Student Awards

Young Arts:

• Scarlett McCarthy, Merit Award with $100 cash award 

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards:

• Scarlett McCarthy, Silver Key for Senior Portfolio
• Ariel Bevan, Honorable Mention for Senior Portfolio
  
• Whitney Aviles-Low, Honorable Mention for Senior Portfolio
  
• Becky Hirsch, Honorable Mention for Fiction
  

Faulkner-Wisdom Competition (Short Story by a High School Student):

Short-list:

• Maria Alvarado, 100% Apple Juice
• Whitney Aviles-Low, Limbo
• Amber Morrell, My Father's
• Isaac Dwyer, Pensioner Eaten by Rescued Strays

Semi-Finalist:

• Abigail McFee, Blinds
• Taylor Johnson, Cracked Leather
• Austin "Boston" Okopny, Detroit Decays, Vegas in Flux
• Rebecca Cox, Her Pearly Whites
• Scarlett McCarthy, Knocking
• Becky Joy Hirsch, Miss Missouri 
• Austin Starr King, Swing

Publications:
Creative Communication: Kalinah White, Isaac Dwyer, and Becky Hirsch

Short-List for Finalists
Amber Morrell, “How to Tell if You’re About to Burst into Flames”
Ahmad Khalid Wardag, “Mountains of Snow”
Morgan Unsworth, “Queen Sleet”
Emma Gannon, “Resurrection”
Rebecca Cox, “Steam”
Katie Bernard-Perez, “The Site Without Sun”
Whitney Aviles-Low, “The Valley”
Austin King, “Worms”

Semi-Finalist
Jordan Sebastian Bonner, “Getting Caught”
Dustin Evans, “Guppies”
Becky Joy Hirsch, “Lea’s Candle”
Austin D. Okopny, “Mecca, TX (But Even Angels have Problems)”
Ariel Bevan, “Strange and Beautiful”
Emilio Lazcano, “The Arrival”
Madison Hartzog-Warren, “The Red Cup”

Nancy Thorp Poetry Contest, Hollins University
First Prize
Whitney Aviles-Low, “Cain’s Lament”
$200, full scholarship to Hollins Summer Program, publication in the literary journal Cargoes and ten copies

Finalists and honorable mentions
Abigail McFee, “Norwegian Strawberries Taste Better” and “Something Borrowed”, Finalist
Scarlett McCarthy, “Looking Right,” Finalist, “Lavender Homes,” Honorable Mention
Becky Hirsch: “Possession,” “Urban Legend,” Honorable Mentions

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Whitney Aviles-Low, “Shards of a Mother Gone,” Short-Short Story – Gold Key
Amber Morrell, “Holiday Cheer,” Dramatic Script – Silver Key
General Writing Portfolio – Merit Certificate
Taylor Johnson, General Writing Portfolio – Silver Key
Ariel Bevan, “And my Tears rolled into the Ocean,” Short Story – Silver Key
Madison Hartzog-Warren, Nonfiction Writing Portfolio—Merit Award
Becky Hirsch, "Shame," Short Story—Merit Award
Katie Johnson, Nonfiction Portfolio---Merit Award 
Austin King, General Writing Portfolio—Merit Award
Scarlett McCarthy, "Knocking," Short-Short Story—Merit Award
Abigail McFee, "Fixer-Upper," Personal Essay/Memoir—Merit Award
Austin Okopny, General Writing Portfolio—Merit Award

Poetry Society of America
Louise Louis/Emily F. Bourne Student Award
Finalist
Amber Morrell, “Category”

Publications
Becky Joy Hirsch “Patience,” Generations Literary Journal, forthcoming in the 2011 Influences issue
Whitney Aviles-Low, “Cain’s Lament,” Cargoes, April 2011
Austin Okopny, “The Relationship of One Half, One, Two,” Quill and Parchment, January 2011
Austin Okopny, “Rise of the Jellyfish,” Quill and Parchment, forthcoming June 2011
Amber Morrell, “Like Bears,” Generations Literary Journal, Expectations issue, Summer 2010
Austin King, “Release,” Generations Literary Journal, Expectations issue, Summer 2010  
Isaac Dwyer, "Pensioner Eaten by Rescued Strays" Surrounded Magazine, 2011

2010
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Whitney Aviles-Low, Gold Key Award, “The Lot,” short story
Katie Bernard-Perez, Silver Key Award, “Clarity,” poem
Madison Hartzog-Warren, Merit Award, “Face Paint,” poem
Austin King, Merit Award, “The Right House,” poem

Nancy Thorp High School Poetry Contest, Hollins’ College
Whitney Aviles-Low, Runner-up, won $25 and publication in Cargoes, “Degeneration”
Ariel Bevan, Honorable Mention


2009

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Ariel Bevan, Silver Award (national), personal essay, “Daisuki: I really, really like you (I love you)”
Lida Sobkova, Gold Key Award for senior portfolio and play, “Mr. McSeal”
Jordan Bonner, Gold Key Award for short story, “Three”
Emma Gannon, Gold Key Award, humor, short story
Jake Tapleshay: published poem in Surrounded, published poems in Limp Wrist and received full scholarship to Juniper Summer Writing Program
Lucy Keifer: published essay on Sherlock Holmes in Baker Street Journal

Faulkner Society Short-Story Competition for High School Students:
Short-listed for finalists
Jordan Bonner
Ariel Bevan
Katie Bernard-Perez

Semi-Finalists
Emma Gannon
Jake Tapleshay
Sunny Spain
Khalid Wardag

Scholastic Art and Writing Awards:

• Scarlett McCarthy, Silver Key for Senior Portfolio