PUSD Students Win Writing Awards!
7 students from Foothill and Amador Valley won awards at the 10th Annual California Writers Club - Tri-Valley Branch High School Writing Contest!
At the awards ceremony, which was hosted on Zoom, students listened to a presentation by author Penny Warner. Winners of the contest were then announced and given the opportunity to read their work!
The winning students are:
Amador:
- Emma Ka, Sophomore - 1st Place in the Short Story category for "Floating Candles."
- Aiden Rim, Sophomore - Honorable Mention in the Short Story category for "My Promise."
- Brenna McCord, Senior - Honorable Mention in the Short Story category for "The Colors of Death."
Foothill:
- Claire McNerney, Senior - 1st Place in the Poetry category for "possum poem"
- Amala Rao, senior - 2nd Place in the Poetry category for "But for One Small Difference"
- Jessica Bakar, sophomore, 3rd Place in the Literary Nonfiction category for "Scar Story: Revisited"
- Michelle Liu, sophomore - Honorable Mention in the Literary Nonfiction category for "Moving On: Closure"
Congratulations, writers!