The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The Alliance is a 501(c)(3) 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. The Awards give students opportunities for recognition, exhibition, publication, and scholarships. In 2024, more than 110,000 teens across the United States and Canada entered more than 340,000 original works in 28 different categories of art and writing.
There are three levels of Keys that students may be awarded:
- Gold Key: Considered the top award at the regional level, and Gold Key winners automatically advance to the national competition for further judging.
- Silver Key: Recognizes works that demonstrate exceptional ability.
- Honorable Mention:Awarded to works that show strong skill and potential.
Congratulations to Wellesley’s award-winning student writers and artists, and their teachers.
Artists and writers, please send us your work for publication on The Swellesley Report, if you’d like.
Dana Hall, Scholastic Writing Awards
- Ngoc Cao, 10th grade, 3 awards, Poetry (two of them Gold Keys)
- Sian Che, 10th grade, Personal Essay (Gold Key)
- Isabella Ding, 11th grade, Poetry
- Ruby Du, 9th grade, Science Fiction (Gold Key)
- Sophia Huang, 10th grade, Flash Fiction
- Anya Khera, 11th grade, Poetry
- Arya Lal, 12th grade, Short Story
- Onyinyechi Nwadike, 10th grade, Personal Essay
- Gigi Ramaswamy, 10th grade, 2 awards for poetry (one of them Gold Key)
- Sophia Michelin Reid, 10th grade, Poetry
- Audrey Sung, 10th grade, Critical Essay; Journalism
- Penny Wei, 10th grade, 12 awards, Poetry (2 Gold Keys); Critical Essay; Short Story (1 Gold Key); Novel Writing (1 Gold Key); Flash Fiction; Personal Essay (1 Gold Key)
- Muying Zhu, 10th grade, Critical Essay
Congratulations to Dana Hall English teacher, Linda Derezinski.
Dana Hall, Scholastic Arts Awards
- Ella Barnes, Grade 9, 7 awards, Photography (3 of them Gold Key)
- Isabella Ding, Grade 11, Photography
- Qinyang Wu, Grade 9, Mixed Media; Drawing and Illustration
- Sian Che, Grade 10, 4 awards, Drawing and Illustration; Jewelry; Photography (all Gold Key)
- Yudi Wang, Grade 12, 3 awards, Painting and Mixed Media (1 Gold Key)
- Ella Kang, Grade Grade 11, Mixed Media (1 Gold Key); Painting
- Koharu Tanaka, Grade 10, Photography
- Micaela Bloch, Grade 12, Drawing and Illustration
- Priscilla Miranda, Grade 12, Photography
- Atiyah Gill, Grade 12, Drawing and Illustration
- Genevieve Wu, Grade 11, Comic Art
- Lindsay Eunice Xu, Grade 7, Comic Art (Gold Key)
- Shinglai Zhou, Grade 11, Painting
- Lu Qiao, Grade 11, Jewelry (Gold Key)
- Sophia Huang, Photography
- Grace Fang, Grade 8, Drawing and Illustration (Gold Key)
Congratulations to their teachers, Mary Ann McQuillan, Michael Frassinelli, Kassie Teng, Yuanan Cheng, Ruyi Dai.
WHS, Writing Awards
- Alexa Courey, Grade 11, Poetry (2 Gold Keys), Short Story, Critical Essay
- Cole Delgado, Grade 9, Personal Essay
- Chloe Kim, Grade 12, Personal Essay
- Lucas Kim, Grade 12, Critical Essay
- Ayla Lin, Grade 11, Poetry
- Mia (Siyuan) Wang, Grade 10, Critical Essay
- Lila Welburn, Grade 10, Critical Essay
- Allison Zheng, Grade 11, Poetry
Congratulations to Wellesley High School teachers, David McCullough, Caroline Prinn, Andrew Bennett, Christine Kerr.
WHS, Arts Awards
- kristen ke, Grade 12, 11 awards, Painting (1 Gold Key); Drawing and Ilustration (1 Gold Key); Portfolio Art; Fashion (1 Gold Key); Sculpture (1 Gold Key)
- Dylan Kim, Grade 11, Drawing and Illustration (Gold Key); Painting
- Ellery Franceschini, Grade 12, Portfolio Art
- Sarah Yang, Grade 10, Ceramics and Glass (1 Gold Key); Jewelry (1 Gold Key)
- Grace Hill, Grade 12, Photography
- Lucy Rodriguez, Grade 12, 4 awards in Jewelry (1 Gold Key)
- Jackson Miller, Grade 9, Jewelry, Gold Key
- Amelia Vecchiotti, Grade 12, Mixed Media
- Zere Asfaw, Grade 12, Jewelry
- Claire Yan, Grade 11, Mixed Media (1 Gold Key); Sculpture
- Eric Zhang, Grade 9, Jewelry
- Cooper Reisner, Grade 11, Photography
- Owen Widgren, Grade 12, Portfolio Art
- Sofia Dobado Quillis, Grade 12, Ceramics and Glass
- Jenna Kelley, Grade 12, Fashion, Portfolio Art
- Denise Pan, Grade 12, Photography
- Alex Van Dyke, Grade 11, Photography
- Elise Dupont, Grade 12, Portfolio Art (1 Gold Key); Jewelry
- Violet Wilson, Grade 10, 2 awards in Jewelry
- Emily Rich, grade 12, 2 awards in Jewelry (1 Gold Key)
- Evelyn Harrison, Grade 12, Painting; Editorial Cartoon
- Kathleen Gallico, Grade 12, Painting
- Alexandra Lee, Grade 12, Portfolio Art
- Ayla Lin, Grade 11, Film and Animation
- Katherine Guo, 2 awards in Photography
- Caroline Kenny, Grade 12, Jewelry
- Brooke Simko, Grade 12, Jewelry (1 Gold Key)
- Wellesley Middle School, Art
WMS, Arts Awards
- George Wang, Grade 8, Digital Art (1 Gold Key)
Congratulations to WPS teachers, Hyojin-Song Suyeon-Ji, Amie Larson, Shayla Vines, Brian Reddy, Doug Johnson, Yue Zheng.
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