This year 30 NA students across 5 grades earned 77 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in the following categories: critical essay, flash fiction, humor, personal essay/memoir, poetry, scriptwriting, short story and senior writing portfolio. Congratulations to the following students:
HONORABLE MENTION distinction, which shows “tremendous creative promise and places the student in the top 10 – 15% of the Northeast US region,” was awarded to: Zoe Ades ’18 (2 Poetry), Tiffany Agkpo ’21 (Poetry), Mark Berger ’17 (Poetry), Young Se Choi ’18 (Flash Fiction, Humor), Kiran Damodaran ’17 (Senior Writing Portfolio, 4 Poetry, Personal Essay/Memoir), Ruthie Gu ’21 (Poetry), E.H. Lebovitz ’18 (Poetry), Alan Lin ’19 (poetry, Luca Moretti ’20 (Personal Essay/Memoir), Olivia Mudrick ’20 (Poetry), Nikita Narayanan ’21 (Personal Essay/Memoir), Boluwatife Oshuntolu ’21 (Personal Essay/Memoir), Aasha Parameshwar ’20 (Poetry & Personal Essay/Memoir), Anne Ruble ’17 (2 Poetry), Ava Sharahy ’20 (2 Poetry, 3 Flash Fiction), Lance Tan ’17 (Personal Essay/Memoir), Emily Tang ’21 (Short Story), Siddarth Tumu ’18 (Short Story), Magnolia Wang ‘19 (Poetry), Betsy Zaubler ’17 (2 Flash Fiction, Dramatic Script).
THE SILVER KEY AWARD, which indicates “high honors on the regional level and places students in the top 7 – 10% of their region,” was earned by Tiffany Agkpo ’21 (Personal Essay/Memoir), James Blume ’19 (Poetry), Young Se Choi ’18 (Short Story, 2 Poetry & Fiction) Elaine Choy ’21 (Poetry), Kiran Damodaran ’17 (Poetry), Ruthie Gu ’21 (Poetry), Nick He ’18 (Critical Essay), Annika Inampudi ’21 (Poetry), Katy Kim ’18 (2 Poetry), E.H. Lebovitz ’18 (Poetry), Alan Lin ’19 (Personal Essay/Memoir), Dean Tan ’18 (3 Poetry), Spencer Wang ‘19 (Personal Essay/Memoir), Mel Xiao ’18 (2 Poetry), Betsy Zaubler ’17 (Dramatic Script, Flash Fiction, Poetry, Personal Essay/Memoir, Short Story).
THE GOLD KEY AWARD, which is “the highest level of achievement on the regional level and places students in the top 5 – 7% of their region,” was earned by Mark Berger ’17 (Poetry), Young Se Choi ’18 (Humor), Kiran Damodaran ’17 (Poetry, Short Story), Annika Inampudi ’21 (Flash Fiction), E.H. Lebovitz ’18 (2 Poetry, Short Story), Nikita Narayanan ’21 (Poetry), Unnathy Nellutla ’19 (Short Story), Ava Sharahy ’20 (Flash Fiction), Giulia Socolof ’19 (Short Story), Dean Tan ’18 (Poetry), Siddarth Tumu ’18 (Flash Fiction), Mel Xiao ’18 (Short Story), Betsy Zaubler ’17 (Poetry).
Gold Key works will now be considered in national-level judging: This year Scholastic received more than 400,000 entries (compared to 320,000 in 2016 and 255,000 in 2015). Last year about 20,000 (6%) of entries earned regional Gold Keys, of which approximately 5% were selected for national recognition. Less than 1% of total Scholastic entries receive National Medals. Good luck, Gold Key winners!