Now accepting entries for

NJCTE's annual writing contest!

This year, we will accept entries from students in grades 9-12. We will continue to work to expand and improve the contest and open it up to more grade levels in the future. Please contact Michele Marotta, mmarotta@njcte.org with any questions about the contest. 

Please click here for a downloadable copy of the rules and the official entry form.

Announcing the winners of the

2007 NJCTE writing contest!  

If you have questions about the contest, please contact Michele Marotta at mmarotta@njcte.org.

NJCTE Writing Awards 2007

GRADES 10-12

*NJCTE recommends each "outstanding" 10th - 12th grade winner for a NJ Governor's Award in Arts Education

Poetry

Award Received	Student Name	Title of Work	School
Outstanding	Cristina Luzarraga	"New Jersey"	Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child
Outstanding	Jessica Riegel	"Sukkot"	Westfield Senior High School
Prizeworthy	Lina Batarags	"Watch But Don't Save Me"	Northern Highlands Regional High School
Prizeworthy	Rose Filoramo	"Let the Flowers Grow"	New Providence High School
Prizeworthy	Anna E. Paone	"Last Night My Parents"	Metuchen High School

Prose Non Fiction

Award Received	Student Name	Title of Work	School
Outstanding	Wendy Lin	"Cobblestone Pathways"	Governor Livingston High School
Outstanding	Sarah Queller	"Following in Silence"	Westfield Senior High School
Prizeworthy	Stephanie Yin	"The Personification of Music"	Rutgers Preparatory School
Prizeworthy	Karan Chhabra	"Pencil First"	Northern Highlands Regional High School
Prizeworthy	Brittney Miller	"Letter to My Fourteen-Year-Old Self"	Ridge High School

Science Fiction

Award Received	Student Name	Title of Work	School
Outstanding	John Lapsley	"The Pale Salesmen"	Morristown High School

Prose Fiction

Award Received	Student Name	Title of Work	School
Outstanding	Rose Filoramo	"The Writer"	New Providence High School
Outstanding	Rebecca Foerg-Spittel	"A Prayer"	Tenafly High School
Prizeworthy	Erica Che	"Asymptote"	Ridge High School
Prizeworthy	Robert Whitehead	"The Emergency"	Westfield High School
Prizeworthy	Marie Conti	"The Old Man Across the Way"	Metuchen High School