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Scholastic Writing Winners Announced
Congratulations to the below University School of Milwaukee Upper School students who won a total of 69 individual writing awards from the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition, including 18 Gold Keys and 36 Silver Keys.
Winning entries were selected for awards without knowledge of the student’s gender, age, ethnicity, or hometown by some of the foremost leaders in the visual and literary arts. Jurors look for works that exemplify the Scholastic Art Awards’ core values: originality, skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
In addition to the achievements in Scholastic Writing, read about the USM students who received awards from the Scholastic Art competition in January.
Names of award winners were collected to the best of our ability. If you notice an error or omission, please email communications@usm.org.
Congratulations to the following USM student award winners:
| Chloe Chen '27 | Silver Key | Personal Essay and Memoir | The Dumplings That Didn't Work |
| Christian Doll '26 | Honorable Mention | Poetry | The Boat |
| Raya El-Hajjar '25 | Gold Key | Poetry | A Monday morning thought process |
| Raya El-Hajjar '25 | Gold Keys | Flash Fiction |
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| Raya El-Hajjar '25 | Silver Key | Critical Essays |
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| Raya El-Hajjar '25 | Silver Key | Poetry | Al Nakba Philosophy, Edited, Easy Edition: Current Application |
| Raya El-Hajjar '25 | Honorable Mention | Science Fiction and Fantasy | A New Road Paven |
| Raya El-Hajjar '25 | Honorable Mention | Science Fiction and Fantasy |
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| Raya El-Hajjar '25 | Honorable Mention | Critical Essay | The Tribulations of Developing Selfhood in Enslavement |
| Reiley Fitzsimmons '26 | Gold Keys | Poetry |
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| Reiley Fitzsimmons '26 | Silver Key | Poetry | A Year of Thoughts |
| Reiley Fitzsimmons '26 | Honorable Mentions | Poetry |
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| Natalie Gapinski '24 | Silver Key | Poetry | Cardinal |
| Natalie Gapinski '24 | Honorable Mention | Poetry | Sisyphus |
| Anand George '26 | Silver Key | Journalism | A Region in Crisis: The Sahel |
| Madelyn Hernández '25 | Gold Key | Poetry | How We (I) Begin |
| Mariner Hernandez '26 | Honorable Mention | Poetry | Dead Men Walking |
| Eliana Igwike '26 | Gold Keys | Poetry |
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| Eliana Igwike '26 | Gold Key | Flash Fiction | Ten-Stemmed Bouquets |
| Eliana Igwike '26 | Gold Key | Short Story | Grover Washington Played |
| Eliana Igwike '26 | Silver Keys | Poetry |
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| Eliana Igwike '26 | Silver Key | Personal Essay & Memoir | Dear Eliana, |
| Emmanuel Igwike '28 | Gold Key | Poetry | A word called ptsd |
| Emmanuel Igwike '28 | Honorable Mentions | Poetry |
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| Emily Igwike '24 | Gold Keys | Poetry |
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| Emily Igwike '24 | Gold Key | Short Story | lost |
| Emily Igwike '24 | Silver Keys | Poetry |
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| Emily Igwike '24 | Silver Keys | Flash Fiction |
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| Emily Igwike '24 | Honorable Mention | Poetry | haikus about summer |
| Sophie Irwin '27 | Honorable Mention | Personal Essay and Memoir | The Adventurers |
| Avana Kelly '25 | Gold Key | Short Story | Trapped in History |
| Avana Kelly '25 | Gold Key | Poetry | This is what love looks like |
| Avana Kelly '25 | Silver Key | Poetry | Brainrot |
| Avana Kelly '25 | Honorable Mention | Critical Essay | What do we do with the time we have? |
| Mia Lucke '27 | Silver Key | Poetry | Talk of Death |
| Mia Lucke '27 | Honorable Mentions | Poetry |
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| Azara Mason '24 | Silver Key | Poetry | Emotions Echoing in Giovanni's Empty Room |
| Azara Mason '24 | Honorable Mention | Poetry | The Mediator |
| Tommaso Pantalei '25 | Silver Key | Humor | Lucas Learns His Lesson |
| Azariah Pogreba '27 | Silver Key | Poetry | Spring |
| Divya Rao '27 | Silver Key | Poetry | this is how it's always been |
| Clara Robinson '27 | Gold Key | Personal Essay & Memoir | An Ode of a Forgotten Name |
| Kiran Siddalingaiah '25 | Gold Key | Humor | A Most Fulfilling Headache |
| Lauren Stone '26 | Honorable Mention | Poetry | White Noise |
| Francesca Sturino '26 | Silver Keys | Poetry |
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| Francesca Sturino '26 | Silver Key | Flash Fiction | Brighter Than the Stars Ever Will Be |
| Francesca Sturino '26 | Honorable Mentions | Poetry |
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| Laya Sumithra '25 | Gold Key | Poetry | remembrance |
| Laya Sumithra '25 | Silver Keys | Poetry |
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| Laya Sumithra '25 | Honorable Mentions | Poetry |
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| Harini Tallam '26 | Silver Key | Poetry | Imposter |
| Sophia Torinus '25 | Silver Key | Poetry | Night Shift |
| Sophia Torinus '25 | Silver Key | Personal Essay & Memoir | Baker's Notes |
| Eshaan Vasudev '26 | Silver Keys | Poetry |
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| Aidan Wang '24 | Gold Keys | Personal Essays & Memoirs |
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| Aidan Wang '24 | Silver Key | Personal Essay & Memoir | My Running Relevations |
| Angela Wang '26 | Gold Key | Personal Essay & Memoir | dancing with dandelions |
| Angela Wang '26 | Silver Keys | Personal Essays & Memoirs |
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| Angela Wang '26 | Silver Keys | Poetry |
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| Angela Wang '26 | Honorable Mention | Journalism | When News Articles are Not Enough: America’s Losing Fight Against Fentanyl |
| William Zhao '24 | Silver Key | Personal Essay & Memoir | Paper Airplanes |
| William Zhao '24 | Silver Key | Portfolio Category, Writing | The Best Hits of a Highschool Kid |
| William Zhao '24 | Honorable Mention | Critical Essay | An Analysis of Video Game Backlash |
| William Zhao '24 | Honorable Mentions | Poetry |
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