Raise Your Glass: Adroit Meets the 2018 YoungArts Awards!

We are so thrilled to share that high school writers affiliated with The Adroit Journal have brought home a total of twenty-one awards from the National YoungArts Foundation’s 2018 YoungArts Awards!

From the YoungArts Website:

 The National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) is proud to announce the 2018 YoungArts winners—757 of the nation’s most promising young artists in the visual, literary, design and performing arts. Selected from the most competitive pool of applications to date and representing artists from 47 states,YoungArts winners gain access to one of the most comprehensive programs for emerging artists in the United States, offering financial, professional and artistic development opportunities over the course of their careers. The 2018 winners will receive cash prizes of up to $10,000, and opportunities to share their work with the public at renowned institutions such as the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington, D.C.), The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Sotheby’s (New York), and New World Center (Miami). A complete list of the 2018 winners, all 15–18 years old or in grades 10–12, is available online at youngarts.org/winners.

Congratulations to recipients of 2018 YoungArts Awards affiliated with The Adroit Journal!

Isabella Alvarez, NH
Summer Mentee (Fiction — Katherine Ann Davis)
Writing – Creative Nonfiction (Honorable Mention)
Writing – Poetry (Merit)
Writing – Short Story (Merit)

Matilda Berke, CA
Summer Mentee (Poetry — Trista Edwards)
Writing – Selection from Novel (Merit)

Margaret Blackburn, MI
Summer Mentee (Poetry — Leslie Sainz)
Writing – Poetry (Finalist)

Daniel Blokh, AL
Summer Mentee (Nonfiction — Caroline Crew)
Writing – Poetry (Honorable Mention)

Annabel Brazaitis, WV
Summer Mentee (Poetry — Keegan Lester)
Writing – Short Story (Merit)

Bronwen Brenner, NY
Summer Mentee (Fiction — Laura Citino)
Writing – Short Story (Merit)

Emma Choi, VA
Summer Mentee (Poetry — Emily Paige Wilson)
Writing – Short Story (Honorable Mention)

Aidan Forster, SC
Blog Editor / Summer Mentee (Poetry — Cody Ernst)
Writing – Creative Nonfiction (Finalist)
Writing – Poetry (Honorable Mention)

Kathryn Hargett, AL
Summer Mentee (Poetry — Lucia LoTempio)
Writing – Creative Nonfiction (Finalist)
Writing – Poetry (Finalist)

Audrey Kim, PA
Summer Mentee (Poetry — Nancy Reddy)
Writing – Poetry (Merit)

Eunice Lee, CA
Summer Mentee (Fiction — Cady Vishniac)
Writing – Short Story (Honorable Mention)

Rachel Litchman, MI
Summer Mentee (Poetry — Megan Peak)
Writing – Creative Nonfiction (Merit)

Tessa Rudolph, CA
Summer Mentee (Fiction — Maria Pinto)
Writing – Short Story (Merit)

Sahara Sidi, VA
Summer Mentee (Nonfiction — Caroline Crew)
Writing – Poetry (Honorable Mention)
Writing – Creative Nonfiction (Merit)

Valerie Wu, CA
Summer Mentee (Fiction — Graham Todd)
Writing – Creative Nonfiction (Merit)

Zuyi Zhao, FL
Summer Mentee (Poetry — Nancy Reddy)
Writing – Poetry (Honorable Mention)

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Stay tuned for information regarding the 2018 YoungArts Week Writers’ Reading, which will be live-streamed on the YoungArts website.