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Writing Against Hunger

Each year, WSCAH invites young writers to raise their voices against hunger through poetry and essays. Writing Against Hunger empowers students to reflect on food justice, community, and equity—putting their creativity to work for change.

Submissions for Writing Against Hunger 2027 will open in Fall 2026.

Writing Against Hunger 2026

  • Read the winners & finalists
    Congratulations to our winners Lily Volpp, Angelina DeCasare, Nikhil Mehra, Emilia Epstein, Vivienne Azzopardi, Cameron Barr, and Anjali Patel. Finalists include Colby Gaspar, Lazlo Newelt, Isabella Passero, Yhonniel Rodriguez, William Outhwaite, Eli Prawer, Sara Ivanov, Brielle Bonugli, and Serena Siegel.
  • Panel Judges
    Huge thanks to our incredible panel judges Brenda Bunting, Henry Crawford, and Ashley Steves.
Student reading on the stage at ROCKS THE BLOCK

We are grateful to all of the incredible school and community partners who helped to get the word out about Writing Against Hunger:

Avenues of the World School
Baruch College
Briarcliff High School
Clarkstown High School North
Ethical Culture Fieldston School
Futures Ignite
Hewitt School
Horace Mann School
Hunger College High School
ICL Academy
Lycée Français de New York
Marymount School of New York
MS 334 The Anderson School
Newtown High School
Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest
Norwood Public School
PS 9
PS 84
PS 166
Queens High School for the Sciences (at York College)
Ramaz School
Ransom Everglades School
Ridgewood High School
Riverdale Country School
Rodeph Sholom School
Sarah Anderson
School in the Square
School in the Square High School
Sidwell Friends School
Stuyvesant High School
The Birch Wathen Lenox School
The Brearley School
The Calhoun School
The Center School (MS 243)
The Dwight School
The Studio School
The Trinity School
Tottenville High School
Trevor Day School

Special Thanks To Our Judges:
Brenda Bunting
Henry Crawford
Ashley Steves

PREVIOUS YEARS' WINNERS & FINALISTS

  • 2025 Winners & Finalists
    Winning submissions by Nisansi Abeyweera, Frank Lin, Lila Stempeck, Ana Hernandez, Chloe Deng, Julia Harris, and Isaiah Asher. Finalists include Cecilia Baptista, Charlotte Caplan, Zachary Cho, Rebecca Gingold, Pema Goldberg, Letizia Ilacqua, Sophie Sargsyan, Sophie Tong, Milo Uhrmacher, Isadora Costes-Munier, Adil Khan, Winston Krow, James Moon, Tara Prakash, Haily Lee, Keyana Orcel, and Rana Musleh.
  • 2024 Winners & Finalists
    Winning submissions by Hannah Adler, Kaycee Baker, Chloe Gibeon, Gabrielle Guzman, Paulina Milewska, Avril Wei, and Rana Musleh. Finalists include Leela Fleck, James Gettinger, Rose Posternak, Austin Ruan, and Jehee Nam.
  • 2023 Winners & Finalists
    Winning submissions by Louisa Rosenblatt, Noemie Rak, Sahil Gandhi, Bailey Randall, Sidney Meyer, Hermione Heckrich, Diya Mangaraj, Dahlia Devine Lief, and Josephine Crim. Finalists include Faris Lenahan, Alexandra Stillman, Ty Alejandro Loo, Hobbes Clateman, Lyla Turk, Lisa Vasant, and Mica (Micaela) Su.