Fifth Competition (2009-2010)
Winners High School Division Best Essay Award
1st Place: Gen Ishikawa (Syosset High School)
2nd Place: Ethan Hamilton (Horace Mann High School)
3rd Place: Sarah Lam (Bronx High School of Science)
College Division Best Essay Award
Elizabeth D Kaufman (Stony Brook University)
Consul General of Japan Special Award
Gen Ishikawa (Syosset High School)
Honorable Mention
Giovanna Braganza (Sewanhska High School)
Yanling Fang (Lower East Side Preparatory High School)
Sandy Patricia Guerrero (Longwood Senior High School)
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Kathleen Rivera (CUNY Hunter College)
Stephanie Song (Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts)
Leighton Suen (Staten Island Technical High School)
Finalists Kimika Berger (Kings Park High School)
Kevin Chen (Ward Melville High School)
Jinnie Lee (Lehman College)
Lauren Yoder (NYC Lab High School)
Krystle Rodriguez (Hunter College)
Mary Rossillo (Longwood Senior High School)
Davanie Singhroy (Sewanhaka High School)
Peter Vey (Hunter College)
Sophia Washburn (The Berkeley Carroll School)
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