2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Award winners announced

Five Snohomish County students take Best of Show honors; an awards ceremony is set for Feb. 9.

  • Herald staff
  • Thursday, February 9, 2023 1:30am
  • Life

Schack Art Center in Everett has announced the regional award winners of the 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

Presented by the nonprofit organization the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the 100th Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the country’s longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for creative students in grades 7–12.

In the 28 years that Schack Art Center has been the awards affiliate, over 15,000 students have submitted their work.

This year, nearly 600 teens from across Snohomish County submitted their best art and writing, and more than 200 creative teens received regional honors, including Gold Keys, Silver Keys, Honorable Mention, and American Visions & Voices nominations.

This year’s American Vision Nominees/Best of Show Recipients are: Oliver Adams, Everett High School; Isaac Bundy, Kamiak High School; Ella Johnson, Kamiak High School; Susanna Lee, Lynnwood High School; and Callia Park, Gateway Middle School.

An awards ceremony is set for 6 p.m. Feb. 9 at the Historic Everett Theatre.

Gold Key Recipients

Oliver Adams, Everett High School

Haneen Al-Ankushi, Cascade High School

Mudabrah Amber, Mountlake Terrace High School

Ryan Bergenholtz, Cascade High School

Isaac Bundy, Kamiak High School

Irene Choi, North Creek High School

Jaila Croff, Everett High School

Christina Draper, Snohomish High School

Celina Escamilla, Everett High School

Chloe Haworth, North Creek High School

Ella Johnson, Kamiak High School

Liam Kennedy, Lynnwood High School

David Kim, Henry M Jackson High School

Susanna Lee, Lynnwood High School

Dylan Marshalek, Snohomish High School

Aisha Mbowe, Voyager Middle School

Amiya McLean , Kamiak High School

Athea Ma Victoria Mercado, Marysville Getchell High School

Kyan Mock, Lake Stevens High School

McKaye Morrill, Snohomish High School

Yostina Mosa Cavelero Middle High School

Duyen Nguyen, Brier Terrace Middle School

Joseph Ohly, Mountlake Terrace High School

Antonia Ordonez Suarez, Glacier Peak High School

Callia Park, Gateway Middle School

Rayna Paskaleva, Kamiak High School

Luke Robertson, Glacier Peak High School

Eilani Rocha- Bernal, Mariner High School

Avery Stengele, Kamiak High School

Isabella Stokke, Lynnwood High School

Alexandra Vaught, Glacier Peak High School

Clara Warren, Kamiak High School

Quinn Warren, Kamiak High School

Tyra Wheless, Lake Stevens High School

Kevin Yan, Gateway Middle School

Isabella Zambrano, Kamiak High School

Silver Key Recipients

Madeline Atkinson, Kamiak High School

Reynaldo Banda, Everett High School

Maia Blue, Meadowdale High School

Grayson Campbell, Meadowdale High School

Griselda Carrillo, Monroe High School

Elizabeth Castillo, Voyager Middle School

Shannon Chang, Everett High School

Jillian Condon, Legacy High School

Ada Curtis, Meadowdale High School

Christina Draper, Snohomish High School

Malikhi Emery-Henderson, Meadowdale High School

Logan Ferguson, Snohomish High School

Aidan Folger, Mountlake Terrace High School

Rueno Forcier, Kamiak High School

Nephrotity Godinez, Kamiak High School

Jacob Haneberg, Snohomish High School

Isabella Hardy, Glacier Peak High School

Chloe Haworth, North Creek High School

Shayne Hoekendorf, Everett High School

Mia Johns, Meadowdale High School

Ella Johnson, Kamiak High School

Calliope Jones, Everett High School

David Kim, Henry M Jackson High School

Jisu Kim, Henry M Jackson High School

Anastasiya Kirsanova, Voyager Middle School

Amelia Knapp, Marysville Getchell High School

Noah Lee, North Creek High School

Susanna Lee, Lynnwood High School

Valeria Lopez, North Creek High School

Noel Mathiasen, Voyager Middle School

Amiya McLean, Kamiak High School

Athea Ma Victoria Mercado, Marysville Getchell High School

Kyan Mock, Lake Stevens High School

Samuel Moon, North Creek High School

Emily Nelwan, Kamiak High School

Tam Nguyen, Mariner High School

Lily Nianekeo, Voyager Middle School

Aubrey Nickerson, Glacier Peak High School

Antonia Ordonez Suarez, Glacier Peak High School

Meera Raisinghani, Glacier Peak High School

Kenneth Shin, Olympic View Middle School

Zoe Speck, Everett High School

Isabella Stokke, Lynnwood High School

Analia Thao Voyager Middle School

Aaron Wahl

Catherine Xu, North Creek High School

Kaylee Yu

Audrey Zhu

Honorable Mention Recipients

Sariah Adil, Henry M Jackson High School

Haneen Al-Ankushi, Cascade High School

Tabarak Alghazali, Mariner High School

Nevaeh Allen-Pernell, Everett High School

Travis Altom, Glacier Peak High School

J Armand-Chenais, Stanwood High School

Madeline Atkinson, Kamiak High School

Avani Bandaragoda, Kamiak High School

Van Berman, Snohomish High School

Maryna Bertash, Mariner High School

Maia Blue, Meadowdale High School

Eliza Brewer, Everett High School

Katherine Brewer, Archbishop Murphy High

School

Isaac Bundy, Kamiak High School

Griselda Carrillo, Monroe High School

Anais Castillo, Mountlake Terrace High School

Evan Cole, Edmonds-Woodway High School

Jillian Condon, Legacy High School

Amirah Cullen Kamiak High School

Madison Doty, Snohomish High School

Malikhi Emery-Henderson, Meadowdale High

School

Jupiter Erickson, Everett High School

Celina Escamilla, Everett High School

Lillianna Espinoza, Glacier Peak High School

Emma Fontenot, Snohomish High School

Rueno Forcier, Kamiak High School

Lilia Freire, North Creek High School

Ingrid (levi) Garcia Martinez, Voyager Middle

School

Nephrotity Godinez, Kamiak High School

Chloe Haworth, North Creek High School

Grace Hilgemann, Glacier Peak High School

Shayne Hoekendorf, Everett High School

Husna Jahid, Voyager Middle School

Ella Johnson, Kamiak High School

Shreya Karthik, Henry M Jackson High School

Liam Kennedy, Lynnwood High School

David Kim, Henry M Jackson High School

Audrey Kreick, Kamiak High School

Alexander Le, Voyager Middle School

Shya Leathem, Cascade High School

Joanna Lee, Kamiak High School

Susanna Lee, Lynnwood High School

Theodore Lewis, Cascade High School

Yu-chen Lin, Glacier Peak High School

Caitlin Lindsay, Mountlake Terrace High School

Valeria Lopez, North Creek High School

Joshua Madrigal, Monroe High School

Graciela Magallanes, Cascade High School

Ryder Maples, Voyager Middle School

Noel Mathiasen, Voyager Middle School

Aisha Mbowe, Voyager Middle School

Caleb McCallum, Glacier Peak High School

Athea Ma Victoria Mercado, Marysville Getchell High School

Oliver Miller, Lake Stevens High School

Samuel Moon, North Creek High School

Aubrey Nickerson, Glacier Peak High School

Riyan Ogden, Glacier Peak High School

Joshua Ok, Heatherwood Middle School

Charlie Oyler, Everett High School

Aida Park, Kamiak High School

Aileen Park, North Creek High School

Callia Park, Gateway Middle School

Rayna Paskaleva, Kamiak High School

Aimel Rai, Lake Stevens High School

Nivedita Raj, North Creek High School

Sonja Rasmussen, Henry M Jackson High School

Faith Ridgeway, Glacier Peak High School

Aarti Saran, Mariner High School

Sonja Scarseth, Meadowdale High School

Elvira Serov, Glacier Peak High School

Kenneth Shin, Olympic View Middle School

Addison Shivvers, Centennial Middle School

Kelly Smith, Kamiak High School

Paul Soper, Lake Stevens High School

Mathangi Sriram, North Creek High School

Avery Stengele, Kamiak High School

Jared Talbot, Glacier Peak High School

Sophie Tanaka Washington Preparatory School

Mya Tiegs, Meadowdale High School

Brooke Vandehey, Valley View Middle School

Kyla Wadolowski, Glacier Peak High School

Clara Warren, Kamiak High School

Quinn Warren, Kamiak High School

Cam Wharton, Mariner High School

Keira Wuori, Snohomish High School

Mariana Yenter, Edmonds-Woodway High School

Isabella Zambrano, Kamiak High School

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