In late January, 63 upper school students received recognition in the 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Since 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have recognized the work of middle and high school students in the visual and literary arts. Past awardees include Langston Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Topaz Winters.

Students who received Gold Keys, Silver Keys and honorable mentions will have their work featured at local events. A panel of luminaries will judge the work of Gold Key winners to determine who will receive national medals and travel to New York City for the National Ceremony.

This year’s awardees for literature are:

Emily Chen, grade 12: Three Gold Keys (critical essay, poetry, writing portfolio), two Silver Keys (poetry, short story), three honorable mentions (poetry)

Gwyneth Chen, grade 12: Silver Key (personal essay and memoir)

Ishani Cheshire, grade 11: Gold Key (poetry), Silver Key (short story), honorable mention (poetry)

Kathy Fang, grade 10: Silver Key (dramatic script)

Aditi Ghalsasi, grade 10: Honorable mention (personal essay and memoir)

Sophia Gottfried, grade 9: Silver Key (poetry)

Rose Guan, grade 11: Silver Key (journalism)

Ellen Guo, grade 10: Gold Key (critical essay)

Aarzu Gupta, grade 10: Two honorable mentions (poetry, personal essay and memoir)

Mahika Halepete, grade 10: Two honorable mentions (journalism)

Jacqueline He, grade 12: Two Gold Keys (poetry, writing portfolio), two Silver Keys (poetry), four honorable mentions (poetry, science fiction and fantasy, two in short story)

Jessica Jiang, grade 10: Silver Key (poetry), honorable mention (personal essay and memoir)

Amy Jin, grade 12: Honorable mention (critical essay)

Vivian Jin, grade 9: Silver Key (poetry)

Aditi Khanna, grade 10: Honorable mention (poetry)

Prameela Kottapalli, grade 11: Two Silver Keys (poetry)

Jason Lin, grade 9: Honorable mention (critical essay)

Millie Lin, grade 12: Gold Key (short story) and Silver Key (critical essay)

Andrew Lu, grade 9: Two Silver Keys (personal essay and memoir and poetry) and honorable mention (flash fiction)

Annie Ma, grade 10: Gold Key (poetry) and three Silver Keys (flash fiction and poetry)

Irina Malyugina, grade 9: Silver Key (flash fiction) and honorable mention (poetry)

Kalyan Narayanan, grade 10: Silver Key (dramatic script)

Rakesh Nori, grade 10: Honorable mention (flash fiction)

Sana Pandey, grade 10: Honorable mention (short story)

Jerry Peng, grade 11: Gold Key (personal essay and memoir)

Annabelle Perng, grade 11: Gold Key (flash fiction)

Amla Rashingkar, grade 10: Three honorable mentions (flash fiction, poetry, and short story)

Anjay Saklecha, grade 11: Silver Key (critical essay) and honorable mention (personal essay and memoir)

Sahana Srinivasan, grade 12: Two Gold Keys (critical essay), one Silver Key (journalism), and two honorable mentions (journalism and short story)

Ayla Tanurhan, grade 10: Gold Key (critical essay)

Betsy Tian, grade 9: Honorable mention (flash fiction)

Larissa Tyagi, grade 10: Gold Key (personal essay and memoir)

Joshua Valluru, grade 10: Gold Key (critical essay), Silver Key (critical essay) and honorable mention (personal essay and memoir)

Liana Wang, grade 12: Silver Key (poetry)

Shania Wang, grade 11: Silver Key (personal essay and memoir)

Kelsey Wu, grade 11: Two Silver Keys (critical essay)

Helen Yang, grade 11: Two Silver Keys (flash fiction)

Alexander Young, grade 11: Two honorable mentions (poetry)

Katherine Zhang, grade 11: Two Gold Keys (journalism), three Silver Keys (journalism) and three honorable mentions (flash fiction, journalism, and short story)  

Tiffany Zhao, grade 11: Silver Key (personal essay and memoir) and honorable mention (critical essay)

Awardees in visual arts are:

Raymond Banke, grade 11: Two Gold Keys (design and mixed media), Silver Key (design), four honorable mentions (design, drawing and illustration and two for painting)

Anoushka Buch, grade 9: Three honorable mentions (drawing and illustration, digital art and photography)

Timothy Chang, grade 11: Silver Key (photography)

Debarati Chatterjee, grade 12: Gold Key (digital art)

Cynthia Chen, grade 10: Gold Key (photography), two Silver Keys (drawing and illustration, and photograph), two honorable mentions (printmaking and drawing and illustration)

Gwyneth Chen, grade 12: Gold Key (jewelry), Silver Key (jewelry), honorable mention (jewelry)

Katelyn Chen, grade 10: Gold Key (painting)

Ishani Cheshire, grade 11: one Silver Key (painting), honorable mention (painting)

Aislinn Coveney, grade 12: Honorable mention (painting)

Elizaveta Egorova, grade 11: Gold Key (industrial design), Silver Key (painting), six honorable mentions (five for digital art, one for painting)

Susan He, grade 11: Honorable mention (drawing and illustration)

Kaitlin Hsu, grade 12: Three honorable mentions (two for drawing and illustration, one for mixed media)

Jason Huang, grade 11: Honorable mention (painting)

Julia Huang, grade 12: Honrable mention (drawing and illustration)

Ashley Jiang, grade 10: Honorable mention (design)

Katrina Liou, grade 11: Silver Key (drawing and illustration), four honorable mentions (two for mixed media, two for drawing and illustration and one for editorial cartoon)

Raveena Panja, grade 12: Honorable mention (drawing and illustration)

Rani Sheth, grade 10: Honorable mention (drawing and illustration)

Catherine Wang, grade 11: Gold Key (drawing and illustration), two Silver Keys (drawing and illustration)

Elizabeth Yang, grade 11: Gold Key (painting)

Emma Yu, grade 12: Honorable mention (art portfolio)

Anna Wang, grade 11: one Gold Key (painting), two Silver Keys (design and painting), two honorable mentions (drawing and illustration)

Joshua Zhou, grade 10: Three honorable mentions (photography)