Archmere Students Win Fifty-Seven Scholastic Writing Awards
In this year's Scholastic Writing Awards, Archmere students earned a record number fifty-seven awards across several different categories, including: Personal Essay and Memoir, Poetry, Short Story, Writing Portfolio, Flash Fiction, Humor, and the Critical Essay. Submitted work was reviewed and recognized by a panel of creative professionals, and awarded for its outstanding merit in originality, skill, and the emergence of your personal voice and vision.
Since 1923, the Awards have recognized some of Americas most celebrated artists and writers while they were teenagers, including Tschabalala Self, Stephen King, Kay WalkingStick, Amanda Gorman, Charles White, Joyce
Carol Oates, and Andy Warhol.
Gold Key works have been automatically advanced to the national level of judging in New York City. National Medalists will be announced March 25th.
Seniors
Juniors
Sophomore
Evelyn Goodrick: Silver Key Poetry
9th Grade
Eric Chen: Honorable Mention for Critical Essay
Scholastic Writing Awards 2026
Seniors
Damian Andrisani: Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Luca Anerino: Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Luca Anerino: Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Janiyah Bashir: Honorable Mention Poetry
Madelyn Benson: Silver Key Poetry
Riley Burke: Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir, Silver Key Poetry
Gabe Candeloro: Honorable Mention Poetry
Brittany Coant: Silver Key Poetry, Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir, Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Brianna Cubbler: Gold Key Poetry, Silver Key Poetry
Ryan Dam: Gold Key Poetry
Matthew DiFelice: Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir
Megan Fiss: Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir
Honorable Mention: Flash Fiction
Honorable Mention: Flash Fiction
Kristin Gricco: Gold Key Poetry
Sarah Hayes: Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Cassius Hearne: Silver Key Critical Essay, Honorable Mention Poetry
Oliver Hohman: Gold Key Poetry, Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir, Honorable Mention Flash Fiction
Claudia Koch: Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir
Chloe Li: Gold Key Portfolio, Silver Key Poetry, Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir
Mason Layman: Honorable Mention Poetry
Kathleen Maher: Honorable Mention Poetry
Kingsley Muir: Honorable Mention Poetry
Paige Noval: Honorable Mention Flash Fiction
Brandon Paregian: Silver Key Poetry
Cecilia Patino: Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Tara Phillips: Silver Key Poetry
Meghan Piacentine: Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir, Honorable Mention Poetry
Andres Ramos: Gold Key Critical Essay, Silver Key Critical Essay
Valentina Ramos: Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir, Honorable Mention
Mohan Seshardi: Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Emily Shipley: Gold Key Personal Essay & Memoir, Silver Key Critical Essay
Susie Shipley: Gold Key Personal Essay & Memoir, Gold Key Critical Essay
Nicole Tsaganos: Honorable Mention Poetry
Rebecca Wang: Silver Key Poetry
Michael Hagerty: Silver Key Short Story (Short Fiction Uncanny Story)
CC Kittila: Silver Key Screenplay & Script, Honorable Mention Screenplay & Script
Juniors
Joey Cilluffo: Silver Key for Poetry (3) (for three personal poems that he submitted)
Zinah Avendano: Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir (“This I Believe” Essay)
Colleen Burke: Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir (“This I Believe” Essay)
Audrey Curtis: Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir (“This I Believe” Essay)
Tanisha Khandelwal: Honorable Mention Personal Essay & Memoir
Sophomore
Evelyn Goodrick: Silver Key Poetry
9th Grade
Eric Chen: Honorable Mention for Critical Essay
Archmere Academy is a private, Catholic, college preparatory co-educational academy,
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.
grades 9-12 founded in 1932 by the Norbertine Fathers.
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