Scholastic Art Awards

Congratulations students!

The 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the largest, longest-running scholarship and recognition program for creative teens, and are presented annually by the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artist & Writers with generous support from Scholastic Inc.

From an initial pool of nearly 350,000 submissions 3,300 works of art and writing earned a National Medal. Students and their educators will be honored at a National ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York City, on June 7, 2018.

Award winners from Maine include the following:

• Haha Albadri, grade 12, Biddeford, Awarded: Gold Medal in Personal Essay & Memoir for “Red Dishdasha”
• Christopher Barlow, grade 10, South Portland High School, Awarded: Gold Medal in Poetry for “Ryan, White Lighters, Fur Trading, Juvenile, Death And Dignity (for Patroclus)”
• Rex DeMuro, grade 7 Conners/Emerson Elementary School, Bar Harbor, Awarded: Silver Medal in Short Story for “Writing ‘The Spaniard'”
• Makena Déveraux, grade 11, Cape Elizabeth High School, Awarded: Silver Medal in Poetry for “Love from I”
• Lizzie Dunn, grade 11, Houlton Jr Senior High School, Awarded: Silver Medal in Drawing & Illustration for “Sense of Chaos”
• Benjamin Folsom, grade 12, Falmouth High School, Awarded: Gold Medal, American Visions Medal in Digital Art for “Disperse”
• Galen Gaze, grade 12, Falmouth High School, Awarded: Gold Medal in Editorial Cartoon sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation for “Innocence is Bliss”
• Mary Hammond, grade 12, Narraguagus High School, Harrington, Awarded: Silver Medal in Poetry for “I Never Disturbed the Moss — A Midnight Solace”
• An Ho, grade 12, Thornton Academy, Saco, Awarded: Gold Medal in Design for “The Burger Workshop”
• Anna Kelly, grade 8, Center for Teaching & Learning, Edgecomb, Awarded: Gold Medal in Personal Essay & Memoir for “Rebels with a Cause”
• Addison Lanoue, grade 8, Scarborough Middle School, Awarded: Silver Medal in Poetry for “Frozen in Time”
• Rya Morrill, grade 12, Bangor High School, Awarded: Silver Medal in Digital Art for “Artificial Intelligence
• Rose Rasor, grade 10, Yarmouth High School, Awarded: Gold Medal in Poetry for “An Open Letter to Ophelia and Other Poems”
• Grace Roberts, grade 12, Cape Elizabeth High School, Awarded: Silver Medal in Personal Essay & Memoir for “Jaw” AND Gold Medal in Personal Essay & Memoir for “A Letter”
• Luna Soley, grade 12, Waynflete School, Portland, Awarded: Silver Medal in Personal Essay & Memoir for “Monarch” AND Silver Medal in Poetry for “A Thank You Note to the World”
• Raina Sparks, grade 9, Cape Elizabeth High School, Awarded: Silver Medal in Poetry for “Little Lady, Hurricane in the Shade of Purple”
• Conner Theriault, grade 10, Baxter Academy Tech & Science, Portland, Awarded: Silver Medal in Sculpture for “Veteran”