Previous Winners' Showcases

2024 Winners of Speech Arts & Drama Competition

First Place

Katie Buckley
Speech (Original: Persuasive) - Senior
The Dopamine Crisis by Katie Buckley

Julian Lee
Poetry - Junior
Caged Bird by Maya Angelou

Donna Mai
Dramatic Performance (Elizabethan & Jacobean) - Solo - Intermediate
Phoebe from "As you Like it" by William Shakespeare

Jasmine Masran
Dramatic Performance - Junior
Aladdin Jr. by Chad Beguelin

Noa Paster
Poetry - Intermediate
A Serious Poem by Noa Paster

Lyra Sales
Dramatic Performance & Prose - Senior
Charlotte's Web by E.B. White Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) Act 3 Scene 9 by Ann-Marie MacDonald

Addison Steen
Dramatic Performance (Elizabethan & Jacobean) - Solo - Intermediate
The Taming of the Shrew Act IV Scene 3 by William Shakespeare

Emma Trahan
Speech (Original: Persuasive) - Senior
Medical Misogyny & Endometriosis by Emma Trahan

Alissa Xu
Prose - Senior
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Martin Zou
Poetry - Intermediate
Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf by Roald Dahl

Second Place

Yoyo Bu
Dramatic Performance (Elizabethan & Jacobean) - Solo - Senior
Juliet from Romeo and Juliet Act 4 Scene 3 by William Shakespeare Performed: Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Austin Buckley
Speech (Original: Informative or Demonstrative) - Senior
Cyberwarfare: Our New Reality by Austin Buckley

Xinyou Chen
Speech (Original: Persuasive) - Senior
Returning Cultural Artifacts by Xinyou Chen

Winston Huang
Prose - Intermediate
The Three Little Pigs by James Finn Garner

Jia Kim
Speech (Original: Persuasive) - Senior
The Hidden Truths Behind the Model Minority by Jia Kim

Bonnie Li
Dramatic Performance (Elizabethan & Jacobean) - Solo - Senior
Romeo and Juliet Act IV Scene 3 by William Shakespeare

Marina Liu
Speech (Original: Entertaining) - Intermediate
Paper Shoes by Marina Liu

Henry Liu
Speech (Original: Persuasive) - Senior
Music Therapy by Henry Liu

Koko Luo
Prose - Primary
Click Clack MOO: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin

Nikki Zheng
Prose - Senior
The Hours by Michael Cunningham

Third Place

Angel Adeyemi
Speech (Original: Informative or Demonstrative) - Intermediate
Colourism: How does the lack of diversity affect the world? by Angel Adeyemi

Abigail Chan
Poetry - Senior
Dealing with Change by Krishna

Yinuo Chen
Prose - Senior
The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant

Defne Dicleli
Speech (Original: Informative or Demonstrative) - Junior
Ocean Pollution by Defne Dicleli

Kobe Luo
Prose - Intermediate
The Park by Olive Dehn Performed: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner

Riley Masran
Poetry - Intermediate
The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost

Steffi Sandhu
Speech (Original: Persuasive) - Intermediate
Why It Isn't Always Beneficial to Help Your Friends by Steffi Sandhu

Oliver Wang
Prose - Junior
Yuck, A Love Story by Don Gillmor

Sarah Wuebbolt
Prose - Senior
Chicken Little by James Garner

Sabrina Xu
Dramatic Performance - Duologue - Intermediate
Performed: You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner

Jessica Xu
Prose - Junior
Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis

Jeremy Zhang
Dramatic Performance (Elizabethan & Jacobean) - Solo - Senior
Henry IV, Part 1 by William Shakespeare