CA Students Win 18 Scholastic Writing Honors

Renee Rockford
Colorado Academy students garnered 18 awards from the 2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in the West Region, including one Gold Key honor and five Silver Keys.  Gold Key winners are automatically submitted in the national competition, and winners of that round are announced in March. CA’s Gold Key winner is Darby Haskel for Novel Writing for a work titled Rookery.

Since 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of the nation’s youth, and provided opportunities for creative teens to be celebrated in both writing and art. Each year, increasing numbers of teens participate in the program—young artists and writers, filmmakers and photographers, poets and sculptors, video game artists and science fiction writers, along with countless educators who support and encourage the creative process
 
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The Alliance is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent and present their remarkable work to the world through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
 
Through the Awards, students receive opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarships. Students across America submitted nearly 320,000 original works during the 2016 program year across 29 different categories of art and writing.
 
CA’s other winners include:
  • Jordan Davidson, (Grade 8), winner of a Silver Key in Poetry (“Bubbles of Silence”), and an Honorable Mention in Science Fiction/Fantasy (“Starfall and Darkshed”).
  • Will Gerash, (Grade 9), is the winner of an Honorable Mention for Poetry (“Popsicles and High Tide”).
  • Trinity Goderstad, (Grade 12), won five awards altogether including Honorable Mentions for Personal Essay/Memoir, Writing Portfolio, and Poetry (“Paper Lanterns,” “Writing Hungry,” and “Teaching Woman,” respectively) and Silver Key awards for her Critical Essay, “How to Write Your Woman,” and for her Flash Fiction work titled “Primal Instincts.”
  • Madeline Gordon, (Grade 9), received an Honorable Mention for her Poetry titled “Papa.”
  • Lily Greenberg, (Grade 9), received three Honorable Mentions for her Poetry: “Book and the Journal,” “Box of Memories,” and “Frank.”
  • Darby Haskel, (Grade 10), received four honors including the Gold Key in Novel Writing, and both a Silver Key and an Honorable Mention in Poetry for “House of the Rising Sun,” and “Ares and Aphrodite.” Haskel also received an Honorable Mention for his Short Story, “The Pale Horse.”
  • Genevieve Howard (Grade 9), has received an Honorable Mention for Poetry and her work titled “Ellie the Eager Girl,” and
  • Zoe Worrall, (Grade 8), won a Silver Key for the Science Fiction/Fantasy category and a piece titled “Alley Walkers.”
 
 
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