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The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the nation's longest-running, largest, most prestigious recognition program for creative teenagers in the United States. The awards are presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a non-profit whose mission is to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent. Students across the United States submit original works each year to be reviewed by a panel of judges who look for works that best exemplify originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
Newton Country Day students were recognized with 51 writing awards, the third highest school total for the state of Massachusetts. Awards were won in the categories of: Novel Writing, Senior Writing Portfolio, Critical Essay, Flash Fiction, Personal Essay & Memoir, Humor, Poetry, Short Story, and Journalism.
Congratulations to the following students, who were recognized for their writing at the state level:
Gold Key
- Eleanor Allen ‘25 - “Janus’s Key” (Poetry)
- Elsa Cressotti ‘25 - “Day 402” (Science Fiction)
- Grace Grant ‘26 - “Brought to Justice” (Critical Essay)
- Jordan Rich ‘28 - “Soul of Soil” (Poetry)
- Ellie Schlichtmann ‘25 - “Angel of the Battlefield: Clara Barton” (Critical Essay)
- Jane Schwartz ‘27 - “Joy” (Personal Essay)
Silver Key
- Phoebe Bui ‘27 - “Waking Up” (Poetry)
- Ella Christian ‘27 - “Captain Tory” (Flash Fiction)
- Gigi Cincotti ‘29 - “Right Path” (Short Story)
- Lucy Cooney ‘26 - “When Do We Know That We’ve Grown Up?” (Poetry)
- Sochi Egwim ‘25 - “Her Laugh” (Personal Essay)
- Abigail Goodman ‘25 - “To the Creator Who Walks the Earth at Dawn and Dusk” (Poetry)
- Abigail Goodman ‘25 - “unfurling” (Poetry)
- Abby Hirsch ‘27 - “Legend of the Cove” (Short Story)
- Lucy Jordan ‘26 - “Nazi Propaganda” (Critical Essay)
- Caroline Kavey ‘27 - “Backseat Driver” (Personal Essay)
- Caroline Kavey ‘27 - “My Grandmother and Her Sunglasses” (Personal Essay)
- Abigail Louissaint ‘28 - “Rainbow” (Poetry)
- Izzy Lucibello ‘26 - “Women and Insanity in Victorian England” (Critical Essay)
- Jane Schwartz ‘27 - “It’s Only a Nightmare” (Science Fiction)
- Avery Spalding ‘25 - “30,000” (Personal Essay)
- Avery Spalding ‘25 - Unforeseen Within the Ordinary (Senior Writing Portfolio)
- Carmen Walters ‘26 - “Memory” (Personal Essay)
Honorable Mention
- Sofia Ayala ‘26 - “How to be the Youngest” (Flash Fiction)
- Sloane Brzezinski ‘26 - “Facism in Italian Education” (Critical Essay)
- Ella Christian ‘27 - “Child Marriage: America’s Hidden Crisis” (Journalism)
- Ella Christian ‘27 - “Ottoman Imperialism and Protestant Reformation” (Critical Essay)
- Elsa Cressotti ‘25 - “Those of No Importance” (Poetry)
- Maggie Crowley ‘25 - “The moon was so consuming” (Poetry)
- Kaileigh Ferrero ‘26 - “Little Will” (Flash Fiction)
- Abigail Goodman ‘25 - “His Name Was Icarus Once” (Flash Fiction)
- Avery Grover ‘25 - Roots: Veins of Trees (Senior Writing Portfolio)
- Meredith Huber ‘25 - “Broken Ground” (Science Fiction)
- Nora Joyce ‘25 - “The Forgotten Miles” (Personal Essay)
- Tildie Lucibello ‘29 - “Aisle After Aisle” (Short Story)
- Katherine Mackey ‘26 - “Women’s Efforts in World War I” (Critical Essay)
- Zayde Martinez ‘27 - “A Tale of Cyclopes and Humans” (Short Story)
- Finlay McCormick ‘25 - “Bound with an Obi” (Critical Essay)
- Finlay McCormick ‘25 - “The Red-Stained Silver Screen” (Critical Essay)
- Eila Murray ‘28 - “The Depths of December” (Poetry)
- Elizabeth Ouimet ‘29 - Chapter Fourteen: “Rebirth” (Novel Writing)
- Jordan Rich ‘28 - “The Tortured Mathematician” (Poetry)
- Isabella Romeo ‘27 - “Small Actions, Large Impacts” (Critical Essay)
- Sam Ryan ‘26 - “World War I and Women’s Suffrage in Britain” (Critical Essay)
- Jane Schwartz ‘27 - “You Will be Clashin’ if you Wear Fast Fashion” (Journalism)
- Lily Souza ‘25 - They are Drowning Too (Senior Writing Portfolio)
- Avery Spalding ‘25 - “Cats and Rabbits” (Poetry)
- Avery Spalding ‘25 - “Outgrowing” (Poetry)
- Avery Spalding ‘25 - “Theme for Ships and Storms” (Poetry)
- Sophia Zaphiris ‘27 - “Justice” (Short Story)
Congratulations to the following students, who were recognized for their artwork at the state level:
Gold Key
- Flora Colbert ‘25 - Reaching Out
- Valerie Luxieo ‘28 - Breath of the Earth
- Valerie Luxieo ‘28 - Fragile Futures
- Valerie Luxieo ‘28 - Reflection on Voting
- Valerie Luxieo ‘28 - Roots of Wonder
Silver Key
- Flora Colbert ‘25 - Birth of Eve
- Valerie Luxieo ‘28 - Prayer
Honorable Mention
- Valerie Luxieo ‘28 - The Stars
- Gabby Zhang ‘26 - Reconciliation