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The Nation Student Writing Contest Winners

The Nation
Student Writing Contest
Sponsored by the BIL Charitable Trust to recognize and reward the best in student writing and thinking in answering this question: What have you learned from a personal experience that the next president should know before setting the agenda for the country?

Winners
College: “Transcending Trauma” by Victor Lopez, Guildford Tech Community College by way of High Point, NC
High School: “Addressing Inequality in Education” by Laine Alison Zalac, Columbus Alternative HS, Columbus, OH

Finalists
High School
Daniel Zhou, Shaker Heights HS, Shaker Heights, OH
Tim Reveri, Ridgewood HS, Ridgewood, NJ
Henrik Petaisto, Wayzata High School, N. Plymouth, MN
Natalia Thompson, West High School, Madison, WI

College
Xan White, Yale University by way of Denver, CO
Hugh Baran, Yale University by way of Paramus, NJ
Willa Andrew Thompson, New York University by way of Key West, FL
Sean Dennison, Middlebury College by way of Helena, MT

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