The WITS 25th Anniversary Young Writers Reading was held May 3, 2009, at Discovery Green Park in Houston. The reading featured a group of 80 talented young writers, grades pre-kindergarten – 12th, who were selected from the 20,000 students who participated in WITS classrooms, community centers, and hospital sites in the past school year. Winners were featured in our yearly anthology, Blooms, and received special gift bags and certificates of achievement. Congratulations once again to the following students:
| Yesi | Acosta |
| Kadijah | Adams |
| Jessica | Aguilar |
| Juan | Aguilar |
| Fariha | Ahmed |
| Joseph | Al-Ali |
| Linleigh | Alford |
| Jason | Amaya |
| Addison | Barrett |
| Jalen | Bell |
| Jakeline | Borja |
| Genesis | Caballero |
| Ariel | Callen |
| Miguel | Castillo |
| Maria Fernanda | Chavez |
| Catherine | Cocke |
| Alyssa | Cohen |
| Kirsten | Covington |
| Chesney | Devote |
| Nina | Diaz |
| Ramiro | Dominguez |
| Hanna | Doughtie |
| Jonathan | Downing |
| Abby | Eastman |
| Joshua | Fan |
| Fadila Hany | Farag |
| Alejandro | Flores |
| Kemberlly | Flores |
| Sydney | Gallant |
| Rita | Garcia |
| Ashley | Garza |
| Brie Elise | Glapion |
| Rudy | Gonzales |
| Ana Karen | González |
| Kara | Grandmaiter |
| Sarah | Haugland |
| Raymundo | Hernández |
| Bryce | Hollingsworth |
| Laura | Huang |
| Lorenzo | Jara |
| Eric | Jasso |
| Armon | Jones |
| Laila | Kaniche |
| Amelia | Kester |
| Maali | LaFrance |
| Cyrus | Lee |
| Elan | Leonard |
| Jainny | Leos |
| Israel | Ligon |
| Gan | Liu |
| Deonna | London |
| Angel | Lopez |
| Zoe | Lovelace |
| Adrian | Luna |
| Alec | Marmon |
| Ryann | Marquez |
| April | Martinez |
| Eduardo | Martinez |
| Matt | Melody |
| Philip | Mentz |
| Shanon | Merino |
| Maxwell | Metyko |
| Lorena | Montoya |
| John | Moore |
| Magdalena | Morales |
| Maria | Moreno |
| Alejandro | Noriega |
| Re’Yannah | Norton |
| Jacqueline | Orellana |
| Rebecca | Polasek |
| Osman | Quinteros |
| Connie | Romero |
| Jesus A. | Saenz |
| Bryan | Sanchez |
| Olivia | Schultz |
| Amy | Serratos |
| Ashley | Tavera |
| Daazmen | Thompson |
| Devon | Tibbs |
| Keyon | Tolbert |
| Marissa | Torres |
| Elizabeth | Tzul |
| Joel | Valdes |
| Carolina | Vasquez |
| Jennifer | Watts |
| Olivia | Wehrung |
| Sara | Wells |
| Imani | Wintz |
| Jaylan | Wright |
| Megan | Zelaya Ramos |