The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards offer early recognition of creative teenagers and scholarship opportunities for graduating high school seniors. The Awards program is national in scope and administered by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers in partnership with 77 regional affiliate organizations.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards offer creative teenagers:
Young artists and writers who:
Deadlines are closed!
Regional deadlines for The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2008 have closed. The Alliance and its partners commend the more than 75,000 young artists and writers who accepted the challenge to submit their work this year. Students who earn regional awards will be notified by mail by their regional affiliates within 2-3 months after the submission deadline. Visit www.artandwriting.org in October to learn how to submit for The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2009.
Students can still submit Novels until March 14, 2008 by visiting http://thisispush.com/write/index.asp. Young writers who earn recognition for the Novel category will receive notification by mail in May 2008.
Visual Arts (PDF): Art Portfolio, Animation, Ceramics & Glass, Computer Art, Design, Digital Imagery, Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Photography Portfolio, Printmaking, Sculpture, Video & Film
Writing (PDF): Dramatic Script, General Writing Portfolio, Humor, Journalism, Nonfiction Portfolio, Novel, Personal Essay/Memoir, Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Short Story, Short Short Story
How is the work selected for Awards?
The selection panels for both the regional and national levels of The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards include professional artists, writers, curators, critics, educators and professionals from the nation’s leading creative industries, some of whom are past award recipients. Notable past jurors include: Robert Frost, William Saroyan, Frank McCourt, Kiki Smith, George Plimpton, Korva Coleman, Esmeralda Santiago, Tatiana von Furstenberg, and Bill Murray.
Jurors look for works that best exemplify:
Who gets recognized in The Awards?
Approximately 30,000 young artists and writers from across the United States receive recognition on the regional level of The Awards. The most outstanding works of art and writing from each of the regional programs— Gold Keys—are forwarded to New York City to be assessed on a national level. Panels of professional jurors will review more than 8,000 works of art and 2,000 manuscripts to select the 1,200 national award recipients in 2008. Graduating seniors who submit a body of work in the Portfolio Categories—art, photography, general writing or nonfiction—compete for local and national scholarships bestowed by the Regional Affiliate programs, the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and a network of arts institutes, colleges and universities.
If Your Work is Recognized on a Regional or National Level
On the regional level, award recipients are recognized with lapel pins and certificates. In areas where there is an affiliate program, award recipients are celebrated through local award ceremonies, exhibitions and readings. Regional recognition includes Gold and Silver Key Awards, and in some regions, Certificates of Merit. Affiliates also select American Visions & Voices Award Nominees as “Best of Show” for their region. Some affiliates award local scholarships and cash awards. Gold Keys are national qualifiers.
On the national level, award recipients are recognized with medals, certificates, and listing in the national catalog and on the Alliance web site. A selection of national award-winning works are included in the national catalog and the annual anthology. Recognition levels include:
Teacher Awards
The teachers of students who receive national awards are also honored. Several cash awards are presented to teachers who mentor the Portfolio Gold Award recipients or submit an outstanding group of student artworks or manuscripts.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards offer early recognition of creative teenagers and scholarship opportunities for graduating high school seniors. The Awards program is national in scope and administered by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers in partnership with 77 regional affiliate organizations.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards offer creative teenagers:
- Recognition by local and national professionals in the arts;
- Exhibition and publication opportunities for regional and national audiences; and
- Scholarships for graduating seniors who present portfolios of art, photography and/or writing. In addition to regional scholarship opportunities, graduating seniors who earn national level awards have the opportunity to leverage funds from a pool of $3.25 million in tuition scholarships from arts colleges, universities and institutes participating in the Alliance Provider Network (PDF).
Young artists and writers who:
- are currently enrolled in grades 7 – 12 for the 2007/2008 school year;
- attend a public, private, parochial or home-school,
- reside in the U.S., U.S. territories or U.S.-sponsored schools abroad, and Canada (in equivalent grades).
Deadlines are closed!
Regional deadlines for The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2008 have closed. The Alliance and its partners commend the more than 75,000 young artists and writers who accepted the challenge to submit their work this year. Students who earn regional awards will be notified by mail by their regional affiliates within 2-3 months after the submission deadline. Visit www.artandwriting.org in October to learn how to submit for The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards of 2009.
Students can still submit Novels until March 14, 2008 by visiting http://thisispush.com/write/index.asp. Young writers who earn recognition for the Novel category will receive notification by mail in May 2008.
Visual Arts (PDF): Art Portfolio, Animation, Ceramics & Glass, Computer Art, Design, Digital Imagery, Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting, Photography, Photography Portfolio, Printmaking, Sculpture, Video & Film
Writing (PDF): Dramatic Script, General Writing Portfolio, Humor, Journalism, Nonfiction Portfolio, Novel, Personal Essay/Memoir, Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Short Story, Short Short Story
How is the work selected for Awards?
The selection panels for both the regional and national levels of The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards include professional artists, writers, curators, critics, educators and professionals from the nation’s leading creative industries, some of whom are past award recipients. Notable past jurors include: Robert Frost, William Saroyan, Frank McCourt, Kiki Smith, George Plimpton, Korva Coleman, Esmeralda Santiago, Tatiana von Furstenberg, and Bill Murray.
Jurors look for works that best exemplify:
- Originality,
- Technical proficiency, and
- The emergence of an authentic vision or voice.
Who gets recognized in The Awards?
Approximately 30,000 young artists and writers from across the United States receive recognition on the regional level of The Awards. The most outstanding works of art and writing from each of the regional programs— Gold Keys—are forwarded to New York City to be assessed on a national level. Panels of professional jurors will review more than 8,000 works of art and 2,000 manuscripts to select the 1,200 national award recipients in 2008. Graduating seniors who submit a body of work in the Portfolio Categories—art, photography, general writing or nonfiction—compete for local and national scholarships bestowed by the Regional Affiliate programs, the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and a network of arts institutes, colleges and universities.
If Your Work is Recognized on a Regional or National Level
On the regional level, award recipients are recognized with lapel pins and certificates. In areas where there is an affiliate program, award recipients are celebrated through local award ceremonies, exhibitions and readings. Regional recognition includes Gold and Silver Key Awards, and in some regions, Certificates of Merit. Affiliates also select American Visions & Voices Award Nominees as “Best of Show” for their region. Some affiliates award local scholarships and cash awards. Gold Keys are national qualifiers.
On the national level, award recipients are recognized with medals, certificates, and listing in the national catalog and on the Alliance web site. A selection of national award-winning works are included in the national catalog and the annual anthology. Recognition levels include:
- Gold Awards—Most exceptional works in each category.
- Silver Awards—High honors in each category.
- American Visions & Voices Awards—Single works of art or writing representing each of the Regional Affiliate programs on the national level of The Awards.
- Portfolio Gold Awards—Twelve cash grants of $10,000 presented in the names of leadership sponsors of the Alliance to graduating seniors—five artists, two photographers and five writers—for exemplary portfolios.
- Portfolio Silver Awards and Notable Achievement Awards—Graduating seniors awarded with outstanding portfolios in art and photography are able to leverage an additional $3.25 million in financial aid through a network of eighty prestigious arts institutes, colleges and universities. As a result of Alliance donors, additional $1,000 Notable Achievement scholarships may become available and presented to Portfolio Silver Award recipients as recommended by jurors on the national level.
Teacher Awards
The teachers of students who receive national awards are also honored. Several cash awards are presented to teachers who mentor the Portfolio Gold Award recipients or submit an outstanding group of student artworks or manuscripts.
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The Association of Independent Colleges of Art and Design, a consortium of leading art and design colleges in the U.S., recognizes The Scholastic Art Awards program of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers as an appropriate and effective way for students interested in art and design to develop successful portfolios for college admission.
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