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1963

1. Thomas LoSavio - Bellarmine Prep., CA - “Intolerance”
2. Rosemary Anton - Oskaloosa HS, IA - “Bread with Liberty”
3. Howard D. Bryant - Massillon HS, OH - “Which Way the Tide?”
4. Jody Baumgaertel - Grossmont HS, CA - “Time: the Life of the Soul”
5. Grant Wacker - Springfield-Parkview HS, MO - “Heroes March Alone”
6. Jeffrey M. Bowen - Laconia HS, NH - “The Council of Decision”

1964

1. David Zarefsky - Houston-Bellaire HS, TX - “Harvest of Hate”
2. Jody Baumgaertel - Grossmont HS, CA - “Live”
3. James Toren - Worthington HS, MN - “The Second Step”
4. Lynna Joseph - Alamo Heights HS, TX - “The Lemon Tree”

1965

1. Hubert Farbes - Oklahoma City HS, OK - “The Abstruse Leech”
2. Kenneth Glazier - Palo Alto HS, CA - “Before the Black Man Learns to Hate”
3. Donna Hossack - Sunnyvale-Fremont HS, CA - “Man a Product of Mechanization:
4. Gregory Burke - Houston-Jesuit HS, TX - “The Reakist”
5. Jody Baumbaugh - Youngstown-Mooney HS, OH - “Speaking for those Who Cannot Speak for Themselves”
6. Vera Sadkovsky - Modesto HS, CA - “The Title Page”

1966

1. James Kay - Fullerton HS, CA - “The Call to Relevance”
2. Brent Simmons - Battle Creek HS, MI - “They Call Themselves Americans”
3. Gail Griffin - Grossmont HS, CA - “Good Ole Charlie Brown”
4. Thomas Johnson - Warsaw HS, IN - “Example of Peace”

1967

1. Shelley Long - Ft. Wayne South Side HS, IN - “The Sex Perversion Weed”
2. Brent Simmons - Battle Creek HS, MI - “The Tragedy of Black”
3. Jeff Brown - Grossmont HS, CA - “Relevancy & Change”
4. Martha Wasson - Canton-Glenwood HS, OH - “Will You Buy It?”
5. Connie Crownover - La Miranda HS, CA - “A Dream or a Nightmare?”
6. Lowell K.Y. Chun-Hoon - Punahou HS, HI - “The Limitation of Reason”

1968

1. Thomas Taffe - Bellarmine Prep., CA - “A Very Simple Story”
2. James Baer - Pomona HS, CA - “Inability of Americans to Love”
3. Melissa Maxcy - Houston-Memorial HS, TX - “All Will be Quiet in Jerusalem”
4. Gregory Chisholm - Manhattan Prep., NY - “The American Life”

1969

1. Gary Ward - Mullen HS, CO - “As Night Falls”
2. Richard Mitchell - Richmond-Kennedy HS, CA - “Why Did They Kill Dr. King?”
3. Glenn Nelson - Santa Anna Valley HS, CA - “Invisible Man”
4. Richard Bright - Aurora HS, CO - “Picture This Scene”

1970

1. Patricia Warren - Canton-McKinley HS, OH - “The Guilded Goddess”
2. Michael McCormack - Yankton HS, SD - “The Third Revolution”
3. Mark Pilliod - Marquette HS, WI - “In Defense of the Cliche”
4. Kevin J. O’Brien - Bishop Amat HS, CA - “Unisex”
5. William Stotesbery - T. Jefferson HS, PA - “Society’s Sickest Joke”
6. Davine Faulks - Fort Knox HS, KY - “School for Crime”

1971

1. Lawrence Artenian - Fresno-Hoover HS, CA - “Red, White & Blue Chapter II”
2. Charisse Locke - Dallas-Hillcrest HS, TX - “Revolution”
3. Peter Syvertsen - Marquette Univ. HS, WI - “Only one Chance”
4. David Hayes - Aquinas HS, NY - “Tomorrow is the Beginning”
5. Rosalind Kelson - L. A. Gremont HS, CA - “The Old Man & The Prism”
6. Davine Faulks - Fort Knox HS, KY - “Black Studies”

1972

1. John Patek - Marquette Univ. HS, WI - “The Players are the Losers”
2. Bill Mathis - Heritage Hall HS, OK - “Awaken Sheep”
3. Lauren Meurisse - Thornridge HS, IL - “The Great Race”
4. Mende Snodgress - Heritage Hall HS, OK - “The Winter of Life”
5. Dick Deming - Madison HS, SD - “The Hangman”
6. Donna Moriel - Oceanside HS, CA - “Listen Christian”

1973

1. Robert End - Marquette Univ. HS, WI - “Don’t Play It Again Sam!”
2. Thomas Riehle - Marquette Univ. HS, WI - “A Paradox - the Cynical Kid”
3. Terr Pollock - Tucson HS, AZ - “The Silent Revolution”
4. Steve Webster - Spencer HS, IA - “Omnipresent Irrelevance”
5. Harry Davis - Corpus Christi-King HS, TX - “The Banality of Evil”
6. Beth Houghton - Heritage Hall HS, OK - “I Am”

1974

1. Gary Lillian - Shawnee Mission-West HS, KS - “Community Life”
2. Cherry Jones - Paris HS, KY - “Traditional Tommyrot”
3. James Wagstaffe - Bellarmine Prep, CA - “Instantism”
4. Alfred Kohn - Miami Beach HS, FL - “Transistorizes Man”
5. Jeff Thomas - Bellevue-Newport HS, WA - “The Big Con”
6. Devra Bailin - Sioux Falls-Washington HS, SD - “The Eyes of the Beholder”

1975

1. Ned Wahl - Eau Claire-Memorial HS, WI - “Calypso Bands & Cola Nuts”
2. Robert Maus - St. Louis HS, HI - “The Great American Slide”
3. Beth Simmons - Sunnyvale-Monta Vista HS, CA - “It’s Hard to be Human”
4. Darryl Bowdre - McAlester HS, OK - “The Good Old Days are Now”
5. Russell Wood - Clovis HS, CA - “Run, Sam, Run”
6. Jon Swindle - Provo HS, UT - “Whose Child is This?”

1976

1. George Carpenter IV - Des Moines-Roosevelt HS, IA - “What Have We Done to Debate?”
2. Keith Sherman - Beverly Hills HS, CA - “Let’s Not Make a Deal”
3. Clark Ervin - Houston-Kinkaid HS, TX - “Promises to Keep”
4. Donald Chrzan - Marquette Univ. HS, WI - “Mister, You Must Believe”

1977

1. Linda Epperley - Putnam City-West HS, OK - “America’s Magnificent Obsession”
2. David Frederick - ''San Antonio-Jefferson HS, OK “Imagination - The Secret of Blue Skies”
3. Kim Johnson - Wabash-Southwood HS, IN - “Carnaval”
4. Geoff Wool - San Antonio-Jefferson HS, TX - “Big Bad John”
5. Michael Sloan - Beverly Hills HS, CA - “Charities: Where is Your Money Going?”

1978

1. Mark Boyd - Youngstown-Mooney HS, OH - “The Soap Opera of Life”
2. Joseph Casper - Marquette Univ. HS, WI - “Junk Food Junkie”
3. Jim McCoy - Eau Claire-Memorial HS, WI - “Making an Honest Buck”
4. Debra Morris - Lawton Eisenhower HS, OK - “Those Happy Days”
5. Bart Wojciehowski - Brophy Prep., AZ - “Deus Ex Machina”
6. Lori Kaomea - Kamehameha HS, HI - “Walk in this Work for Me”
7. Susan Schultz - Newton HS, KS - “The Volunteered Child in a Mental Hospital”

1979

1. Bruce Menin - Miami Beach HS, FL - “Speak Plainly, Please”
2. Jeanette Kuvin - Twin Lakes HS, FL - “Incredible Bulk”
3. David Warner - Provo HS, UT - “Fried Eggs & Onion Skins”
4. Julie Patterson - Stockton-Edison HS, CA - “The Good Old Days”
5. Jim McCoy - Eau Claire-Memorial HS, WI - “In Search of Quality”
6. Miki Mason - Putnam City West HS, OK - “Narcissus was Nearsighted”
7. Denise Huddle - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “Games-Wars People Play”

1980

1. Lee Eric Dowell - Olathe HS, KS - “You Are Somebody”
2. Grant Belnap - Bountiful HS, UT - “Losing”
3. David Warner - Provo HS, UT - “Truth About Hollywood”
4. Henry Samelson - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “The Scarlet O’Hara Syndrome”

1981

1. Salise Shuttlesworth - Dulles HS, TX - “The Virtue of Selfishness”
2. David Lopez - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “The Rhetoric of No”
3. Kyndal May - Newman Smith HS, TX - “Money”
4. Jeff Halloin - Eau Claire-Memorial HS, WI - No Title Given
5. Todd Adkins - Plano HS, TX - “I’ll See You in Court”

1982

1. Ralph Bush - Kansas City-Washington HS, MO - “As the Eagle Flies”
2. Anthony Scaduto - Marquette Univ. HS, WI - “Out of Touch with Touch”
3. Kevin Smith - North Kansas City HS, MO - “Solitaire”
4. James Kincaid - Tulsa-Washington HS, OK - “It’s Not My Fault”
5. James Cusick - El Paso-cathedral HS, TX - “The Fame Game”
6. June Tierney - Fresno-Hoover HS, CA - “The Tyranny of Time”
7. Rob Walther - Perry HS, OH - “Dossier”

1983

1. Robert Strain - San Antonio-Roosevelt HS, TX - “By the Work of our Hands”
2. Gregory Dohi - Harvard School, CA - “The Ugly Ambassador”
3. Kelly Franklin - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “The Thrill of it All”
4. David Dillin - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “Mental Mechanisms”
5. Rick Pitterle - Eau Claire Memorial HS, WI - “Impersonality”
6. Robert Kroll - Marquette Univ. HS, WI - “A Life for all Seasons”

1984

1. Ronald Flagg - Houston-Kashmere HS, TX - “The Price of Equality”
2. Christi Cunningham - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “The Numbers Game”
3. Kennedy Genovese - Chesterton HS, IN - “The E.A.T.”
4. Steve Cardenas - North Miami Beach HS, FL - “A Perfect 10 for Just $9..95"
5. Jennifer Young - Sylvania-Northview HS, OH - “Will Wonders Never Cease”
6. Jim Skeffington - Chesterton HS, IN - “Understand”
7. Susan Lee - Sylvania-Northview HS, OH - “The Value of Valuing”

1985

1. Gina Davis - Eau Claire Memorial HS, WI - “The Wings of Man”
2. Brendan O’Meara - Bronx HS Science, NY - “After All I’ve Done for You”
3. Jennifer Young - Sylvania-Northview HS, OH - “Laughing Matters”
4. Andy Thornton - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “A Better Looking Dog”
5. Joseph M. Wycoff - Chesterton HS, IN - “The Hottest Game in Town”
6. Donna Washington - Lawrence Central HS, IN - “The Forgotten Americans”
7. Cynthia J. Rich - Nazareth Academy, PA - “Overcoming Shyness”

1986

1. Steve Blair - Chesterton HS, IN - “Baby, Remember My Name”
2. Pat Blair - Rushville HS, IN - “The Hero Inside/Little Big Man”
3. Mark Kelsey - West Des Moines-Valley HS, IA - “I’ll Respect You in the Morning”
4. Richard Johnson - Holy Ghost Prep., PA - “Grow Up, Bernard”
5. Stephen Schaefer - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “Have You Heard”
6. Brigitte Vielliwu - Munster HS, IN - “Value of Silence”
7. Jennifer Norten - Downers Grove-South HS, IL - “Market Place for Ethics”

1987

1. Joseph M. Wycoff - Chesterton HS, IN - “Who’s Playing the Drum”
2. Austin Goolsbee - Milton Academy, MA - “Rite of Passage”
3. Mike Green - Bellarmine Prep., CA - “America in the 80's Age of the Goof-Off”
4. David Schmader - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “Big Bad Bod and the Other Strangers”
5. Thomas Ashley - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “Prejudice with a Halo”

1988

1. Darren Haygood - Evansville Reitz HS, IN - “I Have a Hero”
2. Michael Gotch - Chesterton HS, IN - “You’re Going to Hear from Me”
3. Joseph M. Wycoff - Chesterton HS, IN - “Don’t Judge the Book by the Cover”
4. Kirsten Albrecht - Homewood-Flossmoor HS, IL - “Are You Two Together”
5. Deborah Grayson - Stuyvesant HS, NY - A Palmfull of Sweat”

1989

1. Michael Gotch - Chesterton HS, IN - “Take Two”
2. Eric Pardell - Munster HS, IN - “A Step in the Right Direction”
3. Leigh Baker - Murray HS, KY - “Run for the Roses”
4. Julie Nelson - Eau Claire Memorial HS, WI - “Trivialization”
5. Kendall Cummings - Marquette Univ. HS, WI - “So Who’s Socrates?”
6. Derric Hudson - Marquette Univ. HS, WI - “A Ripple of Hope”

1990

1. Graham J. Baird - Salt Lake City-East HS, UT - “Passing the Buck”
2. Christopher White - Holy Ghost Prep., PA - “Anything Goes”
3. Michael Ryan - Bishop McGuiness HS, OK - “The Cat in the Addage”
4. Kelly Slater - Chesterton HS, IN - “The Real Thing”
5. Brian Eanes - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “Will Rest You Get Noise”
6. Leigh Baker - Murray HS, KY - “Service to Others”

1991

1. Chris Shieh - Clear Lake HS, TX - “Regarding Race-Colored Glasses”
2. John C. Paul - LaSalle College HS, PA - “No Reason to Live”
3. Matthew Costello - Holy Ghost Prep., PA - “Civility”
4. Jennifer Kober - Barbe HS, LA - “Fat Chance”
5. Michael Hahn - Evansville-Reitz HS, IN - “Image”
6. Matthew Vogel - San Antonio Churchill HS, TX - “The Weird Side of Strange”

1992

1. Colin Stokes - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “Confessions of an Answer Patient”
2. Seth Halvorson - Apple Valley HS, MN - “On Our Honor”
3. Anton Ford - Bellarmine Prep., CA - “The Elephant Child”
4. Catharine Dommer - Chesterton HS, IN - “As Time Goes By”
5. Corey Miller - Glenbrook-South HS, IL - “P.O. Box 1"
6. Greg Borden - Maconaquah HS, IN - “Create a Miracle’ Surprise that Resides Insides”

1993

1. Anton Ford - Bellarmine College Prep., CA - “Find Out”
2. Elizabeth Reiley - Apple Valley HS, MN - “Deal With It”
3. Karen Cooper - Gregory-Portland HS, TX - “The Oreo Cookie Complex”
4. Catharine Dommer - Chesterton HS, IN - “A Very Special Interest”
5. Ben Ptak - Long Branch HS, NJ - “It Bothers You-Please Leave the Room”
6. Suzie Kim - Apple Valley HS, MN - “The Emperor’s New Clothes”

1994

1. Anton Ford - Bellarmine College Prep., CA - Title Missing
2. Suzie Kim - Apple Valley HS, MN - “Beauty Within the Beast”
3. Gabriel Bevilacqua - La Salle College, PA - “The Man, The Bench, and The Burger Joint”
4. Ingrid Carson - Chesterton HS, IN - “The Hallmark Generation”
5. Joey Hill - Southside HS, SC - “America’s Teen Dilemma-Reconstruct, Redefine”

1995

1. Sally Koering - Apple Valley HS, MN - “Beware of Greeks Bearing Gifts”
2. Brian Roberts - Apple Valley HS, MN - “Astronomy”
3. David Bowens - Dallas-Skyline HS, TX - “Tales of an Ex-Convict”
4. Joseph Jones - Holy Ghost Prep., PA - “America’s Good Old Games”
5. Michelle Brown - Austin HS, MN - “Walk the Walk”

1996

1. Reah Johnson - Albuquerque Academy, NM - “Boobus Americanus”
2. Rob Lindgren - Apple Valley HS, MN - “Mickey’s World”
3. Metra Gilliard - Thornridge HS, IL - “Blame the Man”
4. Joseph Jones - Holy Ghost Prep, PA - “Just like Grandma Used to Make”
5. Kelly Cooper - The Kinkaid School, TX - “Misplaced History”
6. Elizabeth Brinton - Salt Lake City-Skyline HS, UT - “And for Ten Minutes...”

1997

1. John Parker - Evansville-Reitz , IN - “Do Over”
2. Andrew Wesbecher - Flint Hill HS, VA - “Unbuttoned”
3. Matthew Harris - Stockton-Edison HS, CA - “Talk Shows”
4. Stephen Spruiell - Martin HS, TX - “Let’s Close the Balcony”
5. Aimee Gonzalez - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “Whatever a man Undertaketh”
6. Jennifer Sobie - University HS, FL - “Candle in the Wind”

1998

1. Josh Gad - University School, FL - “Punch Line”
2. A.J. Agcaoili - Bellarmine College Prep., CA - “Remember Me”
3. Jamie Tschida - Rosemount Sr. HS, MN - “Once Upon a Time”
4. Andrew Weshbecher - Flint Hills HS, VA - “Our Own Story”
5. Chris Marianetti - Albuquerque Academy, NM - “Uncommon Sense”
6. Danny Lutman - San Antonio-Churchill HS, TX - “The Road to Wellville”

1999

1. Josh Gad - University School, FL - “Hoo-Ah!”
2. Stephen Buettler - Holy Ghost Prep., PA - “As Real as it Gets”
3. Jared Wiess - South Plantation HS, FL - “Whatever”
4. Nina Bilmoria - Munster HS, IN - “Luxry Fever”
5. Gave Rosenberg - Brebeuf Jesuit HS, IN - “Living the Fat Life”
6. Jon Gandomi - Dobson HS, AZ - (Untitled)

2000

1. Jared Wiess - South Plantation HS, FL - “Ughh!”
2. Ryan Lindberg - Apple Valley HS, MN - (Untitled)
3. Suzanne Whisler - Bolivar R-1 HS, MO - (Untitled)
4. Andrew Defeo - Iona Prep School, NY - “In Other Words”
5. Kelly Rolf - Fort Wayne-Northrop HS, IN - “On My Own”
6. Nina Bilimoria - Munster HS, IN - “Lightening Bugs? What Lightning Bugs?”

2001

1. Yasmine Mashhoon - Albuquerque Acad, NM - “Jock Rash, The Rock, and Fuzzy Mirrors”
2. Megan Bartle - Apple Valley HS, MN - “Victorian’s Secret”
3. John Egan - Eagan HS, MN - “The Old Ball Game”
4. John P. Benitez - Chesterton HS, IN - “An Experiment in Faith”
5. Peter Dodd - Sacred Heart HS, MA - “The Bert & Ernie Scandal”
6. Katie Georgen - Plymouth HS, IN - “The First Time”

2002

1. Katie Georgen - Plymouth HS, IN - “Go For The Gold”
2. Emily Simones - Apple Valley HS, MN - “For The Birds”
3. Diane Alongi - Albuquerque Academy, NM - “The Fourth String”
4. Tim Webb - Munster HS, IN - “Lessons From A Plastic Woman”
5. Tin-Yun Ho - Bellarmine College Prep, CA - “2 At a Time”
6. Robert Sublett - Bishop HS, TX - “A Whole ‘Cool’ World”

2003

1. Lydia Nelson - Sacred Heart HS, MA - “A League of My Own”
2. Sarah H. Lee - Glenbrook South HS, IL - “Me Talk Good”
3. Sarah Gauche - Apple Valley HS, MN - “Kidstuff”
4. Kobi Libbi - Snider HS, IN - “Spin Cycle”
5. Ashley Mack - Red Mountain HS, AZ - “The Shocker”
6. Sarah Newton - Rowan County Sr HS, KY - “A Farewell Address to Mrs. Somebody”

2004

1. Elizabeth M. Fox - Chesterton HS, IN - “Counterfeit Curls”
2. Saeed Jones - Lewisville HS, TX - “Dirty Dancing”
3. Ben Unanaowo - James Logan HS, CA - “The Major Instinct”
4. Maggie M. Killacky - Downers Grove South HS, IL - “Good Grief”
5. Sarah Gauche - Apple Valley HS, MN - “Medicine Man”
6. Scott Chaloff - Milton Academy, MA - “Something to Platz About”

2005

1. Laura Roehl - Apple Valley HS, MN - “Bill Buckner Would Approve:
2. Daniel D. Carissimi - Carroll HS, TX - “A History All Its Own”
3. Isaac Maddow-Zimet - Stuyvesant HS, NY - “Oy! The Story Of A. Cultural Banana”
4. Clifford Tsang - Gabrielino HS, CA - “Yao”
5. Shruti Challa - Topeka HS, KS - “Absolutely Perfect”
6. Eddie Itkin - Glenbrook South HS, IL - “Lessons Learned from the Bottom of My Mother’s Underwear Drawer”

2006

1. Sarah Koch - Apple Valley HS, MN - “Guess What?”
2. Nicole Kreisberg - Winston Churchill HS, TX - “Watch Your Slang”
3. Samantha Moore - McDowell HS, PA - “Baking with a Smile”
4. Marie Agnello - Brookwood HS, GA - “The 16th Minute”
5. Jeff White - Mitchell HS, SD - “The Sound Byte Culture”
6. Anthony Francomacaro - Holy Ghost Prep, PA - “Our Makeover Society”

2007

1. Anthony Francomacaro - Holy Ghost Prep, PA - “Make Real”
2. Olusheun Olupitan - Apple Valley HS, MN - “Tolerance – The Freakin’ Truth”
3. Efren Bonner - Kent Denver HS, CO - “Abadeem and the Mathletes”
4. Carrie Van Dusen - Apple Valley HS, CO - “Once Upon a Time”
5. Josh Leskar - Nova HS, FL - No title listed
6. John Allen - Danville HS, KY - “J.P. Allen: Boy of Destiny”

2008

1. Hoang Nguyen - Plano Sr. HS, TX - “Tomboys and Tomgirls?”
2. Jamaka Young - Apple Valley HS, MN - “The Gospel Truth”
3. Zach Beattie - Savannah R3 HS, MO - “Bust a Move”
4. Alexandria Tippings - Schurr HS, CA - “2 and a ½ Feet”
5. Tina Nguyen - Gabrielino HS, CA - “The Student Handbook”
6. Katherine Smith - Pembroke Hill School, MO - “It’s (Not) All About Me”

2009

1. John Hofmeister - Apple Valley HS, MN - “Jack and Harvey”
2. Morgan Booksh - McNeil HS, TX - “/n0nV3rbl comUnKshun.lolz:P”
3. Alphonce Mshomba - Holy Ghost Prep, PA - "I Have A Question”
4. Alexandra Elam - Plano Sr. HS, TX - “Woe be Unto Yo Soul”
5. Joe Thomas - Eagan HS, MN - “Finding the I in Team”
6. Rory Squire - Madison County HS, VA - “Uncle Maxim Digs Dead Animals”

2010

1. Vinay Nay - Hinsdale Central HS, IL - "A Sensitive Kind of Guy"
2. Miles Bridges - James Logan HS, CA - "Kliene Krunschen"
3. Amy Shackelford - Trinity Prep School, FL - "Stuck in a Moment"
4. Alphonce Mshomba, Holy Ghost Prep, PA - "Can You Hear Me Now?"
5. Chris Moncrief, Bronx Preparatory Charter School, NY'' - "Role With Me"
6. Joe Nelson, Sacred Heart HS, MA - "Do-Over!"

2011

1. Nader Helmy - Apple Valley HS, MN - "Tailor-made for the Ages"
2. Lizzie Neiman - Pennsbury HS, PA - "Power of Play"
3. Matthew Khoury - Fordham Preparatory School, NY - "And the Winner is..."
4. Kevin King - Creekview HS, TX - May the Force be With Us"
5. Eric Mattson - Lincoln East HS NE - Alien Nation"
6. Jasjot Singh Jaggi - Freedom HS, VA - "Lil brownie; a true underdog story"