CBNA Scholastic Writing Awards 2023

Slide show of all winners by Samara Kern is at link below.

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Forty-six Coe-Brown Students Receive Statewide Recognition in the 2023 Scholastic Writing Awards of New Hampshire

 

Northwood, New Hampshire…Forty-six Coe-Brown Northwood Academy students were recently honored for their excellence in writing in the 2023 Scholastic Writing Awards–An Affiliate Partner of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, Inc. These awards are granted upon review by a panel of creative professionals. Since 1923, the awards have provided early recognition for some of the country’s most celebrated authors and artists.

Of the written works submitted by these Coe-Brown students, fifty-eight received statewide recognition in the form of twelve Gold Keys, twenty-six Silver Keys, and twenty Honorable Mentions. These pieces of writing included short stories, flash fiction, personal essays & memoirs, critical essays and poetry.

One of the twelve Gold Key works, a poem titled Posthistory by Coe-Brown senior Sydney Smith of Strafford, New Hampshire, was also one of only five works in the state to be nominated for the American Voices award. Smith’s brief yet poignant poem reflects on life’s before and after, creating a retrospective image of the author’s thoughts on the physical evidence of death and the march of time. Smith’s English teacher, CBNA faculty member Amy Usinger, noted, “Sydney’s an old soul. I was not surprised to see her literary works celebrated as enthusiastically as her visual art has been.” Jurors consider many factors in their review for these special awards, including the, “recognition of talent and the representation of diverse mediums, viewpoints, and backgrounds.”

Smith received three Gold Keys in total from the Scholastic Writing Awards for two works of poetry and a short story. She also recently received one Gold Key, two Silver Keys, and two Honorable Mentions from the Scholastic Art Awards of New Hampshire, where her Gold Key art was also nominated for Best of Show recognition. Smith plans to attend Keene State college next year where she intends to study graphic design.

Coe-Brown student recipients of the Scholastic Writing Awards of New Hampshire are as follows:

 

Barrington

Name(Grade) Award Title
Summer Brackett (9) Gold Key

Honorable Mention

Flash Fiction

Personal Essay & Memoir

Thomas Carloni (9) Silver Key Flash Fiction
Shea Escabi (12) Honorable Mention Short Story
Lilian Poulin (12) Honorable Mention Poetry
Josephine Romatelli (12) Honorable Mention Poetry
Chase Stevens     (12) Silver Key Poetry

 

 

Concord

Name(Grade) Award Title
Emma Larson (12) Gold Key

Honorable Mention

Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction

 

Deerfield

Name(Grade) Award Title
Jade Dostie (9) Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Olivia Verville (10) Honorable Mention Poetry

 

Northwood

Name(Grade) Award Title
Sadie Bartlein (9) Gold Key Flash Fiction
Maddison Beltran (12) Silver Key Flash Fiction
Aidan Cox (12) Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Spencer Hogan (12) Honorable Mention Flash Fiction
Benjamin Place (12) Honorable Mention Poetry
Ethan Speiser      (9) Silver Key Flash Fiction

 

Nottingham

Name(Grade) Award Title
Mary Bergeron (9) Silver Key Flash Fiction
Jesse Brodeur (12) Silver Key Poetry
Nikhil Chavda (12) Silver Key Poetry
William Countey III (12) Gold Key

Silver Key

Flash Fiction

Personal Essay & Memoir

Alexis Cowan (12) Silver Key

Silver Key

Poetry

Flash Fiction

Gavin Demas (12) Silver Key Poetry
Tommy Flanagan (12) Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Samuel Marcotte (12) Gold Key

Silver Key

Flash Fiction

Poetry

Audrey Perron     (12) Silver Key Poetry
Chloe Rothaug (9) Honorable Mention Flash Fiction
Noelle Sartin (12) Silver Key Poetry
Halle Waldo (9) Gold Key Flash Fiction
John Zhang (12) Silver Key

Silver Key

Flash Fiction

Flash Fiction

 

 

 

 

Strafford

Name(Grade) Award Title
Ella Brooks (12) Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Evan Brooks (9) Silver Key Flash Fiction
Cassandra Clery (12) Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir
Emberlyn Connor (12) Silver Key Poetry
Emma Corey (9) Honorable Mention Flash Fiction
Madison DeCota (12) Silver Key Poetry
Andrew Dyer (12) Gold Key

Gold Key

Silver Key

Personal Essay & Memoir

Flash Fiction

Poetry

Oliver Ford (9) Gold Key Flash Fiction
Carly Hardy (12) Silver Key Poetry
Stella Harrison (9) Silver Key Flash Fiction
Ian Helm (12) Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Samara Kern (12) Silver Key

Honorable Mention

Critical Essay

Poetry

Sydney Meehan (12) Silver Key Flash Fiction
Christopher Reed (12) Silver Key Poetry
Molly Sawyer (12) Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Sydney Smith (12) Gold Key

Gold Key

Gold Key

Poetry(*American Voices Nominee)

Poetry

Short Story

Geneva Telehala (12) Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Jack Whitcher (12) Honorable Mention

Honorable Mention

Poetry

Personal Essay & Memoir

The National Writing Project in New Hampshire

Founded in 2002, The National Writing Project in New Hampshire is the New Hampshire branch of the National Writing Project. Through a network of teacher leaders, the project works to improve writing instruction throughout the state. Young writers will be published in a regional anthology, Middle/High School Voices, and honored at a spring conference.

 

Since 1998, the publication Middle/High School Voices has been providing an outlet for publication of New Hampshire’s student writing. In our regional competition, student writers will be recognized by the inclusion of award-winning writing in our regional anthology and at an award ceremony in the spring.

 

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy strives to produce graduates who are academically and socially prepared to be responsible, caring and contributing members of the global society.

 

Founded in 1867, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is a comprehensive secondary institution offering the highest quality curriculum of studies to the residents of Northwood, Strafford, and surrounding towns, as well as matriculated day students from further afield.  The State of New Hampshire certifies Coe-Brown Northwood Academy as a “Public Academy” with public school approval. Our educational programs and opportunities are accessible to both traditional and non-traditional learners, responsive to the diverse needs of an ever-changing community, and consistent with state and federal laws supporting the education of our youth.

 

The Academy offers a curriculum of studies which is consistent with these premises and the laws of the State of New Hampshire.  This curriculum, woven into a coordinated course of study, will enable all students to realize their potential and prepare them for their chosen endeavors upon graduation.  The expertise of faculty and staff permits course offerings to develop the full potential of all students, whether they be educationally advantaged or challenged.  It is then incumbent on the students to be academically diligent, consistent in attendance, and positive in attitude to successfully complete their chosen course of studies.

 

Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is located at 907 First NH Turnpike, in Northwood, New Hampshire, on the shores of beautiful Harvey Lake. For further information about the school, please call 603-942-5531 or visit our website at www.CoeBrown.org.