Andover Students Win 2017 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards

ANDOVER, MA --Charlotte Guterman, an 11th-grader from Andover High School, and eighth-grader Ariel Kim from West Middle School have earned National Medals in the 2017 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

Kim received a National Silver Medal for writing, after submitting "Azure Skies" in the novel writing category. Guterman received a National Gold Medal for her charcoal drawing, “Tell Me When.”

The nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers (the Alliance) is excited to announce the national award recipients of the 2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12.

A record-breaking 330,000 works of art and writing were submitted for adjudication at the regional level in the Awards’ 29 categories, which include poetry, photography, sculpture, humor, editorial cartoons, video game design and more.

The Awards have helped foster the creativity and talent of millions of students across the United States. Alumni of the Awards 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 & Writing Awards as teens.

Their writing and artwork was among the one percent of the more than 330,000 entries selected by creative professionals, from among more than 330,000 pieces of art and writing that were submitted from across the country.

Students receiving top awards have been invited to attend a ceremony at Carnegie Hall in New York on June 8, They will also participate in an event to showcase their works at Parsons School of Design at The New School and Pratt Institute’s Pratt Manhattan Galley in New York City.

The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards were founded in 1923 to identify students with exceptional artistic and literary talent, and have been administered since 1992 by the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers.

Teens in grades 7 to 12 from public, private, or home schools can apply in 29 categories of art and writing for their chance to earn scholarships, and have their works exhibited and published.