Scholastic Writing Awards

 

Thirty six US students have been awarded 46 Scholastic Writing awards. Theses awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious  recognition for creative teens in grades 7–12. The Scholastic Gold Key is given to writers demonstrating the highest levels of achievement in originality, personal voice, and technical skill. Recipients of the Gold Key are:

 

Martin Ellis, for his Critical Essay entitled “Confederate Monuments’ Destructive Messages to a Progressive Society”

 

Cole Fallon, with two Gold Keys, both in the science fiction/fantasy category;  one is entitled “Snapshots from a Benighted Village,” and the other is called “Inhabitant.”  “Inhabitant” has also been nominated for the American Voices Medal, which is the highest regional award presented by Scholastics.

 

Jake Kapp, for his Personal Essay entitled “Thoughts from the Fish Hatchery”

 

Zach Keenan, for his Personal Essay called “Never Just a Hit on the Head”

 

Eric Miranda, for his Critical Essay, “Marching Towards Inner Truth”

 

 

Silver Key awards are given to writers who demonstrate achievement worthy of recognition at the regional level. US recipients include:

 

Sam Blocker, for a poem called “Diamond Life”

 

Mikey Fedeli, with TWO Silver Keys:  one for his short story “Angelo,” and the other for a poem called “This Is It”

Jake Hamilton, with Flash Fiction entitled “Christmas Cheer”

 

Bobby Housel, with his Critical Essay entitled “The Book That Uses the N‐Word”

 

Eric Miranda, for his Critical Essay called “On War: Continuing Nature and Changing Characteristics”

 

John Nestor, for Flash Fiction entitled “Tension”

 

Isaiah Paik, for a Critical Essay entitled “Three Leaders, Two Koreas, One War, and No Atomic Bombs”

 

Cooper Ross, for his Personal Essay called “Under Pressure”

 

Zach Zelman, for a Personal Essay called “The feeling of conviction: a baseball story”

 

Will Zhang, for a Critical Essay entitled “An Insult to Every Black Person in America: Misguided Misinterpretations”

 

 

Honorable Mention is given to students whose writing demonstrates strong creative potential. US recipients of his award include:

 

Alex Akins, for his Short Story entitled, “1933” 

 

Nolan Bingaman, for his Critical Essay called “Microbeads and Fish Populations in Lake Erie: A Growing Concern”

 

William Cha, for his Critical Essay entitled, “Harvey was a Manmade Disaster” 

 

David Diaz, for Flash Fiction called “A Soldier’s Diary”

 

Martin Ellis, for a poem called “Follow in my Footsteps”

Cole Fallon, For a personal essay entitled “Accepted”

 

Mikey Fedeli, in the poetry category, with a piece entitled “Hope and Love: The Storm”

 

Zach Halawa, with a Personal Essay entitled “As I Sat”

 

Zach Keum, with a Critical Essay entitled “Huckleberry Finn’s Moral Evolution: A Transformation from Passiveness to Man 

Thinking” 

 

Kiran Krishnamurthi, with a poem called “A Tale of Two Cities”

 

Clayton Lovell, with TWO Critical Essay awards:  one essay entitled “The Great Disrupter,” and the other “The Origins of Marx”

 

John-Shaw Moazami, with a Critical Essay entitled “The Syrian Civil War:  Choosing Diplomacy”

 

Miles Monga, with THREE Honorable Mentions:  one for a Critical Essay entitled “Once Upon a Pair of Wheels,” and two for short stories, one called “Street Lights,” and the other, “Woodpeckers”

 

Alex Neiderer, with a Critical Essay entitled “Coral Bleaching in Australia’s Great Barrier Reef”

 

Isaiah Paik, with a personal essay entitled “It was Hot”

 

Cooper Ross, with a personal essay called, “Above the Fire”

 

Andrew Rozenshtraukh, with a short story called “Movie Magic”

Eric Scholem, with a Personal Essay entitled “Pleasure isn’t Deplorable”

 

Riaz Sitabkhan, with a Critical Essay entitled “Cyber‐Security Problems in America”

 

Graden Snyder, with a Critical Essay called “Take After Twain”

 

Gavin Tallal, with Two Honorable Mentions:  one a Critical Essay called “The Positives of Cloning,” and the other a poem called “Baseball”

 

Zach Zelman, for a Critical Essay entitled “Screen time: an investigation of effects and solutions to addiction”

 

Will Zhang, with a Critical Essay entitled “The Corruption of American Education: Hellish Halls of Heads Hacking at Knowledge”