B-CC HS Writing Contest Winners

Congratulations to the Fourth Annual Writing Contest Winners, 2007-2008:

Poetry:
First Place:  Lily Karlin, grade 11, “Blizzard”
Second Place:  Lila Becker, grade 12, “Requiem for Eurydice”
Third Place: Rebecca Zweig, grade 11, “Weathervane”

Playwriting:
First Place: Anthony Pape-Calabrese, grade 10, "Off the Hinges"
Second Place: Amanda Bestor-Siegal, grade 12, "Green Eyes"
Third Place: David Damtoft, grade 12, "Power of Prayer"

Fiction:
First Place:  Rebecca Zweig, grade 11, “Greetings from Oregon”
Second Place:  Simon Kamerow, grade 10, “The Education of Abigail”
Third Place:  Brandon Levy, grade 10, “Easy Street”

Personal Essay:
First Place: Eliot Gerson, grade 9, “Looking Back at Moving On"
Second Place: Thao Nguyen, grade 12, “Brightchocolate25@yahoo.com”
Third Place:  Amalia Haikles, grade 9, "School"
 

Writer’s Center Contest Judges:
Judge Ruben Jackson, Poetry
Martin Blank, Playwriting
Barbara Esstman, Fiction
William O’Sullivan, Personal Essay

Writer’s Center Assistant Director
Sunil Freeman

The Sponsors of the Annual Writing Contest
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS Educational Foundation
The Advisory Board to the B-CC HS Education Foundation
The Writer’s Center
CHIPS (B-CC’s Literary and Creative Arts Magazine)
The Bethesda-Chevy Chase HS English Department
The Town of Chevy Chase

The Bethesda-Chevy Chase High School Writing Contest Committee:
Rachel Gold
Evanthia Lambrakopoulos
CHIPS 2007-2008 Staff