Homage to California by Claire M.
Milton artists and writers received dozens of honors in the Massachusetts Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, the nation’s longest-running competition to identify creative talent among students. Twenty-seven student writers received 52 awards total, including 13 Gold Key awards; 29 student artists received a total of 57 awards, 12 of which received Gold Key honors.
Senior Samuel Dunn’s personal essay and memoir piece, “On Confession,” received the competition’s best in category award; jurors selected it as a piece that exceeded the expectations of a Gold Key award.
Scholastic works in conjunction with the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and The Boston Globe to judge regional winners. Gold Key winners are welcome to participate in the regional awards celebration, which will be held on March 14 at Tufts. Gold Key work is currently being reviewed at the national level in New York City by panels of creative professionals for National Medal honors. A full list of Milton’s winners and honorable mentions appears below:
Gold Key Winners—Art
Blake Ankner ’23: photography
Blake Ankner ’23: photography
Dingning Cao ’24: drawing and illustration
Dingning Cao ’24: digital art
Evelyn Cao ’22: art portfolio
Claire Mallela ’22: digital art
Claire Mallela ’22: digital art
Amara Prather ’26: fashion
Christopher Scanlon ’22: photography
Elio Thadhani ’23: photography
Natalie Williamson ’23: photography
Annie Winter ’22: photography
Gold Key Winners—Writing
Samuel Dunn ’22: personal essay and memoir
Elena Ferrari ’24: poetry
Stephanie Fuentes ’22: poetry
Alec Hamblet ’22: short story
Melany Hirsch ’23: poetry
Sneha Jaiswal ’22: poetry
Jacob Mulliken ’23: journalism
Phuc Ngo ’23: flash fiction
Se-Aun Park ’24: critical essay
Katheryn Prather ’22: poetry
Katheryn Prather ’22: flash fiction
Gavin Randolph ’22: poetry
Elliot Smith ’22: poetry
Silver Key Winners—Art
Evelyn Cao ’22: mixed media
Isabelle Fitzgibbon ’23: photography
Jack Greenip ’23: photography
Jack Greenip ’23: photography
Seo Jeong Hwang ’23: digital art
Seo Jeong Hwang ’23: digital art
Christopher Scanlon ’22: photography
George Sherbrooke ’22: photography
Elliot Strauss ’22: photography
Elio Thadhani ’23: photography
Natalie Williamson ’23: photography
Natalie Williamson ’23: photography
Annie Winter ’23: photography
Felicity Wong ’25: film and animation
Silver Key Winners—Writing
Alison Cao ’22: poetry
Alison Cao ’22: flash fiction
Alison Cao ’22: personal essay and memoir
Alison Cao ’22: personal essay and memoir
Michelle Chen ’22: personal essay and memoir
Elena Ferrari ’24: poetry
Elena Ferrari ’24: poetry
Elena Ferrari ’24: poetry
Elena Ferrari ’24: poetry
Elena Ferrari ’24: poetry
Lan Hai ’23: critical essay
Melany Hirsch ’23: poetry
Melany Hirsch ’23: poetry
Melany Hirsch ’23: poetry
Melany Hirsch ’23: personal essay and memoir
Aria Kamal ’23: poetry
Simone Moise ’22: poetry
Se-Aun Park ’24: critical essay
Katheryn Prather ’22: writing portfolio
Eliza Sadhwani ’23: poetry
Honorable Mention—Art
Blake Ankner ’23: photography
Elena Ferrari ’24: photography
Isabelle Fitzgibbon ’23: photography
Isabelle Fitzgibbon ’23: photography
Isabelle Fitzgibbon ’23: photography
Isabelle Fitzgibbon ’23: photography
Melanie Forney ’24: photography
Jack Greenip ’23: photography
Abby Holcomb ’23: photography
Isabella Kanczuk ’23: photography
Isabella Kanczuk ’23: photography
Mikka Kelechian ’23: photography
Savanna Leung ’23: drawing and illustration
Griffin MacGillivray ’22: photography
Dixon McClintock ’23: photography
Christopher Scanlon ’22: photography
Christopher Scanlon ’22: photography
Ava Scheibler ’22: photography
Ava Scheibler ’22: photography
Alden Smith ’23: photography
Alden Smith ’23: photography
Elio Thadhani ’23: photography
Elio Thadhani ’23: photography
Rajan Thakore ’22: photography
Zahra Tshai ’22: sculpture
Jack Weil ’23: photography
Jack Weil ’23: photography
Natalie Williamson ’23: photography
Annie Winter ’22: photography
Felicity Wong ’25: film and animation
Andy Zhang ’22: digital art
Honorable Mention—Writing
Alison Blake ’22: poetry
Alison Blake ’22: poetry
Alison Cao ’22: short story
Alison Cao ’22: critical essay
Henry Dallman ’23: poetry
Teddy Ellis ’22: personal essay and memoir
Elena Ferrari ’24: poetry
Aidan Gao ’25: short story
Melany Hirsch ’23: poetry
Melany Hirsch ’23: poetry
Melany Hirsch ’23: critical essay
Isabella Kanczuk ’23: poetry
Simone Moise ’22: poetry
Jacob Mulliken ’23: journalism
Talia Sherman ’22: personal essay and memoir
John Truesdale ’23: poetry
Yi Yang ’23: poetry
Sam (Yi Xuan) Yu ’24: short story
Sam (Yi Xuan) Yu ’24: poetry