Lessons of the Holocaust: The Lives of the Children

Division 1: 6th-8th grades


  • 1st Place
    Pray for the Children by Briel Sojouner
    Miller South School of Arts, Grade 7
    Alison Rich, Instructor
  • 2nd Place
    Quilt of Guilt by Emery Fleischer
    Miller South School of Arts, Grade 7
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor
  • 3rd Place
    Silent Blue Sky by Athena Hughes Miller South School of Arts, Grade 7th
    Alison Rich, Instructor

  • 4th Place
    Blind Pain by Emma Gibson
    Miller South School of Arts, Grade 8
    Alison Rich, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Surrounded by Ryan Pappano
    Hudson Middle School, Grade 8
    Becky Reiter, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Helga by Sydney Stevenson
    Miller South School of Arts, Grade 7
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Divided World by McKenzie Smith
    Hudson Middle School, Grade 8
    Becky Reiter, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Jewish Bear by Sam Wagner
    Hudson Middle School, Grade 8
    Becky Reiter, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Friends No More! by Lucy Canterbury & Nataleigh Nigrelli
    Hudson Middle School, Grade 6
    Cathy Kantin, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Defiance by Justin Wichert
    Hudson Middle School, Grade 8
    Becky Reiter, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Building Blocks of Childhood by Jude Yovichin
    The Lippmann School, Grade 8
    Matthew Russ, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Kinder des Holocaust by Alexia Andvachik
    Hudson Middle School, Grade 8
    Becky Reiter, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Star of David by Piper Kozlowski
    Miller South School of Arts, Grade 8
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Thrown Out by Jovona Djuric
    Miller South School of Arts, Grade 8
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Why Did It Happen by Kaedence Kish
    Miller South School of Arts, Grade 7
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Keep with You by Elena Varner Waltz
    Miller South School of Arts, Grade 8
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    The Impossible Maze by Benjamin Ralph
    The Lippman School, Grade 6
    Matthew Russ, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    A Child’s Sorrow by Anja Raeth
    Hudson Middle School, Grade 8
    Becky Reiter, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Forever Lost by Braysen Siminske& Sylvia Stillman
    The Lippman School, Grade 7
    Katie Markey, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Escaping the Confinement by Stella Hudson
    Miler South School of Arts, Grade 8
    Alison Rich, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Surrounded by Hate by Alison Zupancic
    Miller South School of Arts, 8th
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Monsters in the Night by Ryan Suydam & Ian Wingader
    Hudson Middle School, Grade 8
    Becky Reiter, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention

    Torn Apart by Ethan Koehler
    Miller South School of Arts, Grade 8
    Alison Rich, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Famine by Natalie Carter
    Miller South School of Arts, Grade 8
    Alison Rich, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    When They Arrived by Eleanor Smith
    Miller South School of Arts, Grade 8
    Alison Rich, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    The Tree of Jude by Andra Benninghoff
    Miller South School of Arts, Grade 8
    Alison Rich, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Ujscie Kanalu Sciekowego (Polish for “Sewer Exit”) by Katie Morehouse
    Miller South School of Arts, Grade 8
    Malia Tschantz, Instructor

Division 2: 9th-12th grades


  • 1st Place
    We Are All Living Under the Same Smoke by Maria Manuel
    Firestone High School, Grade 11
    Patrick Dougherty, Instructor

  • 2nd Place
    All the Beauty That Remains by Nina Wolf
    St. Vincent- St. Mary High School, Grade 11
    Rita Lancianese, Instructor

  • 3rd Place
    Living in the Shadows by Maya Miller
    Firestone High School, Grade 10
    Stephen Csejtey, Instructor
  • 4th Place (tie)
    Mengele’s Twins by Maliyah Clark
    Firestone High School, Grade 10
    Stephen Csejtey, Instructor
  • Hon
    Lost Innocence by Kayleigh Anthony
    Firestone High School, Grade 12
    Patrick Dougherty, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Cradling Baby by Cassie Westfall
    Mogadore High School, Grade 12
    Matthew Beresh, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Stolen by Ashley Strub
    Firestone High School, Grade 10
    Stephen Csejtey, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Painter by Natalie Isaacs
    St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, 10th
    Rita Lancianese, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    A Long Tortuous Journey by Brooklynn Andrick
    Firestone High School, Grade 10
    Patrick Dougherty, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Tale of a Sprinter by JohnPaul Workley
    Archbishop Hoban High School, Grade 11
    Micah Kraus, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Butterflies Don’t Live Here by Chance Marks
    Firestone High School, Grade 10
    Stephen Csejtey, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Interrupted Childhood by Macey Hurst
    Springfield High School, Grade 11
    Elizabeth Crites, Instructor


  • Honorable Mention
    Settela by Nia Wolf
    Field High School, Grade 11
    Scott Kline, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Everyday Life in Nazi Germany by Isabelle Davis
    St. Vincent- St. Mary High School, Grade 10
    Rita Lanianese, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Worst End by Michael Defini
    Springfield High School, Grade 12
    Elizabeth Crites, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    The Blind Eye by Eden Amador-Gorby
    Springfield High School, Grade 12
    Elizabeth Crites, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    One Last Hug by Yael-Lee Israeli
    Woodridge High School, Grade 9
    Beau Schleup, Instructor
  • Honorable Mention
    Travel to be Free by Hannah Versluys
    Firestone High School, Grade 10
    Stephen Csejtey, Instructor