Fourth Competition (2008-2009)
Winners High School Division Best Essay Award
1st Place: Juliet deButts (Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School)
2nd Place: Jessica Joseph (Bronx High School of Science)
3rd Place: Christina Rombola (Longwood High School)
Special Award: Alessandra Ansbach (Lynbrook High School)
College Division Best Essay Award
Special Award (A): Sandy Hernandez (Stony Brook University)
Special Award (B): Stephen Lanuto Jr. (City University of New York / City College of New York)
Consul General of Japan Special Award
Juliet deButts (Columbia Grammar and Preparatory School)
Honorable Mention
Skyla Budd (Plainview Old-Bethpage JFK High School)
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