1. Michael Bernard, Jacob LaGesse, Gracie Morris, Lila Taylor
The Trafficking Crisis
The Globe, Clayton High School
Clayton, Missouri
2. Davis Bailey, Zach Gilstrap, Kobe Roseman
The Smoking Gun
The ReMarker, St. Marks School of Texas
Dallas, Texas
3. Cassidy Wang, Paige Morse
Vape Culture
The Harbinger, Algonquin Regional High School
Northborough, Massachusetts
4. Thomas Birmingham, Logan Crews, Jack Rintoul
A Sea of White
The Kirkwood Call, Kirkwood High School
Saint Louis, Missouri
5. Mary Barsoum, Bharadwaj Chirravuri, Madeline Kalmowitz, Vanita Patel, Natassja Singh
Almost every teenager has a smartphone – it has changed the way that we interact, communicate, and even feel, but at what cost?
Pilot’s Log, Hasbrouck Heights High School
Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey
HM. Elena Gilbertson Hall
Confronting History
Odyssey, Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia
HM. Emily Fey, Lizzie Kahle
Behind Bars
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
HM. Michelle Cheng, Thomas Patti, Carina Ramos
Deepening Disconnect
The Lion’s Roar, Newton South High School
Newton, Massachusetts
HM. Grace Snelling, Katie Snelling, Sara Stemmler, Lila Taylor
Show Me Green
The Globe, Clayton High School
Clayton, Missouri
HM. Elliott Hernandez Sebastian
EXODUS 98118
Cleveland Journal, Cleveland STEM High School
Seattle, Washington
1. Eva Chillura
A girl’s worst nightmare
Tribal Tribune, Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
2. Kelsey Carroll
5 years, 2 continents, 1 adventure
The Red Ledger, Lovejoy High School
Lucas, Texas
3. Neelam Bohra
From one home to another
ManestreamNews.com, McKinney High School
McKinney, Texas
4. Tanya Raghu
Finding value through pain
The Sidekick, Coppell High School
Coppell, Texas
5. Jackie Cameron, Natasha Thomas
Meet the Columbia Brew Crew
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
HM. Nicole Konopelko
Freshman finds her passion for speaking without words
The Booster Redux, Pittsburg High School
Pittsburg, Kansas
HM. Alexandra Bentzien, David Oks
Black Lives Matter
Tower, The Masters School
Dobbs Ferry, New York
HM. Arabella Saunders
Nicholson nurtures recovery through wilderness therapy
Nighthawk, First Flight High School
Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina
HM. Haley Havelock
Continuing on
Tribal Tribune, Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
HM. Kasey Harvey, Catie Reeves
Leaving Temple behind, Jones brothers blend in with Roehrig family
Wingspan, Liberty High School
Frisco, Texas
1. Khadija Abid
Body Image in Sports
The Campanile, Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California
2. Amanda Warren
Fantasy football in full swing
Eagle Edition, The Episcopal School of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
3. Hannah Ortega
Colt-hearted
The Red Ledger, Lovejoy High School
Lucas, Texas
4. Jacob Klionsky
What compels Redwood Surfers to chase the swell?
The Redwood Bark, Redwood High School
Larkspur, California
5. Amai Mims
Athletes rail against racial stereotypes
The Grizzly Growler, Spring Valley High School
Las Vegas, Nevada
HM. Meseret Carver
Swimsuit dress code causes controversy
The HUB, Davis Senior High School
Davis, California
HM. Maria Fletcher, Yue Shi, Nathan Seto, Ryan Strathern
Gray Area
Viking Sports Mag, Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California
HM. Lauren Katz
The Race to Success
West Side Story, Iowa City West High School
Iowa City, Iowa
HM. Adenike Falade
Teachers stand with Kaepernick
Silver Chips, Montgomery Blair High School
Silver Spring, Maryland
HM. Gabi Griffey
Out for the Season
Geneva Quarterly, Geneva School of Boerne
Boerne, Texas
1. Natalie Glick
Conservative students entitled to safe space, too
U-High Midway, University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Chicago, Illinois
2. Lauren Fischer, Anna Levine
Our proposal for new learning spaces
The Express, Blue Valley Northwest High school
Overland Park, Kansas
3. Kevin Han, Aimee Yan
Check your Christian privilege
The Lake, Standley Lake High School
Westminster, Colorado
4. Cooper Lockett
The danger with JUULs
Tribal Tribune, Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
5. Hannah Ortega
‘Famous last thoughts’
The Red Ledger, Lovejoy High School
Lucas, Texas
HM. Aidel Townsley
Modesty isn’t the issue when poor women need assistance
The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School
Los Angeles, California
HM. Staff
Where do we go from here?
The Oracle, The Archer School for Girls
Los Angeles, California
HM. Hannah Wilson
To Pee or Not to Pee
North Star, Francis Howell North High School
Saint Charles, Missouri
HM. Staff
Something’s Missing
tjTODAY, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology
Alexandria, Virginia
HM. Staff
You can come to the cookout, but you still can’t use the N-word
Cleveland Journal, Cleveland STEM High School
Seattle, Washington
1. Gabe Bryan
Speak Truth to Power Amid Sexual Abuse Claims
The Gator, Brimmer and May School
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
2. Isabella Ank
Allowing girls into Boy Scouts does more harm than good: How new rules reinforce age-old sexism
Pep O’ Plant, H.B. Plant High School
Tampa, Florida
3. Cassidy Delahunty
Blood in the water?
The Prospector, Prospect High School
Mt. Prospect, Illinois
4. Staff
After the flood: redefining what ‘normal’ means
The Review, St. John’s School
Houston, Texas
5. Jackson Hoy
A broken pipeline
The Budget, Lawrence High School
Lawrence, Kansas
HM. Maya Wernick
Why I walked out of our “walkout”
The Oracle, The Archer School for Girls
Los Angeles, California
HM. Sino Oulad Daoud
College Board stunts success
Eye of the Tiger, Roseville High School
Roseville, California
HM. Devorah Porter
What it means to be black
The Mirror, Van Nuys High School
Van Nuys, California
HM. Sarah Rogoz
Traumatic incidents cause internal doubts
The Omega, Downers Grove North High School
Downers Grove, Illinois
HM. Hannah Sween
Safety regulations called into question after Parkland shooting
Pony Express, Stillwater Area High School
Stillwater, Minnesota