Each of these illustrations is based on the first place story, which you can read here.
First Place—Joanne Jeon
Joanne lives in Suwanee, Georgia, and attends North Gwinnett Middle. She enjoys reading, writing, swimming, math, and playing the violin. She thinks deeply and thoroughly. She is interested in human rights and aspires to provide basic human rights and educational opportunities to others in the future.
Second Place—Irene Ho
Irene Ho lives in Houston, Texas, and enjoys reading, writing, drawing, and swimming. She loves to learn new things and skills as much as she can and has recently enjoyed watching and helping her sister bake. Art has been her hobby since she was 5, and she tirelessly tests out new ideas.
Third Place—Nkenna Ozoho
Nkenna Uzoho is from Kennesaw, Georgia. He loves to draw, read, write, and play video games. His favorite book is Wonder and his favorite quote from the book is, “When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.”