
This week, twelve Riverstone students were recognized for excellence in writing by the Idaho Scholastic Writing Awards — an affiliate of the national organization that works to honor and encourage the voices of young writers. Student submissions were blindly judged by panels of leading writers and artists in our community.
The students who were honored at the Idaho level will be recognized at a spring ceremony at Boise State University, with Christian Winn as the keynote speaker. Each student’s work will be submitted to the national awards, which entails massive scholarship opportunities and a possible invitation to the awards ceremony at Carnegie Hall. For more detailed information about the awards, please visit www.artandwriting.org.
Congratulations to the following students for receiving the Scholastic Writing Award’s 2015 Gold Keys, Silver Keys, Honorable Mentions, and American Voices Nomination.
Grade 12
Brian B: Poetry-Gold Key and American Voices Nominee
Grade 11
Sarah B: Poetry-Gold Key
Cat C: Poetry-Silver Key
Rebecca T: Poetry-Silver Key
Grade 9
Aela D: Personal Memoir-Silver Key
Aela D: Short Story-Honorable Mention
Javin S: Personal Memoir-Honorable Mention
Grade 8
Sarah C: Flash Fiction-Honorable Mention
Laurel C: Flash Fiction-Silver Key
Olivia D: Flash Fiction-Silver Key
Olivia D: Flash Fiction-Gold Key
Jordan L: Flash Fiction-Gold Key and American Voices Nominee Semi-Finalist
Anwen R: Flash Fiction-Honorable Mention