The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards winners have been announced, and Governor’s students once again received plentiful accolades.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program is the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative high school students in the United States. Since 1923, the awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of creative teenagers. Work is judged on originality, technical skill, and emergence of a personal voice or vision. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. More than 330,000 original works were submitted by students across the count in 29 different categories of art and writing.
Writing Awards
Governor’s writing students received 19 awards. Of the 23 students who submitted written work to the competition, an impressive 12 received awards.
Gold Key award winners in writing are: Charlotte Collins ‘18 for her personal essay/memoir, Maeve Corbett ‘18 for her personal essay/memoir, Rachel Cheng ‘19 for her poetry, Collethea Lambert ’18 for her poetry, Eli Anderson-Song ’18 for his short story, and Kevin Cho ’18 for his short story.
Silver Key award winners in writing are: Charlotte Collins ’18 for her short story, Alondra Caceres ’18 for her poetry, Holly Zheng ’18 for her personal essay/memoir, Kyra Steck ’18 for her personal essay/memoir, Olivia Haouchine ’18 for her personal essay/memoir, and Bimba Carpenter ’21 for her personal essay/memoir.
Honorable Mention award winners in writing are: Collethea Lambert ’18 (3) for her poetry (2) and personal essay/memoir, Kyra Steck ’18 (2) for her short story and personal essay/memoir, Maeve Corbett ’18 for her poetry, Rose Robinson ’20 for her poetry, and Holly Zheng ’18 for her short story.
Art Awards
Governor’s student artists collected an extraordinary 59 awards this year made up of 12 Gold Keys, 15 Silver Keys, and 32 Honorable Mentions. Of the 64 students who submitted art to the competition, an impressive 41 received awards.
The Gold Key award winner in ceramics is Alexandra Sterchele ’18.
The Gold Key award winner in painting is Charlotte Collins ’18.
The Gold Key award winners in photography are: Claudia Solano ‘18 (photo portfolio), Britney Touchette ’18 (photo portfolio), Ken Minamoto ’18 (photo/mixed media), Sorieba Fofanah ’18, Rui Lin ’21, Foster Rose ’20, Abram Seigel ’19, Hayden Valas ’18, Tiger Wu ’20, and Kevin Zou ’18.
To view the complete list of art award winners, including Silver Key and Honorable Mention awards, please click here.
To view all of the award-winning art images, please click here.
Congratulations to all of our talented Scholastic Writing & Art Award winners on this tremendous honor.
Landing page images from left to right clockwise:
Leo Lin '21, Family Feast: Gold Key
Charlotte Collins '18, The Veiling: Gold Key
Alexandra Sterchele '18, Rosie's Child: Gold Key
Ken Minamoto '18, Line Study #3: Gold Key