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Award-winning Talent

Award-winning Talent

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program is the longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the United States. Twenty-seven Dana Hall students stood out from thousands of entries, and received regional awards and honorable mentions in comic art, drawing and illustration, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, critical essay, flash fiction, journalism, novel writing, personal essay and memoir, poetry, science fiction and fantasy, and short story.

Art Awards


Gold Key

E. Barnes ’28, Photography (3), “Paparazzi,” “Euphoria” and “Allure”
S. Che ’27, Drawing & Illustration (2), “Deities' Parade” and “Self Portrait: Present Tense”; Jewelry (3), “Pulse,” “Ripples” and “Fortune Crown”
G. Fang ’29, Drawing & Illustration, “Whispers”
E. Kang ’26, Mixed Media, “Joy In Reflection”    
L. Qiao ’26, Jewelry, “Through The Memories”
Y. Wang ’25, Mixed Media, “Fly Away”
L. Xu ’30, Comic Art, “The Dog”

Silver Key

M. Bloch ’25, Drawing & Illustration, “Birthday Wishes”    
S. Huang ’27, Photography, “Tunnel Vision”
E. Kang ’26, Painting, “The Fish in the Sky, My Dad and I”
P. Miranda ’25, Photography, “Contagious Smile”
Y. Wang ’25, Painting, “Factory”
G. Wu ’26, Comic Art, “Tear & Twist”
J. Wu ’28, Drawing & Illustration, “Deer Grandpa,”
L. Zhao ’26, Painting, “The Epiphany”

Honorable Mention

E. Barnes ’28, Photography (4), “Contemplation,” “The Morning Paper,” “Joie de Vivre” and “Profiles”
M. Bloch ’25, Drawing & Illustration, “Rabbit study”
I. Ding ’26, Photography, “At The Street's Corner”
A. Gill ’25, Drawing & Illustration, “Shooting”
P. Miranda ’25, Photography, “Vision of the Tunnel    “
K. Tanaka ’27, Photography, “Kosay's Shadow”
Y. Wang ’25, Photography, “Still Life”; Mixed Media, “Bin to Bug”
J. Wu ’28, Mixed Media, “Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder”

Writing Awards

Gold Key

N. Cao ’27, Poetry (2), “Beantown at Dawn” and “The Philosopher of the Lone Star State”
S. Che ’27, Personal Essay & Memoir, “Paper Child”
R. Du ’28, Science Fiction & Fantasy, “Hues”
G. Ramaswamy ’27, Poetry, “The Lighthouse”
P. Wei ’27, Poetry (2), “5 trivialities that construct my sensitivity” and “Daughter of Borrowed Fire Beneath the Tongue”; Novel Writing, “How To Take Care of A Garden”; Short Story, “In the Absence of Color”; Personal Essay & Memoir, “To Name an Unnamed”

Silver Key

N. Cao ’27, Poetry, “From Mytilene”
I. Ding ’26, Poetry, “home is where the heart is”
G. Ramaswamy ’27, Poetry, “Winter After The First Snow”
M. Reid ’27, Poetry, “Reborn in El Yunque”
P. Wei ’27, Critical Essay (2), “Assessing the Prospects of Cell-Cultured Meat: The Game Changer or Empty Promise?” and “Music: A Universal Language of Change”; Poetry (2), “Banu Qurayza” and “I Saw the Human When the Human Saw Me”; Flash Fiction, “Through the Eyes of a Stranger”

Honorable Mention

S. Huang ’27, Flash Fiction, “Let’s Talk”
A. Khera ’26, Poetry, “Cycles of Change”
A. Lal ’25, Short Story, “Listen”
L. Ma ’28, Flash Fiction, “Plastic Beauty Year”
O. Nwadike ’27, Personal Essay & Memoir, “Wilt”
A. Sung ’27, Critical Essay, “Reimagining Identity: The Dualities of Representation and New Perspectives in Nervous Conditions”; Journalism, “‘An unbelievable gift’: The Congdon Sabbatical Program at Dana Hall”
P. Wei ’27, Short Story, “How to Befriend a Penguin”; Poetry, “Naked Women”
M. Zhu ’27, Critical Essay, “The Politicization of Words: A Case Study of ‘Dystopia’”

Work is judged on originality, technical skill and emergence of a personal voice or vision. All Gold Key entries are automatically considered for national medals, which are announced later in the spring.

 

Top image: M. Bloch ’25 earned a Silver Key Award for "Birthday Wishes"

E. Barnes ’28 earned a Gold Key award for “Allure”

G. Fang ’29 earned a Gold Key award for “Whispers”