Scholastic Art and Writing Competition 2017 Gold Key Winners

Name: Jazmin Galicia Grade: 11 Category: Ceramics & Glass Title: Florero Who/what inspired you to submit to the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition? “Mrs. Treffinger.” What do you like about it? “The way I designed it I only saw an image of a vase and little by little the ideas and combinations were given and in the end it looks pretty impressive for me." What a...

Name: Caleb Wilson Grade: 9 Category: Ceramics & Glass Title: Forlorned Who/what inspired you to submit to the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition? “Mrs. Treffinger told me about it, so I decided to give it a shot.” What do you like about it? “I think it’s cool how you can win something for being creative.” What are you most proud of? “I don’t really have a lot of...

Name: Bree Ank Grade: 9 Category: Novel Title: Countdown Who/what inspired you to submit to the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition? “Really it was my teacher from last year that encouraged me to do it.  Her name was Mrs. Williams and I decided I wanted to do it again because I wanted to give it another try; last year I got an honorable mention.” What do you like about it? “I l...

Name: Matthew Presite Grade: 10 Category: Poetry Title: “How to Break a Poem” Who/what inspired you to submit to the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition? “I'm not a big reader, but I was inspired by a few poems I'd seen online and at school. I've always been impressed by authors and wanted to start small by trying poetry.” What do you like about it? “Poetry lets me exp...

Name: Rob Hankes Grade: 11 Category: Short Story Title: “Still Life” Who/what inspired you to submit to the Scholastic Art and Writing Competition? “My father inspired me a lot (he’s an English teacher at Big Spring) and a lot of the English teachers that I’ve had.” What do you like about it? “I like everyone getting a chance to submit their own writing free of cha...