Winner Submissions - Ink and Insight: Mental Health Writing Competition

What is Ink and Insight?

PEA is partnered with MedMind for an INTERNATIONAL mental health writing competition! Participants will have a variety of categories to select from including creative writing, a general research paper on disease, a medical solution proposal (theoretical), or a biography of someone with a disease or a doctor who’s worked with disease and furthered research including the history of it.

1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive a certificate, be published on our Instagram and website (winners; image + actual submission) and receive volunteer hours (10, 7, 5) respectively.

1st Place: Sophia Bush

Sophia Bush (at the time of submission) is a rising 8th grader at Lanier Middle School in Houston, Texas.

2nd Place: Annie Zhou

Annie Zhou (at the time of submission) is a rising Senior at Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions in Houston, Texas.

3rd Place: Kaitlyn Kou

Kaitlyn Kou (at the time of submission) is a rising Junior at West Ranch High School in Stevenson Ranch, California.

Top 2 Honorable Mentions:

Nidhi Veerendra - rising Sophomore - Downington, Pennsylvania

Jyeshtha Sharma - rising Junior - India