James Marcucci ’16 wins Scholastic National Gold Medal for Novel Writing

Newark Academy senior James Marcucci was awarded a Scholastic National Gold Medal in Novel Writing for his novel excerpt THE LONG HARVEST. In 2016 national recognition was awarded to about 2,000 recipients, less than 1% of the over 320,000 works submitted. Of those, only 15 students across the nation received Gold Medals in Novel Writing. James will be honored at an awards ceremony in June at Carnegie Hall. An excerpt of his novel will be forthcoming in the Display Case outside the English Office and on the WAM blog.  Congratulations James!