Talented Student Writers Recognized

2012 Boston Globe Scholastic Writing Award Winners

Twenty-five Medford High School students received honors in the 2012 Boston Globe Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

Gold Key winners:
Callaghan Todhunter (Personal Essay) – “My Metal-Penny, Orange Flavored Victory”
Alyssa Valentyn (Personal Essay) – “M&Ms, Beanie Babies”

Silver Key winners:
Kylie Baker (Poetry) – “Love Song of the Schizophrenic,” “Glass Footprints” and “You and I on Fire”
Matthew Beckshaw (Personal Essay) – “Be the Best You Can Be”
Kayla Greeley (Flash Fiction) – “I Run”
Clare Kelley (Personal Essay) – “Grammy’s Necklace”
Brennan Miller (Personal Essay) – “And He’s Finished”
Julia Shoop (Personal Essay) – “My Reality”
Jagia Tamburini (Personal Essay) – “The Story”

Honorable Mention winners:
Nicole Avella (Humor) – “A Modest Proposal”
Jennifer Duong (Poetry) – “Porcelain Masks”
Patricia Healion (Personal Essay) – “Lonely Piano”
Kha Huynh (Personal Essay) – “Twan, the Lonely Island Monster”
Leanna Kantt (Personal Essay) – “Cut, Then Scarred, For Life”
Winny Kwong Sito (Short Story) – “Devil’s Glass”
Cynthia Miguel (Personal Essay) – “The Unforgettable Fragment of My Memory”
Abigail Morse (Flash Fiction) – “Danaus Plexippus”
Evan Nigro (Poetry) – “What Keeps You Going” and “Hope”
Shahrayz Shah (Science Fiction) – “Zrockgar”
Thomas Southwick (Poetry) – “Avert Your Eyes” and “My Only Solution”

Silver and Gold Key recipients will be honored in an awards ceremony on March 11 at John Hancock Hall.

– Information from Medford Public Schools