Six grade 8 students recently won recognition in the 2019 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Nearly 1,700 works were submitted for this year’s contest, each of them evaluated by a team of novelists, editors, journalists, teachers and other professionals in various literary fields.

Students who earned recognition in this year’s contest are:

Brian Chen: Honorable mention (humor)

Connie Jiang: Silver Key (short story), two honorable mentions (short story, personal essay/memoir)

Saavi Kumar: Silver Key (critical essay)

Johnathan Mo: Honorable mention (short story)

Nicholas Wei: Silver Key (personal essay/memoir), honorable mention (short story)

Austina Xu: Gold Key (personal essay/memoir)