2021 Past Competitions
Nov 1 – Dec 16 2021
“The most miraculous part of my story is not me - it is the people who kept me from falling through the cracks, the people who saved my life.” – Richard Antoine White / I'm Possible
1st Place $6,000
Erica Birch
Tennessee, USA
Sing Me The Blues
2nd Place $3,000
Rima Fe
Virginia, USA
My Mother, a Thief
3rd Place $1,000
John Olawale
Nigeria
Ink Of Time
Finalists
Benjamin Chant
United Kingdom
Community Interest
Flora Wu
Connecticut, USA
Gratitude is the memory of love
Idonaba Zealous
Nigeria
The Elevation
Joseph Yoon
Connecticut, USA
This is Our Dance
Leshaune Williams
New Jersey, USA
Fountain to Success
My Linh Mac
Illinois, USA
The Show Must Go On
Nicole Au Yeung
Belgium
To the Road
Sara Conte
Netherlands
Away From Home
Travis Sherwood
New York, USA
Wèishénme
Sept 1 – Oct 16 2021
“When you win, you often lose, that's just a fact.” – Abraham Verghese / Cutting for Stone
2nd Place $3,000
John Olawale
Nigeria
Riches Within
Finalists
Agapē NowHere, Aasiya Sackey, Fatosh Olgacher, Maisy Crunden, Ryan Hutchins United Kingdom
Lose to Win
Benjamin Chant
United Kingdom
Spoiler Alert
Cindy Latin
New York, USA
Breath
Gracie Moses
Tennessee, USA
better than I found it
Katrina Keller
Missouri, USA
In the Land of Darkness, there was a Secret Garden
Lily Perry
Tennessee, USA
Enigma’s Ballad
Thena Beam
California, USA
Saved from Success
Whitney Proud
Pennsylvania, USA
Our Unlucky Skin
Zay Yar Lin
Myanmar
Unique Love
Jul 1 – Aug 16 2021
“When will there be a harvest for the world?” – The Isley Brothers
1st Place $6,000
Agapē Nowhere
United Kingdom
Sow a Harvest for the World
2nd Place $3,000
Muhammad Amdad Hossain
Bangladesh
War with The Environment
3rd Place $1,000
Haya Almhmoud
Syria
Floating Melodies
Finalists
Benjamin Chant
United Kingdom
Olympic
Cindy Latin
New York, USA
It’s Been Missing
Hari Lualhati
South Africa
We are all Connected
Kenny Lea-Wilson
Virginia, USA
the staying power of life experiences
Laura Ruoxi Yang
China
The Prison
Anniversary Celebration
May 1 – Jun 16 2021
“The hardest thing on earth is choosing what matters.” – Larry McMurtry
Anniversary Prize $10,000
Ann Phelps
North Carolina, USA
The Tower & The Well
1st Place $6,000
Muhammad Amdad Hossain
Bangladesh
Beginning of the Day
Finalists
Benjamin Chant
United Kingdom
Without Grumbling
Cindy Latin
New York, USA
Flyin’ Home
Clarissa Rubin
New York, USA
Evolution
Emma Ingalls, Annie Lee-Daly
Massachusetts, USA
Distance
Gabriel Chen, Felix Welsh, Faiz Matshah, Dmytro Pochkun | United Kingdom
my heart doesn't have the appetite
Henry Potts
United Kingdom
Intentional Solitude
HyunJin Seo
South Korea
Locked
Isaac Chan
Hong Kong
Gray
Jenn Bostic
Tennessee, USA
Try
Nicole Au Yeung
Belgium
The Brave Crane
Tiffany Thompson
New York, USA
Catch a New Beginning
Whitney Cheung
Hong Kong
Rosie and her friend
Mar 1 – Apr 16 2021
“Failure gave me an inner security that I had never attained by passing examinations. Failure taught me things about myself that I could have learned no other way.” – JK Rowling
1st Place $6,000
Zihao Wang
United Kingdom
Think Less
2nd Place $3,000
Luca Angioi
Italy
The Way we Fall
3rd Place $1,000
Sam Lavy
Israel
The Ship of Dreams
Finalists
Argjenta Beqiri
Germany
Dare to Fail
Benjamin Chant
United Kingdom
The Liar in Failure
Cindy Latin
New York, USA
By Now
Clarissa Rubin
New York, USA
Restoration
Gracie Moses
Tennessee, USA
not today
Hari Lualhati
South Africa
Essence of being Beautifully Broken
Jenn Bostic
Tennessee, USA
Brave Enough to Get Back Up
Jenny Youm
Germany
The Vessel of Butterflies
Keri Hui
Hong Kong
Failure Redefined
Jan 1 – Feb 16 2021
“Hope is the thing with feathers - That perches in the soul - And sings the tune without the words - And never stops at all.” – Emily Dickinson
2nd Place $3,000
Gracie Moses
Tennessee, USA
change will come
3rd Place $1,000
Zel Salazar
Illinois, USA
Paper Airplane
Finalists
Allison Beery
Virginia, USA
Seeing Beyond
Benjamin Chant
United Kingdom
Alexander the Defender
Cindy Latin
New York, USA
Summer in this City
Jenn Bostic
Tennessee, USA
Hope
Joy Chan Nian En
Singapore
Alone
Kelly Truong
Texas, USA
Hope and Mercy Save Us
Kenny Lea-Wilson
Virginia, USA
Believing in Hope
Lina Sarhani
Montreal, Canada
the filmmaker’s blues
Xin Ma
Maryland, USA
Cyrus’s Wish
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