Third Competition (2007-2008)
Winners High School Division Best Essay Award
1st Place: Samantha Dupler (South Side High School)
2nd Place: Mari Iwahara (The Dalton School)
3rd Place: Elizabeth Morgan (Bronx High School of Science)
College Division Best Essay Award
Lauren Phillips (Stony Brook University)
Consul General of Japan Special Award
Samantha Dupler (South Side High School)
Honorable Mention
Caresse Rose Correa (Longwood Senior High School)
Matthew Auster (Columbia Prep School)
Omena Ejekpokpo (Aquinas High School)
Lisa Kawamoto (Columbia University, Columbia College)
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