ISS Students Earn 59 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Thirty Indian Springs School students have received 59 awards—including 10 Gold Keys, the highest level of achievement at the regional level—as part of the 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards!

Founded in 1923, the program seeks to celebrate student achievement in the visual and literary arts in 29 categories, including architecture, photography, flash fiction, poetry, painting, novel writing, video game design, and more. Notable alumni include Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, Truman Capote, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Robert Redford, Ken Burns, and other creative visionaries.

“We who know ISS students know their capacity to use and expand the possibilities of language—on the page, in the classroom, or in a Town Meeting,” says Latin and English teacher Douglas Ray, who each fall encourages students in his Writers’ Workshop class to submit works to the competition. “I am thrilled that these students were motivated to find an audience beyond the walls of ISS and to receive recognition and validation for their efforts and talent in the process. Take a look at this list; I am confident that you'll see some of these names grace the covers of books in the future just as ISS alumnae/i have done again and again.”

“Indian Springs students also produce amazing work in the visual arts—photography, film and animation, and drawing and illustration,” says art teacher Clay Colvin ’95. “The Scholastic Awards are a fantastic opportunity for students to share their creativity with a larger audience, and to see artistic achievement celebrated.”

Submissions are evaluated for originality, technical skill, and the emergence of personal voice or vision. Students receiving Gold Keys will advance to compete for Gold and Silver medals at the national level this spring. To learn more about the awards, visit www.artandwriting.org.

Congratulations to our 2016 winners!

Rakim Ali ’16
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay / Memoir

Julianne Baker ’16
Silver Key—Personal Essay / Memoir

Margot Balliet ’16
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay / Memoir
Silver Key—Personal Essay / Memoir

Thomas Barr ’16
Silver Key—Poetry
Honorable Mention—Poetry

Johnny Baxley ’16
Honorable Mention—Poetry

Caroline Borden ’16
Gold Key—Personal Essay / Memoir
Gold Key—Personal Essay / Memoir

Sarah Brabston ’16
Honorable Mention—Writing Portfolio

Parker Bryant ’16
Silver Key—Personal Essay / Memoir

Molly Cohn ’16
Silver Key—Personal Essay / Memoir
Honorable Mention—Poetry

Albert Dascher ’16
Silver Key—Personal Essay / Memoir

Alex Daugherty ’16
Honorable Mention—Poetry

Stella Davis ’16
Honorable Mention—Poetry
Honorable Mention—Humor
Honorable Mention—Poetry

Kathryn Dix ’16
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay / Memoir
Honorable Mention—Poetry

Alice Dong ’16
Silver Key—Photography

Julia Fleisig ’16
Gold Key—Personal Essay / Memoir
Silver Key—Humor
Silver Key—Poetry
Honorable Mention—Film & Animation
Honorable Mention—Photography
Honorable Mention—Drawing & Illustration
Silver Key—Photography

Rachel Hancock ’16
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay / Memoir

David Hobdy ’16
Silver Key—Personal Essay / Memoir
Gold Key—Personal Essay / Memoir
Honorable Mention—Poetry

Jalen Houston ’16
Silver Key—Personal Essay / Memoir

Jaylan Jacobs ’16
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay / Memoir
Silver Key—Personal Essay / Memoir
Honorable Mention—Poetry

Ulysses Keevan-Lynch ’17
Silver Key—Journalism

Benjamin Lasseter ’16
Silver Key—Personal Essay / Memoir
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay / Memoir

Daun Lee ’16
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay / Memoir

Daniel McMahon ’16
Silver Key—Poetry
Honorable Mention—Poetry

Michael O’Malley ’16
Silver Key—Poetry
Honorable Mention—Poetry
Silver Key—Poetry

Marc Straus ’16
Honorable Mention—Poetry

Kristin Toms ’16
Gold Key—Flash Fiction
Honorable Mention—Flash Fiction
Silver Key—Photography

John Touloupis ’16
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay / Memoir

Davis Tyler-Dudley ’16
Honorable Mention—Short Story
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay / Memoir

Mira Walker ’16
Silver Key—Personal Essay / Memoir
Gold Key—Personal Essay / Memoir
Gold Key—Poetry
Gold Key—Personal Essay / Memoir
Gold Key—Writing Portfolio
Gold Key—Poetry

Lianna Zhou ’16
Honorable Mention—Writing Portfolio