Berkeley County School District would like to recognize the 22 students who received a Gold Key Award, Silver Key Award or Honorable Mention in the South Carolina Lowcountry Writing Region of this year's Scholastic Writing Awards. All the Gold and Silver Key pieces will be on display at the Savannah College of Art and Design, March 7 from 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. in Alexander Hall.
Additionally, all Gold Key entries will be considered for Scholastic's national awards - including Gold Medal, Silver Medal and scholarships. Winners on the national-level will be announced at a later date.
Congratulations to the following students:
Goose Creek High
Gold Key
Alyssa Copp - "Just Another Tuesday" (Poetry)
Addison Edwrads - "Overseer" (Poetry)
Cheyenne Hurst - "Let Us Stay Home" (Poetry)
Aiden Jones - "What's Your Badge Number?" (Short Story)
Journey Murray - "Spinning Record" (Poetry)
Chelsea Rouse - "Brown not Black" (Poetry)
Lonashia Smalls -"Kate and Edith, Too" (Poetry)
Mckayla Sullivan - "The Grade" (Poetry)
Mckayla Sullivan - "5 Senses of Love and Heartbreak" (Poetry)
Silver Key
Aziia Bailey - "Rocky Germain" (Flash Fiction)
Alyssa Coop - "Watching Her" (Poetry)
Addison Edwards - "Overdue" (Poetry)
Gianna Edwards - "Breathe" (Poetry)
Aiden Jones - "A Fool Suck As I" (Poetry)
Elizabeth Kinney - "6 feet under" (Poetry)
Elizabeth Kinney - "maybe I'm not the prettiest girl in the world" (Poetry)
Mallari Lesley - "The Journey" (Poetry)
Aniyah Martin - "Mountain" (Poetry)
Nate Slaw - "Dakota" (Novel)
Kimberlynne Smith - "Prom Night" (Poetry)
Kimberlynne Smith - "The Moon and the Stars" (Poetry)
Abigail Sullivan - "Loose ends, sink ships: Or however the saying goes" (Poetry)
Mckayla Sullivan - "The Box" (Poetry)
Honorable Mention
Alyssa Coop - "Dandelion Boy" (Poetry)
Addison Edwards - "Required War" (Poetry)
Addison Edwards - Tiger Troubles (Poetry)
Addison Edwards - "The Warnings and Reality of Romanticization" (Critical Essay)
Addison Edwards - "Non/Living Advice" (Poetry)
Cheyenne Hurst - "Belly of the Beast" (Poetry)
Cheyenne Hurst - "Wake Up and Smell the Flowers (Live Edition)" (Poetry)
Elizabeth Kinney - "blood and water" (Poetry)
Aniyah Martin - "My Sis" (Poetry)
Aniyah Martin - "To Bee Excluded" (Poetry)
Journey Murray - "Church" (Poetry)
Abby Peets - "He." (Flash Fiction)
Chelsea Rouse - "Apart of Me" (Poetry)
Shaki Rush - "Dear, Max" (Poetry)
Nate Slaw - "Carapace of Men" (Portfolio Category)
Nate Slaw - "1978" (Novel)
Lonnashia Smalls - "All you saw was a laughing stock" (Poetry)
Lonnashia Smalls - "Just Naive" (Poetry)
Lonnashia Smalls - "Silent Cry for Help" (Poetry)
Lonnashia Smalls - "Frankly, I'm the One to Blame" (Poetry)
Abigail Sullivan - "Swimming in the deep" (Flash Fiction)
McKayla Sullivan - "I Wish I Could Remember You Better" (Poetry)
McKayla Sullivan - "Beer Cans" (Poetry)
Dylan Wilbur - "Why Do I Love?" (Poetry)
Philip Simmons High
Silver Key
Elliot Taylor - "Elliot Taylor Creative Writing Portfolio" (Portfolio Category)