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
We commend all our Hutchison participants whose hard work and resilience enabled them to produce deeply personal, innovative, and thought-provoking creative work.
Caroline Orr ’12 has built a unique career that merges her love for art with business acumen. After working at Sotheby’s, she now works as an art services specialist at Bank of America, where she helps collectors navigate the art market with strategic advice.
Hutchison Now highlights graduates early in their careers who embody how a Hutchison education can lead anywhere you can imagine. We spoke with Caroline Kyle ’15, a software engineer for Walmart Global Tech in Bentonville, Arkansas.
As part of a State of Tennessee initiative, the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development recognized how Hutchison has made a difference in local and state communities for over 100 years.
Tyler Jones ’25 hasn’t had the easiest journey. After a long road to recovery from a knee injury, she worked even harder and signed to play Division I basketball for the University of New Mexico.
Hutchison Now highlights graduates early in their careers who embody how a Hutchison education can lead anywhere you can imagine. We spoke with Meagan Thornton ’12, the lead pharmacist at CaryRx, a digital pharmacy based in Washington, D.C., that provides access to pharmaceutical services online.
On WREG’s “Live at 9,” Dr. Ring, Hailey Litzsey ’25, and Malie Youngblood ’28 exemplified our mission of empowering girls to become confident leaders who know how to use their voices effectively.
If you have ovaries, you can learn a lot from spending time with Vanessa Ross, CNM, MSCP, Class of 1991. Let’s say hormones are wreaking havoc with your life and your doctor dismisses the symptoms with “it’s all in your head.” According to Ross, you should respond with: “Yes. You’re right. My brain is literally changing, and my body is reacting. My symptoms are real.”
The youngest American to orbit the Earth and a St. Jude physician assistant and cancer survivor spoke with our fourth and fifth graders after they read her memoir.
For her myExperience capstone project, part of the Institute for Responsible Citizenship, Millie Malone ’25 held a voter registration drive where a representative from the League of Women Voters assisted our girls in registering.
Parents heard from Eraina Schauss, Ph.D., one of the nation’s leading experts in the field of pediatric mental health, about the evidence that supports Hutchison’s new cell phone policy.
Hutchison Now highlights graduates early in their careers who embody how a Hutchison education can lead anywhere you can imagine. We spoke with Elizabeth Gonda ’16, a care manager at Healthfirst based out of New York who serves over 130 people and helps them with healthcare.