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Essay Contest Past Winners

2022 “If I Were Mayor” Essay Contest winners

Statewide winner: Charlotte Lieu of Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School in Falls Church
Region 1: Olivia Wyatt of Northwood Middle School in Saltville
Region 2: Jordin Hernández Machuca of Martinsville Middle School in Martinsville
Region 3: Elizabeth Loring of Sacred Heart Academy in Winchester
Region 4: Kailey Krotzer of Kenston Forest School in Blackstone
Region 5: Rose Weatherly of Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School in Falls Church
Region 6: Hayley Lumpkin of Culpeper Middle School in Culpeper
Region 8: Sophia Buckley of Hugo A. Owens Middle School in Chesapeake

*Note – VML did not receive any entries from Region 7 this year.

Read the 2022 Winning Essays >


2021 “If I Were Mayor” Essay Contest winners

Statewide Winner (Region 8): Laila Beck-Covington of the Spratley Gifted Center in Hampton
Region 2: Marjorie Davis of Martinsville Middle School in Martinsville
Region 5: Claire Weatherly of Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School in Falls Church
Region 6: Matthew Ezrre of Culpeper Middle in Culpeper
Region 7: Erin Moore of Liberty Middle School in Ashland
Region 8: Dallas Barringer of Montross Middle School in Montross

Read the 2021 Winning Essays >

Note: Regions 1, 3 and 4 did not participate this year.


2020 “If I Were Mayor” Essay Contest winners

Statewide Winner: Preston Lieu of Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School in Falls Church
Region 1: Josiah Krumtum of Virginia Middle School in Bristol
Region 2: Ava Grant of Martinsville Middle School in Martinsville
Region 3: Caity Campbell of Shelburne Middle School in Staunton
Region 4: Katelyn Prue of Central Middle School in Charlotte Court House
Region 5: Samantha Grooms of Mary Ellen Henderson Middle School in Falls Church
Region 6: Elle Crosley of Culpeper Middle School in Culpeper
Region 7: Amya Seaborne of Saint Joseph Catholic School in Petersburg
Region 8: David Davenport of John Yeates Middle School in Suffolk

Read the 2020 winning essays >


2019 “If I Were Mayor” Essay Contest winners

Statewide winner: Maci Mitchell of Hamilton Holmes Middle School in King William
Region 1: Virginia Elizabeth Stockner of E.B. Stanley Middle School in Abingdon
Region 2: Maria Angle of Clifton Middle School in Covington
Region 3: Kaitlyn Hull of Kate Collins Middle School in Waynesboro
Region 4: Sadie Henshaw of Kenston Forest Middle School in Blackstone
Region 5: Lily Konopka of Ronald Regan Middle School in Haymarket
Region 6: Haylee Burnett of Auburn Middle School in Warrenton
Region 7: Samera Blowe of James S. Russell Middle School in Lawrenceville
Region 8: Luz Pinto Consuelo of Academy for Discovery at Lakewood in Norfolk

Read the 2019 winning essays.


2018 “If I Were Mayor” Essay Contest winners

Statewide winner: Jalia Hardy of Binford Middle School in Richmond (also Region 7 winner)
Region 1: Bryleigh Middleton of Pennington Middle School in Pennington Gap
Region 2: Kaydence Addison of Dalton Intermediate School in Radford
Region 3: Will Schwantes of Daniel Morgan Middle School in Winchester
Region 4: Catherine Selfridge of Buckingham Middle School in Buckingham
Region 5: Gideon DeMarco of Lanier Middle School in Fairfax
Region 6: Maeve Myers of Louisa County Middle School in Mineral
Region 8: Tina Li of the Academy for Discovery at Lakewood in Norfolk

Read the 2018 winning essays.


2017 “If I Were Mayor” Essay Contest winners

Statewide winner: Jerry (Trey) N. Mitchell III of Lawrenceville
Region 1: Dillon McReynolds of Abingdon
Region 2: Andrew Middleton of Covington
Region 3: Sadie Dryden of Buena Vista
Region 4: Skyla Rain of South Boston
Region 5: Liv Scappa of Falls Church
Region 6: Maha Laiq of Warrenton
Region 7: Jerry (Trey) N. Mitchell III of Lawrenceville (statewide winner)
Region 8: Terrence Massenburg of Portsmouth

Read the 2017 winning essays. 


2016 “If I Were Mayor” Essay Contest winners

Region 1: Sumer Grace Lloyd of Bristol
Region 2: Simran Kaur Gill of Salem
Region 3: Lily McClung of Fishersville (statewide winner)
Region 4: Grace Coover of Petersburg
Region 5: Evan Lankford of Falls Church
Region 6: Brynley Meadows of Culpeper
Region 7: Alexander Elstun of Chesterfield County
Region 8: Alyssa Levy of King William County

Read the 2016 wining essays.


2015 “If I Were Mayor” Essay Contest winners

Region 1:  Bailey Nash of Lee County
Region 2:  Kendryek Wheeler of Roanoke
Region 3:  Macalister Gordon of Winchester
Region 4:  Garrett Love of Buckingham County
Region 5:  Logan Kurtz of Manassas Park
Region 6:  Adele Masson of Culpeper
Region 7:  Na’Seem Hopson of Hopewell (statewide winner)
Region 8:  Sophie Freiling of Williamsburg

Read the 2015 winning essays.

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