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Spence Arts and Writing Students Recognized by Scholastic Awards
20 Upper School Students were recognized with a combined total of 53 awards from the 2023 NYC Scholastic Awards this year, presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. There were nine student winners in the writing category and 11 in the art category. The program, established in 1923, offers esteemed recognition for young creators. Submissions are judged by highly regarded luminaries in the visual and literary arts industry who seek originality, technical skill and an emergence of personal voice or vision as a part of their review process.
Congratulations to all for the impressive accomplishments!
WRITING: Six Gold Key Awards, Nine Silver Key Awards, 10 Honorable Mentions
- Amelia F. ’23: Honorable Mention, Poetry, “Vonnegut’s Vagabond”
- Taber C. ’23: Two Gold Key Awards, Poetry, “Holes in the Popcorn Ceiling” and “Unnatural Birth” and Gold Key Award, Science Fiction & Fantasy, “Synthetic Funeral Flowers.” Two Silver Key Awards, Poetry, “flowers for Poetica” and “Changeling.” Silver Key Award, Critical Essay, “Whole Man.” Honorable Mention, Critical Essay, “The Struggle of Motherhood” and Honorable Mention, Flash Fiction, “possession, and subsequent haunting, of Mother”
- Alison L. ’24: Gold Key Award, Poetry, “Induction” and Honorable Mention, Poetry, “My Hair”
- Lidia W. ’24: Silver Key Award, Personal Essay & Memoir, “Raised by Rain” and Honorable Mention, Personal Essay & Memoir, “Chinese Bakery”
- Peiran M. ’24: Honorable Mention, Personal Essay & Memoir, “Parasite”
- Yawen Y. ’24: Honorable Mention, Personal Essay & Memoir, “My Voice”
- Avery C. ’25: Gold Key Award, Poetry, “Coca, Cola” and Silver Key Award, Poetry, “Special Report on Dead Astronauts”
- Joanna H. ’26: Honorable Mention, Poetry, “Phantom”
- Lucy T. ’26: Gold Key Award, Poetry, “Sestina for the Circus,” four Silver Key Awards, Poetry, “Babysitter’s Lament,” “On Getting Taller,” “Party Anthem” and “Living Grief” and two Honorable Mentions, Poetry, “Sister, sister” and “Wash.”
ARTWORK: One Gold Key, Seven Silver Keys and 20 Honorable Mentions
- Christina M. ’23: Silver Key Award, Painting, “Detached” and Honorable Mention, Drawing & Illustration, “Pinecones”
- Clarissa L. ’23: Gold Key Award, Photography, “Drowning in the Sky” and two Honorable Mentions, Photography, “Underneath the Obvious” and “Brainwashed in Comfort”
- Jannah E. ’23: Two Silver Key Awards, Drawing & Illustrations, “Penumbra” and “Focus,” Honorable Mention, Painting, “Affection” and Honorable Mention, Photography, “Infinitesimal”
- Julia M. ’24: Honorable Mention, Photography, “Morning Mourning”
- Lila F. ’24: Silver Key Award, Photography, “Father and Son,” Honorable Mention, Painting, “Flossi” and Honorable Mention, Ceramics & Glass, “At Sea”
- Lisa L. ’24: Honorable Mention, Painting, “Evening meditation” and Honorable Mention, Ceramics & Glass, “Stalin prison camps in WWII”
- Parker C. ’24: Silver Key Award, Sculpture, “Fixations”
- Sydney K. ’24: Silver Key Award, Ceramics & Glass, “Imprinted” and Honorable Mention, Expanded Project, “Force of Nature”
- Jules B. ’25: Honorable Mention, Photography, “Marco II”
- Milla D. ’25: Silver Key Award, Photography, “Shivering” and seven Honorable Mentions, Photography, “Hopes and Dreams,” “In the Distance,” “Innocence of Youth,” “La Tienda,” “Lost in Ireland,” “Murano” and “Soaring”
- Xinran M. ’26: Honorable Mention, Film & Animation, “Assembly Line of Life”
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