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 2006 STATEWIDE FINALISTS
 IMPAC-CSU Young Writers Trust
 June 4, 2006
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 Shaked Hadaya, Danbury High School, FAIRFIELD COUNTY
 Molly Rosenthal, William H. Hall High School, HARTFORD COUNTY
 John Raithel, The Woodhall School, LITCHFIELD COUNTY
 Jen Angier, Valley Regional High School,  MIDDLESEX COUNTY
 Diana Filar, Wolcott high School, NEW HAVEN COUNTY
 Sourav Bhowmick, East Lyme High School, NEW LONDON COUNTY
 Fallon VanOudenhove, Rockville High School, TOLLAND COUNTY
 Kylee Bergin, Woodstock Academy, WINDHAM COUNTY
 
 POETRY
 Bryan Murphy, Trumbull High School, FAIRFIELD COUNTY.
 Britta Bell, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, HARTFORD COUNTY.
 Jasmine Ruiz, Torrington High School,  LITCHFIELD COUNTY.
 Elizabeth Santovasi, Old Saybrook High School , MIDDLESEX COUNTY.
 Amanda Debbischop, Woodland Regional High School,  NEW HAVEN COUNTY.
 Ryan O'Connell, Ledyard High School, NEW LONDON COUNTY.
 Molly LaFlesh, Rockville High School, TOLLAND COUNTY.
 Chelsea Paige Love, Arts of the Capital Theater, WINDHAM COUNTY.
 
 
 2006  COUNTY FINALISTS  IMPAC-CSU Young Writers Trust
 Listed below, Finalists in Prose & Poetry:
 HARTFORD COUNTY PROSEStudent, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 
              
                | Janaki Challa, Neruda, Greater Hartford Academy of Arts, Pit Pinegar  Charolette Crowe, Untitled, Canton High School, Tena Ruby  Sasha Debever-McKenney, Fathers, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Christine Palm  Bridget Flynn, Was He Lost?, Williams H. Hall High School, Scott Ferguson  Anna Gallo, Fire Season, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Pit Pinegar  Lauren Hutchinson, As the Weather Turns, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Pit Pinegar  Sonja Martens, Chambers, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Pit Pinegar  Amy Riccio, Carver, Greater Hartford Academy of Arts, Pit Pinegar  Carrie Rosenblum, Ma Passion/11 Mio Ardore, Williams H. Hall High School, Cary Blocker  Sheila Sennett, Dear Mister Steinbeck, Conard High School, Marilyn S. Lindsay  Jay Weingast, Bird Day, Williams H. Hall High School, Cary Blocker  Molly Rosenthal, 7-Eleven, Williams H. Hall High School, Scott Ferguson  |  TOLLAND COUNTY PROSEStudent, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 Amy Grigg, Liam & Gwen, Rockville High School, Victoria NordlindJennifer Gumkowski, A Love of  Tears, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind
 Stephen Jaworski, I Can't Talk Here, E.O. Smoth, Jon Anderson
 Danielle Kelly, Bread and Stars, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Maureen O'Brien
 Lacie LaHaie, Old Reliable, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind
 Ashley R. McCann, Five Goes a Long Way, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind
 Jeffrey Sirois, Daddy, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind
 Meredith Stuart, Still Water, RHAM High School, Lisa D. Thomas
 Fallon Vanoudenhove, That's Our Exit, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind
 
 LITCHFIELD COUNTY PROSE
 Student, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 Amy Hambidge, The Soldiers, New Milford H.S., Judith leonard.Mackenzie Merati, Respect, Torrington High school, Mary McVerry
 Jordan Meyer, A Flying Vision, Torrington High school, Mary McVerry
 Christina Milano, When I Knocked on Our Door, New Milford H.S., Heidi O'Conner
 Chelsea Petrovitz, Perfection, Torrington High school, Mary McVerry
 Megan Roberts, Reason for Revenge, New Milford H.S., Melissa Lasky
 Hannah Stephens O'Winger, A Memory from my Childhood, Salisbury Central School,
 Jeanine Coleman
 Katie Stewart, The Virtue & Sin of Hestor Prynne: A Soul Misused, New Milford H.S.,
 Jasmina Thompson
 Courtney S. White, Dream Door, Taft School, Anna Hastings
 Ian Wolfe, Done Lost My Religion, The Woodhall School, Edward Gelzheiser
 Tiffany Yuh, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn-Fighting the Downfalls of Society, New Milford H.S., Mrs. Thompson
 Hannah Colbert, True Self, The Hotchkiss School, Samuel Prouty
 John Raithel, Perimeters, The Woodhall School, Edward Gelzheiser
 FAIRFIELD COUNTY PROSEStudent, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 Darren Aldrich, Riders on the Storm, St. Joseph High School, Tanya Lowell  Danielle Mason, A Loss of Innocence, St. Joseph High School, Tanya Lowell  Lori Meenan, Jaded Epiphany, Newtown High School, Jeanette Miller  Allison Miller, Scar Tissue, St. Joseph High School, Tanya Lowell  Natlie Panno, The Date, Greenwich Academy, Jeffery Schwartz  Melissa Polke, Sail, St. Joseph High School, Tanya Lowell  Julia Rende, The Runinfeers: A Child’s Tale, Norwalk High School, Irene Sikorski  Jonathan Rubinstein, Watch, Norwalk High School, Irene Sikorski  Emily Sanders, A 400 Year Conspiracy, Rogers Park Middle School, Joanne Tolles  Jonah Schwartz, I Like Who I Am, Newtown High School, Kathleen Swift  Bryan Murphy, Insanity, Trumbull High School, Joseph M. Odonardi  Shakhed Hadaya, The Rat, Danbury High School, Anne Schmidt    MIDDLESEX COUNTY PROSEStudent, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 Michael Ballek, Chemical Wedding, Old Saybrrok Senior H.S., Michael Harten  Sarah Hegeman, Views of Life, The Morgan School, Eric Bergman  Kate Fillion, Photographic Memory, The Morgan School, Eric Bergman  Amanda Hoey, Secret, Old Saybrook Senior H.S., Michael Harten  Colleen Hugsman, Ability Within, Old Saybrook Senior H.S., Jeanne Proctor  Ashley Metz, Fire, Old Saybrook Senior H.S., Michael Harten  Kris Pawlikawski, Summer of 04, Middletown High, Adrienne Lovell  Jexxica Piasecki, Parent of the Year, Middletown High, Adrienne Lovell  Aaron Ranney, BLEAK, Old Saybrook Senior H.S., Jeanne Proctor  Miranda Sessams, Changed for the Better, Middletown High, Adrienne Lovell  Elizabeth Santovasi, Oh, Driver! My Driver!, Old Saybrook Senior H.S., JH Proctor Jen Angier, Brown Stuff, Valley Regional High School, Carolyn Crehan   NEW HAVEN COUNTY PROSEStudent, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 
              
                | Laura Coyne, Thelma and Louise, Educational Center for the Arts, Caroline Rosenstone  Alexandra Katz, When I Tell Them, Educational Center for the Arts, Caroline Rosenstone  Adam Marans, Skull of a Bison, Educational Center for the Arts, Arnie Sabatelli  Maya Polan, The Blindness Below the Sun, Educational Center for the Arts, Arnie Sabatelli  Aviva Shen, Smoothies, Hopkins School, Ian Melchinger  Jane Youngberg, Piano Lessons, Wilburn Cross High School, Anne Townsend  Diana Filar, Wishing on Dandelions, Walcott High School, Jennifer Pelkey  |    NEW LONDON COUNTY PROSE Student, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 Evelyn Ansel, Tribute to Milwkee (And all Things Holy), FSHS, Jeri A. DeSantis  Alana Brawer, Out of Retirement, FSHS, Jeri A. DeSantis  Patrick Bumpus, The Depressed, Norwich Free Academy, Phil Marchessealt  Austin Daniels, Beowolf: The Epic Parody, Norwich Free Academy, William Deckrul  Emily Dykes, Dawn, Montville High School, Wendy Halsey  Laura Steel, My Addiction, The Williams School, Thomas Kelly  Jamison Whitney, Azreal’s Oak, Lyman Memorial High School, Diane Ayer  Erik Willett, The Path, Lyman Memorial High School, Diane Ayer Sourav Bhowmick, The New Oasis, East Lyme High School, James Buchan   WINDHAM COUNTY PROSEStudent, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 
              
                | Olivia Andert, Family Secrets, Woodstock Academy, Holly Singleton  Nicholas Creesta, Like a Horror Movie, Woodstock Academy, Jaime Lee Swiff  Magan Breault, Just Like My Mother, Killingly High School, Richard Martin  Anna E. Cordon, Ghosts, Arts at Capitol Theater, Lisa C. Taylor  Sarah DeLuca, Quote the Raven, Woodstock Academy, Donald A. Spaeth  Amber Marie Gilbert, Short: Simple Insanity, Woodstock Academy, Tracy Saroie  Hannah Kelley, A Twisted Tail, Woodstock Academy, Holly Singleton  Allison Kelly, Ceiling Tiles, Woodstock Academy, Jaime Lee Swiff  Scott Mullin, Pierce Pond, Woodstock Academy, Holly Singleton  Ieagen Rosendahl, Woodstock Academy, Jaime Lee Swiff  Chelsea Paige Love, Waiting, Arts of Capitol Theater, Lisa A. Taylor  Kylee Bergin, One Last Hope, Woodstock Academy, Jaime Lee Swiff  |    HARTFORD COUNTY POETRY Student, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 
              
                | Michael Doyle, When I was a Far, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Pamela Nomura  Nicole Lalime, Honoring the Human Condition, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Pamela Nomura  Jennifer Longworth, Sincerity, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Rafael Oses  Tonya Malinowski, House Fire, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Pamela Nomura  Angel Martinez, Failure to Communicate, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Pit Pinegar  Brigid Pasco, Prophecy, New Britain High School, Deborah Kess  Jessica Roth, Mycelium, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Pit Pinegar  Lauren Schwartzman, Open Heart, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Pamela Nomura  Kimberly Feelig, My Nana, Farmington High School, Susan Holcombe  Kelly Wilcox, Sand, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Rafael Osis  Kelly Bowen, Chernobyl, Greater Hartford Academy of the Arts, Christine Palm  |    TOLLAND COUNTY POETRY Student, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 
              
                | Cori Frankovich, The Woodsman, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind  Kayla Bisson, Involuntary Murder, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind  Kristina Hagelin, March of Mayhem, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind  Mercedes Howard, To the World, E.O. Smith, Jon Anderson  Laurie Jomaitus, She Says, Coventry High School, Wayne Schlegel  Beth Lewis, Escape, E. O. Smith, Jon Anderson  Claire Murtha-Paradis, Unexpected, Mansfield Middle School, Julie White  Meagan Sereby, The Test, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind  Deidre Shea, Mediocrity, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind  Grace Snyder, Avalon, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind  Sapphire Williams, The Angel, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind  Mara Dauphin, A Day in the Park, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind  Carolyn Freney, Sarcasm & Butter Popcorn for a Blocked Writer, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind  Molly LaFlesh, Black Ballpoint Anorexia, Rockville High School, Victoria Nordlind  |    LITCHFIELD COUNTY POETRYStudent, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 Samantha Atwood, My Eyes Rain, Wamogo Regional H.S., Stacy Jeanne Waller  Eliza Cowen, Just Friends, Salisbury Central School, Jeanine Coleman  Amanda Good, Feathers, Torrington High School, Mary McVerry  Brittany Hamzy, Back to You, Salisbury Central School, Jeanine Coleman  Jonathan Hortmann, (She) Camel Show, The Gunnery, Nicholas V. Benson  Barrie Richardson, The Woods, Salisbury Central School, Jeanine Coleman  Steven Schapp, Breakaway, Torrington High School, Mary McVerry  Kyle LaBonte, 3, Torrington High School, Mary McVerry  Michael Davis, The Table Boss, Taft School, Sarah Beasley  Kirsten Wyatt, Just for Me, Wamogo Regional H.S., Linda Regner Jasmine Ruiz, Beautiful in the Ugly, Torrington High School, Mary McVerry   FAIRFIELD COUNTY POETRYStudent, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 Ryan Anderson, Ornaments, Shelton High School, Carolyn FinleyCharlotte Cline, The Man Who Sits on the Bench, Greenwich High School, Ellen Johnsmeyer
 Ingrid Jacobsen, Storm, Darien High School, Elizabeth Rubin
 Amanda Kaufmann, Persisten Naivete, Staples High School, Stephen Rexford
 Melanie Lombardi, Firefly, Rogers Park Middle School, Joanne Tolles
 Brian Mayer, The Coffin, Hopkins, Katherine Maisano
 Hillary Rubin, The Crayon, Greenwich High School, Amanda Gallagher
 Kristen Shaw, Black & White, Shelton high School, Jennifer Macchia
 Paula Taing, Alone, Rogers Park Middle School, Joanne Tolles
 Nicole Varnazos, Your Woods, Newtown Middle School, Jennifer Sinai
 MIDDLESEX COUNTY POETRYStudent, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 Nick Bazzano, Catch, Old Saybrook Senior H.S., Jeanne ProctorJacqueline Klimas, Louise Cada, Old Saybrook Senior H.S., Jeanne Proctor
 Kayla Leslie, All At Once, Middletown High, Adrienne, Lovell
 Lindsey Martel, When is He Coming Home?, Old Saybrook Senior H.S., Susan Murphy
 Tom Russo, Time, Light and Place, Old Saybrook Senior H.S., Jeanne Proctor
 Jon Sykes, The Rock, Old Saybrook Senior H.S., Susan Murphy
 Brenna Weisslender, The Aged, Old Saybrook Senior H.S., Susan Murphy
 Carolyn Wilke, Autumn Leaves, Old Saybrook Senior H.S., Michael Harten
 Alexander Tremblay, What Are You, Middletown High, Adrienne Lovell
 NEW HAVEN COUNTY POETRYStudent, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 Jared Coffin, (P) article Bomb, Coffin Academy (Home School), Laura CoffinScott Aaronson, Haven-Hatched Timbal, Educational Center for the Arts, Carolyn Rosenstone
 Emsie Bartsch, Spin, Daniel Hond High School, Claire Sullivan
 Annie Bass, Mermaids, Educational Center for the Arts, Carolyn Rosenstone
 Alexandra Collins, She Understood, Cheshire High School, Dawn DeMeo
 Matt Fitzpatrick, I-95 South, Educational Center for the Arts, Carolyn Rosenstone
 Madeline Goldstein, A Fault in the Road, Hopkins School, Renee Harlow
 Lucien Harlow Dion, Carousel in Monmartre, Hopkins School, Christiane Jacox
 Jordan Quilty, Lessons, Platt High School, Dean Calutai
 Susan Pekaic, Mi Dae La Forza, Waterbury Arts Magnet School, Lory Park
 Kelly Sullivan, The Depths of the Sea, Chase Collegiate School, Mary Donnarumma Shernick
 Caitlin Thiede, Rearview Mirror, Cheshire High School, Taryn Chorney
 Carlissa Watts, Destined for Greatness, Cooperative Arts High School, Mindi Englart
 Amanda Debisschop, Tableau, Woodland Regional High School, Joan Krantz
 NEW LONDON COUNTY POETRYStudent, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 Stacee Hansen, Sponges, Lyman Memorial High School, Mrs. AyerRachael Hary, Shadow, Montville High School, Wendy Halsey
 Michelle Jones, Daddy's Little Girl, Norwich Free Academy
 Jaclynn Lewis, Ugly, Montville High School, Kelly A. Brooks
 Katherine McNair, Seasons, Griswold High School, Nadine Keane
 Bridget Morrissey, Sunday Mornings, The Williams School, Louis Gleich
 Alicia Murray, Accept Me, East Lyme High School, Pamela A. Nowak
 Scott Pires, Three Striker You're Out, Norwich Free Academy, Christopher W. J. Brown
 Alexandra Storm, Driveway, Lyme-Old Lyme High School, Charles Wolfe
 Ashley Acevedo, Isolation, Nowrich Free Academy, Christopher W. J. Brown
 Ryan O'Connell, Suppertime, Ledyard High School, Charles Ewers
 WINDHAM COUNTY POETRYStudent, Title of Work, School, Teacher
 Katy Allaire, Memories, Killingly High School, Richard MartinLuke Benjamin, Kav LeChain, Arts at Capitol Theater, Lisa C. Taylor
 Kala Farnham, My Idol, Woodstock Academy, Donald A. Spaeth
 Cecily J. Iturrino, O Rolling Waters, Woodstock Academy, Mark J. Chuoke
 Lydia Jones, Untitled, Arts of the Capitol Theater, Lisa C. Taylor
 Michelle A. Lakes, What Are Dreams, Woodstock Academy, Susan Marie Powers
 Hilary Osborn, Before, Arts of the Capitol Theater, Lisa C. Taylor
 Katie Paul, Darken Depths, Arts of the Capitol Theater, Lisa C. Taylor
 Elizabeth Powell, Living in Yesteryear, Ellis Technical High School, Earl A. Bradford, Jr.
 Alexandra Tifft, The Last day, Killingly High School, Richard Martin
 Jared White, Catch 22, Arts of the Capitol Theater, Lisa C. Taylor
 *Congratulations to all !!!* ANDY THIBAULTChairman
 
 
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