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Sage Hill Nets 87 Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
Thirty-five Sage Hill students were recently recognized in the 2023 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for outstanding achievement in themes including photography, painting, poetry, personal essay, short story, flash fiction and more.
These Sage Hill students earned 87 awards, which included 10 prestigious Gold Keys, the highest awards. These awards were handed out to art and writing students in the nine-state Western region.
“Each year it is a great privilege to see our Sage Hill students' excellence recognized outside the walls of our classrooms,” English teacher Arlie Parker said. “I hope very much that our students' success this year will continue to inspire the creative efforts of our community.”
The art categories saw Gold Key Awards go to Aidan Chung ‘23 for Photography, Xinyi Xie ‘23 for Mixed Media and Grace Yan ‘25 for photography. In the writing categories, Gold Key Awards went to Max Razmjoo ‘24 for Critical Essay, Courtney Tetteh-Martey ‘25 for Poetry, Grace Yang ‘25 for Poetry, Melody Yu ‘25 for Flash Fiction and Chenyu Zuo ‘25 for Critical Essay. Grace Yan ‘25 took home two Gold Key Awards for Poetry.
Gold Key Award winners will be nominated for the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards set to be announced in March.
Here is the full list of Sage Hill winners for the 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards:
Briana Bao ‘24
Silver Key - Photography
Honorable Mention - Personal Essay & Memoir
Honorable Mention - Photography
Honorable Mention - Photography
Anran (Anne) Chen ‘24
Silver Key - Poetry
Honorable Mention - Poetry
Honorable Mention - Personal Essay & Memoir
Luke Chez ‘23
Honorable Mention - Personal Essay & Memoir
Cassandra Chu ‘24
Honorable Mention - Comic Art
Aidan Chung ‘23
Gold Key - Photography
Silver Key - Photography
Honorable Mention - Photography
Ananya Devkirti ‘26
Honorable Mention - Flash Fiction
Honorable Mention - Photography
Scott Hu ‘24
Honorable Mention - Painting
Jennifer Huang ‘24
Silver Key - Painting
Honorable Mention - Mixed Media
Honorable Mention - Painting
Honorable Mention - Painting
Carter Lee ‘24
Honorable Mention - Drawing & Illustration
Mia Li ‘26
Silver Key - Painting
Nicole Ma ‘24
Silver Key - Critical Essay
Sophia Montgomery ‘26
Honorable Mention - Poetry
Phoebe Pan ‘24
Silver Key - Critical Essay
Honorable Mention - Critical Essay
Honorable Mention - Critical Essay
Maxine Park ‘24
Silver Key - Poetry
Niam Patel ‘25
Silver Key - Poetry
Arya Rawal ‘26
Silver Key - Personal Essay & Memoir
Honorable Mention - Short Story
Honorable Mention - Poetry
Honorable Mention - Flash Fiction
Max Razmjoo ‘24
Gold Key - Critical Essay
Honorable Mention - Critical Essay
Courtney Tetteh-Martey ‘25
Gold Key - Poetry
Amy Tang ‘23
Honorable Mention - Digital Art
Naomi Tran ‘25
Silver Key - Poetry
Silver Key - Poetry
Silver Key - Poetry
Celine Tseng ‘23
Silver Key - Art Portfolio
Honorable Mention - Painting
Cailyn Wang ‘25
Silver Key - Short Story
Honorable Mention - Flash Fiction
Katherine Wang ‘25
Honorable Mention - Painting
Lixing Wang ‘25
Honorable Mention - Painting
Maggie Wang ‘25
Honorable Mention - Drawing & Illustration
Honorable Mention - Digital Art
Luke Wu ‘25
Honorable Mention - Drawing & Illustration
Silver Key - Drawing & Illustration
Xinyi Xie ‘23
Gold Key - Mixed Media
Silver Key - Digital Art
Silver Key - Drawing & Illustration
Silver Key - Digital Art
Silver Key - Digital Art
Silver Key - Digital Art
Honorable Mention - Painting
Honorable Mention - Mixed Media
Grace Yan ‘25
Gold Key - Poetry
Gold Key - Poetry
Gold Key - Photography
Silver Key - Dramatic Script
Silver Key - Poetry
Silver Key - Photography
Silver Key - Photography
Silver Key - Photography
Honorable Mention - Poetry,
Honorable Mention - Personal Essay & Memoir
Honorable Mention - Dramatic Script
Honorable Mention - Photography
Anna Yang ‘23
Honorable Mention - Personal Essay & Memoir
Grace Yang ‘25
Gold Key - Poetry
Silver Key - Flash Fiction
Melody Yu ‘25
Gold Key - Flash Fiction
Silver Key - Humor
Silver Key - Flash Fiction
Honorable Mention - Personal Essay & Memoir
Katherine Zeng ‘23
Silver Key - Design
Honorable Mention - Humor
Haotian Zhang ‘23
Silver Key - Painting
Silver Key - Painting
Silver Key - Painting
Honorable Mention - Painting
Honorable Mention - Painting
Honorable Mention - Painting
Sophia Zhou ‘25
Honorable Mention - Digital Art
Honorable Mention - Digital Art
Chenyu Zuo ‘25
Gold Key - Critical Essay
Sage Hill School
A college preparatory independent day school for grades 7-12.
20402 Newport Coast Drive, Newport Coast, CA 92657
Phone: 949.219.0100 | Fax: 949.219.1399
20402 Newport Coast Drive, Newport Coast, CA 92657
Phone: 949.219.0100 | Fax: 949.219.1399
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