Name: Caroline Betz
Age: 15
School: Oconee County High School
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Accomplishments: Caroline placed first in two contests for Oconee County High School's literary magazine Ampersand with the pieces "You're Beautiful" and "Internal Revelations." She also won first place in both Oconee County and the Northeast Georgia Regional Educational Service Agency's Young Authors' Writing Competition in 2010.
Key to Awesomeness: Caroline is quoted as saying, "I am inspired by creating and performing for people and seeing them respond to my work." She has played guitar and sang at Hendershots Coffee Shop, Barnes and Noble, and the variety show. She she enjoys singing at church as well. "The writing that I do works at school and translates to my music," she said. "It is a positive way to get my thoughts and emotions out."