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2026 Caesura High School Writing Contest Results

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Poetry Winners

FIRST PLACE: Ariel Zhang – “A Pocket Poem”
SECOND PLACE: Mary Lou Stasson – “The Cormorant”
THIRD PLACE: Zoe Zhang – “Fragility”

Poetry Finalists

  • Riddhima Das – “Uprooted”
  • Madison Dodge – “Until it Happens Again”
  • Briana Kaufman – “Where I am From”
  • Svetlana Morton – “The Loss”
  • Katy Niles – “The Devil’s Crows”
  • Maggie Phillips – “Childhood”
  • Linnea Smith – “The Exchange”
  • Chloe Vezina – “Destination”
  • Skylar Arison – “Toska

Prose Winners

FIRST PLACE: Lleyton Kane – “Clean Break”
SECOND PLACE: Anna Jamison – “The Zamboni”
THIRD PLACE: Kajsa Martynyuk – “Refined Like Silver”

Prose Finalists

  • Tessa Barnes – “The Yin Yang that is My Life”
  • Esther Crandall – “Green Eyes”
  • Leia Fuller – “Accidental Survivor”
  • Adalynn Gormong – “Gaze Into the Heavenlies”
  • Rayanna Smith – “The Contents We Carry”

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