Pasadena Polytechnic

    “Requiem” by Sam Dulys, Grover Cleveland High School

    “To Steal a Star” by Joseph Springer, Granada Hills Charter

    The Tomorrow Prize - Semi-Finalists:

    “Zedlers” by Rylee Daliusio, Port of Los Angeles High School

    “The Afterlife Entertainment” by Chloe Geschwind, Fairfax High School

    “Transcendence” by Leslie Le, Grover Cleveland High School

    “The Mute” by Angela Liu, Polytechnic High School

    “It All Starts with a Child’s Heart” by Diana Rudenky, High Tech Los Angeles

    The Tomorrow Prize - Honorable Mentions:

    “Just a Nightmare” by Esly Acevado, Fairfax High School

    “The Mystery Road of Shades” by Shera Faye Dreu, Fairfax High School

    “A Good Night with the Family” by Sebastian Guzman, Port of Los Angeles High School

    “Invisible” by Cindy Huang, Fairfax High School

    “The Sixth Sense” by Angie Kim, Fairfax High School

    “The Other Side of Your Reflection” by Annette Kim, Fairfax High School

    “The Impossible” by Haifa Phillips, Fairfax High School

    “The Teller” by Diana Polakova, Fairfax High School

    “Void” by Olivia Ramirez, Port of Los Angeles High School

    “I Don’t Have Centuries” by Ekaterina Zhosan, High Tech Los Angeles

  • The Tomorrow Prize:

    1st Place Award Winner: “Freedom” by Ashley Anderson, Port of Los Angeles High School

    The Tomorrow Prize Finalists:

    “An Occurrence at the International Space Station” by Erica Goodwin, Pasadena Polytechnic

    “Chance” by Janeane Kim, Fairfax High School

    “The De-Evolution of De-Vices” by Ruby (Cholong) Park, Fairfax High School

    “Fixing Yesterday” by Athena Thomassian, Fairfax High School

    The Tomorrow Prize- Honorable Mentions:

    “My Life as a Dumpling” by Hojin Choi, Fairfax High School

    “The Time Traveler’s Regret” by Ali Seerwan, Metropolitan High School

 

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