Seventh and eighth grade students received a host of
awards from the 2012 Scholastic Writing Awards in the
new regional affiliate at the Cleveland Institute of Art. Our
students submitted 55 pieces in all different genres and
received 32 awards from honorable mention to silver and
gold keys. Winners were recognized at an award ceremony
on January 7 at CIA.
Here are the results for the seventh graders:
Maya F – Honorable Mention for My Crowning Glory, a memoir
John H – Silver Key Award for Blood, Bullets, and Valor, a short story
Anna H – Honorable Mention for The Tale of Two Twins, a short story
Adam I – Honorable Mention for The Great Flood, a science fiction story
Prathna K – Silver Key Award for Of Friends and Peanuts, a flash fiction story, and a second Silver Key Award for The Store, a memoir
Vinayak K – Honorable Mention for The Ultimate Sacrifice, a short story, and second Honorable Mention for The Fight to Survive, a memoir
Pheby L – Honorable Mention for The Gray Device, a science fiction story, and a second Honorable Mention for Mixed up, a short story
Hana L – Honorable Mention for Amisha: Just Another Story, a short story
Ammar L – Honorable Mention for Savage, a flash fiction story, and a Silver Key Award for Curfew Travels, a memoir
Megan P – Honorable Mention for The Dreams Between, a short story, and a second Honorable Mention for Sadie, a memoir
Michael T – Honorable Mention for Being the New Student, a memoir
Michael W – Honorable Mention for Post Election Violence, a short story
Here are the results for the eighth graders:
Christine B – Honorable Mention for Risotto, a short story
Clive C – Silver Key Award for Mathematical Memories, a memoir, and a second Silver Key Award for Next Computer Revolution, a science fiction story
Joan C – Honorable Mention for Flying By a short story
Dhweeja D – Honorable Mention for Eating Away, a memoir, and a second Honorable Mention for My Brother, a memoir
Alexander H – Honorable Mention for Journey to the Dimension of the Bugs, a science fiction story
Alexander I – Honorable Mention for An Honest Living, a humorous story
Jorgen K – Honorable Mention for Intrepid, a short story
Kavya R – Honorable Mention for Tested, a short story, and a Silver Key Award for My Slam Book, a memoir
Katelyn V – Gold Key Award for The Flipped Penny, a memoir, and second Gold Key Award for Family Photo, a memoir, and a third Gold Key Award for Pandemic, a science fiction story, and finally Honorable Mention for Culinary Catastrophe, a memoir
Naomi W – Honorable Mention for We’re Living in Fiction, a short story, and a Silver Key Award for One Night, a short story
Katelyn V received three gold keys, and her science fiction
piece entitled “Pandemic” was nominated for the American
Voices Award.
Including all the high school writing awards, out of the
17 gold keys awarded, we snagged 3. We were also
awarded 8 of the 33 silver keys, and 23 of the 78 honorable
mentions. We concur with the jurors’ statement in the
program for the ceremony who stated that the “... chosen
works were original, expressed technical skills, and showed
imagination. The granting of the awards became difficult
because of the quality and scope of the work submitted.”
Through the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program,
the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers provides support
for emerging artists and writers beginning in the seventh
grade. Each year thousands of pieces are submitted to
different regionals where the most outstanding works
advance to the national level in New York City.
Local exhibitions and catalogs/anthologies are available
for viewing at CIA until February. More conveniently,
Birchwood students will have their awards and works
displayed in the second floor of the south wing. Come
and enjoy them.
