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Seven Wheatland Center School students received awards and recognition in the Southeast Wisconsin Scholastic Writing Region of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
Seventh-grader Anna Carroll won two Gold Keys and received a prestigious American Voices Award nomination for her poem “Thirteen.” Only 5 American Voices nominees are selected out of all Gold Key works across categories as the “Best in Show” for each region. Both poems advance to New York City to the national panel of judges.
The following students will be honored at the regional awards ceremony on March 19 at University of Wisconsin-Parkside:
Seventh Grade
- Anna Carroll – Gold Key and American Voices Nomination; Poetry Gold Key; Poetry.
Eighth Grade
- Grace Anderson – Silver Key: Short Story.
- Tasia Vassos – Silver Key: Flash Fiction.
- Siara Volbrecht – Silver Key: Flash Fiction.
- Nyssa Zuehls – Silver Key: Short Story. Honorable Mention: Flash Fiction.
- Alyssa Muzzy – Honorable Mention: Short Story.
- Mackenzie Wesoloski – Honorable Mention: Short Story.
The Southeast Wisconsin Scholastic Writing Awards are open to students in grades 7-12 from Kenosha, Racine, and Walworth counties. Students entries are judged blindly by at least three jurors, and tabulated to award three levels of recognition: the Gold Key, which is the highest award, followed by Silver Key and Honorable Mention awards. Entries receiving Gold Keys advanced to New York for national judging by professional writers, editors, publishers, and educators. For additional information, please see artandwriting.org.
