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Meet Aryash Shyam, 14-year-old Indian-American who won $1,000 for a story set in 1776
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. Times of India World is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to India. The first report grouped here was at 14 Oct 2026, 22:20 UTC. The headline in use is “Meet Aryash Shyam, 14-year-old Indian-American who won $1,000 for a story set in 1776”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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Indian-American student Aryash Shyam, 14, has won a $1,000 national writing prize for his historical-fiction story set in a Philadelphia print shop on July 4, 1776. The Pennsylvania ninth-grader was among four middle-school winners of the 2026 John Estey Student Writing Competition.
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Meet Aryash Shyam, 14-year-old Indian-American who won $1,000 for a story set in 1776
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