03.12.10
CWN Staff
Charlotte Weekly Newspapers
Twenty-nine Charlotte Latin School students have received honors for their writing in the 2010 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards competition. Administered by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, this national competition recognizes seventh- through 12th-grade students. Each year, the Alliance receives thousands of works, submitted through its regional affiliates for consideration in more than 25 categories of art and writing. Regional Gold Key winners have advanced to the national competition in New York City.
In addition to receiving Gold Keys, works by the following students have been nominated for an American Voices Medal: Caroline Chiaroni, “Newfound Magic,” poetry collection; Katie Mayopoulos, “The White ‘Stainless’ Game Ball,” personal essay/memoir; Maddie Metz, “Mere Images,” humor.
Gold Key: Lana Chiad, “The Personification of Something,” poetry; Caroline Chiaroni, “Nature’s Closing Ceremony,” personal essay/memoir; Aashna Desai, “The Blue Touch,” poetry collection; Zach Kern, “Artificial Sweetener,” poetry; Lynn Lewis-Bevan, “Kaleidoscope,” science fiction/fantasy; Gus Mayopoulos, “Soweto Puddle Wonderful,” poetry; Ashley Medeiros, “Steve Irwin’s Dream Shoes: Crocs,” persuasive writing; Won Geong Jeong “Shanghai’s Genuine Panacea,” poetry; Kathryn Watts, “Seven Tree Rings,” poetry collection; and Constance Zhou, “Troll Bridge-A Memoir,” science fiction/fantasy.
Silver Key: Alex Almquist, “Mountains of Malice,” personal essay/memoir; Paige Brown “Forgotten,” poetry; Jackson Evans, “The City Beyond the City” and “A Moment in Time,” poetry; Samantha Foreman, “Brookstone Babes,” short story; Luke Hedrick, “One Love,” personal essay/memoir; Will Lander, “Our Day,” personal essay/memoir; Elizabeth Morrison, “The Horrible Incident at the Piggly Wiggly,” humor; Justin Norkett, “Lament of the Desolate,” poetry; Elena Sharma, “Actress Interrupted,” poetry; Tai Shaw, “Often I Think of Him,” personal essay/memoir; and Kathryn Watts, “The Dressing Room,” personal essay/memoir.
Honorable Mention: Sarah Black, “To Be or Not to Be,” persuasive writing; John Bowman, “Neurotic Emulos Reticent Delusional Students,” personal essay/memoir; David Caldwell, “Aqueducts,” poetry; Sam Caldwell, “Is Anybody There? Does Anybody Care?,” journalism; Lana Chiad, “The Arrangement,” short story; Emily Griffin, “The Sexy and the Gay,” and “I’m Not One for Compromise,” personal essay/memoir; Mary Lewis, “Gossip Girl Here, Your One and Only Source into Disastrous Parenting,” persuasive writing; and Myers McGarry, “Bizarre Celebrations,” personal essay/memoir.
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