Ninth Competition (2013-2014)
Winners High School Division Best Essay Award
1st Place: Stephanie Lin (Stuyvesant High School)
2nd Place: Charles Beers (Huntington High School)
3rd Place: Fangrui Tong (Ward Melville High School)
College Division Best Essay Award
Iman Esmailzada (Farmingdale State College)
Kyle Tulod (Stony Brook University)
Uchida Memorial Award
Monique Bloomfield (Binghamton University)
Consul General of Japan Special Award
Stephanie Lin (Stuyvesant High School)
Merit Award
Shaikat Islam (Stuyvesant High School)
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Erich Makarov (Staten Island Technical High School)
Anju Okamura (Elwood John Glenn High School)
Daniella Schoen (Huntington High School)
Qire Snowden (West Babylon High School)
Jeanette Wetherell (Stony Brook University)
Finalists Sheryl Chen (Staten Island Technical High School)
Mindy Feng (Millennium High School)
Joice Im (Townsend Harris High School)
Parina Kaewkrajang (Townsend Harris High School)
Valerie Kehoe (Smithtown High School West)
Hyun Sue Kim (Stuyvesant High School)
Hilary Lee (Townsend Harris High School)
Lily Lin (The Cooper Union)
Semi-Finalists Monisha Afrooz (Townsend Harris High School)
Corinne Banning (Stony Brook University)
Michaela Carnesi (Huntington High School)
Eleanna Cerda (Marble Hill School For International Studies)
Elizabeth Corrao (Huntington High School)
Grace Curran (Huntington High School)
Hayley Drace (Huntington High School)
Francis Foo (Staten Island Technical High School)
Prathana Gurung (Long Island City High School)
Tabashshum Islam (Stony Brook University)
Kioma James (High School of Language and Diplomacy)
Anjali Kapur (Huntington High School)
Alex Lamy (Valley Stream Central High School)
Bliss Amanda LoScalzo (Huntington High School)
Emma Lou (Stuyvesant High School)
Ivan Miketic (Townsend Harris High School)
Miranda Nykolyn (Huntington High School)
Jan Pazhayampallil (Townsend Harris High School)
Alexander Robateau (Valley Stream Central High School)
Isabella Scarpati (Huntington High School)
Romaan Sheikh (Bay Shore High School)
Ryan Smith (Garden City High School)
Donnie Stewart (Huntington High School)
Rhode Elise St Jacques (Medgar Evers College)
Michael Towson (Lynbrook High school)
Casey Woo (The Mary Louis Academy)
Susan Wu (Stuyvesant High School)
Brenda Yue (Townsend Harris High School.

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