The annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards winners have been announced and forty Governor’s students won a total of fifty seven art and writing awards.
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 twenty nine different categories of art and writing.
Art Awards
Twenty three Governor’s art students won a total of thirty awards this year. Award winners won: eight Gold Keys, six Silver Keys, and sixteen Honorable Mentions. Four of these awards were for portfolio work, which is considered the most advanced level of art in the competition.
To view the award-winning artwork, please click here.
Gold Key Winners
Dan Flynn '19 - Photography Portfolio
Danielle Aftandilian '20 - Photography
Colin Bourque '21 - Photography
Maria Carpenter '21 - Architecture & Industrial Design
Maria Carpenter '21 - Sculpture
Leo Lin '21 - Ceramics
Melina Robertson '20 - Ceramics
Nancy Xie '19 - Mixed Media
Silver Key Winners
Billy Marella '19 - Photography Portfolio
Scott Burnham '20 - Photography
Parker Deptula '19 - Photography
Anqi Feng '20 - Drawing
Jack Gilbert '21 - Photography
William Nekoroski '20 - Ceramics
Honorable Mentions
Parker Deptula '19 - Photography Portfolio
Amy Liu '19 - Photography Portfolio
Rose Anderson '19 - Drawing
Ned Campbell '21 - Photography
Maria Carpenter '21 - Fashion
Maria Carpenter '21 - Architecture & Industrial Design
Albert Cha '19 - Photography
Leo Lin '21 - Ceramics
Leo Lin '21 - Photography
Leo Lin '21 - Photography
Jacob Nissenbaum '21 - Printmaking
Adeliza Rosario '20 - Ceramics
Haodi Shi '19 - Photography
June Stevens '20 - Drawing
Alex Taylor '19 - Drawing
Tiger Wu '20 – Photography
Writing
Seventeen Governors students garnered twenty seven total awards from a pool of over 12,000 submissions. Award winners won: six Gold Keys, eleven Silver Keys, and ten Honorable Mentions.
Gold Key Winners
Maria Carpenter '21 - Critical Essay “The Rohingya Genocide”
Maria Carpenter '21 - Critical Essay “The Best Laid Plans”
Maria Carpenter '21 - Poetry “Corazon Como Un Guisante, Amor Com”
Rachel Cheng '19 - Poetry “Father, I hate you or do I not?”
Jiarong Li '22 - Personal Essay/Memoir “Pushing Forward, Pulling Back”
Annabelle Svahn '20 - Short Story “Maryport”
Silver Key Winners
Arif Aziz '19 - Personal Essay/Memoir “What Did It Cost, Congkak Boy?”
Makayla Boucher '19 - Poetry “Good Times”
Maria Carpenter '21 - Critical Essay “Climate Change: The Devastating Impact of Melting Glaciers”
Maria Carpenter '21 - Critical Essay “Shall We Let the Grass Grow: Legalizing Medical Marijuana on a National Level”
Maria Carpenter '21 - Critical Essay “Mum Protects, Dad Neglects”
Alex DiBlasi '19 - Journalism “King of Horror”
Sarah Griffin '20 - Poetry “Blanketed Thoughts”
Anuvind Iyer '19 - Short Story “By the Candle Light”
Billy Marella '19 - Personal Essay/Memoir “She Smelled Like Cigarettes”
Rosangela Mejia '21 - Personal Essay/Memoir “If I Stay”
Catherine Wilson '19 - Short Story “Oxymoron”
Honorable Mention
Maria Carpenter '21 - “Warriors Don't Cry: Invoking Religion to Support Actions”
Maria Carpenter '21 - Critical Essay “A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage: The Role of Beer in Civilization”
Rachel Cheng '19 - Poetry “Suffocated”
Rachel Cheng '19 - Poetry “Restorils”
Leo Lin '21 - Critical Essay “Human Rights in the Era of Internet”
Selina Liu '22 - Science Fiction/Fantasy “Elegy of Autumn”
Eliana Mlawski '22 - Poetry “Remember”
Kathryn Resnick '20 - Humor “Gunz 4 Kidz”
Annabelle Svahn '20 - Poetry “Seven Year Itch”
Weizhi (Will) Zhao '19 - Personal Essay/Memoir “The Long-Awaited Hug”
Congratulations to these very talented award winners!
Cover image: Nancy Zie '21