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2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Teen Recipients Announced
More than 2,500 Teens Nationwide Walk in the Footsteps of Program Alumni including Andy Warhol, Truman Capote, Richard Avedon, Philip Pearlstein, Sylvia Plath, Kay WalkingStick, Ken Burns, Stephen King, Paul Chan, Lena Dunham, Richard Linklater, Zac Posen, Luis Jiménez

16 High School Teens Receive Awards' Highest Honor and $10,000 Scholarship; Overall Awards Provide More than $300,000 Annually to Creative Teens

The nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers presents the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. (PRNewsFoto/Scholastic Inc.)
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NEW YORK, March 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- The nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers today announced 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. Within the Awards' 29 categories, which include poetry, photography, sculpture, humor, editorial cartoons, and video game design, a record-breaking 330,000 works of art and writing were submitted for adjudication at the regional level this year. A complete list of the 2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards national recipients is available at http://www.artandwriting.org/2017NationalMedalists.

Interview (Audio and Video for media usage): Virginia McEnerney, Executive Director of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, talks about the importance of the Awards, its 94-year history, and its notable alumni of creative leaders: http://mediaroom.scholastic.com/artandwriting?per=////20170314//img/ArtWriting2017/#downloads.

"Our wonder and amazement at the creative output of our country's youth—and the dedication of our extraordinary educators—never ceases, and this year is no exception," said Virginia McEnerney, Executive Director of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the nonprofit organization that presents the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. "The young people being recognized today for the 2017 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are to be celebrated for their creative and critical thinking, their bravery in telling their own stories on their own terms, and their inventiveness in recording and recreating their worlds. Watch closely, because among this 2,500 are members of the next generation of great American artists and writers."

2017 Gold Medal Portfolio Recipients

Sixteen high school seniors received the program's highest national honor, the Gold Medal Portfolio, which includes a $10,000 scholarship.

Zainab Adisa, age 17, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Zara Batalvi, age 16, Alexandria, Virginia
Rachel Campos, age 18, Peru, Indiana
Carissa Chen, age 17, Exeter, New Hampshire
Hailee Cook, age 17, Las Cruces, New Mexico
Megan Cox, age 17, Memphis, Tennessee
Benjamin Cruz, age 17, Idyllwild, California
Kate Forer, age 17, Carbondale, Illinois
Seth Gozar, age 17, Jacksonville, Florida
Chasity Hale, age 18, Miami, Florida
Keiji Ishida, age 17, Los Angeles, California
Bronwyn Katz, age 18, Atlanta, Georgia
Elizabeth Lee, age 18, Boise, Idaho
Jonathan Maldonado, age 17, Bronx, New York
Alixandra Wilens, age 17, Bellmore, New York
Sam Zanowski, age 18, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin
2017 Special Scholarships