Contest Winners


The winner of the Writing Games Contest won an all expense paid trip for 2 to Los Angeles to the red carpet premiere of the Hunger Games, a two night stay at the Warner Center Marriott and 2 plane tickets!


  1. First Place: Sabrina Civale a 9th grade student at New Mexico School for the Arts. Click to read her essay.
  2. Second Place: Tatyana Stavrowsky: 9th grade, New Mexico School for the Arts (she is the alternate for the trip to LA, she also wins a Hunger Games t-shirt and pendant and 2 free tickets to the premiere here in Santa Fe). Click to read her essay.
  3. Third Place: Acacia Burnham: 6th grade, Turquoise Trail (Acacia wins a Hunger Games t-shirt and pendant and 2 free tickets to the premiere here in Santa Fe). Click to read her essay.


Runner-Up Winners (also win two free tickets to the Santa Fe Premiere of the Hunger Games)

  1. Ruby Lopez: DeVargas, 8th Grade
  2. Sophie Colson: Eldorado, 6th grade
  3. Finnley Stephen: ATC, 8th grade
  4. Willow McDonald Meier: Eldorado, 6th grade
  5. Shayla Brooks: Santa Fe High School, 10th grade
  6. Ella Rappaport: ATC, 8th grade