Young Writers Earn Impressive 36 Scholastic Writing Awards
Congratulations to the 36 Hutchison girls who earned Scholastic Writing Awards at the recent Nonprofit Alliance for Young Writers’ Southeastern competition.
Our girls demonstrated a mastery of storytelling and creativity in genres as varied as science fiction, humor, short story, and poetry.
The five girls who received Gold Keys will move on to compete nationally in March.
Gold Key
- Zoe Ford ’23; Short Story
- Juliana Judge ’22; Poetry
- Millie Mencke ’20; Personal Essay/Memoir
- Kristin Nunn ’22; Short Story
- Eve West ’21; Short Story
Silver Key
- Madison Borkowski ’22; Flash Fiction
- Amanda Campbell ’22; Poetry
- Keller Crosby ’24; Short Story
- Lara Eason ’24; Poetry
- Madison Fisher ’22; Critical Essay
- Betsy Grimes ’22; Critical Essay
- Nuha Hasan ’24; Short Story
- Myanne James ’20; Fiction/Fantasy
- Anne Wilkes Skipworth ’20; Flash Fiction
- Hamna Tameez ’22; Poetry
Honorable Mention
- Zain Amro ’23; Short Story
- Elizabeth Austin ’20; Flash Fiction
- Alex Beard ’23; Science Fiction/Fantasy
- Annabelle Bridgforth ’22; Fiction/Fantasy
- Sara Kate Burnett ’22; Humor
- Caroline Couch ’20; Flash Fiction
- Caroline Erb ’22; Flash Fiction
- Brooke Fair ’23; Short Story
- Hannah Gail Flatt ’23; Short Story
- Helen Gillespie ’20; Flash Fiction
- Molly Reeves Gooch ’22; Poetry
- Bella Harriman ’22; Short Story
- Caroline Grace Hathcock ’22; Fiction/Fantasy
- Lillie Hollabaugh ’22; Humor
- Helen Kastner ’23; Poetry
- Madison Morris ’20; Journalism
- Breland Myers ’22; Humor
- Sarah Jane Richey ’22; Poetry
- Morgan Schrier ’22; Poetry
- Shubhi Singh ’22; Short Story
- Virginia Tabor ’20; Short Story
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