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By Jordan Naseem 10th grade, Liberty High School, MO With lines from “Gig Workers Are Being Stabbed, Beaten, and Abused in India” by Varsa Bansal, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Content warning: This poem contains violence drawn from the news story to which it responds. Clicks as I turn the

By Francisco Sarmiento-Fernandez 7th grade, Greene Street Friends School, PA Honorable mention Con frases de “Until We Are Gone” por Sofia Aldinio, un proyecto de periodismo apoyado por el Pulitzer Center *Click here to read an English-language translation of this poem. ¿Te acuerdas las palmas

By Ares Bandebo-Cambra 5th grade, Old Greenwich School, CT With lines from "The Mining Industry’s Next Frontier is Deep, Deep Under the Sea" by Vince Beiser, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Further frontiers open under the sea. A frantic knocking, humans’ bequest; Large nodules are answers to

By Beatrix Stone 11th grade, Strathcona High School, Edmonton, Canada With lines from “‘It’s Not for the Faint-hearted’: The Story of India’s Intrepid Women Seaweed Divers” by Kamala Thiagarajan, a Pulitzer Center reporting project What was mere water now hope, Washing bright colours clean of pain

By Daniel Yim 12th grade, Bellarmine College Preparatory, CA Third place contest winner With lines from “The President, the Soccer Hooligans and an Underworld ‘House of Horrors’” by Robert Worth, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Content warning: This poem contains some violent imagery and

By Sofia Celli 6th grade, Village School, MA Honorable mention With lines from “In a Famed Game Park Near the Foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, the Animals Are Giving Up” by Georgina Gustin and Larry C. Price, a Pulitzer Center reporting project there is nothing left no plants no mud no leaves on the worn

O Fundo Semear é uma microbolsa oferecida pelo Pulitzer Center, aplicada à projetos de educação, para financiar atividades que enriqueçam as perspectivas e os conhecimentos da comunidade universitária—especificamente estudantes e educadores—sobre os problemas, soluções e inovações relacionadas com o

By Claire He 11th grade, Carmel High School, IN With lines from "‘Ticking Ecological Time Bombs’: Thousands of Sunken WWII Ships Rusting at Bottom of Pacific" by Thomas Heaton, a Pulitzer Center reporting project the graveyard juts like her ribcage from the seabed. drowned, it carries ghosts both

This letter features reporting from "Jordan Seeks to Become an Oasis of Water-Saving Technology" by Amy Maxmen and Neil Brandvold, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Your Excellency the Minister of Water and Irrigation Dr. Raed al-Saoud, Taking action to address our water crisis in Jordan is no

This letter features reporting from "Rough Roads: The Exploitation of Filipino Truck Drivers in Europe" by Ana P. Santos, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Dear Councilmember Crystal Hudson, The United States federal mandate requires that employees cannot work over 40 hours a week without

This letter features reporting from "As World’s Deltas Sink, Rising Seas Are Far from Only Culprit" by Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar and "The Long, Slow Drowning of the New Jersey Shore" by Andrew Lewis, Pulitzer Center reporting projects Dear Mrs. Coleman, My name is Charmi Prajapati and I’m a sophomore

This letter features reporting from "Kashmir’s Tribal Women Suffer Very Poor Menstrual Health. What’s To Blame?" by Shefali Rafiq and Saqib Mugloo, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Dear Representative Eleanor Holmes Norton, Period poverty is the lack of access to menstrual education and hygiene

This letter features reporting from "How AI-Powered Tech Landed Man in Jail with Scant Evidence" by Garance Burke, Juliet Linderman, Martha Mendoza, and Michael Tarm, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Greetings, Councilmember Hillis, I am writing this email today to discuss the utilization of

This letter features reporting from “South Dakota’s History of Indigenous Erasure in Education” by Jordan Rusche Dear Tasha Kama, The erasure of cultural identities, values and traditions is seen all over the world, though it was an especially rampant issue in the history of the United States. Most

This letter features reporting from “The Kids Are Having Sex and They Are Not OK" by Ana P. Santos, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Dear State Health Officer Dr. Daniel Edney, A global lack in comprehensive sexuality education curriculums is directly leading to sexual and physical abuse, teen

This letter features reporting from "Why Deadly Abortions Keep Killing Women in Pakistan" by Betsy Joles, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Dear Chairman Mendelson, I’m writing to you amid a globally dark era for reproductive rights, one defined by an egregious level of government interference

This letter features reporting from “Abortion Is Considered Basic Health Care in Mexico City. Its Clinics Are Open to U.S. Women.” by Greta Díaz González Vázquez and Alexa Ura, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Dear Honorable United States Representative Janis Schakowsky, My name is Allison K, and

This letter features reporting from “A Texas County Wants To Punish Polluters. The State Won’t Let It” by David Leffler and Savanna Strott, a Pulitzer Center reporting project Dear Congressman-elect Daniel Goldman, I am writing to you today to bring your awareness to a pressing issue in my community