Congratulations to the 2022 Holocaust Creative Arts Competition Award Winners

Our REMEMBER Program's Holocaust Creative Arts & Writing Competition received many entries from high school students across the Greater Charleston area. This year's theme was "Turning Memory to Strength". The 2022 winners will receive cash prizes thanks to the generous support of Homegrown Hospitality Group. Thank you to Sandra Brett for her leadership of this important program and to all of the community members who judge the competition.

First place

David Bounds, Sophomore - Summerville High School

Second place tie

Martha Comer, Junior - Summerville High School

Jackson Clapp, Sophomore - Summerville High School

Honorable mentions

Isaac Cinnamon, Junior - Summerville High School

James Swing, Freshman - Summerville High School

Ella Fritz, Junior - Charleston County School of the Arts

Thank you to these teachers and schools who supported their students in participating

Tarah Meyer - Summerville Hiigh School - DD2

Francis Hammes - Charleston County School of the Arts - CCSD

John Cullinen - Cross Schools - SCISA

5 - 8 grade: Maxwell Holmann from Cross Schools in Bluffton

9 - 11 grade: Tui Xan Tin from Charleston School of the Arts High School

12th grade: Emma Cesari from Summerville High School

Sara Lebowitz, a student at Summerville High School, won 2nd place in the high school prose category. You can read her piece A Woman of Valor.