Scholastic Awards

Now in their 81st year, the Scholastic Art & Writing Award are the largest, longest-running, and most prestigious recognition for creative young people in the United States. This year, over 250,000 students received honors. In 2001, the Scholastic competition became a two-stage event, first regional, then national. The regional awards are held at Queens College in Charlotte as well as the Charlotte-Douglas International Airport, and include ceremonies, readings and a reception. On the national level, students attend ceremonies at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C. in June. Past jurors have included Robert Frost, Garrison Keillor, and Frank McCourt. The following Creative Writing students received Scholastic Regional Writing Awards:

2004 Regional Awards
Markie Gaddis—Gold Key Award, Essay
Sarah Carr—Gold Key Award, Poetry; Gold Key Award, Short Fiction
Amanda Pruitt—Gold Key Award, Poetry; Honorable Mention, Short Short Fiction
Andrew Chinn—Gold Key Award, Poetry; Gold Key Award, Short Fiction
Jillian Levy—Gold Key Award, Poetry
Suzi Russell—Honorable Mention, Poetry
Katherine Stehling—Silver Key Award, Poetry
Emrys Jaskwhich—Gold Key Award, Short Short Story; Gold Key Award, Essay;
Honorable Mention, Poetry
Anne Hasuly—Gold Key Award, Poetry
Mark Davis—Honorable Mention, Poetry
Margaret Mason Tate—Gold Award, Poetry
Rachel Howard—Honorable Mention, Short Short Fiction
Maggie Johnston—Honorable Mention, “Essay,” Honorable Mention, Short Fiction
Callie Plaxco—Gold Key Award, Poetry; Honorable Mention, Short Fiction
Daniel Hutchins—Honorable Mention, Short Fiction; Honorable Mention, Poetry

2004 National Awards:
Sarah Carr—Gold Award, Short Short Fiction
Emrys Jaskwhich—Gold Award, Personal Essay; Silver Award, Short Short Story

2003 Regional Awards
Crystal Barbare—Gold Key Award, American Voices Award (Poetry)
Lixie Goforth—Gold Key Award (Poetry)
Amanda Hart—Gold Key Award (Poetry), Publish Award (Poetry), Silver Key Award (Essay)
Anne Hasuly—Honorable Mention (Poetry)
Daniel Hutchins—Gold Key Award (Poetry), Publish Award (Poetry), Silver Key Award (Fiction)
Aaron Jarvis—Gold Key Award (Poetry), Publish Award (Poetry)
Maggie Johnston—Gold Key Award (Fiction), Gold Key Award (Poetry), Publish Award (Poetry), Silver Key Award (Essay), Honorable Mention (Fiction)
Theresa Kelley—Silver Award (Poetry)
Lisa Kozlowski—Silver Award (Poetry)
Sarah Maloy—Gold Key Award (Poetry)
Madison McClendon—Gold Key Award (Poetry), Gold Key Award (Fiction), Silver Key Award (Fiction)
Anne Persons—Silver Key Award (Fiction), Silver Key Award (Poetry)
Callie Plaxco—Gold Key Award (Poetry), Honorable Mention (Essay)
Jane Claire Remick—Silver Key Award (Poetry)
Rebecca Smith—Silver Award (Fiction), Honorable Mention (Poetry)
Margaret Tate—Gold Key Award (Poetry), Silver Key Award (Essay)

The awards ceremonies took place in the Dana Auditorium of Queens College in Charlotte, NC; reception and open reading followed at the Charlotte/Douglas International Airport.

2003 National Awards
Maggie Johnston—Two Gold Key Awards
Madison McClendon—Two Silver Key Awards
Sarah Maloy—Gold Key Award
Callie Plaxco—Gold Key Award

2002: Regional Awards
Dave Brothers (2 Golds)
Jamie Campbell (3 Golds)
Leah Coakley (2 Golds)
Drew Freeman (1 Gold)
Sara Schneider (1 Gold)
Ashlee Goforth (1 Gold, 1 Silver)
Theresa Kelley (1 Gold)
Laura Knowles (2 Golds)
J.P. Newton (1 Gold)
Drew Phillips (1 Gold)
Rebecca Smith (1 Gold)

2002: National
Dave Brothers (1 Gold)
Leah Coakley (1 Silver)

2001: Regional
Kelly Wright (1 Gold)
Matt Fleming (1 Gold)
Michael Craft (2 Silvers)
Jessica Garrison (Honorable Mention)

2001: National
Matt Fleming (American Voice)
Kelly Wright (1 Gold)

2000: National
Sasha Bishop (one of four students nationally to win Literary Portfolio Award--$1000.00)
Kristen Shaw (1 Gold, 1 Silver, Publication in national journal Literary Cavalcade )

1999: National
Sasha Bishop (Silver)

1997: National
David Levy (1 Gold, Publication in national journal Literary Cavalcade)

National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts

Sponsored by Coca-Cola, this competition receives well over 5000 entries nationally. Winners are flown to Miami, where they attend workshops across thedisciplines.

2002:
Kelly Wright
Melissa Fowler (one of 30 students nationally to receive Honorable Mention)
Shane Hennenhoefer
Lillian Lashbrook

1999:
Betsy Adams
Rick Ducker
Rebekah Moore

1998 (Honorable Mentions):
Laura Berry
Ben Turner
Jill Walker

1996:
Jonathan Rice

Southern Voices

Southern Voices is an annual publication from Cedar Creek School in Ruston,Louisiana, for student writers throughout the Southeastern states.

Publication 1998-2003
Sarah Maloy
Amanda Hart
Laura Gerhiser
Jill Walker
Lillian Lashbrook
Alison Rhodes
Scott Kearney
Shane Hennenhoefer
Eric Rivera
Kristen Shaw
Wei Ning Gao
Tanya Merrill
Kelly Wright
Matt Fleming
Maggie Johnston
Leah Coakley

Prizes:
2000
Wei Ning Gao (Algonquin Books Silver Award, Poetry)
Kristen Shaw (Algonquin Books Silver Award, Poetry)

1999
Rochelle Rickoff (Algonquin Books Silver Award, Essay)
Jill Walker (Algonquin Books Bronze Award, Poetry)

Emrys Foundation: Young Poets Awards (new district-wide contest 2003)

Maggie Johnston: Grand Prize
Crystal Barbare: Honorable Mention
Jane Claire Remick: Honorable Mention
Anne Hasuly: Honorable Mention
Lixee Gofoth: Honorable Mention
Anne Persons: Honorable Mention
Heather Peden: Honorable Mention
Theresa Kelley, Daniel Hutchins, Rebecca Smith, Margaret Tate, Callie Plaxco,
Madison McClendon: selected for publication

Archibald Rutledge Scholarship ($5000.00 for each of the four years of college)

2003
Heather Peden (Finalist)

2002
Kelly Wright (First Alternate)
Leah Coakley (Second Alternate)
Jennifer Clamp (Finalist)

2001
Michael Craft (Winner)
Sally Batson (Finalist)

2000 (All Finalists)
Shanna Fowler
Ben Frazier
Tanya Merrill
Holly Schwartz

1998
Betsy Adams (Winner)

Nancy Thorpe Poetry Competition (Hollins College, Roanoake, Virginia)

Winner 1998
Betsy Adams

Finalists 1998-2003
Amanda Hart
Ashleigh Goforth
Anne Persons
Melissa Fowler
Carrie Robison
Kelly Wright

Honorable Mentions 1998-2003
Theresa Kelley
Jane Claire Remick
Sarah Maloy
Sasha Bishop
Brittney Brown
Shanon Curtis
Melissa Fowler
Ashlee Goforth
Kristen Hunt
Theresa Kelley
Chelsea Lantz-Cashman
Sara Schneider
Erin Smith
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Excellence in Literature Competition for High School Literary Magazines (Statewide)

Cripple Creek Review, the Fine Arts Center’s annual art and literary publication, won First Place in this one-time contest sponsored by Clemson University in 2000.

Greenville District Young Playwrights’ Contest 2000

Sasha Bishop (First Place, Monologue)
Kristen Shaw (Second Place, Monologue)
Eric Rivera (Honorable Mention, Short Play)

Maggie’s Drawers; A Near Miss

Sponsored by USCS, Maggie’s Drawers, recently re-titled A Near Miss, showcases fiction, poetry, and art by students throughout the state.

Winners (1997-2003)
Rebecca Smith—Third Place Fiction
Lixee Goforth- First Place Poetry
Maggie Johnston-Second Place Poetry
Heather Peden- Honorable Mention Poetry
Anne Persons- Honorable Mention Poetry
Leah Coakley (First Place Poetry, 2002)
Maggie Johnston (Second Place Poetry, 2002)
Ashlee Goforth (Second Place Fiction 2002)
Melissa Fowler (Honorable Mention Poetry 2002)
Kelly Wright (Honorable Mention Poetry 2002)
Matt Fleming (Second Place Poetry 2001)
Dave Brothers (Third Place Poetry 2001)
Kelly Wright (Honorable Mention Poetry 2001)
Heather O’Connell (Second Place Fiction 2001)
Kristen Shaw (First Place Poetry and First Place Fiction 2000)
Eric Rivera (Second Place Fiction and Third Place Poetry 2000)
Lillian Lashbrook (Second Place Poetry 2000)
Scott Kearney (Second Place Fiction 1999)
Jill Walker (First Place Poetry 1999)
Brooke Walton (Third Place Poetry 1998)

Published (1997-2003)
Crystal Barbare
Amanda Hart
Anne Hasuly
Daniel Hutchins
Aaron Jarvis
Theresa Kelley
Sarah Maloy
Madison McClendon
Callie Plaxico
Jane Claire Remick
Margaret Mason Tate
Chelsea Lantz-Cashman
Jessica Garrison
Erin Smith
Michael Craft
Lawanda Kilgore
Hamp Markel
Jenimar Rodriguez
Amber Bryant
Melissa Fowler
Jamie Campbell
Maureen West
Anna Washburn
Amy Thornton
Sasha Bishop
Shane Hennenhoefer
Betsy Adams
Jennifer Clamp
Lance Smith
Dave Brothers
Sara Schneider
Drew Philips
Christian Pruitt

A poem of Jane Claire Remick has been published by Say, a new statewide on-line literary magazine sponsored by USCS,

Anderson District I Writing Contest

Matt Fleming, Winner 1999, 2000, 2001

Greenville Literacy Society Poetry Contest, High School Level, District-wide
(2001)

Matt Fleming

PTA Reflections Award and Reflections National Award for Excellence (1997)
Elizabeth Scott

Teacher’s Selection: An Anthology of Eleventh Grade Poetry (1997)

Betsy Adams
Kristen Hunt
Ben Turner

Converse College High School Poetry Festival Contest (1997)

Elizabeth Scott (First Prize)