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Waterford Students Earn Regional 2022 Scholastic Writing & Art Awards

Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Waterford News
Upper School
Visual Arts

Waterford's Middle and Upper School students entered this year's annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Competition and earned high accolades with a total of 85 regional awards in both visual arts and creative writing.

Tony W. ’23, Be Keen On, Gold Key in Drawing & Illustration
Tony W. ’23 was recognized with a Gold Key for his drawing and illustration titled
Be Keen On

 

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have recognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nation’s youth, and provided opportunities for creative teens to be celebrated each year since 1923. An increasing numbers of teens participate in the program and become a part of this community—young artists and writers, filmmakers and photographers, poets and sculptors, video game artists and science fiction writers—along with countless educators who support and encourage the creative process.

Waterford's talented students show passion and elevated standards in the work they submitted this year.  The awards listed below are for our Western Region, which includes Montana, Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, Washington, and parts of California. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards—the oldest and most prestigious program of its kind in the country—selects winning work for Gold Key, Silver Key and Honorable Mention awards.  All Gold Key winners advance to the National competition; those results will be announced in mid-March. Seniors whose portfolios win the top National award receive a $10,000 scholarship.  

In the Visual Arts, there were 77 regional awards received by Waterford students:

Lucza B. ’22, Sakura, Gold Key in Photography
Lucza B. ’22 earned a Gold Key in Photography for her
photograph titled Sakura

 

Studio Art:

3 Gold Keys: 
Kelly G. ’23 - My Brother (drawing and illustration)
Alexis H. ’22 - Cafe Sunset (digital art)
Tony W. ’23 - Be Keen On (drawing and illustration)
3 Silver Keys: Arissa J. ’22, Tony W. ’23, Lucza B. ’22
3 Honorable Mentions: Annika M. ’24, Tony W. ’23 (2)

 

Photography:

21 Gold Keys:
Austin B. ’25 - Lone Pump 
Lucza B. ’22 (6) -- Bubble Bath, Coil, Eye, Sakura, Terra, Wait
Katelyn C. ’26 - Mike and Gus 
Michele G. ’22 - Illuminated Man
Marlo H. ’26 (2) - Know Glow, You Through Reflection
Jack K. ’25- Soul
Will M. ’23 (2) - Lone Commuter, Tickets & Info
Molly M. ’24 (2) - Distorted Drowning, Opaque Faith
Madeline M. ’22 (2) - Galleson’s Gun Shop Alley, On the Outside
Christina W. ’23 - Division in Laketown
Ai Lee W. ’22 - Zion 
Orion X. ’23 - Auto Zone
26 Silver Keys

21 Honorable Mentions

Writing:

In creative writing, there were 8 awards received by Waterford Students. Waterford students earn this recognition for their critical essays, poetry, personal essays, and fiction pieces that are submitted. 

4 Gold Keys:  

Jema D. ’25 - A Portrait (Personal Essay & Memoir)
Annabelle Q. ’23 - Epistle of the Fallen Angels (Poetry), True Faith (Personal Essay & Memoir)
Sierra S. ’25 - Half Human, Half Chinese (Journalism)
2 Silver Keys : Sonya B. ’23 (2)
2 Honorable Mentions: Connor G. ’25, Annabelle Q. ’23.
 

Congratulations to the incredible hard work put in by Waterford students to earn this recognition. 

Please click here to see a gallery of the Regional Gold Key Visual Arts winners.

 

Sierra S. ’25, Half Human, Half Chinese, Gold Key in Journalism
Sierra S. ’25, article in the Salt Lake Tribune titled Half Human, Half
Chinese won a regional Gold Key in Journalism

 

Ai Lee W. ’22, Zion, Gold Key in Photography
Ai Lee W. ’22 was recognized with a Gold Key in
Photography for this image titled Zion

 

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