Level I (grades 4 - 6)

Winner:
Tina Liu, Grade 6, Princeton, 08540
Letter to Laurence Yep, author of Dragonwings

Semi Finalists:

Level II (grade 7 - 8)

Winner:
Jane Marie Riccardi, Grade 8, Kendall Park, 08824
Letter to J. R. R. Tolkien, author of The Lord of the Rings

Honorable Mention:
Katie Warshauer, Grade 8, West Windsor, 08550
Letter to Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird

Brianna Malone, Grade 8, Burlington, 08016
Letter to William Armstrong, author of Sounder

Semi-Finalists:
Kelli Blue
Amina Cami
Frances Chan
Laura Chen
Martin Chu
Michelle Corsention
Anthony De Franco
Priyal Desai
Shekinah-Glory Dhanie-Beepat
Alessandra Felloni
Ashley Geczik
Rebecca Goforth
Timothy Kelly
Bridgette Kennedy
Sarah Khalbuss
Justin Klepach
Andrew Kwasnicki
Rachel Levin
Mandi Liu
Alexander Lu
Laura Masson
Marc McFarland
Jessica  Moore
Nicolette Pappas
Matthew Persico
Allen Qin
Sue Qin
Renuka Reddy
Michelle Rudshteyn
Shivani Sethi
Kaitlin Sinisi
Aparaajit Sriram
Chetan Sukh
Harinee Suthakar
Jennifer Tang
Alfredo Tirado
Yuliana Veyberman
Jenny Wang
Barbara Zhan

Level III (grade 9 - 12)

Winner:
Laura Feibush, Grade 10, Pennington, NJ 08534 - NATIONAL SEMIFINALIST
Letter to Willa Cather, author of The Song of the Lark

Honorable Mention:
Yasmin Stephenson, Grade 11, Newark
Letter to Sapphire, author of American Dreams

Praba Boominarthan, Grade 11, Skillman, 08558
Letter to Toni Morrison, author of The Bluest Eye

Semi-Finalists:
Alina Abazova
Michael Bachmann
Rebecca Baum
Melissa Bellin
Marissa Brogger
Brighid Burgin
Eric Clohosey
Cristina Collazo
Alexandre Danis
Jimlise Derosier
Gina DiNunzio
Rabab Elassa
Tracy Fey
Brielle Franklin
Gabrielle Frantangelo
Erika Goldstein
Gabriella Goode
Alexis Jenkins
Ritesh Kadam
Melanie Kakas
Elena Kalmus
Angela Keovongsa
Kevin Ketcho
Talar Khosdeghian
Shannon Knapp
Olga Kozlova
Jenna Kuerzi
Chris Landers
Joshua Liu
Neil Marchese
Michael Messeri
Jessica Pollack
Fia Ramo
Juliana Romano
Emma Stein
Julie Wilkerson