Meet the Issue 106 Inspiring Teens !
Each vote helps fund scholarships and provide opportunities for teens across the country.
Over $210,000 in scholarships awarded.
Issue 104 Teens have started their campaigns to earn them additional scholarship dollars.
Top 3 Teens ... coming soon!
Top 3 updated daily by 7am est
Issue 104 Leaderboard
Levels unlock interviews, leadership pages, scholarship eligibility, and more!
See who’s building momentum toward the cover and scholarship.
Click any underlined name to read their featured interview on our blog.
Teens are grouped by level achieved and listed in the order they reached that level — not by vote count within the level or scholarship dollars earned.
Leaderboard gets updated every morning.
Last updated at 5:45 pm est on 10.6.2026
Scholarship Eligible
LEVEL 4 | 100-149 VOTES
Impact Leaders
LEVEL 2 | 25-49 VOTES
Ava Bruns - KS
McKinley White - TN
Cadence Hutcheson - TX
Rising Stars
LEVEL 1 | 10-24 VOTE
Kylin Blanck - MN
Grace Galan
Colston Kramer - CO
Addy Evans - TX
The teens below have also been nominated for Inspiring Teens Magazine Issue 106. If they're name is in YELLOW - they're on their way to the leaderboard!
Abbey Steele - ME
Abby Smith - GA
Alyna Lopez -
Breanna Drish - IA
Britton Stratton - TX
Camille Houston - GA
Emmalie Whitbeck - AL
Erin Sale - IL
Gayatri Yatam - TX
Gemma Wang - NY
Hannah Cunningham - OH
Izzy Phillips - KY
Jaiden Bloodworth - AL
Kadynn Pickett -GA
Kavya Kumar - VA
Kaylee Churchwell - GA
Kelly Glenn - CA
Manasvi Patwari - GA
Ryann Rafeek - TX
Sadie Springhetti - VA
Sara McBurnett - GA
Sophie Knoll - ME
Inspiring Teens Magazine has been publishing nationally for 10 years.
About This Issue:
Every vote you cast directly supports teen scholarships, magazine production, and our nonprofit partners.
The teens in Issue 104 are athletes, artists, scholars, and changemakers.
They are not waiting to lead. They are leading now.
Every teen featured here earned their spot — and every vote cast here means something real.
Each vote = $5 - supporting teen scholarships, magazine production, and youth leadership initiatives.
Your vote doesn't just move them up a leaderboard — it funds their education, validates their character in print, and gives them a credential that follows them into every college application, scholarship essay, and job interview for the rest of their lives.
Important Dates:
Winners will be announced on August 31.
The printed issue releases August 31, 2026.
Purchase links will be emailed to all featured participants and posted here once available.
Important Information:
The Icon teen with the most votes at the end of the contest will be featured on the cover and receive the big scholarship.
Scholarship eligibility: Teens must be ages 13–19 and reside in the USA.
