First Competition (2005-2006)
Winners High School Division Best Essay Award
1st Place: Nora Micheva (Ward Melville High School)
2nd Place: Michael Cohen (The Fieldston School High School)
3rd Place: Amita Jain (Syosset High School)
College Division Best Essay Award
Robert Donnelly (Stony Brook University)
Consul General of Japan Special Award
Nora Micheva (Ward Melville High School)
Honorable Mention
Kaitlyn Ann Ferris (Mount Sinai High School)
Jerry Michael Blackman (the Cooper Union School of Art)
Finalists Kimani Calnek (United Nations International School)
Michael Chow (Syosset High School)
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Joanna Goodman (Stony Brook University)
Shunna Ide (Northport High School)
Ji Kim (Syosset High School)
Jenna Kon (Northport High school)
Kellie Murphy (Earl L. Vandermeulen High School)
Jordenne Nash (Stony Brook University)
Benjamin Pierce (Paul D. Schreiber High School)
Lauren Sharan (Cold Spring Harbor High School)
Jason Sim (Half Hollow Hills High School West)
Victoria Wong (Lynbrook High School)
Dan Xue (John Bowne HS)
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