2025 River Rat Writing Prize Winners
First Place
"Ain't Nothing but Fireworks" by Victoria Wilkinson (11th grade)

Runners-up
"The Dictionary Of A Teenage Girl" by Salem Dinh (11th grade)
"#PolishedMan" by Jordan Tucker (11th grade)

Honorable Mentions
"Worlds" by Amelia Dantzer (9th grade)
"Mini Flash Fiction Collection (Stranger's Funeral, Mirrors and Memories, The Setting Sun)" by Maya Martinson (12th grade)
"Descent, Ascent" by Chloe Sasena (12th grade)

9th grade Rising Writer
"The Nonsense and Nonsensical Poems From the Wonderful Mind of Confusion" by Helena Levchenko (9th grade)


2025 Mischief Arts Prize Winners
First Place
"Abandoned Train Station" by Yuanchen Zhao (12th grade)

Runner-up
"Brooklyn Bridge: Suspended in Light" by Mia Lin​ (10th grade)

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