MKA students recognized by the Scholastic Alliance for Young Artists & Writers

MKA and the English Department would like to congratulate two students whose writing has been recognized by the prestigious Scholastic Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. This organization identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talents, and brings their work to a regional and national audience through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards – dating back to 1923.

This year, two MKA students earned multiple honors, including the highest regional award- the Gold Key. Please congratulate the following students for their awards -- Earning Honorable mention for short story and his Writing Portfolio, two Honorable Mentions for his Flash Fiction AND the prestigious Gold Key Award for short story -- Peter Colbert.

And earning four Honorable mentions for HIS poetry as well as two Silver Key Awards and three Gold Key Awards for Poetry -- Jonah Zinn.

We are so proud of these students who are now in the company of such noteworthy past award winners as Stephen King, Truman Capote, Joyce Carol Oates, and John Updike. Congratulations again.