The Winners are presented in 3 groups: I. USA Entries, II. International Entries, III. Special Recognition Entries.

I. USA ENTRIES, (First Place and Honorable Mention.)

SENSE OF WONDER THEME

First Place, Essay Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Daniel, age 17, and his Teacher
“Medicine for my Mind”

Honorable Mention, Essay Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Emily, age 17, and her Teacher
“My New Sense of Beauty”

First Place, Poem Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Rachel, age 17, and her Teacher
“Little Wonders”

First Place, Poem Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Camille, age 9, and her Grandmother
“The Rainbow of Life”

Honorable Mention, Poem Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Sydney, age 16, and her Mother
“Oh Hawk!”

First Place, Essay with Photograph Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Madelyn, age 17, and her Teacher
“Call of the Loon”

Honorable Mention, Essay with Photograph Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Sean, age 17, and his Teacher
“The Wonders of Our World”

First Place, Poem with Photograph Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Kathy, age 16, and her Mother
“True Happiness”

Honorable Mention, Poem with Photograph Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Lily, age 16; her father; and her Teacher
“Wonder”

 

SENSE OF WONDER / SENSE OF THE WILD THEME

First Place, Essay Category, Sense of Wonder/Sense of the Wild Theme
Victoria, age 16, and her Friend
“The American Robin: Life’s Paramount Companion”

Honorable Mention, Essay Category, Sense of Wonder/Sense of the Wild Theme
Jon, age 17; Ryan, age 16; Jacob, age 17; and Friend
“To Save a Predator”

First Place, Poem Category, Sense of Wonder/Sense of the Wild Theme
Brady, age 17, and her Teacher
“Chasing Butterflies”

Honorable Mention, Poem Category, Sense of Wonder/Sense of the Wild Theme
Justin, age 17, and his Mother and Father
“The Flight”

First Place, Essay with Photograph Category, Sense of Wonder/Sense of the Wild Theme
Nicole, age 17, and her Teacher
“The Wolf”

Honorable Mention, Essay with Photograph Category, Sense of Wonder/Sense of the Wild Theme
Abigail, age 17, and her Mother
“Cannon Beach”

First Place, Poem with Photograph Category, Sense of Wonder/Sense of the Wild Theme
Joanna, age 16, and her Father; Kyah, age 16, and her Mother
“An African Dream”

Honorable Mention, Poem with Photograph Category, Sense of Wonder/Sense of the Wild Theme
Cally, age 16, and her older Brother; Juliana, age 16, and her Father
“Sense of Wonder”

 

Group II: INTERNATIONAL ENTRIES (Sense of Wonder)

First Place, International Entries (Essay) Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Seonghyun, age 15, and his Grandfather
“One Small Step into the Woods, One Giant Leap Toward Nature”

Honorable Mention, International Entries (Poem) Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Vedika, age 13, and her Father
“In My Forest”

Honorable Mention, International Entries (Essay) Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Toni, age 13, and her Teacher
“The Tree in the Natural Order of Things”

 

Group III. SPECIAL RECOGNITION ENTRIES (Due to the entry subjects that were chosen by the writers.)

Essay with Photograph Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Elise, age 16, and her Teacher
“Horse Happiness”

Poem Category, Sense of Wonder Theme
Addison, age 11, and her Father
“I Wonder”

Poem Category, Sense of Wonder/Sense of the Wild Theme
Emma, age 12, and her Father
“We Are Crucial”

Poem Category, Sense of Wonder/Sense of the Wild Theme
Penny, age 15, and her Father
“Lifeline”

Essay Category, Sense of Wonder
Max, age 12, and his Father
“Brown’s Creek – Then and Now”

We plan to provide excerpts of winning entries in the near future.