“The Honest Confessions of a Seventeen Year Old Girl” by Becky Zhong, 17, Shanghai American School, Puxi, Shanghai
“Is Social Security Really Enough?” by Fabio Oh, 18, Cerritos High School, Cerritos, Calif.
“Look in a Book,” Rebekah Poteet, 17, Cleburne High School, Cleburne, Texas
“Moments of Happiness” by Flor
“The Oberheim and Its Legacy” by Jacob Atkins, 19, and Carson Miller, 18, Kings High School, Kings Mills, Ohio
“Ode to Joy to the World” by Tianhao Yang, 19, Berkshire School, Sheffield, Mass.
“On Black Education” by Jared Yarbrough, 18, Cerritos High School, Cerritos, Calif.
“Our Promise to Sandy Hook” by Eliana Goldstein, Madeline Baldwin, Julia Wilkes Chelios Hayes, Irving A. Robbins Middle School, Farmington, Conn.
“The Politics Behind the Olympics” by Brandon Jewik, 18, Cerritos High School, Cerritos, Calif.
“Search for Questions, Not Answers” by Amy Usatine, 15, River Dell Regional High School, Oradell, N.J.