Fall Creative Challenge Winners

The ELA Honor Society is proud to announce that the winners of the 2025 Fall Blackout Poetry Writing & Performance Creative Challenge are Elise Van Hal and Martina Calvosa from Balboa Academy, Panama, and Zachary Davis from Sagemont Preparatory School, Florida!

Left photo: Elise (white polo) and Martina (blue polo) with their Chapter Advisors and principal. Right photo: Zachary with his Chapter Advisor and principal.

The evaluation team was highly impressed with Elise’s, Martina’s, and Zachary’s blackout poems and performances. Read their poems and see their performances here:

Help Me by Elise Van Hal

A Quiet Voice, A Loud Mind by Martina Calvosa

Islamic Liberation by Zachary Davis

Find out more about our upcoming winter Character Trading Card Challenge and apply between December 8, 2025, and January 12, 2026.


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