Eight Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts students earned recognition in 2024 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards regional competition.
Olivia Busby, Elisa Guess and Maddox Jessup earned regional Gold Keys for their competition submissions. Busby received a Gold Key for a digital art piece titled “Sheet Over the Flowers.” Guess received a Gold Key for a poem, “For Moon.” Jessup earned a Gold Key for her poem “Girlhood.” Jessup also earned Honorable Mention recognition for a second poem, “Seasons of Love.”
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is sponsored by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers. It is among the nation’s most prestigious program for creative teams. Previous award-winners during the competition’s history include Andy Warhol, Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Tschabalala Self and others.
Other students who earned recognition include:
- Ella Campbell, Silver Key for her portfolio of visual arts pieces titled “Life in Color”;
- Jaime Hernandez, Silver Key for “Seven Dollars and Seventy-Six Cents,” a short story;
- Kuhno Lee, Silver Key for “The Black Box,” a flash fiction piece;
- Hailey Judkins, Honorable Mention for “54,” a poem; and
- Kayla Long, Honorable Mention for “The Birds of Christmas,” an adapted screenplay of a short story.
To learn more about the competition, visit www.artandwriting.org.
