2026 Contest Winners
2026 featured art contest judges Becca Farrow and Hannah Vardit, with art contest coordinator Ilinca Barbacuta. The writing contest judges were P.A. Cornell and R.S.A. Garcia with writing contest coordinator Julia Rios.
Art Contest, 1st place, Monu Bose Prize
Art Contest, 2nd Place
Niko Kristic
Art Contest, 3rd Place
Art Contest, Finalists
Writing Contest, 1st place
N.A. Blair
Writing Contest, 2nd Place
Writing Contest, 3rd Place
Writing Contest, Finalists
Femi Salami
Ooreoluwa O. Agbede
Ashleigh Spencer
Plamen Ivanov Vasilev
Angela Luo
Sarah Ang
Fatima Masood
2025 Contest Winners
2025 featured art contest judges Naomi Franq, Bex Glendining, and Jasmine Walls, with art contest coordinator Ilinca Barbacuta. The writing contest judges were C. S. E. Cooney and Carlos Hernandez with writing contest coordinator Julia Rios.
Art Contest, 1st place, Monu Bose Prize
Art Contest, 2nd Place
Art Contest, 3rd Place
Art Contest, Finalists
Sierra Eston
Erin Daytona Cook
Alina Wahab
Ariana Eldarion
Savannah Rice
Noll Griffin
Fengari
Writing Contest, 1st place
Writing Contest, 2nd Place
Writing Contest, 3rd Place
Writing Contest, Finalists
Fin Leary
Ewa Gerald Onyebuchi
Fatima Masood
Craig Borri
Elisa Maiz
Gwendolyn Bellinger
Chii Ọganihu
2024 Contest Winners
2024 featured art contest judges Jessica Cheng and Lauren Raye Snow, with art contest coordinator Grace P. Fong. The writing contest judges were C.L. Polk and Valerie Valdes with writing contest coordinator Julia Rios.
Art Contest, 1st place, Monu Bose Prize
Art Contest, 2nd Place
Martins Deep
Art Contest, 3rd Place
Art Contest, Finalists
Writing Contest, 1st place
Writing Contest, 2nd Place
Writing Contest, 3rd Place
Writing Contest, Finalists
Ian Li
Amara Nwuneli
Caitlin Carpenter
Khushi Bajaj
Lesley Warren
Rainbow Medicine-Walker
J.M. Amoroso
2023 Contest Winners
2023 featured art contest judges Sloane Hong and Solomon Enos, with art contest coordinator Dante Luiz. The writing judges were John Wiswell and Suzan Palumbo. The contest coordinator was Julia Rios.
Art Contest, 1st place, Monu Bose Prize
Art Contest, 2nd Place
Ahmed Asi
Art Contest, 3rd Place
Art Contest, Finalists
Galtenoble
Alieha Dryden
chocokkyo
©Jin
MarMar
Mocarro
Larissa Usuki
Writing Contest, 1st place
Albert Nkereuwem
Writing Contest, 2nd Place
Fatima Abdullahi
Writing Contest, 3rd Place
Jessica Andrewartha
Writing Contest, Finalists
Zary Fekete
Ariel Finkle
Toshiya Kamei
Alexia Tolas
Felicia Martínez
Mallika Kamat
Alan Mark Tong
2022 Contest Winners
2022 brought us to an exciting fourth year for both contests. The art contest judges were Mateus Manhanini and Daniela Viçoso, and the art contest coordinator was Dante Luiz. The writing judges were L.D. Lewis, and Sarah Gailey and the contest coordinator was Julia Rios.
Art Contest, 1st place, Monu Bose Prize
Art Contest, 2nd Place
Art Contest, 3rd Place
Art Contest, Finalists
Eryk Souza
Serene Illustrations
Elemei
Albokhari Mohamed Tahir Bashir
Daniela Ivanova
Winter Ross
Jeff Stirling
Larissa Usuki
Nino
Clare Reid
Writing Contest, 1st place
Audrey Obuobisa-Darko
Writing Contest, 2nd Place
Takim WIlliams
Writing Contest, 3rd Place
Davida Kilgore
Writing Contest, Finalists
Ry Rosenhirsch
Katlina Sommerberg
Angela Acosta
Nico Montoya
Davida Kilgore
Audrey Obuobisa-Darko
Sarah Ang
Laura Chilibeck
Takim WIlliams
Georgie Morvis
2021 Contest Winners
2021 was our third year for the contest, and our most successful yet! The art contest judges were Juliana Pinho and Charis Loke, and the art contest coordinator was Dante Luiz. The writing judges were Premee Mohamed and Vajra Chandrasekera and contest coordinators were Vajra Chandrasekera and Jade Doumani.
Art Contest, 1st place, Monu Bose Prize
Art Contest, 2nd Place
Art Contest, 3rd Place
Art Contest, Finalists
Mikoto
Albokhari Mohamed
Nair Nascimento
Alex Pernau
Julia Quandt
Mols Slom
Cathlyn Vania
Writing Contest, 1st place
Shinjini Dey
Writing Contest, 2nd Place
Jarred Thompson
Writing Contest, 3rd Place
Sigrid Marianne Gayangos
Writing Contest, Finalists
Amy Johnson Brienne D. Hayes C. Bradley White Cat T. Kay Orchison Kellye McBride Robin Sebolino
2020 Contest Winners
2020 was our second contest year, and the first year we offered the Monu Bose Memorial Prize for art. Writing judges were Neil Clarke and SL Huang, and the writing contest coordinators were William Ledbetter and Vajra Chandrasekera. The art contest judge was Grace P. Fong, and the art contest coordinator was Dante Luiz.
Monu Bose Prize
Art Contest, 2nd Place
Art Contest, 3rd Place
Art Contest, Finalists
Aya Sabry
Sam Hutt
Thaleia Demeter
Michaela Matthews
Lauren Blake
Writing Contest, 1st place
Writing Contest, 2nd Place
Writing Contest, 3rd Place
Writing Contest, Finalists
Tehnuka Ilanko
Nick Thomas
Allison King
Julia Leef
Jennifer Bushroe
Finn McLellan
Rodrigo Assis Mesquita
2019 Contest Winners
2019 was our inaugural contest year. Writing judges were C. C. Finlay and Lisa Rodgers, and the writing contest coordinator was William Ledbetter. Art contest judge was Rachel Quinlan, and the art contest coordinator was Sara Felix.
Art Contest, 1st Place
Alison Johnstun
Art Contest, 2nd Place
Christine Rhee
Art Contest, 3rd Place
Lauren Blake
Art Contest, HMs
Zara Alfonso
Emily Leung
James Russell
Writing Contest, 1st place
Jamie Adams
Writing Contest, 2nd Place
Claire Whitmore
Writing Contest, 3rd Place
Rose Wachowski
Writing Contest, HMs
Lynne Sargent
Finalists
Art Contest Finalists
Deanna Bach
Kae Hunter
Emily Leung
Christine Rhee
Abbi Schellhase
Writing Contest Finalists
Steven Berger
Samantha Lynne Sargent
Tiffany Smith
Rose Wachowski
Douglas Wu