Seeking Sanctuary by Jaliyah Armstead, North Lawndale College Prep

Pilsen by Andres Aurelio, Lincoln Park High School

This I Believe by Nora Cheng, Latin School of Chicago

Children of the Holocaust by Aaron Gallegos and Allison Krolopp, Glenbrook South High School

Skootrz by Aaron Gallegos, Glenbrook South High School

My Beautiful World by Sammy Gerstein, Highland Park High School

My Body by Kianna Goss, Westinghouse College Prep

Sequential by Teddy Holcomb, Jones College Prep

The MisEducatioN of Gen Z by Iverson Jenkins, DRW College Prep

Placid by Tomás Linquist, University of Chicago Lab Schools

Robotito by Quetzali Lopez, Fenwick High School

My Lucky Day by Brendan Myers, Latin School of Chicago

Ipseity by Salvador Salazar, Jones College Prep

Monogamy by Kayla Sullers, South Shore International College Prep

Silence of War by Kayla Sullers, South Shore International College Prep