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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Ashley Jones (Longwood High School)
Shelby Lin (Ward Melville High School)
Ashley Schreck (Longwood High School)
Frances Shi (Hunter College High School)
Finalists Priom Ahmed (Bronx High School of Science)
Peter Battifarano (West Babylon High School)
Nicole Goodwin (The City College of New York)
Wonmin Lee (Stuyvesant High School)
Melissa Lohmann (Barnard College of Columbia University)
Justine Perez (Norman Thomas High School)
Hatsumi Faith Yoshida (Preston High School)
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