Milton students wowed judges from the Massachusetts Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, receiving honors for visual arts, poetry, critical and personal essays, journalism, and fiction.
Students who received Gold Key awards are entered into the national Scholastic competition. In addition, Gold Key-winning artists have the opportunity to exhibit their work at Tufts University’s Breed Hall. The exhibit opens to the public on March 18 and runs through March 26 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
View images of students’ winning visual art projects.
The following students received awards. Students whose names are repeated received multiple honors in the award tier:
Art—Gold Key
Tanner Burnett, Photography
Dingning Cao, Digital Art
Alex Cesaretti, Photography
Connor Lee, Photography
Matthew Li, Photography
Kailin Shi, Drawing & Illustration
Kailin Shi, Drawing & Illustration
Elio Thadani, Photography
Natalie Williamson, Photography
Natalie Williamson, Photography
Felicity Wong, Digital Art
Felicity Wong, Digital Art
Writing—Gold Key
Bea Becker, Poetry
Caroline Blake , Critical Essay
Kaitlyn Cappillo, Critical Essay
Elena Ferrari, Poetry
Melany Hirsch, Personal Essay & Memoir
Nikhil Kathiresan, Poetry
Nikhil Kathiresan, Flash Fiction
Anthony Lee, Critical Essay
Shu-Wu Tsai, Critical Essay
Felicity Wong, Critical Essay
Felicity Wong, Critical Essay
Anna Yang, Poetry
Anna Yang, Journalism
Sam Yu, Poetry
Art—Silver Key
Elena Ferrari, Photography
Jack Greenip, Photography
Elio Thadani, Photography
Jack Weil, Photography
Natalie Williamson, Photography
Natalie Williamson, Photography
Felicity Wong, Digital Art
Writing—Silver Key
Henry Dallman, Poetry
Elena Ferrari, Poetry
Aidan Gao, Personal Essay & Memoir
Sam Goldings, Poetry
Lan Hai, Critical Essay
Melany Hirsch, Poetry
Melany Hirsch, Short Story
Gracie Sagar, Poetry
Gracie Sagar, Personal Essay & Memoir
Tom Tang, Personal Essay & Memoir
Tom Tang, Poetry
Sam Yu, Poetry
Art—Honorable Mention
Blake Ankner, Art Portfolio
Blake Ankner, Art Portfolio
Blake Ankner, Photography
Caitlin Blanksteen, Mixed Media
Dingning Cao, Drawing & Illustration
Dingning Cao, Drawing & Illustration
Melanie Forney, Photography
Jack Greenip, Photography
Eliot Hack, Photography
Abby Holcomb, Photography
Liam Kralick, Photography
Liam Kralick, Photography
Connor Lee, Photography
Matthew Li, Photography
Ty Minton, Photography
Elio Thadhani, Photography
Elio Thadhani, Photography
Celina Wang, Drawing & Illustration
Jack Weil, Photography
Natalie Williamson, Photography
Natalie Williamson, Photography
Natalie Williamson, Photography
Natalie Williamson, Photography
Felicity Wong, Digital Art
Felicity Wong, Digital Art
Felicity Wong, Digital Art
Felicity Wong, Digital Art
Sophie Xie, Drawing & Illustration
Victor Xu, Photography
Anna Yang, Drawing & Illustration
Keira Zhuo, Digital Art
Writing—Honorable Mention
Dingning Cao, Personal Essay & Memoir
Dingning Cao, Personal Essay & Memoir
Justin Chen, Poetry
Justin Chen, Critical Essay
Bain Coyne, Poetry
Nika Farokhzad, Poetry
Simon Farruqui, Personal Essay & Memoir
Elena Ferrari, Poetry
Elena Ferrari, Poetry
Blain Gelhaar, Poetry
Melany Hirsch, Poetry
Melany Hirsch, Poetry
Adair Johnson, Short Story
Aria Kamal, Short Story
Ainsley Madden, Poetry
Sonya Martin, Critical Essay
Rio Pearlstein, Poetry
Eliana Soiffer, Poetry
Akshaya Sundraraj, Poetry
Felicity Wong, Critical Essay
Felicity Wong, Critical Essay
Sophia Xie, Poetry
Anna Yang, Poetry
Sam Yu, Poetry
Sam Yu, Short Story