Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The list of winners on 2018 Scholastic Writing:http://www.writopialab.org/programs/scholastic-awards/regions-dc-awards/dc-2018-recipients
http://www.writopialab.org/programs/scholastic-awards/regions-dc-awards/dc-2018-recipients
Wow. That's expensive.
Anonymous wrote:Never heard of it, so I guess it is not something pushed by all schools.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The list of winners on 2018 Scholastic Writing:http://www.writopialab.org/programs/scholastic-awards/regions-dc-awards/dc-2018-recipients
http://www.writopialab.org/programs/scholastic-awards/regions-dc-awards/dc-2018-recipients
Anonymous wrote:The list of winners on 2018 Scholastic Writing:http://www.writopialab.org/programs/scholastic-awards/regions-dc-awards/dc-2018-recipients
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Never heard of it, so I guess it is not something pushed by all schools.
That must be it.
My DC was a Gold Key recipient in several categories, and won a Silver Medal at the National level some years ago. This is a very prestigious and very old competition, even if you have never heard of it. I believe the Scholastic Awards were founded back in 1923, and notable alumni recipients include Sylvia Plath, Joyce Carol Oates, Richard Avedon, Andy Warhol, John Updike, Truman Capote, Lena Dunham, Zac Posen, Cy Twombly, Stephen King, Richard Linklater, among others.
The schools do not push participation, as students pursue this themselves. In the case of my DC, the school did not know they were submitting their writings until they sought out a teacher signature for some purpose. These are self-motivated, talented students.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Never heard of it, so I guess it is not something pushed by all schools.
That must be it.
Anonymous wrote:Never heard of it, so I guess it is not something pushed by all schools.
Anonymous wrote:The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards (http://www.artandwriting.org/who-we-are/) is notably the country's premiere competition to recognize national excellence by middle and high school students (gr. 7-12) in the areas of Art and Writing. There are 29 sub-categories in Art and Writing (e.g. Photography in Art, Screenplay in Writing). Each year the competition receives approximately 320,000 original submissions from middle and high school students across the country. The first round of the competition awards Gold, Silver, and Bronze Keys in each sub-category by geographic region. The Gold Key recipients, already a notable honor, then go on to the National round of the competition where only a small subset of the Gold Key recipients (I believe around 1,000-1,200 students) are awarded a National Gold or Silver Medal. There are several Scholastic Gold Medal and Silver Medal winners from the DC metro area in both Art and Writing this year.
Here is a list of just this year's Gold Key awards. These private schools may have many more awards at the Silver and Bronze Key levels, but a comprehensive list has not been published at the local level yet.
http://www.artandwriting.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/2018-Gold-Key-Recipients.pdf
Deal Middle School - 1
Duke Ellington School of the Arts - 5
CHEC Bell High School - 1
Georgetown Day School - 15
Georgetown Visitation Prep School - 2
Lab School of Washington - 1
Lowell School - 4
Maret School - 16
National Cathedral School - 11
School Without Walls - 1
Sidwell Friends School - 11
St. Albans School - 2
Washington International School - 1
Washington Latin Public Charter School - 1