Creative Writing students have won awards and been published in many journals and anthologies. Our primary goal in Creative Writing is to develop the voices and craft of writers and to build a community together that supports us all.

We also want celebrate Creative Writing students!

2025

“citrusine” by Zadie McGrath, class of 2026, published in The Basilisk Tree

“Seasalt” by Zadie McGrath, class of 2026, published in boats against the current.

“Legacy” by Chloe Schoenfeld, class of 2026, published in Elementia Magazine.

“Gastric Juice” and “Recalling The Smell of Laughter” by Kendall Snipper, class of 2026, published in Synchronized Chaos.

2024

“2100” by Oona Haskovec, class of 2025, a winning play at the 16th annual YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT. Performed at the Potrero Stage on Friday, May 24, 2024.

“My Note to the World” by Tiarri Washington, class of 2024, 2024 Narrative High School Writing Contest Finalist.

“The Fishbowl Theory” by Chloe Schoenfeld, class of 2026, published in Elementia 21.

“Part 1: Disregard the Man” by Gabriel Kang, class of 2028, published in Synchronized Chaos.

“Guardian” and “Through the Lanes” by Kassandra Aguilera, class of 2028, published in Synchronized Chaos.

“Will” by Riley Winters, class of 2028, published in Synchronized Chaos.

“Very Soon and in Pleasant Company” by Loki Nounou, class of 2028, published in Synchronized Chaos.

“Flag On Fire” by Alexi ZUzga, class of 2027, published in Hot Pot Magazine.

2023

“Fast Food” by Kendall Snipper, class of 2026, anthologized in American High School Poets: Out Like a Lamb.

Creative Youth Award from the Bay Area Creative Foundation 2023 awarded to Emilie Mayer, class of 2023

“Mold internal” and “Silver Pendant Boy” by Kendall Snipper, class of 2026, published in Teen Ink.

“A Girls Best Friend” by Chloe Schoenfeld, class of 2026, published in Teen Ink.

“we thought we weren’t”. by Zadie McGrath, class of 2026, published in Synchronized Chaos.

“Closet” and “She Doesn’t Know It, Yet” by Chloe Schoenfeld, class of 2026, published in Synchronized Chaos.

“On Decay” by Kendall Snipper, class of 2026, published in Synchronized Chaos.

“Hollow Mirrors” and “When you read this” by Gabriel Flores Benard, class of 2025, published in Synchronized Chaos.

“San Francisco” by Haze Fry, class of 2024, San Francisco Youth Anthology Issue 1 SPRING 2023.

“Dear Sun” by Raquel Silberman, class of 2025, San Francisco Youth Anthology Issue 1 SPRING 2023.

“Silver Pendant Boy” by Kendall Snipper, class of 2026, San Francisco Youth Anthology Issue 1 SPRING 2023.

2022

“Exhalations” by Zadie McGrath, class of 2026, published in Apprentice Writer.

“For Once” by Pascal Lockwood-Villa anthologized in American High School Poets “Inside of Me” Topical Anthology: Winter 2022

“My Body, the Sea/Mi Cuerpo, el Mar” by Raquel Silberman, class of 2025, published in Élan Literary Magazine.

2019

“What Online Chess Taught One Teen About Digital Life” by Hannah Duane, class of 2020, published in Wired Magazine.

“EXACTLY!” THEY SAID… A Festival of Short Stories by California Writers Brought Straight to the Stage
included the following Creative Writing students:
“Middle School Advice” by Kenzo Fukuda
Tess Horton, “Atop the SaltbackMountain”
Sofi Orkin, “Here’s a Theory Darling”
Stella Pfahler, “The Magnolia Man”
Charlotte Pocock, “Matter of the Heart and Mind”

2018

“How Cutting My Hair Short Helped Me Own My Power As A Teenage Girl” by Hannah Duane, class of 2020, published in Huffington Post

2018 Writopia Bay Area Teen Writing Awards awarded to the following Creative Writing students:
Jessica Schott-Rosenfield, Poetry
Sofi Orkin, Poetry (finalist)

National Amateur Poetry Competition: Lauren Faye (semi-finalist)

SFUSD Literary Arts Award Winners (2018)
High School Short Fiction
2nd Place Huckleberry Shelf, class of 2019
3rd Place Solange Baker, class of 2019
High School Non-Fiction
2nd Place Nadja Goldberg, class of 2021
Honorable Mention: Best Advice Nina Berggren, class of 2021
High School Poetry
1st Place Julieta Fuentes Roll, class of 2019
2nd Place Charlotte Pocock, class of 2019
3rd Place Xuan Ly, class of 2021

2017

2017 SFUSD Literary Arts Award Winners
High School Short Fiction
1st Place Julieta Fuentes Roll, class of 2019 — “Roadtrip”
2nd Place Emily Kozhina, class of 2020 — “Paper Thin”
3rd Place Harmony Johnson-Wicker, class of 2018 — “Do You Speak My Language” (tie)
High School Non-Fiction
1st Place Anna Geiger, class of 2018 — “Lone Tree”
1rd Place Lena Hartsough, class of 2019 — “I Want to Talk About…”
High School Poetry
3rd Place Charlotte Pocock, class of 2019 — “we (dont) dance here”
“spring mother tongue” Award: Kenzo Fukuda, class of 2020 — “Half & Half”
High School Dramatic Script
1st Place Solange Baker, class of 2019 — “Meanwhile in Heaven” (tie)

“Carla Morning” and “Oasis” by Rae Kim, class of 2020, published in Parentheses Journal.

2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers
Emma Berensein, class of 2017 — “Hooky” Gold Key Award for short story
Amina Aineb, class of 2017 — “Penny for Your Thoughts” Silver Key Award for short story
Emma Eisler, class of 2017 — “Where I Live at the Center of Everything” Silver Key Award for writing portfolio
Nina Berggren, class of 2020 — “Snowglobe” Silver Key Award for Poetry
Samantha Friedman, class of 2020 — “Dearest” published in Imagine, by the The America Library of Poetry

“Road Trip” by Stella Pfahler, class of 2019, published in Parallax Online

“Crumbs” by Kayne Belul, class of 2018, published in Page & Spine

2016

Thalia Rose, class of 2018 — “16” published in Barking Sycamores

2016 SFUSD Literary Arts Award Winners
High School Short Fiction
1st Place Emma Eisler, class of 2017
2nd Place Amina Aineb, class of 2017
3rd Place Emma Bernstein, class of 2017
High School Non-Fiction
1st Place Davis DuBose-Marler, class of 2017
High School Poetry
1st Place Angelica LaMarca, class of 2018 — “There Is a Wind Flit”
2nd Place Kayne Belul, class of 2018 — “135_3”

2014

“Roots” by Kayne Belul, class of 2018, published in Synchronized Chaos.

“A Love Letter to the Field” by Julieta Roll, class of 2019, published in weirderary.

“Inkwell” by Isaac Schott-Rosenfield, class of 2017, produced by Cutting Ball Theater.