The editors of The Adroit Journal are pleased to announce that a total of 62 National Awards were received by Adroit-affiliated students— 34 Gold Medals, 23 Silver Medals, 3 American Voices (Best-in-Region) Medals, and 2 Silver Medals with Distinction.
To put this in perspective, approximately 900 National Awards in Writing are distributed each year… from more than 320,000 submissions across disciplines. We’re over the moon for the 2018 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards medalists affiliated with The Adroit Journal! See below for a complete list.
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Isabella Alvarez, NH (11)
Summer Mentee (Fiction – Katherine Ann Davis)
American Voices Medal (Best-in-Region) – Personal Essay/Memoir
Gold Medal – Personal Essay/Memoir
Silver Medal – Personal Essay/Memoir
Margot Armbruster, WI (12)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Trista Edwards)
Gold Medal – Poetry (x3)
Silver Medal – Poetry
Silver Medal – Writing Portfolio
Tess Becket, PA (11)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Kenzie Allen)
Silver Medal – Poetry
Daniel Blokh, AL (11)
Summer Mentee (Nonfiction – Caroline Crew) & Previous Poetry Reader
Gold Medal – Poetry (x2)
Bronwen Brenner, NY (11)
Summer Mentee (Fiction – Laura Citino)
Silver Medal – Poetry (x2)
Annie Castillo, VA (11)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Carly Joy Miller)
Silver Medal – Poetry
Katie Chen, CAN (10)
Summer Mentee (Fiction – Cady Vishniac)
Gold Medal – Short Story
Emma Choi, VA (12)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Emily Paige Wilson)
Gold Medal – Poetry
Nadia Farjami, CA (10)
Marketing Intern
Gold Medal – Poetry
Silver Medal – Critical Essay
Silver Medal – Poetry
Joseph Felkers, MI (12)
Poetry Reader & Summer Mentee (Poetry – Jim Redmond)
Gold Medal – Poetry
Aidan Forster, SC (12)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Cody Ernst) & Previous Blog Editor
Gold Medal – Personal Essay/Memoir
Gold Medal – Poetry
Silver Medal – Poetry
Silver Medal w/ Distinction – Writing Portfolio
Jacqueline He, CA (12)
Summer Mentee (Fiction – Dana Diehl)
Gold Medal – Poetry
Mai Hoang, NH (10)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Kamden Hilliard)
Gold Medal – Journalism
Gold Medal – Poetry
Silver Medal – Critical Essay
Silver Medal – Journalism
Eileen Huang, NJ (12)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Gina Keicher) & Marketing Intern
American Voices Medal (Best-in-Region) – Personal Essay/Memoir
Gold Medal – Personal Essay/Memoir
Gold Medal – Poetry (x2)
Silver Medal w/ Distinction – Writing Portfolio
Kinsale Hueston, CA (12)
Poetry Reader
Gold Medal – Poetry
Lilly Hunt, MS (12)
Summer Mentee (Fiction – Glenn Stowell)
Gold Medal – Personal Essay/Memoir
Silver Medal – Personal Essay/Memoir
Heather Laurel Jensen, AZ (10)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Alyse Bensel)
Gold Medal – Short Story
Silver Medal – Poetry
Nadia Eugene Jo, MA (11)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Raena Shirali)
Silver Medal – Poetry
Audrey Kim, PA (10)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Nancy Reddy)
American Voices Medal (Best-in-Region) – Poetry
Gold Medal – Poetry
Ezra Lebovitz, NJ (12)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Doug Ramspeck)
Gold Medal – Poetry
Isabella Li, NC (12)
Summer Mentee (Fiction – Oriana Tang)
Gold Medal – Critical Essay
Vivian Lu, NJ (11)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Eloisa Amezcua)
Silver Medal – Flash Fiction
Silver Medal – Short Story
Kaley Mamo, NY (12)
Summer Mentee (Fiction – Maria Pinto)
Silver Medal – Flash Fiction (x2)
Silver Medal – Writing Portfolio
Alyssa Mazzoli, SC (12)
Summer Mentee (Fiction – Alex Higley)
Silver Medal – Personal Essay/Memoir
Rebecca Oet, OH (10)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Gabrielle Bates)
Silver Medal – Poetry
Sahara Sidi, VA (12)
Summer Mentee (Nonfiction – Caroline Crew)
Gold Medal – Personal Essay/Memoir (x2)
Gold Medal – Poetry
Emily Tian, MD (11)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Leslie Sainz)
Gold Medal – Poetry
Silver Medal – Poetry
Stephanie Tom, NY (12)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello)
Gold Medal – Poetry (x2)
Valerie Wu, CA (11)
Summer Mentee (Fiction – Graham Todd)
Gold Medal – Personal Essay/Memoir
Alisha Yi, NV (12)
Summer Mentee (Poetry – Cody Ernst)
Gold Medal – Personal Essay/Memoir
Grace Zhou, GA (12)
Previous Prose Reader
Silver Medal – Humor
Joyce Zhou, IL (12)
Summer Mentee (Poetry)
Gold Medal – Poetry (x2)
Silver Medal – Writing Portfolio
Congratulations to all! And remember that like all awards, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards goes through an inherently subjective selection process. Not being recognized does not imply lack of talent, merit, and promise. Whether you’re a young writer writing because of Scholastic, in spite of Scholastic, entirely independent of Scholastic, or somewhere in-between, every voice deserves to be heard.
