Four students, Jack Forrest, Sophia Moon, Ben Peters, and Gracie Plikuhn were awarded Gold Keys. Gold Key winners will automatically advance to the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards and will be included in the regional anthology. Winners will also be recognized in a ceremony either in person or virtually; details will be forthcoming.

 

Each work of art and writing is blindly adjudicated, first locally through the more than 100 affiliates of the Alliance, and then nationally by panels of judges comprised of renowned artists, authors, educators, and industry experts. Works are judged on originality, technical skill, and the emergence of personal vision or voice.

 

Since 1923, the Awards have recognized some of America’s most celebrated artists and writers while they were teenagers, including Tschabalala Self, Stephen King, Kay WalkingStick, Charles White, Joyce Carol Oates, and Andy Warhol. 

 

Student Name	Grade	Award	Category	Title	Teacher
Jack Forrest	10	Gold Key	Flash Fiction	Shadow Boxer Today	Casey Tedrow
Sophia Moon	10	Gold Key	Personal Essay & Memoir	Tomorrow, and My Grandma	Casey Tedrow
Ben Peters	10	Gold Key	Short Story	Spoons	Casey Tedrow
Gracie Plikuhn	10	Gold Key	Personal Essay & Memoir	The Eagle	Casey Tedrow
Levi Farmer	10	Silver Key	Personal Essay & Memoir	From Start to Finish	Casey Tedrow
Rachel Ingle	10	Silver Key	Personal Essay & Memoir	Swimming through the Pandemic	Casey Tedrow
Ashley Mitchell	10	Silver Key	Journalism	The Unseen Sides of the Pandemic	Casey Tedrow
Finnegan Nowacki	10	Silver Key	Critical Essay	The Argument for Universal Health Care Reform	Casey Tedrow
Joseph Simpson	10	Silver Key	Novel	Golden Heart Days	Casey Tedrow
Emma Wheatley	10	Silver Key	Personal Essay & Memoir	Realization	Casey Tedrow
Ginger Miller	12	Honorable Mention	Poem	Milk and Honey Mother	Lesley McDougal
Stephen Burns	10	Honorable Mention	Short Story	Red Alert	Casey Tedrow
Suhani Desai	10	Honorable Mention	Personal Essay & Memoir	My Battle Through My Skin	Casey Tedrow
Grant Embrey	10	Honorable Mention	Critical Essay	The Future of Technology: Virtual Reality	Casey Tedrow
Genevieve Konijisky	10	Honorable Mention	Poetry	Hazy Sunday Afternoon	Casey Tedrow
Brendon Miller	10	Honorable Mention	Flash Fiction	What She Wants Is for Me to Write	Casey Tedrow
Walker Milhoff	10	Honorable Mention	Critical Essay	The Case for Reform	Casey Tedrow
Alex Parsetich	10	Honorable Mention	Flash Fiction	Big Drops	Casey Tedrow
Rahber Syeda	10	Honorable Mention	Short Story	Scream	Casey Tedrow