We received 980 submissions, and the Teen Writing Contest Committee is pleased to announce the following prizes, honors, and selections for the 2026 Teen Writing Contest & Ned Vizzini Teen Writing Prize. All of the entries below will be published in the 2026 Teen Writing Contest & Ned Vizzini Teen Writing Prize journal.
- 1st Place Third Floor Boys by East Ulman
- 2nd Place The Kitchen by Kaily Tito
- 2nd Place Solitaire by Helena Michael
- Chasing Perfect by Emily Kodra
- Why Women Don't Dream by Adriana Ramirez
- Fear by Angela Du
- 1st Place This Morning the Kitchen Was Full of Oranges by Avi Mehta
- 2nd Place Half-Loads and Other Inheritances by Aasha Zamir
- Teenage Boy Lee Clarke-Gercke
- Fix it Pencil by Samantha Hashimoto
- After Him by Alison Wright
- 1st Place Behind a Mask is a Kid by Alyssa Li
- 2nd Place Dear Dad by Hannah Brooks
- A Life Worth Living by Yuran Liu
- It Started at Night by Saviane Frazier
- Memoire Day by Kira Parilova
- 1st Place Journal of a Tired Black Man by Michael Aguiar
- 2nd Place March 25, 1911 by Caitlin Lao
- Your Own Death and How to Live It by Lee Clark-Gercke
- The Girl Ipanema by Nicole Shteynberg
- Opening Doors by Chloe Comisarow
Ode to Texas by Cyrus Clancy Baker
High School Poetry
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