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Meet Aryash Shyam, 14-year-old Indian-American who won $1,000 for a story set in 1776

Times of India - World · 15 October 2026 at 3:50 am

Meet Aryash Shyam, 14-year-old Indian-American who won $1,000 for a story set in 1776

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.

He has also earned recognition for projects involving space research, artificial intelligence and robotics.

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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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