More than a dozen Colorado Academy students are winners of 19 regional Scholastic Awards for outstanding writing. Winners of Gold Key awards will be considered for national-level recognition.

 

Since 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nation’s youth, and provided opportunities for creative teens to be celebrated. Each year, increasing numbers of teens participate in the program, and become a part of our community — young artists and writers, filmmakers and photographers, poets and sculptors, video game artists and science fiction writers, along with countless educators that support and encourage the creative process.

 

CA winners include:

Richter Jordaan (Grade 9)

- Gold - Poetry, “What happened to Whisker”

- Gold - Flash Fiction, “The Magnitude of Tears “

Mason Smith (Grade 9)

- Gold - Poetry, “Things I Always Do”

- Honorable Mention - Flash Fiction, “The Milk Thief”

- Honorable Mention - Poetry, “ Missed –Train Girl”

- Honorable Mention - Poetry, “Reminders”
Caroline Koclanes (Grade 9)
- Silver Award - Poetry, “Coming of Age through Poetry”

Mharie Brigham (Grade 9)

- Honorable Mention - Poetry, “Love, Loneliness, and Loss”

Zoe Worrall (Grade 7)

- Honorable Mention - Short Story, “A Passport to Opportunity”

Mollie Cantor (Grade 11)

- Silver - Dramatic Script, “Monkey Bars”

Linnie Cole (Grade 12)

- Honorable Mention - Personal Essay, “The Kids are not Alright”

Emmett Ela (Grade 9)

- Honorable Mention - Poetry ,“Reflections on a Life”

Ari Fierer (Grade 9)

- Honorable Mention - Poetry, “Zoe”

Trinity Goderstad (Grade 11)

- Silver - Flash Fiction, “How to Fight the Jungle”

- Honorable Mention - Flash Fiction, “The Idiot”

Sydney Turner (Grade 10)

- Silver - Dramatic Script, “No Onions Please”

Sachin Mehta (Grade 9)

- Honorable Mention - Poetry, “Mother”

- Silver - Poetry, “ Lies”

Chloe Nosan (Grade 11)

- Silver - Dramatic Script, “Lucky Dragon”

Teens in grades 7 through 12 apply in 29 categories of art and writing. Submissions are juried by luminaries in the visual and literary arts, some of whom are past award recipients. Panelists look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.