2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Announced

Twenty NA students across five grades earned 47 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in the following categories: art portfolio, comic art, critical essay, drawing/illustration, flash fiction, painting, personal essay/memoir, photography, poetry and short story.
Congratulations to the following students:
HONORABLE MENTION distinction, which shows “tremendous creative promise and places the student in the top 10 – 15% of the New Jersey region,” was awarded to: James Blume ’19 (2 Flash Fiction), Young Se Choi ’18 (Poetry), Gillian Cohen ’19 (Photography), Sophie Gilbert ’19(Flash Fiction and Short Story), Tess Kesler ’22 (Photography), Jeffery Keys ’21(Critical Essay, Personal Essay, Short Story), Kira Lu ’20 (Personal Essay), Arsha Misra ’20 (Poetry), Justine Seo ’19 (Personal Essay), Ashley Sun ’18 (2 Painting Portfolio), Ava Sharahy ’20 (2 Poetry, Flash Fiction), Kellen Wang ’20 (2 Drawing/Illustration), Magnolia Wang ’19 (Poetry) and Spencer Wang ’19 (Flash Fiction).
 
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: Zoe Ades ’18(Photography), Young Se Choi ’18 (2 Poetry, Flash Fiction), Gillian Cohen ’19(Photography), Jeffery Keys ’21 (Personal Essay), Ezra Lebovitz ’18 (Short Story), Sophia Ludtke ’20 (Poetry), Zakary Ruso ’20 (Flash Fiction), Ashley Sun ’18 (2 Painting, Senior Art Portfolio), Dean Tan ’18 (Poetry), Kellen Wang ’20(Drawing/Illustration) and Magnolia Wang ’19 (Poetry).
 
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 Zoe Ades ’18(Photography), James Blume ’19 (Personal Essay, Poetry), Gillian Cohen ’19(Photography), Ezra Lebovitz ’18 (2 Poetry), Jessie Luo ’22 (Drawing/Illustration), Justine Seo ’19 (Comic Art), Ava Sharahy ’20 (Poetry) and Spencer Wang ’19(Poetry).
 
Gold Key works automatically advance to national judging. In recent years Scholastic has received about 350,000 entries. Roughly 20,000 (6%) of entries earn 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!
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