Nominations

Nicole Wich – Artistic Excellence and Leadership in Dance

My name is Nicole Wich, and I am a student at Passaic County Technical Institute in the Class of 2019. I am a member of

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BrieAnna Serafin – Artistic Excellence and Leadership in Dance

BrieAnna Serafin is a Senior dance major at OCVTS Performing Arts Academy in Lakehurst, NJ. There she trains in ballet, modern, and jazz, as well

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Jacob Moskovitz – New Jersey Young Playwrights Festival

Jacob Moskovitz’s plays include n​ew variables, high shores, ​and ​a play on words. ​He has cowritten​ Apt. 14(won 1st place at NJ Thespian Festival)​, Maelstrom,

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Annie Li – New Jersey Youth Poet Laureate- Central

Annie Li is a senior at Montgomery High School in Skillman, New Jersey. In 2016, she received a Gold Medal in Digital Art from the

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Vivian Lu – New Jersey Youth Poet Laureate- South

Vivian Lu is a junior at Cherry Hill High School East in Cherry Hill, NJ. Her work has been recognized by the Scholastic Art &

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Samantha Parelli – Jersey Shorts Prose Contest

Samantha Parelli is a ninth grader at Newark Academy. She enjoys reading, writing, debate, and math. She writes in many different genres, but has a

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Donovan Kazakoff – Chapter Select Play

Donovan Kazakoff is a Senior at Hopewell Valley Central HS. Beyond playing Hal Carter in Picnic, Donovan has also played Joe Hardy in Damn Yankees,

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Madeleine Song – Writing Contest Gold Medal

Madeleine Song is a member of the class of 2019 at Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest (NVD). Madeleine is the 2017 Publicity Chair and

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Kierstyn Edore – Student Award for Artistic Excellence and Leadership in Dance

Kierstyn Edore is originally from Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey, and has had a love for dance since the age of two. She attended high school

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Caelan Cardello – New Jersey All-State Jazz Ensemble

My name is Caelan Cardello and I am a senior at Teaneck High School, class of 2018. Among my academic achievements these past 4 years,

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