Lake Washington School District (LWSD) students have always excelled in art and writing, and this year is no different. Thirty-five LWSD students were recognized during this year’s Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Between all the LWSD schools that participated, students earned 10 gold keys, 19 silver keys and 33 honorable mentions. Artists who received a Gold Key for their entries are then judged on the national scale. These students will find out on March 17 if they received a national award.

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12. You can join the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and partners from around the country as they honor the 2021 regional winners by streaming the virtual ceremony live on Thursday, March 4 at 4:00 p.m. PT. You can register and save the date here.

Below is a list of the LWSD students who earned the regional Gold Key, Silver Key and Honorable Mention awards of the 2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards:

Art

• Shivani Jayaprakasam, sophomore, International Community School
  • Silver Key, Mixed Media, “The Feelings We Hide”
  • Honorable Mention, Ceramics & Glass, “Emotional Isolation” 
  • Honorable Mention, Mixed Media, “Information Overload”
  • Honorable Mention, Mixed Media, “Tree of Knowledge”
• Lora Kwon, sophomore, Redmond High School 
  • Gold Key, Painting, “Beautiful “
  • Silver Key, Painting, “Identity”
  • Honorable Mention, Painting, “Me Inside of Me”
• Louise Lee, sophomore, Redmond High School 
  • Honorable Mention, Drawing & Illustration, “Momma's little girl”
• Audrey Liv Gruian, junior, Eastlake High School 
  • Honorable Mention, Film & Animation, “Dear Mother Earth”
• Charlotte Gruian, eighth grade, Inglewood Middle School 
  • Silver Key, Film & Animation, “Made With Love School”
• Songyi Jiang, sophomore, Eastlake High School 
  • Honorable Mention, Photography, “Vaccine”
• Anna Wang, senior, Eastlake High School
  • Gold Key, Painting, “Smoke” 
  • Honorable Mention, Painting, “As I Am”
• Jennifer Yuan, sophomore, Eastlake High School 
  • Gold Key, Drawing & Illustration, “Silhouette Syndrome”
• Oliver Zhang, senior, Eastlake High School 
  • Silver Key, Drawing & Illustration, “shark” 
  • Honorable Mention, Painting, “backpack”
• Alexandra Mallios, freshman, Lake Washington High School 
  • Silver Key, Drawing & Illustration, “Believing Lies”
• Chenxin Zeng, senior, Lake Washington High School 
  • Silver Key, Painting, “Frontline”
• Edward Zhou, sophomore, Tesla Stem High School 
  • Honorable Mention, Design, “Free World Cover Design” 
  • Honorable Mention, Design, “CatNap Interface” 
  • Honorable Mention, Design, “Hugs: Style Guide” 
  • Honorable Mention, Design, “3D Abstract Models” 
  • Honorable Mention, Digital Art, “Dead Sun” 
• Sophia Ling, senior, Tesla Stem High School 
  • Silver Key, Drawing & Illustration, “The Suffering of The Great”
  • Honorable Mention, Painting, “DON'T PANIC!” 
  • Honorable Mention, Painting, “last night i saw you in my dreams” 
• Adhya Kona, sophomore, Tesla Stem High School 
  • Honorable Mention, Digital Art, “Peace (Fare Thee Well)” 

Writing

• Alexis Sevigny, eighth grader, Evergreen Middle School 
  • Gold Key, Poetry, “Just Two Words” 
• Clio Erignac, sophomore, International Community School 
  • Honorable Mention, Poetry, “Roads”
  • Honorable Mention, Poetry, “Growing Up”
• Sia Gaind, sophomore, International Community School 
  • Honorable Mention, Poetry, “24” 
• Madeleine Goertz, senior, International Community School 
  • Honorable Mention, Poetry, “Four Homographs” 
  • Honorable Mention, Poetry, “Hi Grandpa?” 
  • Honorable Mention, Poetry, “96769”
• Jasmine Herri, junior, International Community School 
  • Silver Key, Poetry, “Undervalued Innocence” 
• Divya Kurma, eighth grader, International Community School 
  • Silver Key, Short Story, “Nightweed” 
• Judah Lee, seventh grader, International Community School 
  • Honorable Mention, Novel Writing, “The Outcasts” 
• Julia Lee, junior, International Community School 
  • Honorable Mention, Personal Essay & Memoir, “A Kind of Treasure”
  • Honorable Mention, Poetry, “two-faced Time”
• Sharon Oh, junior, International Community School 
  • Silver Key, Critical Essay, “arizona tea and skittles” 
• Jasmine Zhen, eighth grader, International Community School 
  • Silver Key, Poetry, “Perhaps I Will” 
• Emma Choi, eighth grader, Kamiakin Middle School 
  • Gold Key, Poetry, “Another Rainy Day” 
• Trisha Beher, senior, Redmond High School 
  • Gold Key, Poetry, “Bad Things” 
  • Silver Key, Poetry, “Treat Me Better”
• Angela Chiang, senior, Redmond High School 
  • Honorable Mention, Short Story, “A Mother's Heartache”
• Lora Kwon, sophomore, Redmond High School 
  • Gold Key, Critical Essay, “Stop Saying ‘Boys Will Be Boys’" 
  • Gold Key, Critical Essay, “The Truth About Prison Labor”
• Aadhav Saravanan, freshman, Redmond High School 
  • Honorable Mention, Short Story, “Possibly the Greatest Sequence of Events Occuring in the Wonderfully Dreary Life of a Well-Paid, Single-City Bar Musician” 
• Anushka Arun, freshman, Eastlake High School 
  • Honorable Mention, Dramatic Script, “The Narcissism of Small Differences” 
• Jaeden Kapur, junior, Eastlake High School 
  • Gold Key, American Voices, “Nominee Poetry Crushed” 
  • Silver Key, Poetry, “The Sunglassed Painter”
• Susruthi Karanam, junior, Eastlake High School 
  • Gold Key, Poetry, “A Dying Planet” 
  • Honorable Mention, Poetry, “The Realm of Lost Imagination” 
• Kelly Lin, sophomore, Eastlake High School 
  • Silver Key, Journalism, “Stuck at Home, Teens Start Their Own Virtual Summer Camps” 
• Kiyanaz Raveshti, junior, Juanita High School 
  • Honorable Mention, Critical Essay, “The Pitfalls of Animal Experimentation” 
• Gabrielle Heuer, sophomore, Lake Washington High School 
  • Silver Key, Short Story, “Before the Dawn” 
• Rohan Iyer, junior, Tesla Stem High School 
  • Silver Key, Poetry, “My Father” 
  • Silver Key, Poetry, “An October Run”
• Adhya Kona, sophomore, Tesla Stem High School 
  • Silver Key, Poetry, “Mortar Shells” 
  • Silver Key, Poetry, “I Paint My Flame” 
  • Honorable Mention, Poetry, “A View's End” 
  • Honorable Mention, Short Story, “To Breathe Again”