This year, 21 Sage Hill students were recognized in the 2022 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for outstanding achievement in a variety of genres including photography, painting, poetry, personal essay, short story, flash fiction and more.
These Sage Hill students earned 51 awards in total, which included 14 prestigious Gold Keys, the highest award. Katherine Zeng received two -- one for Humor and one for Poetry -- Grace Yan received two for Photography, Zahra Sarwono received one for Poetry, Sabrina Do received one in Photography, Jennifer Huang received two in Mixed Media, Celine Tseng received one in Photography, Coco Hu received two in Painting, Courtney Tetteh-Martey received two -- one for Poetry and one for Personal Essay & Memoir -- and Melody Yu received one for Personal Essay & Memoir.
“The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is a prestigious nationwide contest,” said visual arts teacher John Gunnin. “I'm delighted to see Sage Hill artists win multiple awards that include the Gold Key, which is the most difficult to obtain. You can see these works displayed in the Sage Hill Art Exhibition on April 13.”
Here is the full list of Sage Hill winners for the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards:
Anne Chen ‘24
Silver Key - Journalism
Silver Key - Personal Essay & Memoir
Honorable Mention - Poetry
Sabrina Do ‘22
Silver Key - Photography
Silver Key - Photography
Gold Key - Photography
Cheng Fang ‘22
Honorable Mention - Poetry
Coco Hu ‘23
Silver Key - Painting
Gold Key - Painting
Silver Key - Painting
Gold Key - Painting
Jennifer Huang ‘24
Gold Key - Mixed Media
Honorable Mention - Mixed Media
Silver Key - Painting
Gold Key - Mixed Media
Mirabelle Jiang ‘25
Honorable Mention - Personal Essay & Memoir
Bailey Johnson ‘24
Silver Key - Short Story
Rocky Lee ‘23
Silver Key - Journalism
Ingrid Luo ‘23
Honorable Mention - Poetry
Silver Key - Short Story
Honorable Mention - Personal Essay & Memoir
Silver Key - Flash Fiction
Honorable Mention - Poetry
Alex Montgomery ‘23
Silver Key - Poetry
Max Razmjoo ‘24
Silver Key - Critical Essay
Zahra Sarwono ‘23
Gold Key - Poetry
Olivia Sheng ‘23
Honorable Mention - Dramatic Script
Courtney Tetteh-Martey ‘25
Gold Key - Personal Essay & Memoir
Silver Key - Poetry
Gold Key, American Voices Nominee - Poetry
Celine Tseng ‘23
Gold Key - Photography
Honorable Mention - Mixed Media
Silver Key - Painting
Honorable Mention - Painting
Eric Xie ‘24
Honorable Mention - Photography
Honorable Mention - Photography
Grace Yan ‘25
Gold Key - Photography
Gold Key - Photography
Honorable Mention - Photography
Honorable Mention - Flash Fiction
Silver Key - Flash Fiction
Honorable Mention - Science Fiction & Fantasy
Grace Yang '25
Honorable Mention - Short Story
Honorable Mention - Flash Fiction
Melody Yu ‘25
Honorable Mention - Personal Essay & Memoir
Silver Key - Flash Fiction
Gold Key - Personal Essay & Memoir
Katherine Zeng ‘23
Gold Key - Humor
Gold Key - Poetry
Sophia Zhou ‘25
Silver Key - Flash Fiction
Honorable Mention - Digital Art