Jan. 15, 2021

North Dakota students earn regional writing awards

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The NDSU Red River Valley Writing Project and Plains Art Museum have announced the regional award recipients of the 2021 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Presented by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers, the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the country's longest-running and most prestigious scholarship and recognition program for creative students in grades 7–12.

Gold Key winners in writing:

Flash Fiction

Sumaiyah Alyadumi, Watford City

Critical Essay

Luke Larson, Bismarck

Dramatic Script

Jada Bell, Fargo

Journalism

Emily Jeglum, Crosby

Personal Essay/Memoir

Sierra Schmidt, Valley City

Dylan Quick, Valley City

Poetry (Grades 7-9)

Tirzahh McGill, Bismarck

Poetry (Grades 10-12)

Sunny Parisien, Belcourt

Brigitte Byankuba, Fargo

Science Fiction/Fantasy

Julian Wallette, Belcourt

Short Story (Grades 7-9)

Annika Gaebe, Bismarck

Novel Writing

Vanessa Fischer, Bowman

Short Story (Grades 10-12)

Hannah Buee, Bismarck

Olivia Data, Bismarck

Olivia Drake, Fargo

Emily Jeglum, Crosby

Writing Portfolio

Drake

Gold Key winners in Art:

Photography

Danae Bell, Fargo

Jude Dill, Fargo (two pieces)

Sierra Schmidt, Valley City

Karl Swenson, Kindred (three pieces)

Art Portfolio

Eleanor Berg, Bismarck

Digital Art

Berg

Drawing and Illustration 

Dill

Miranda Zeien, Horace

Painting

Gracie Erickstad, Horace

Abigail Meier, Bismarck

Lee Nguyen, West Fargo

Morgan Reeder, Fargo

Zeien

Ceramics and Glass

Avery Moxness, Horace

Mixed Media

Zeien

All Gold Key, Silver Key and Honorable Mention award-winning works will be on display at the Plains Art Museum Starion Gallery from Feb. 2 through March 15. A complete list of writing winners and art winners can be found online.

Due to COVID-19, the 2021 state ceremony is scheduled to take place virtually on Saturday, March 13. All students, educators, judges, families and friends are invited to attend. The winners of NDSU’s new scholarships in art and writing also will be announced at the ceremony. 

All Gold Key winners are forwarded for national adjudication. The national winners will be announced on March 17. At this time, the hope is that the national ceremony can take place in-person at Carnegie Hall in New York City on Wednesday, June 9. 

Since the program’s founding in 1923, the awards have fostered the creativity and talent of millions of students, including renowned alumni who have gone on to become leaders in their fields, including Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Philip Pearlstein, and Sylvia Plath. More recently, Stephen King, Richard Linklater, Zac Posen, and Lena Dunham received Scholastic Art and Writing Awards when they were teens. Locally, Laura Youngbird, director of Native American Art at Plains Art Museum, was a Scholastic teen award winner. 

A complete list of 2021 regional Scholastic Art and Writing Awards recipients also is available online.

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