2021 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Greater Cleveland Region

Greater Cleveland Region

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Jan 30–Mar 14, 2021 Cleveland Institute of Art

About the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, a national nonprofit organization, was established in 1994 with the mission to provide guidance and support for the next generation of artists and writers. The Alliance tracks the creative development of teenagers across the country each year through the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program.

The Alliance seeks to identify emerging artists for college scholarship consideration but also invests in the critical role of creative development for youth beginning in 7th grade.

About the Scholastic Art + Writing Awards Each year more than 77,000 students grades 7–12 participate in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

The process begins across the country as young artists and writers submit more than 100,000 creative works of art and writing to a network of Regional Affiliates that locally present the Awards. The most outstanding works of art and writing from each region are forwarded to New York City to be assessed on a national level. Panels of professional jurors review approximately 8,000 works of art and 2,000 manuscripts to select the 1,200 national award recipients.

Graduating seniors who submit a body of work in the Portfolio categories compete for local and national scholarships bestowed by Regions, the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, and a network of art institutes, colleges and universities. Since 1923 the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have encouraged more than 13 million students, recognized more than 2.5 million young artists and writers, and distributed more than $25 million in awards and scholarships.

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Local and national exhibitions and annual catalogs/ anthologies serve as a record of student achievement since the late 1920s, chronicling early work from some of our nation’s most accomplished artists and writers including Richard Anuskiewicz, Richard Avedon, Harry Bertoia, Mel Bochner, Truman Capote, Paul Davis, Frances Farmer, Red Grooms, Robert Indiana, Bernard Malamud, Joyce Maynard, Joyce Carol Oates, Phillip Pearlstein, Peter Beagle, Sylvia Plath, Robert Redford, Jean Stafford, Mozelle Thompson, Ned Vizzini, Andy Warhol, John Currin, and Charles White.

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Maya Peroune Grade 12 Cotton Candy Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Keaf Holliday Ethan Loderstedt Grade 12 Bio-Home Architecture & Industrial Design St Edward High School Educator: Lori Kella Margaret Eibler Grade 12 Private Matters Digital Art Kenston High School Educator: Todd Malkus

The 2021 Scholastic Art+ Writing Competition and Exhibition is supported by:

The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation

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Jurors Special Thanks Awards Art Awards Gold Key Silver Key Honorable Mention Writing Awards Gold Key Silver Key Honorable Mention

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2021 Jurors Art Categories Jody S. Amsden Design Professor, CIA Karl Anderson Visual Artist and Adjunct Faculty, CIA Joe Applebaum Retired Art/Photography Teacher; Photographer; Retired Regional Director for the Ohio Governors Youth Art Exhibition Sherri Appleton IIDA, Interior Architecture Faculty, CIA Pamela Argentieri Jewelry Designer + Silversmith Robert C. Banks, Jr. Filmmaker/Photographer Georgann Blair Retired Art Educator and Artist Pita Brooks Mixed Media Artist

Beth A. Bryan Art Gallery and Operations Coordinator, Stocker Arts Center of Lorain County Community College; Mixed Media Artist

Ron Hill Founding Partner of Act 3 Creative, Illustrator/Cartoonist

Kyle J. Osborne Writer; Publisher and Bookmaker at Outlandish Press

Jessica Howard Artist, Coordinator–Continuing Education, CIA

Laura Ospanik Graphic Designer and member of CIA Board of Directors

Anne E. Cole Art Education Adjunct Faculty, Baldwin Wallace University

David Joseph Commercial and Fine Art Photographer; Director of Photography, Video and Visual Content for Aspire Auctions

Deborah Pinter Photography and Printmaking Artist; Adjunct Teacher at CIA, Baldwin Wallace University and University of Akron

Scott Dommin Freelance and Fine Art Photographer

David King Artist; Educator, Case Western Reserve University

Eric S. Reitz Associate Director of Enrollment + Financial Aid, CIA

Judy Flamik Retired Interactive Media Instructor Willoughby-Eastlake Public Schools; Retired Art Education Adjunct CWRU; Art Education OAEA, OAAE Past Board Member, National Board Education Teacher

George Kocar Illustrator and Painter

Terry Clark Lecturer, Foundation Department, CIA

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Jurors

Special Thanks Herbert Ascherman Davon Brantley, Keynote Speaker Gabrielle Burrage, Director, Continuing Education + Community Outreach CIA Departments of Admissions, Business Affairs, Facilities, Information Technology, and Institutional Advancement CIA Security + Reception Cuyahoga Arts & Culture The Char and Chuck Fowler Family Foundation Christine Filmer Graffiti HeArt Kathryn Heidemann, Vice President for Academic Affairs + Dean of Faculty, CIA Jessica Howard, Coordinator, Continuing Education + Community Outreach, CIA iN Education, Inc. Jeff Mancinetti

Grafton J. Nunes, President, CIA Richard Sarian, Marketing + Communications, CIA Zach Savich, Keynote Speaker The Scholastic Steering Committee Sue Wall Gary + Almut Zvosec

CIA Students: Grace Bohlen Charlotte Brittain Maria Fallon Seneca Kuchar Alyssa Lizzini Megan Lubey Max McMillen Maximillian Peralta Amani Williams

Frank Oriti Jr. Artist

Writing Categories

Katherine Assink MLIS Mystery Author (as Shelley Costa) Sam Bogner Museum Archivist Dianne Borsenik Editor/Publisher NightBallet Press Kelly Boyer Sagert Freelance Writer William Brown Circulation Associate at Cleveland Heights Public Libraries Alexandra Burrage Director of Alumni Relations & Scholarships, CIA Eric Coble Playwright

Judy Flamik Retired Interactive Media Instructor Willoughby-Eastlake Public Schools, Retired Art Education Adjunct CWRU, Art Education OAEA, OAAE Past Board Member, National Board Education Teacher Bethany Forsberg Teen Services Librarian, Cuyahoga County Public Library Jordan Gass-Poore’ Podcast Producer and Investigative Journalist, CoFounder of Local Switchboard NYC Meghan Gibbons, MEd Assistant Registrar, CIA Ajah Hales Writer and Race Educator

Sharon Jones Martha Holden Jennings Foundation Evaluator Joffrey Jones Retired superintendent, school-based administrator, and English teacher Emily Kennedy Program Director at Third Coast International Audio Festival Sue Kirschner Youth Literacy and Outreach Manager, Cuyahoga County Public Library Caroline Loeffler Manager of Technical Writing at OverDrive Julie Marchand Poet Public Services Professional, Lorain Public Library System Ephraim Nehemiah Performance Poet

Mara Purnhagen Author Eric S. Reitz Associate Director of Enrollment + Financial Aid, CIA Cinthia Sledz Teen Services Librarian Zenaida Smith Mixed Media Artist, Writer, Co-founder and Editor of Outlandish Press Meri Smith Writer, former English teacher Matthew Sprosty Award-winning screenwriter and playwright Jane Takac Panza Freelance editor Ben Weathers Art educator Peg Weissbrod, J.D. Content Creator for Forest Hill Presbyterian Church

Paula Hennessey Accordino Director of Marketing Communications at Paran Management Company

Kyle J. Osborne Writer, Publisher and Bookmaker at Outlandish Press

GOLD KEY ART AWARD

GOLD KEY WRITING AWRD

Sunlight pierced through the smoke creating deceivingly beautiful

Sarah Handke Grade 10 Puppy Mix Up Mixed Media St Joseph Academy Educator: Tammy Sparks

Michael Kennedy Grade 12 Paper Towers (excerpt) Short Story University High School Educator: Kevin O’Brien

rays of sunshine. Black smog covered the piles of beams broken apart as if they were made of cardboard. The smog almost seemed to shimmer as sunlight breached its gaps creating a golden essence the moment did not deserve. I watched it from my desk. Slowly one by one people began to stand and gather by the window to watch. The tension and fear in the room rose like high tide and was thick like blood-shed. Chaos filled the streets as sons, daughters, husbands, and wives all scrambled to find their loved ones. The pungent smell of something burning accompanied the desire to make sense of the confusion. I was belittled to an infant, a youth, scrambling to find an authority figure where I could seek solace and explanation.

Jurors

Dana Aritonovich Writer and Historian

Rhonda Crowder Journalist, Author, Publisher and Entrepreneur

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Matt Amsden Writer/Producer

Special Awards

Art Awards

American Visions Nominee

American Voices Nominee

Art Portfolio

Sophia Eyerman Grade 11 Yad Chazakah, Zero’a Netuyah Painting Beaumont School Educator: Kristen LoPresti

Anabel Bach Grade 11 Poems for the Newly Liberated Soul Poetry Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Elizabeth Telich

Nola Williams-Riseng Grade 12 Adolescence Art Portfolio Lakewood High School Educator: Dayna Hansen

Ceramics + Glass Award Sophia Kroto Grade 12 Liberty Photography Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yangia

Megan Chen Grade 12 Ching, Chong, Chang Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Tatiauna Martin Grade 10 Portrait #1 Ceramics & Glass Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Michelle Brickner

Comic Art Award Theadis Reagins Grade 11 Grandfather Reflecting on America Drawing & Illustration Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Michelle Brickner

Grace Taylor Grade 12 Woodland Sheep Ceramics & Glass Orange High School Educator: Colleen Angel

Lily Winans Grade 12 The Harvest of Hallow’s Creek: Final Book Comic Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert

Eva Ko Grade 8 Pancakes Short Story St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connor

Jane Nilson Grade 12 The Carpenter Room Poetry Hawken School Educator: Terry Dubow

Deonta Steele Grade 11 The script about a black mans funeral Poetry Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Elizabeth Telich

Lily Winans Grade 12 The Harvest of Hallow’s Creek: Final Book Comic Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert

Davon Brantley Keynote Award for Art Theadis Reagins Grade 11 Portrait of a Black Man Drawing & Illustration Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Michelle Brickner

Design Award Aaliyah Bell Grade 12 Keys to Adele the Kitten Design Shaker Heights High School Educator: Keaf Holliday

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Special Awards

Digital Art Award Jasmine Neumann Grade 8 Cattywampus Digital Art Hathaway Brown School Educator: Melissa Nilsen

Writing Awards

Drawing + Illustration Award

Mixed Media Award

Writing Portfolio Award

Margot Sanders Grade 11 Kingfisher Drawing & Illustration Excell TECC School Educator: Dan Whitely

Emilee York Grade 11 The Faithful Mixed Media St Joseph Academy Educator: Tammy Sparks

Kendall Thomas Grade 12 Less Than or Equal To Twenty-Four Writing Portfolio Bay Village High School Educator: Kristin Srsen Kenney

Emma Gerber Grade 12 String Theory and Their Future Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Gary + Almut Zvosec Award for Mixed Media

Painting Award Critical Essay Award

Poetry Award

Nola Killpack Grade 12 Stolen Voices, Secret Pain, and Uncertain Futures Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Sarah Carlile Grade 11 Pinocchio Poetry Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery

Kaisal Shah Grade 12 The Use of Stem Cell Therapy to Reverse Opioid Tolerance Mixed Media Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Sophia Eyerman Grade 11 Yad Chazakah, Zero’a Netuyah Painting Beaumont School Educator: Kristen LoPresti

Personal Essay & Memoir Award

Photography

Graffiti HeArt Pre-College Scholarship Award Theadis Reagins Grade 11 Portrait of a Black Man Drawing & Illustration Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Michelle Brickner

Herbert Ascherman Award for Photography Joey Early Grade 12 Candid Haze Photography Orange High School Educator: Melissa Conrad

iN Education Award Halle Krohn Grade 11 Power Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Flash Fiction Award Isabella Issa Grade 12 The Epic Hero Flash Fiction St Joseph Academy Educator: Jon Pelegano

Sculpture Lilly Catney Grade 12 Dolphin Tale Sculpture Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold

The Janey Award Kayla Poling Grade 12 Time Grinding Away Sculpture Bay Village High School Educator: Thomas Schemrich

Maxine Gilligan Grade 11 A Brotherhood of Moose and Man Science Fiction & Fantasy Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Humor Short Story Award Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 womanhood Humor Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik

Sue Wall Painting Award Elizabeth Varis Grade 12 Vin Painting Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Science Fiction & Fantasy Award

Eva Ko Grade 8 Pancakes Short Story St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connor

Journalism Elena Flauto Grade 12 Dan Flowers: His Life and Career as a Food Banker and CEO Journalism Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Novel Writing Maeve Vasko Grade 11 Burden of the Rabbit Novel Writing Laurel School Educator: Sophie Springer

Zach Savich Keynote Award for Writing Jess Chang Grade 12 Chairman Mao; Of Radishes and Dragons; A love letter to patriotism Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Special Awards

Alexandra Wolf Grade 11 Same Girl Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Cameron Knotek-Black Grade 12 Night Cover Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Adriel Meyer

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Gary + Almut Zvosec Award for Printmaking

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Art Gold Key Award Recipients

GOLD KEY ART AWARD

Aaliyah Bell Grade 12 Keys to Adele the Kitten Design Shaker Heights High School Educator: Keaf Holliday

Ellie Calder Grade 9 Just, like, a red guy. You know?

Drawing & Illustration Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert

Sophia Eyerman Grade 11 A Lesson with the Master Painting Beaumont School Educator: Kristen LoPresti

Samantha Abad Grade 12 Consumption Printmaking Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen

Meghan Bhanoo Grade 11 Reflections of Renaissance Photography Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Mark Most

Lilly Catney Grade 12 Dolphin Tale Sculpture Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold

Caleb Ford Grade 12 Agony (1927-2020) Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Cyril Andrews Grade 11 Past Sins Digital Art University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Julia Biller Grade 10 king of the world Mixed Media Westlake High School Educator: Kelly Atkinson

Alyssa Olivera Cerpa Grade 12 Detained Painting St Joseph Academy Educator: Tammy Sparks

Caleb Ford Grade 12 Loss Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Conzie Aris Grade 8 Colors of Flowers Mixed Media Hathaway Brown School Educator: Tyler Zeleny

Andrew Boeckman Grade 12 Guilt in Quarantine Mixed Media St Ignatius High School Educator: Julianna Burrows

Sumeet Chakravarti Grade 8 Peek-a-boo Photography Beachwood Middle School Educator: Van Monroe

Caleb Ford Grade 12 Broken Minds Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Sophia Avery Grade 11 Falling Painting Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert

Sophia Boyer Grade 12 Pasta in the Kitchen Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Mia Charlton Grade 11 Tim Digital Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert

Lola Frenchko Grade 11 I Don’t Know You Drawing & Illustration Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane

Sophia Avery Grade 11 What Pulls Us Back Painting Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert

Kendall Braaten Grade 10 Portrait of a Dog in Sunlight Photography Laurel School Educator: Lori Kella

Nathan Dewey Grade 12 Self Love Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Kathryn Fritz Grade 12 Fresh Air Ceramics & Glass Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Sage Barton Grade 10 Trapped in a Bubble Film & Animation University High School Educator: Enrique de la Mata

Anthony Brady Grade 12 SAUNA Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Sophia Eyerman Grade 11 Yad Chazakah, Zero’a Netuyah Painting Beaumont School Educator: Kristen LoPresti

Grace Geisler Grade 12 Paragon Painting Kenston High School Educator: Andie Quinn

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Samantha Abad Grade 12 My Life. Raw Mixed Media Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen

Art: Gold Key

Elizabeth Varis Grade 12 Vin Painting Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Deavante’ Graves Grade 11 Super Surprise Drawing & Illustration Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen

Cameron Knotek-Black Grade 12 Night Cover Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Adriel Meyer

Adina Guo Grade 11 Still Life Painting Solon High School Educator: Jennifer Thompson

Cameron Knotek-Black Grade 12 Beautiful Day Digital Art Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Adriel Meyer

Sarah Handke Grade 10 Puppy Mix Up Mixed Media St Joseph Academy Educator: Tammy Sparks

Noelle Kostyack Grade 12 Teacher of the Year Drawing & Illustration North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford

Sarah Hardebeck Grade 12 Double Sided Photography Bay Village High School Educator: Greg Hildebrandt

Noelle Kostyack Grade 12 I Know You Painting North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford

Sarah Hardebeck Grade 12 Late Night Portrait Photography Bay Village High School Educator: Greg Hildebrandt

Noelle Kostyack Grade 12 Miniature Still Life Painting North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford

Sarah Hardebeck Grade 12 50s Star Photography Bay Village High School Educator: Greg Hildebrandt

Halle Krohn Grade 11 Power Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Bridget Kennedy Grade 11 stare Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Tyler Zeleny Michael Kennedy Grade 12 Under the Summer Sun Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

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Art: Gold Key

Leela Khatri Grade 11 Silent Observers Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming Cameron Knotek-Black Grade 12 Night Shift Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Adriel Meyer

Gabrielle Logelin Grade 11 Barbiecued Photography Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Andrew Hansen

Fareeda Farhan Naduvil Valappil Grade 11 Gradients Drawing & Illustration Solon High School Educator: Jennifer Thompson

Alister Lowe Grade 11 Hotline Digital Art Shaker Heights High School Educator: Meryl Haring

Brooklyn Napolitano Grade 10 Snyper Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Alister Lowe Grade 11 Long Day Digital Art Shaker Heights High School Educator: Meryl Haring

Jasmine Neumann Grade 8 Cattywampus Digital Art Hathaway Brown School Educator: Melissa Nilsen

Madeline Lowe Grade 11 Distractions Digital Art Shaker Heights High School Educator: Meryl Haring

Kayla O’Donnell Grade 11 Illuminated Drawing & Illustration Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane

Joshua Luboski Grade 12 Evil Digital Art Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane

Sophie Ozan Grade 12 Bubble Gum Girl Mixed Media Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Joshua Luboski Grade 12 Disco Bottles Drawing & Illustration Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane

Sophie Ozan Grade 12 Overwhelming Screens Painting Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Sophia Kroto Grade 12 Liberty Photography Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yaniga

Tatiauna Martin Grade 10 Portrait #1 Ceramics & Glass Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Michelle Brickner

Sophie Ozan Grade 12 Overwhelming Screens Portraits Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Kristina Laraway Grade 10 Sister on Rock, Brother on Tree Photography Bay Village High School Educator: Greg Hildebrandt

Frank McHugh Grade 12 yearbook scars Photography St Ignatius High School Educator: Julianna Burrows

Kristina Laraway Grade 10 Brother Looking in Distance Photography Bay Village High School Educator: Greg Hildebrandt

Ella Mordaunt Grade 12 Cyborg Digital Art North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford

Mercedes Lewandowski Grade 10 Manipulated Digital Art St Joseph Academy Educator: Peter Nezovich

Kelly Morris Grade 11 Disability is Human Painting Chardon High School Educator: Erik Hauber

Noel Pacheco Grade 12 Isolated Photography Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Brittainy Quinn Kayla Poling Grade 12 Time Grinding Away Sculpture Bay Village High School Educator: thomas Schemrich Neela Polly Grade 11 Citrus No. 5 Photography Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Mary Shaffer

Theadis Reagins Grade 11 Grandfather Reflecting on America Drawing & Illustration Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Michelle Brickner Lydia Reiss Grade 12 The Empress Digital Art Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: Mary Sedivy Joseph Richmond Grade 12 Unity Expanded Projects St Ignatius High School Educator: Julianna Burrows Joseph Richmond Grade 12 Resilience Art Portfolio St Ignatius High School Educator: Julianna Burrows Bee Rohrs Grade 10 Whimsical Garden Painting Lakewood High School Educator: Arline Olear Kara Sabo Grade 8 Pattern Face Drawing & Illustration Brecksville Broadview Hts Middle School Educator: Ann Henderson Margot Sanders Grade 11 Kingfisher Drawing & Illustration Orange High School Educator: Dan Whitely

Sarah Scott Grade 12 ponder Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Tyler Zeleny Kaisal Shah Grade 12 The Use of Stem Cell Therapy to Reverse Opioid Tolerance Mixed Media Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern Macy Sinreich Grade 12 Self Reflection Drawing & Illustration Westlake High School Educator: Kelly Atkinson Macy Sinreich Grade 12 Leftover Drawing & Illustration Westlake High School Educator: Kelly Atkinson Jenna Skilton Grade 11 Angel of God My Guardian Dear Painting Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane Dilyn Stancak Grade 10 Summer Steps Mixed Media St Joseph Academy Educator: Tammy Sparks Dilyn Stancak Grade 10 Desolation Painting St Joseph Academy Educator: Tammy Sparks Sienna Stephens Grade 8 Corruption of Social Media Painting St. Angela Merici School Educator: Erin Kraly Grace Taylor Grade 12 Woodland Sheep Ceramics & Glass Orange High School Educator: Colleen Angel

GOLD KEY WRITING AWRD

Deonta Steele Grade 11 The script about a black mans funeral Poetry Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Elizabeth Telich put the body in camera shoot make him mannequin he play dress up in tailored suits and big funeral hats put his face on a tee shirt snap a pic for the gram mommas elephant tears spark riots she be banshee turn martyr her baby ain’t no damn circus act snap a pic for the gram name taste like business investments murals on roads sell execution weapons to people who fantasize black boy deaths snap a pic for the gram preform virtual necromancy his brutalized body played on purgatory loop down I-95 electronic billboards montage the moment paint him thug snap a pic for the gram Rehearsals on sundays canarys crow at his funeral “release the doves” gunshots replaced by fireworks put his body on hot stones “just dead” spray painted on the back window cans clank against the road by the time the live cremation starts they too drunk to notice the camera still rolling his face burned into every brain in America

Art: Gold Key

Theadis Reagins Grade 11 Portrait of a Black Man Drawing & Illustration Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Michelle Brickner

Sarah Scott Grade 12 momentum Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

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Neela Polly Grade 11 Beach and White Photography Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Mary Shaffer

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Abby Thompson Grade 11 Solvej Painting Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns

Nola Williams-Riseng Grade 12 If You Want It Painting Lakewood High School Educator: Arline Olear

Abby Thompson Grade 11 Self portrait Drawing & Illustration Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns

Nola Williams-Riseng Grade 12 Adolescence Art Portfolio Lakewood High School Educator: Dayna Hansen

Anna Tokich Grade 12 Bench Photography Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yaniga

Lily Winans Grade 12 Out on the Town!

Digital Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert

Edith Tomasek Grade 10 Cereal Ceramics & Glass Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Susan Southard

Lily Winans Grade 12 The Harvest of Hallow’s Creek: Final Book Comic Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert

Beck Tranter Grade 11 Autumn Still Life Drawing & Illustration Cuyahoga Valley Career Center Educator: Melissa Munro

Lily Winans Grade 12 The Harvest of Hallow’s Creek Art Portfolio Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert

Elizabeth Varis Grade 12 Vin Painting Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Alexandra Wolf Grade 11 Same Girl Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Yasmine Wazni Grade 12 Self Reflections Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Lila Wright Grade 10 Warmest Regards Drawing & Illustration Lakewood High School Educator: Dayna Hansen

Arwen Whiteman Grade 11 Unusually Usual Photography Orange High School Educator: Melissa Conrad

Leticia Wuthrich Grade 12 Warm&cool Painting Shaker Heights High School Educator: Meryl Haring

Nola Williams-Riseng Grade 12 Jacob’s Grime Drawing & Illustration Lakewood High School Educator: Arline Olear

Leticia Wuthrich Grade 12 Seule Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Meryl Haring

Nola Williams-Riseng Grade 12 Recollections Painting Lakewood High School Educator: Dayna Hansen

Delainey Wyville Grade 11 Jaded Floral Crown Jewelry Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold

Rylee Yackin Grade 12 Growth Mixed Media Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: Mary Sedivy Emilee York Grade 11 The Faithful Mixed Media St Joseph Academy Educator: Tammy Sparks Angela Yu Grade 10 Spring Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

GOLD KEY ART AWARD

Tatiauna Martin Grade 10 Portrait #1 Ceramics & Glass Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Michelle Brickner

Sophia Kroto Grade 12 Liberty Photography Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yaniga

Nola Killpack Grade 12 An Infinity (excerpt) Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

The monk was alone and nearing death. The sea around him screamed. The waves sought to kill, to puncture the hull of his small boat and watch the fatal blood flow not out, but in.

There was blood on the deck already, the crimson kind that congeals thick, whispers of it amidst the bile. It was the first storm in the month since he’d crept along a stone floor, loosened a rope, and watched sails tremble, timid. The sky had waited to let it all out at once. Now, he was twisting, lost atop the crests, his supply of hardtack and salt beef almost gone, and he had never learned to fish. Monks are not taught to be caught in seething oceans with names the cold has stolen from the mind. Monks are taught to sit in dark rooms and paint spectral crowns of gold leaf around the bowed heads of saints. They are taught to comfort lepers with the words of God and forget to notice oozing sores. They are taught to pray at the sound of bells and be happy in their simple lives: poor, chaste, obedient, bound.

Art: Gold Key

GOLD KEY WRITING AWRD

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GOLD KEY ART AWARD

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Art  Silver Key Award Recipients

SILVER KEY ART AWARD

Riley Beiswenger Grade 11 Out West Photography Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Mark Most

Mckenzie Brooks Grade 10 Portraits 3 Drawing & Illustration Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Michelle Brickner

Priya Datt Grade 10 Enveloping Edges Photography Laurel School Educator: Lori Kella

Samantha Abad Grade 12 Dream In Color Drawing & Illustration Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen

Riley Beiswenger Grade 11 Rooftop Photography Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Mark Most

Lilly Catney Grade 12 Tortured Tusks Ceramics & Glass Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold

Olivia Delpra Grade 12 Altschmerz Printmaking Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane

Piper Anderson Grade 11 The Travelers Ceramics & Glass Orange High School Educator: Colleen Angel

Meghan Bhanoo Grade 11 Fields of Joy Photography Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Mark Most

Lilly Catney Grade 12 Starving for Perfection Sculpture Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold

Nathan Dewey Grade 12 Discovery Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Piper Anderson Grade 11 Octopus Armed With Candles Ceramics & Glass Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns

Grace Bilak Grade 12 Yggdrasil Drawing & Illustration St Joseph Academy Educator: Tammy Sparks

Sumeet Chakravarti Grade 8 Carving of the Canyon Photography Beachwood Middle School Educator: Van Monroe

Nathan Dewey Grade 12 Time to Reflect Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Piper Anderson Grade 11 The Bear Soup Combo Ceramics & Glass Orange High School Educator: Colleen Angel

Sarah Boyle Grade 11 Casually Glam Photography Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yaniga

Ashley Cohn Grade 12 Meditative Sloth Ceramics & Glass Orange High School Educator: Colleen Angel

Nathan Dewey Grade 12 Isolation Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Maria Cundra Grade 11 A Stool, A Ball & Stuff Drawing & Illustration Cuyahoga Valley Career Center Educator: Melissa Munro

Rosaline Dou Grade 12 The Pipes Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Tyler Zeleny

Priya Datt Grade 10 Overlapping Dimensions Photography Laurel School Educator: Lori Kella

Rosaline Dou Grade 12 Back Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Tyler Zeleny

Sophia Avery Grade 11 Real Life Painting Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert Sage Barton Grade 10 My Fear Film & Animation University High School Educator: Enrique de la Mata

Reese Brady Grade 11 Self Portrait Drawing & Illustration Beaumont School Educator: Kristen LoPresti Madison Bregitzer Grade 12 Peeking Through Drawing & Illustration Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen

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Samantha Abad Grade 12 Bottle Cracked in Time Drawing & Illustration Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen

Art: Silver Key

Philip Sutherland Grade 12 A White Grimace Pressed Against the Firmament Painting St Ignatius High School Educator: Julianna Burrows

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Joey Earley Grade 12 Candid Haze Photography Orange High School Educator: Melissa Conrad

Emilia Gulley Grade 10 Lemon Tree Painting Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Natalie Figurella Grade 10 Dusk Painting Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Susan Southard

Adina Guo Grade 11 Wai Gong (Grandpa) Painting Solon High School Educator: Jennifer Thompson

Caleb Ford Grade 12 Maple Syrup Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Gabrielle Hansen Grade 12 Elle Digital Art Westlake High School Educator: Kelly Atkinson

Chris Frerichs Grade 12 The Dance Mixed Media University High School Educator: Enrique de la Mata

Sarah Hardebeck Grade 12 Lady of the Lake Photography Bay Village High School Educator: Greg Hildebrandt

Brigette Fuentes Grade 12 A Radioactive World Mixed Media Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Monica Harmat Grade 10 Charcoal Still Life Drawing & Illustration Beaumont School Educator: Sally Hudak

Adelaide Garcia Grade 12 Andre Painting Painting Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns

Eleanor Hauck Grade 12 Cinderella: Page 1 Comic Art Padua Franciscan High School Educator: Stefanie Cook

Sophia Garofalo Grade 12 Salty Photography Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Mark Most

Celia Hawk Grade 11 Ophidiophobia Digital Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert

Grace Geisler Grade 12 Orthogonal Renaissance Mixed Media Kenston High School Educator: Todd Malkus

Daria Hordiushyna Grade 12 Carelessness Drawing & Illustration Solon High School Educator: Jennifer Thompson

Grace Geisler Grade 12 The Artist Drawing & Illustration Kenston High School Educator: Andie Quinn

Angelica Jameson Grade 11 Wrinkled Wisdom Painting Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Marley Graham Grade 11 Coral Pot Ceramics & Glass Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold

Carolyn Jiang Grade 10 Running Boy Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Jamie Morse

Carmen JoachimsmeyerGordon Grade 11 Exclusive Interview With The Fly. Editorial Cartoon sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation Shaker Heights High School Educator: Meryl Haring Nick Kalady Grade 12 Floating with the Clouds Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky Sonali Khatri Grade 11 Tea Time Painting Shaker Heights High School Educator: Meryl Haring Peyton Kicher Grade 12 Manifestation of Fear Art Portfolio Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yaniga Kayleigh Kmiecik Grade 12 Mother Nature Looks On Mixed Media St Joseph Academy Educator: Tammy Sparks Cameron Knotek-Black Grade 12 Blue Eyed Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Adriel Meyer Cameron Knotek-Black Grade 12 West Coast Christmas Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Adriel Meyer Chiara Koonce Grade 9 Self-Portrait Drawing & Illustration Home school Educator: Divina Koonce Grace Kosakowski Grade 12 Eyes For Breakfast Digital Art Westlake High School Educator: Kelly Atkinson Noelle Kostyack Grade 12 Cornered Painting North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford

Noelle Kostyack Grade 12 Let’s Hide Art Portfolio North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford Regan Krist Grade 10 5/30/20: A Well Regulated Militia Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern Cameron Krizman Grade 12 Noctiphobia Phobia Poster Design Lakewood High School Educator: Annie McQuay Anya Krumbine Grade 12 Bone Series Painting Bay Village High School Educator: Thomas Schemrich Anya Krumbine Grade 12 It’s Time Digital Art Bay Village High School Educator: Thomas Schemrich Jade Kruyne Grade 12 Stuffed animals Comic Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert Jade Kruyne Grade 12 Azami we love you Comic Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert Kate LaMonica Grade 12 There’s Plenty of Plastic in the Sea Sculpture Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold Shelby Lane Grade 11 Path to a Dreamstate Photography Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yaniga Kristina Laraway Grade 10 Brother Sister By Tree Photography Bay Village High School Educator: Greg Hildebrandt

SILVER KEY WRITING AWARD

Eva Ko Grade 8 A Return to Nature Poetry St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors

Down in the meadow is where she lay Ivory skin ruddied by earth and auburn leaves Decay permeating the blustery morn.

Marked by the hush of Death, I swept her golden soul amongst the bruised apples.

Swept her up in the fall breeze, rich in her residence.

Plunged her voice like a melancholy croon through the whispering wind so that her pain would not go forgotten, so that Nature would take her like a pliable morsel of clay and add her to its masterpiece.

I took her broken parts and gave them back to the Earth from which she had come.

Took the strewn leaves and sewed her silken hair into their pattern Stole away her tears and with them gave birth to wildflowers whose waxy stems would grow to be picked by another like her Whose soul would be returned to its roots as she was.

A release of breath, never again, instead, she would be one with the deer and fox that frolicked in the meadow; With the trees Whose great boughs held centuries of secrets and love and pain; life and death— the foundation of humanity.

SILVER KEY ART AWARD

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Art: Silver Key

Marley Graham Grade 11 Coral Pot Ceramics & Glass Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold

SILVER KEY ART AWARD

Sumeet Chakravarti Grade 8 Carving of the Canyon Photography Beachwood Middle School Educator: Van Monroe

Cole Mihalich Grade 12 Viaduct Photography Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Mary Shaffer Ryan Mitrovich Grade 12 Silly Cat Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Jessie Barbarich Katheryne Mooney Grade 10 Twisted Citrus Photography Magnificat High School Educator: Deborah Barlow Mercedes Morales Grade 11 Rabbit Digital Art Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Michelle Brickner Gabrielle Logelin Grade 11 Strangely Human Photography Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Andrew Hansen

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Art: Silver Key

Gabrielle Logelin Grade 11 Smushed Semblance Drawing & Illustration Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Andrew Hansen Alister Lowe Grade 11 Corner of home Painting Shaker Heights High School Educator: Meryl Haring Kim Marcelino Grade 11 Transfiguring Painting Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns

Noel Pacheco Grade 12 BLM Photography Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Brittainy Quinn Lucia Passarelli Grade 11 Stool Drawing & Illustration Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern Maya Peroune Grade 12 Cotton Candy Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Keaf Holliday Maya Peroune Grade 12 Rebirth 1969 Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Keaf Holliday

Nicholas Mariani Grade 10 Psychedelic Flowers Painting Lakewood High School Educator: Arline Olear

Ella Mordaunt Grade 12 22 Digital Art North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford

Tara Petrovic Grade 11 Fringe Drawing & Illustration Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Andrew Hansen

Rose Martyn Grade 12 Static Photography Orange High School Educator: Melissa Conrad

Michael O’Malley Grade 12 Dayytona Fox Digital Art Padua Franciscan High School Educator: Stefanie Cook

Gopala Ponnada Grade 12 Hook Drawing & Illustration North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford

Rose Martyn Grade 12 Try Me Photography Orange High School Educator: Melissa Conrad

Michael O’Malley Grade 12 the end Comic Art Padua Franciscan High School Educator: Stefanie Cook

Gopala Ponnada Grade 12 Paul Digital Art North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford

Maela Mazzone Grade 8 self portrait Drawing & Illustration Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Adriel Meyer

Ava Ornas Grade 10 Watering the Flowers Mixed Media Padua Franciscan High School Educator: Stefanie Cook

Elise Provident Grade 12 Perceiving Digital Art Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane

Zelda Thayer-Hansen Grade 12 My Body Expanded Projects Cleveland Heights High School Educator: Laura Skehan

Claire Radke Grade 12 Colorful Girl Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Tyler Zeleny

Saija Shah Grade 10 Travel Paint Strips Painting Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Zelda Thayer-Hansen Grade 12 Childhood Painting Cleveland Heights High School Educator: Laura Skehan

Carter Richmond Grade 7 Shipping Container Sculpture Gilmour Academy Middle School Educator: Susan Southard

Tatum Shepardson Grade 11 water dancer Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Tyler Zeleny

Gabby Toms Grade 11 Automatonophobia Design Lakewood High School Educator: Annie McQuay

Emma Spirollari Grade 12 Beets Photography Bay Village High School Educator: Greg Hildebrandt

Ella Van Niel Grade 11 Flower Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Emma Spirollari Grade 12 Freedom Stamp Photography Bay Village High School Educator: Greg Hildebrandt

Elizabeth Varis Grade 12 Witch Doctor Digital Art Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Rachael Stasick Grade 9 The Moon Through the Pines Photography Gilmour Academy Educator: Susan Southard

Elizabeth Varis Grade 12 Sarah Painting Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Jeanna Sukey Grade 11 Structure and Awe Photography Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yaniga

Hannah Vicente Grade 12 An Astral Destination Digital Art Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane

Joseph Richmond Grade 12 From the Same Colors Mixed Media St Ignatius High School Educator: Julianna Burrows Maya Rooney Grade 10 Hagia Sophia Series Jewelry Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold Maya Rooney Grade 10 African Bib Collars Jewelry Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold Willow Rosser Grade 11 Black Lives Matter Illustration Digital Art Lakewood High School Educator: Annie McQuay Tristen Ruffin-Williams Grade 8 Miscellaneous Painting Lillian & Betty Ratner School Educator: Patti Fields

Philip Sutherland Grade 12 A White Grimace Pressed Against the Firmament Painting St Ignatius High School Educator: Julianna Burrows

Kara Sabo Grade 8 Lion Mask Ceramics & Glass Brecksville Broadview Hts Middle School Educator: Ann Henderson

Xavier Sylvia-Jackson Grade 12 Dissociation Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Jessie Barbarich

Emma Schoeffler Grade 10 Oceanscape Painting Beaumont School Educator: Sally Hudak

Grace Taylor Grade 12 Portfolio Art Portfolio Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns

Sarah Voss Grade 11 Breaking Point Digital Art Gilmour Academy Educator: Matthew Vanek

Emma Wanyek Grade 11 The Light That Hid The Mask Photography Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yaniga Arwen Whiteman Grade 11 Lost In Thought Photography Orange High School Educator: Melissa Conrad Inga Wilhelmy Grade 11 Black Lives Matter Cleveland Mixed Media Lakewood High School Educator: Arline Olear Inga Wilhelmy Grade 11 Chew with your Mouth Closed Drawing & Illustration Lakewood High School Educator: Arline Olear Nola Williams-Riseng Grade 12 Shrapnel (No One Told Me) Mixed Media Lakewood High School Educator: Dayna Hansen Julia Willis Grade 11 Doing My Hair Painting Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns Lily Winans Grade 12 Pirates!

Comic Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert Lila Wright Grade 10 Kitchen Still Life Drawing & Illustration Lakewood High School Educator: Arline Olear

Abigail Walicke Grade 12 Anxiety - First Attempt Digital Art Shaker Heights High School Educator: Karen Mehling-DeMauro

Sadie Zeedrich Grade 11 Color Wheel Digital Art Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane

Sarah Walker Grade 11 Hope Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Sadie Zeedrich Grade 11 The Fortuneteller Printmaking Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane

Art: Silver Key

Annie Scott Grade 12 Ghost and Mushroom Selfie Digital Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert

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Sarah Puterbaugh Grade 12 Scream: Inspired by Irving Penn Photography Bay Village High School Educator: Greg Hildebrandt

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Art Honorable Mention Recipients

HONORABLE MENTION

Thaddeus Martin Grade 12 Woman Standing on the Cliff Digital Art Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Michael Thornburg

Samantha Abad Grade 12 Aspiration Painting Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen

Ashley Ahrens Grade 10 Radiant Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Jessie Barbarich

Anna Banyard Grade 11 Burning Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Meghan Bhanoo Grade 11 Rooftop View Photography Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Mark Most

Samantha Abad Grade 12 Fetta Drawing & Illustration Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen

Devon Ambrus Grade 10 Focused Drawing & Illustration Mentor High School Educator: Vincent Sanelli

Riley Beiswenger Grade 11 Earthquake Lake Photography Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Mark Most

Meghan Bhanoo Grade 11 Tracking Progress Photography Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Mark Most

Samantha Abad Grade 12 Ammar Drawing & Illustration Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen

Piper Anderson Grade 11 The Grandtree Sculpture Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns

Michael Beros Grade 12 Noticed Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Meghan Bhanoo Grade 11 Starlight Ride Photography Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Mark Most

N’sreen Abbas Grade 12 Package Design Project Design St Joseph Academy Educator: Beth Pleban

Piper Anderson Grade 11 Rockin Turtle Ceramics & Glass Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns

Chloe Berthelier Grade 10 Wave of Confusion Painting Westlake High School Educator: Will Wilson

Meghan Bhanoo Grade 11 Sunset Ride Photography Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Mark Most

Shereen Ahmad Grade 11 Gold Star Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Tyler Zeleny

Cyril Andrews Grade 11 Point Dubai Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Chloe Berthelier Grade 10 L’été à Paris Painting Westlake High School Educator: Will Wilson

Julia Bongers Grade 12 Fashion Speaks a Thousand Words Mixed Media Westlake High School Educator: Kelly Atkinson

Ashley Ahrens Grade 10 Blossom Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Jessie Barbarich

Martina Aucejo Grade 9 Fragmented Light Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Meghan Bhanoo Grade 11 Paper Bird Sculpture Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Susan Southard

Ashley Ahrens Grade 10 Hustle Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Jessie Barbarich

Peter Bambakidis Grade 12 California dreaming Painting University High School Educator: Enrique de la Mata

Meghan Bhanoo Grade 11 Venetian Storm Photography Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Mark Most

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Brooke Brewer Grade 11 remains Painting Bay Village High School Educator: Thomas Schemrich

Art: Honorable Mention

Madison Bregitzer Grade 12 Eye Scream Painting Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen

Rachel Broihier Grade 12 Angled Painting Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Lilly Catney Grade 12 Purging ‘til Perfection Ceramics & Glass Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold

Cambell Crowley Grade 11 Memories Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Margaret Eibler Grade 12 Private Matters Digital Art Kenston High School Educator: Todd Malkus

Rachel Broihier Grade 12 Lost Pathways Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Jeremy Cavanagh Grade 12 Evolution/Decay Ceramics & Glass Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold

Charlotte Cupp Grade 12 Invisible Cuts Drawing & Illustration Shaker Heights High School Educator: Karen Mehling-DeMauro

Darya Evsikova Grade 12 Hide and Seek Painting Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane

Gaby Bush Grade 12 Phobia Series Design Lakewood High School Educator: Annie McQuay

Julia Cekada Grade 11 Immaculate Heart of Mary Ceramics & Glass Magnificat High School Educator: Deborah Barlow

Francesca Butsch Grade 11 Mask Up Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Sumeet Chakravarti Grade 8 Quenching Thirst Drawing & Illustration Beachwood Middle School Educator: Van Monroe

Ashley Buynak Grade 9 Drawing & Illustration Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Adriel Meyer

Mia Charlton Grade 11 Day Dreaming Mixed Media Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert

Latraceyona Cameron Grade 12 Dangerous Painting Brush High School Educator: Dan Whitely

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Art: Honorable Mention

Caroline Cannon Grade 12 Stapler Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Emerson Coffman Grade 12 Sunny Disposition Painting Shaker Heights High School Educator: Meryl Haring Ashley Cohn Grade 12 Slothtopia Ceramics & Glass Orange High School Educator: Colleen Angel

Kiki Carbajal Santana Grade 7 Goldy Pond Ceramics & Glass Brecksville Broadview Hts Middle School Educator: Ann Henderson

Cara Conrad Grade 11 Pose Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Elizabeth Carney Grade 10 2020 Drawing & Illustration Bay Village High School Educator: Thomas Schemrich

Cara Conrad Grade 11 Looking For The Light Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Elizabeth Carney Grade 10 Paint Photography Bay Village High School Educator: Thomas Schemrich

Cambell Crowley Grade 11 Straggler Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Elizabeth Dailey Grade 12 amen.

Photography Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yaniga Layla Davis-Branner Grade 12 Atticus Painting Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen Nathan Dewey Grade 12 End of the Road Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming Isabella Dibra Grade 12 Reptilian Diet Ceramics & Glass Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: Claire Raack Rosaline Dou Grade 12 Casting Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Tyler Zeleny Aiden James Dumm Grade 10 Cubist Collage Drawing & Illustration University High School Educator: Enrique de la Mata Margaret Eibler Grade 12 Green With Envy Painting Kenston High School Educator: Andie Quinn Margaret Eibler Grade 12 Cell-lf Portrait Painting Kenston High School Educator: Andie Quinn

Aine Fagan Grade 12 Blood on Their Hands: Working Conditions of Factory Farms Mixed Media Lakewood High School Educator: Dayna Hansen Aine Fagan Grade 12 Garbage Still life Drawing & Illustration Lakewood High School Educator: Arline Olear Maddie Figgie Grade 8 Wallpaper Design Design Gilmour Academy Middle School Educator: Susan Southard Caleb Ford Grade 12 Smoke Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky Caleb Ford Grade 12 Empty EyEs Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky Crystal Ford Grade 12 Jacob Painting Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen Emily Frazier Grade 9 Lush Hacienda Painting Beaumont School Educator: Sally Hudak Emily Frazier Grade 9 Scribble Self-Portrait Drawing & Illustration Beaumont School Educator: Kristen LoPresti

Alexandra Gallin Grade 10 Road Map Through the Leaf Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Jamie Morse

Madelyn Graham Grade 12 Nightmares Comic Art Padua Franciscan High School Educator: Stefanie Cook

Elianna Gamboa Grade 10 Post-Halloween Drawing & Illustration Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Andrew Hansen

Mila Gresh Grade 9 Fantasy Enviroment Digital Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert

Grace Geisler Grade 12 When Life Gives You Nothing Painting Kenston High School Educator: Todd Malkus Grace Geisler Grade 12 Recollection Painting Kenston High School Educator: Andie Quinn Peyton Gellin Grade 11 Tangled Tentacles Ceramics & Glass Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold Marley Goodwin Grade 12 With Liberty and Justice for Few Sculpture Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold Marley Goodwin Grade 12 From Chains to Prison Bars Ceramics & Glass Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold Madelyn Graham Grade 12 Self Portrait Mixed Media Padua Franciscan High School Educator: Stefanie Cook

Noah Heacox Grade 11 Cosmic Clown Painting Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen Kelsey Hearns Grade 11 Field of Sunshine Digital Art Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Mark Most Kelsey Hearns Grade 11 Buffalo Beauty Photography Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Mark Most

HONORABLE MENTION

Layla Davis-Branner Grade 12 Atticus Painting Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen

Sherry Huang Grade 12 Order!

Painting Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane Audrianna Imka Grade 10 Purple Rain Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern Audrianna Imka Grade 10 10/10 Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern Olivia Indre Grade 12 Aries Digital Art Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane

Art: Honorable Mention

Grace Geisler Grade 12 Smile!

Drawing & Illustration Kenston High School Educator: Andie Quinn

Kendal Harris Grade 11 Icarus Drawing & Illustration Laurel School Educator: Darius Steward

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Grace Geisler Grade 12 Girl on Fire Digital Art Kenston High School Educator: Todd Malkus

HONORABLE MENTION

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Art: Honorable Mention

Delainey Wyville Grade 11 Aztec Sun Worship Jewelry Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold

Olivia Indre Grade 12 Running Low Printmaking Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane

Mary Kate Kahl Grade 12 Art Movement Poster Design St Joseph Academy Educator: Beth Pleban

Leela Khatri Grade 11 Reflection Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Carolyn Jiang Grade 10 Standing Boy Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Jamie Morse

Nick Kalady Grade 12 Natural Illumination Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Sophia kless Grade 12 Frank Ocean Painting Gilmour Academy Educator: Susan Southard

Jessica Jilek Grade 10 Flower Child Drawing & Illustration Mayfield High School Educator: Edith Mellen

Saakhi Kang Grade 11 Basílica de Santa María del Pi Painting Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Roman Kline-Bossman Grade 7 Shiba Printmaking Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Mary Anne Grimwade

Mary Kate Kahl Grade 12 Common Grounds Coffee Company Design St Joseph Academy Educator: Beth Pleban

Michael Kennedy Grade 12 Stories of Boulder Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Anna Klinginsmith Grade 12 Self Portrait Painting Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns

Cameron Knotek-Black Grade 12 Two-Faced Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Adriel Meyer

Noelle Kostyack Grade 12 Find Me Painting North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford

Katherine Lawlor Grade 12 Overthinking Drawing & Illustration Magnificat High School Educator: Alecia Janosik

Elana Maraldo Grade 11 A Tourist’s Toronto Mixed Media St Joseph Academy Educator: Tammy Sparks

Cameron Knotek-Black Grade 12 Nuclear Family Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Adriel Meyer

Sophia Kroto Grade 12 Thinker Photography Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yaniga

Sophia Laye Grade 12 Lilies Painting Hathaway Brown School Educator: Jamie Morse

Tori Margulies Grade 9 Enchanting Digital Art Hathaway Brown School Educator: Jamie Morse

Sophia Laye Grade 12 Waterfall Painting Hathaway Brown School Educator: Jamie Morse

Amalija Marich Grade 9 Turn That Frown Upside Down!

Drawing & Illustration Lakewood High School Educator: Kari Sanford

Christian Lazuka Grade 12 diamond surf Photography Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yaniga

Thaddeus Martin Grade 12 Woman Standing on the Cliff Digital Art Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Michael Thornburg

Grace Kosakowski Grade 12 Eyes Wide Open Photography Westlake High School Educator: Kelly Atkinson Noelle Kostyack Grade 12 Hiding Place Painting North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford Noelle Kostyack Grade 12 Stars on Her Back and the World On Her Shoulder Painting North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford Noelle Kostyack Grade 12 Seeking Escape Painting North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford Noelle Kostyack Grade 12 Pride Painting North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford Noelle Kostyack Grade 12 Spinning and Falling Painting North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford

Caitlyn Krueger Grade 11 No Drawing & Illustration Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane Anya Krumbine Grade 12 Party Digital Art Bay Village High School Educator: Thomas Schemrich Jade Kruyne Grade 12 bunny church Digital Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert Taryn Kucharski Grade 10 Gay Rights Are Civil Rights Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern Shelby Lane Grade 11 Pretty Posion Photography Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yaniga Dominic Larsen Grade 12 Hidden In The Gray Drawing & Illustration Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen

Mercedes Lewandowski Grade 10 Reflected Photography St Joseph Academy Educator: Peter Nezovich Mercedes Lewandowski Grade 10 Distorted Photography St Joseph Academy Educator: Peter Nezovich Ethan Loderstedt Grade 12 Bio-Home Architecture & Industrial Design St Edward High School Educator: Lori Kella Jesenia Lopez-Rodriguez Grade 12 Binds of Ambiguity Mixed Media T W Harvey High School Educator: Stephanie Timko Joshua Luboski Grade 12 Lost Ideas Art Portfolio Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane Rhea Mahajan Grade 11 Believe in Magic Photography Hathaway Brown School Educator: Tyler Zeleny

Maela Mazzone Grade 8 Manipulation Marionette Painting Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Mary Anne Grimwade Cole Mihalich Grade 12 Vicarious Digital Art Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Mary Shaffer Cole Mihalich Grade 12 Immolation Photography Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Mary Shaffer Cole Mihalich Grade 12 Hole in the Wall Photography Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Mary Shaffer Elena Miinea Grade 8 Blue Moon Drawing & Illustration Brecksville Broadview Hts Middle School Educator: Ann Henderson

Art: Honorable Mention

Cameron Knotek-Black Grade 12 In the Shadows Art Portfolio Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Adriel Meyer

Sophia Kroto Grade 12 Connections and Disconnections Art Portfolio Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: Mary Sedivy

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Cameron Knotek-Black Grade 12 Set the Record Straight Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Adriel Meyer

Chayton Mines Grade 12 Hand up don’t shoot Digital Art Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns Ella Mordaunt Grade 12 Buzz Clown Digital Art North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford Abigail Morgan Grade 11 Portrait in Perspective Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern Ashley Morris Grade 12 Construct Complexion Mixed Media Beaumont School Educator: Kristen LoPresti Maya Moufawad Grade 12 Perseus Mixed Media Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Susan Southard Maya Moufawad Grade 12 Silver Drawing & Illustration Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Susan Southard Jacob Nathan Grade 12 Jim Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

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Art: Honorable Mention

Jacob Nathan Grade 12 Kennedy’s Hands Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky Jacob Nathan Grade 12 Usher Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky Niamh O’Melia Grade 11 Bowl of Flower Ceramics & Glass Shaker Heights High School Educator: Christina Stouffer

Deirdre O’Connell Grade 12 Charles Photography Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: George Yaniga Amelie O’Connor Grade 12 Contagion Photography Orange High School Educator: Melissa Conrad Michael O’Malley Grade 12 mobatron Comic Art Padua Franciscan High School Educator: Stefanie Cook Ava Ornas Grade 10 Three Object Still Life Drawing & Illustration Padua Franciscan High School Educator: Stefanie Cook Noel Pacheco Grade 12 Ambedo Photography Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Brittainy Quinn Noel Pacheco Grade 12 Monachopsis Photography Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Brittainy Quinn Jake Pease Grade 10 Cubist Collage Drawing & Illustration University High School Educator: Enrique de la Mata Maya Peroune Grade 12 Equal?

Digital Art Shaker Heights High School Educator: Keaf Holliday Maya Peroune Grade 12 The Upside Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming Maya Peroune Grade 12 Long Time Coming Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Maya Peroune Grade 12 The Promise Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Alexander Rager Grade 11 Outline Photography Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Maya Peroune Grade 12 The Puzzle Art Portfolio Shaker Heights High School Educator: Kathleen Fleming

Dimpal Rana Grade 12 Upside Down World Painting Euclid City High School Educator: Edith Mellen

Michael Piccirillo Grade 9 Snowman Ceramics & Glass Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Susan Southard

Lydia Reiss Grade 12 Scopaesthesia Digital Art Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: Mary Sedivy

Alejandra Pinzon Grade 12 by the curb Digital Art Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Mary Shaffer Alejandra Pinzon Grade 12 blue stained window Digital Art Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Mary Shaffer Kayla Poling Grade 12 Right for Each Other Sculpture Bay Village High School Educator: Thomas Schemrich Gopala Ponnada Grade 12 The Achievement Tree Painting North Royalton High School Educator: Katie Ford Elise Provident Grade 12 Mythological Beauty, Dismembered Digital Art Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane Ella Publicover Grade 11 Untitled Digital Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert Sarah Puterbaugh Grade 12 Vision of Shapeless Idealism Photography Bay Village High School Educator: Greg Hildebrandt

Lydia Reiss Grade 12 Hanahaki Digital Art Notre Dame Cathedral Latin School Educator: Mary Sedivy Joseph Richmond Grade 12 Resilience Painting St Ignatius High School Educator: Julianna Burrows Joseph Richmond Grade 12 Strong Individuals, Powerful Body Mixed Media St Ignatius High School Educator: Julianna Burrows Joseph Richmond Grade 12 Good News Mixed Media St Ignatius High School Educator: Julianna Burrows Saskia River Grade 12 Wuyang Shadow Puppet Theater Sculpture Shaker Heights High School Educator: Karen Mehling-DeMauro Luca Rizi Grade 10 Fury Digital Art Rocky River High School Educator: Patricia Tobin

Helen Roche Grade 10 A Still Life Drawing & Illustration Lakewood High School Educator: Arline Olear

Audrey Slankard Grade 8 Winter Song Digital Art Rocky River Middle School Educator: Lori Rosenbaum

Madeleine Roth Grade 11 Terra Mater Digital Art Beaumont School Educator: Kristen LoPresti

Kaylee Smith Grade 12 Feel The Burn Drawing & Illustration Brecksville Broadview Hts High School Educator: Andrew Hansen

Anna Schneider Grade 10 Construction zone Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Jessie Barbarich Emma Schoeffler Grade 10 Charcoal Still Life Drawing & Illustration Beaumont School Educator: Sally Hudak Lรณa Schriefer Grade 11 Distortion Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern Annie Scott Grade 12 Fantasy Environment Digital Art Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert Jaszanara Scott Grade 9 Asexual Pride Digital Art Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Lisa Calamita Macy Sinreich Grade 12 Cloud Fellows Painting Westlake High School Educator: Kelly Atkinson

Maddie Smith Grade 11 Conflicted Drawing & Illustration Excel TECC- Studio Art and Design Educator: Dan Whitely Maddie Smith Grade 11 Abandoned Drawing & Illustration Excel TECC- Studio Art and Design Educator: Dan Whitely Olivia Spieker Grade 11 Overthinking Mixed Media Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane Olivia Spieker Grade 11 Time Warp Drawing & Illustration Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane Kerry Sponseller Grade 11 How Do You Act On A Rainy Day? Expanded Projects Magnificat High School Educator: Alecia Janosik Kerry Sponseller Grade 11 Walk A Mile Fashion Magnificat High School Educator: Alecia Janosik

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HONORABLE MENTION

Rachel Broihier Grade 12 Lost Pathways Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Abigail Morgan Grade 11 Portrait in Perspective Printmaking Hathaway Brown School Educator: Shelly Ahern

Art: Honorable Mention

Adriana Schermaier Grade 12 Crashing Waves Jewelry Magnificat High School Educator: Julie Belfiore

Maddie Smith Grade 11 Worthless Drawing & Illustration Excel TECC- Studio Art and Design Educator: Dan Whitely

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Megan Roth Grade 12 A World of Beauty Painting Shaker Heights High School Educator: Karen Mehling-DeMauro

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Rachael Stasick Grade 9 The Golden Bird Photography Gilmour Academy Educator: Susan Southard

Grace Taylor Grade 12 Orbit and Ponyo Ceramics & Glass Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns

Elizabeth Varis Grade 12 Siren Digital Art Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Laura Wei Grade 10 Rainbow Polsters Drawing & Illustration Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns

Rachael Stasick Grade 9 Happy Little Turtle Photography Gilmour Academy Educator: Susan Southard

Paul Taylor Grade 10 Cracked Ice Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Elizabeth Varis Grade 12 Grace Painting Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Hayley Welsh Grade 12 Complementary Foliage Drawing & Illustration Lakewood High School Educator: Arline Olear

Kyleigh Streeter Grade 12 The Joy of Christmas Drawing & Illustration St Joseph Academy Educator: Tammy Sparks

Paul Taylor Grade 10 Arrangement Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Elizabeth Varis Grade 12 Kennedy Painting Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Inga Wilhelmy Grade 11 How I See Me Drawing & Illustration Lakewood High School Educator: Arline Olear

Mia Stutzman Grade 11 Transparent Photography St Joseph Academy Educator: Peter Nezovich

Paul Taylor Grade 10 Worn Stitching Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

Elizabeth Varis Grade 12 Ben Painting Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Inga Wilhelmy Grade 11 Papa Drawing & Illustration Lakewood High School Educator: Arline Olear

Mia Stutzman Grade 11 Blocked Photography St Joseph Academy Educator: Peter Nezovich

Zelda Thayer-Hansen Grade 12 The Fool Mixed Media Cleveland Heights High School Educator: Laura Skehan

Elizabeth Varis Grade 12 Parker Painting Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Nola Williams-Riseng Grade 12 The Academic Editorial Cartoon sponsored by The Herb Block Foundation Lakewood High School Educator: Arline Olear

Jordan Sudberry Grade 9 Family Beauty Digital Art Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Jessie Barbarich

Erin Thomas Grade 11 Self Portrait Drawing & Illustration Laurel School Educator: Darius Steward

Elizabeth Varis Grade 12 Contemporary Youth Art Portfolio Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Philip Sutherland Grade 12 Relief Printmaking St Ignatius High School Educator: Julianna Burrows

Gabby Toms Grade 11 The Katerwalls Storyboard Comic Art Lakewood High School Educator: Annie McQuay

Maria Vincenti Grade 12 Different Light Painting Kenston High School Educator: Todd Malkus

Philip Sutherland Grade 12 Human Day Art Portfolio St Ignatius High School Educator: Julianna Burrows

Beret Traum Grade 12 Preschool Pressures Drawing & Illustration Magnificat High School Educator: Alecia Janosik

Masha Waiss Grade 12 A Mother’s Wrath Painting Bay Village High School Educator: thomas Schemrich

Xavier Sylvia-Jackson Grade 12 Springtime Photography Andrews Osborne Academy Educator: Jessie Barbarich

Elizabeth Varis Grade 12 Cleveland Painting Bay Village High School Educator: Grace Outcalt

Audrey Warren Grade 12 Marks on the Mirror Drawing & Illustration Lakewood High School Educator: Dayna Hansen

Julia Willis Grade 11 Washing a Pear Painting Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns Shawn Wilson Grade 11 American Girls Photography Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Brittainy Quinn Lily Winans Grade 12 Life in Light Drawing & Illustration Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Jill Eisert Caitlin Wong Grade 10 Culture Cravings Drawing & Illustration Mentor High School Educator: Heather Ambrus

Delainey Wyville Grade 11 Floral Collar Jewelry Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold Delainey Wyville Grade 11 Aztec Sun Worship Jewelry Chagrin Falls High School Educator: Libby Harrold Samantha Yahner Grade 12 Happy feeling Painting Willoughby South High School Educator: Dan Whitely Nina Zargari Grade 11 Bird Drawing Drawing & Illustration Excel TECC- Studio Art and Design Educator: Dan Whitely Katherine Zernick Grade 12 Sweet Painting Shaker Heights High School Educator: Meryl Haring Julia Zhu Grade 9 Boat Painting Hathaway Brown School Educator: Jamie Morse Sara Zuzek Grade 11 Focus Drawing & Illustration Mentor High School Educator: Michelle Kane HONORABLE MENTION

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Paul Taylor Grade 10 Worn Stitching Photography University High School Educator: Michael Starinsky

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GOLD KEY ART AWARD

Theadis Reagins Grade 11 Grandfather Reflecting on America Drawing & Illustration Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Michelle Brickner

Madeline Bryan Grade 10 Fables and Fantasies: An Exploration in Learning How to Live Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Elena Flauto Grade 12 The Romanticization of America in The Quiet American and “Fatherland” Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Megan Chen Grade 12 Ching, Chong, Chang Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Emma Gerber Grade 12 String Theory and Their Future Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

K Drake Grade 11 Freedom Poetry Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Elizabeth Telich

Maxine Gilligan Grade 11 A Brotherhood of Moose and Man Science Fiction & Fantasy Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Caroline Favetti Grade 8 Ruminations Poetry Lakewood Catholic Academy Educator: Eileen Murphy McGuire

Ellie Hammarlund Grade 8 Fall Flash Fiction Rocky River Middle School Educator: Melissa Stickney

Sarah Carlile Grade 11 Pinocchio Poetry Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery

Elena Flauto Grade 12 A Letter to Governor Mike DeWine Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Nina Harris Grade 8 Dead Eyes, Dead Hearts Science Fiction & Fantasy Lakewood Catholic Academy Educator: Eileen Murphy McGuire

Jess Chang Grade 12 Chairman Mao; Of Radishes and Dragons; A love letter to patriotism Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Elena Flauto Grade 12 Dan Flowers: His Life and Career as a Food Banker and CEO Journalism Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Kendal Harris Grade 11 Homeland: How Missing African American Heritage Damages Our Communities Critical Essay Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik

Maple Buescher Grade 12 Instructions for Building a Quigloo Personal Essay & Memoir Cleveland Heights High School Educator: Katherine Strine

Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 Anxiety is Okay Short Story Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik

Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 fallen mother Poetry Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 Forgotten Children Personal Essay & Memoir Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 womanhood Humor Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik Isabella Issa Grade 12 The Epic Hero Flash Fiction St Joseph Academy Educator: Jon Pelegano Michael Kennedy Grade 12 Paper Towers Short Story University High School Educator: Kevin O’Brien Nola Killpack Grade 12 An Infinity Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Nola Killpack Grade 12 Stolen Voices, Secret Pain, and Uncertain Futures Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

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Isabella Bixler Grade 7 Home Personal Essay & Memoir Birchwood School Educator: Jennifer Seward

Jess Chang Grade 12 The inkwell; Curiouser and curiouser; Through a looking glass Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

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Anabel Bach Grade 11 Poems for the Newly Liberated Soul Poetry Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Elizabeth Telich

Eva Ko Grade 8 Pancakes Short Story St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Faith Lee Grade 11 Increasing Idiosyncrasies Poetry Strongsville High School Educator: Alisa Bartel Stefan Leonard Grade 12 The Patriarchal Phenomenon: An Evaluation of Internal Freedom in Their Eyes Were Watching God Critical Essay University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen

Stefan Leonard Grade 12 The Trump Administration Versus the World Trade Organization: America’s Growing Isolationist Ideology Critical Essay University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen Carli Mendelow Grade 11 A Google Search Poetry Bay Village High School Educator: Kristen Srsen Kenney Jane Nilson Grade 12 The Carpenter Room Poetry Hawken School Educator: Terry Dubow Noel Pacheco Grade 12 I Can’t Breathe Poetry Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Brittainy Quinn

GOLD KEY ART AWARD

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Sophia Eyerman Grade 11 Yad Chazakah, Zero’a Netuyah Painting Beaumont School Educator: Kristen LoPresti

Jasmine Shone Grade 10 The Hairdresser Short Story Hawken School Educator: Andrew Cleminshaw

Francis Walsh Grade 12 Grow Up! Short Story University High School Educator: Lee Fallon

Deonta Steele Grade 11 The script about a black mans funeral Poetry Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Elizabeth Telich

Samantha Werbeck Grade 10 Times of Fear Poetry Hawken School Educator: Andrew Cleminshaw

Kendall Thomas Grade 12 C is for (CLASSIFIED) Short Story Bay Village High School Educator: Kristen Srsen Kenney Noel Ullom Grade 10 Thoughtlessness Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Maeve Vasko Grade 11 Burden of the Rabbit Novel Writing Laurel School Educator: Sophie Springer

Daniel Yan Grade 12 Homoeroticism in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Critical Essay University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen

GOLD KEY WRITING AWARD

Ellie Hammarlund Grade 8 Fall Flash Fiction Rocky River Middle School Educator: Melissa Stickney The sun was bright. The air was moist, but warm, after the rain.

The plants were happy.

“Sun,” whispered a flowering vine.

“So much sun,” babbled its tree.

“All is well,” sang the roses in the bush below.

“Yes,” agreed the forest.

Near the clearing with the flowering vines and the rose bushes, something lurked in the shadows. The flowers tensed. The thing lunged at a fluttering butterfly.

“All is well,” whispered the flowering vine. It was just a baby fox.

He loved the clearing with the long grass that tickled his nose.

The tree covered in flowering vines that gave him shade. The roses that brought him butterflies to chase. The tiny waterfall that burbled softly into a pond for him to drink from.

The fox was still new to the clearing, but he could sense something was different. Normally the plants would greet him happily and they would play until his mother came to tell him it was time to go back to the den. Today the plants tensed before they saw the fox.

He noticed the pond wasn’t as shiny as it normally was.

The tree’s leaves were turning an orange slightly lighter than his fur.

The grass was less green. The flowering vines and the roses were wilting. There were barely any butterflies in the clearing.

And yet, all the plants seemed as happy as ever. Just tired.

What was happening?

“Fall is coming,” sang the roses as if they had read his thoughts.

“It will be too cold for us,” babbled the tree.

“We will have to leave,” whispered the flowering vine.

“But only for a little,” continued the roses.

“Yes,” said the tree. “Then we can play again.”

“All is well,” whispered the flowering vine.

“Yes,” agreed the other plants.

The fox did not yet understand what fall was or why it meant his friends had to leave. Where were they going to go? Why can’t I come with them?

Margot Sanders Grade 11 Kingfisher Drawing & Illustration Orange High School Educator: Dan Whitely

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But the plants said all was well, so all was well.

Writing Silver Key Recipients

SILVER KEY ART AWARD

Lilly Catney Grade 12 Tortured Tusks Ceramics & Glass Chagrin Falls High School

Jess Chang Grade 12 What’s in a Name?

Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Shaliz Bazldjoo Grade 9 Candy Jar Science Fiction & Fantasy Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik

Maple Buescher Grade 12 What About Marìa?

Short Story Cleveland Heights High School Educator: Katherine Strine

Maggie Chen Grade 10 Blackout Short Story Laurel School Educator: Patricia Harpring

Christina Bencin Grade 10 I Was Too Late Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Sarah Carlile Grade 11 The Broken Heart Vaccine Poetry Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery

Vincent Chen Grade 12 It’s Really Not Easy Being an Advocate Humor University High School Educator: Lee Fallon

Dylan Berr Grade 11 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: An Exhibition of American Bigotry Critical Essay University High School Educator: Jim Garrett

Jess Chang Grade 12 ??? ???

Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Julia Biller Grade 10 blue monday Poetry Westlake High School Educator: Matt Krupa Zach Bomgardner Grade 11 Love’s Dogma Poetry Padua Franciscan High School Educator: Rebecca Simna Carys Bowen Grade 11 One March Night I Heard Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Jess Chang Grade 12 A stitch away in the universe Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Jess Chang Grade 12 Silent Minority No More Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Jess Chang Grade 12 The Old Woman and Her Piano Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Anjali Dhanekula Grade 11 Anjali Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons K Drake Grade 11 Hard pills to swallow Poetry Cleveland School of the Arts Educator: Elizabeth Telich Emma Esteves Grade 12 Last Breath Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Elena Flauto Grade 12 Michael Feinstein on the Future of the Great American Songbook Journalism Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Emma Gerber Grade 12 American Freedom: A Privilege or a Curse?

Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Emma Gerber Grade 12 Aunt Toni and Whitney Houston: an Exploration of Guilt and Grief Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Emma Gerber Grade 12 Why I Can’t Talk to My Dad About The Great Gatsby and Other Secrets Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Katie Harbaugh Grade 10 Songs of Innocence and Experience—Holiday Edition Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Carl Headen Grade 11 Blueprint Poetry University High School Educator: Jim Garrett Christina Ibos Grade 12 Green Leaves Novel Writing Trinity High School Educator: Gina Ramirez Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 cold flashes Short Story Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik

Writing: Silver Key

Maple Buescher Grade 12 Walls Short Story Cleveland Heights High School Educator: Katherine Strine

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Shereen Ahmad Grade 11 Tehran in Summer Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 hurricane acadamia Poetry Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik

Nola Killpack Grade 12 Ada Novel Writing Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 prequel Science Fiction & Fantasy Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik

Nola Killpack Grade 12 The Rented Room Flash Fiction Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 tahrir square Poetry Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik

Nola Killpack Grade 12 Yesterday It Rained Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 there is a fine line between the want and the need to escape Poetry Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik

Eva Ko Grade 8 A Return to Nature Poetry St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors

Isabella Issa Grade 12 Nevertheless, She Persisted Short Story St Joseph Academy Educator: Jon Pelegano Ethan Jiang Grade 12 The Nation’s Arteries: The Interstate Highway System Critical Essay University High School Educator: Lee Fallon Caroline Jung Grade 12 i don’t need you to tell me Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

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Albert Khawam Grade 8 The Untold Story of Marc Vaynbeerg Personal Essay & Memoir Birchwood School Educator: Lorraine Tzeng Nola Killpack Grade 12 A Transgression Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Eva Ko Grade 8 Magic in the Garden Poetry St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Stefan Leonard Grade 12 Order Out of Chaos: Modern Applications of Plato’s The Republic Critical Essay University High School Educator: Lee Fallon Madeline Malbasa Grade 9 The Machine of Humanity Critical Essay Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik Susan McGowan Grade 10 Racism, Sexism, and Love: How the books we read shape our worldview and the impact of book banning in schools Critical Essay St Joseph Academy Educator: Erin Libbey Carli Mendelow Grade 11 The Weight of Life Personal Essay & Memoir Bay Village High School Educator: Kristen Srsen Kenney

Toussaint Miller Grade 12 The Duality of the American Dream Critical Essay University High School Educator: Lee Fallon Laura Mo Grade 10 Him + It = Freedom to Fly Short Story Solon High School Educator: Chad Ramlow Katie Moore Grade 8 The Lesson of A Lifetime Flash Fiction St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Caitlyn Morton Grade 8 One Simple Act Flash Fiction St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Jane Nilson Grade 12 Italian Film Stills, c. 1972 Poetry Hawken School Educator: Terry Dubow Devendra Peyrat Grade 11 Run or Die! Short Story University High School Educator: Lee Fallon Manan Raina Grade 8 Deep South Football Short Story Birchwood School Educator: Lorraine Tzeng Max Ricanati Grade 11 World-Spirit Short Story University High School Educator: Kevin O’Brien Jasmine Shone Grade 10 Dreaming of Clocks and Rain Poetry Hawken School Educator: Andrew Cleminshaw Jae Smith Grade 11 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: A Refutation of Racism and Prejudice Critical Essay University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen

Gianna Somrak Grade 12 Fell Flash Fiction Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery Meredith Stewart Grade 10 My Mother’s Moccasins Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Reyna Uechi Grade 8 Wither and Fade Short Story Birchwood School Educator: Jennifer Seward Noel Ullom Grade 10 Awe of Human Nature Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Daniel Yan Grade 12 The Language of Freedom and the Freedom of Language Critical Essay University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen Abigail Zbiegien Grade 8 The Dark Side Science Fiction & Fantasy Lakewood Catholic Academy Educator: Eileen Murphy McGuire

SILVER KEY ART AWARD

Jasmine Shone Grade 10 Dreaming of Clocks and Rain Poetry Hawken School Educator: Andrew Cleminshaw In this time-less room we slumber, Lives falling in perpetual motion, yet finally still.

Your sheets rustle like whispers, AC hums like surf withdrawing from lonely shore.

I want to swim backwards to the moon, its bony incense turning gods to stone.

I want to stick a blade in the clockwork of our life, watch the metal loops crash like rain and broken cars.

The dawn in the window curls half-past my palm, half-hiding like a scolded child.

Your breaths rise and fall like clock-ticks, twin beds float in your sweet rhythm.

“Us” is a haze in my mind, we made bracelets with threads woven in never-ending circles.

“You” are a haze in my mind, your moles remain like tiny stains of watercolor.

You told me to move forward, but while you’re sleeping I find the record player and press reverse, You told me it was a new phase of life, but while you’re studying I trace mazes backwards.

You told me we’d still be friends but I imagine the scent of rain when I met you; The sun’s too bright now and you run with abandon while I worry that the next time I’ll see you is on a phone call, That you’ll live on the coast and I’ll still be in this small Midwestern town, and our bracelets have worn thin like cobwebs.

As you stir in the chrysanthemum dawn, I only hear the clock-towers in the distance.

I only know you’re a pebble in the sea;

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a ripple of memory remaining.

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HONORABLE MENTION

Joseph Richmond Grade 12 Resilience Painting St Ignatius High School Educator: Julianna Burrows

Christina Bencin Grade 10 Sound. Light. Movement.

Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Matheson Bossick Grade 12 Strikeout Short Story University High School Educator: Lee Fallon Carys Bowen Grade 11 Physics; Untitled 3/3/20, Ghost Clouds, Untitled 11/9/20 Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Carys Bowen Grade 11 sneakers; To the Gingko Tree in the Ruffing Carline; Yellow Life! Alive! Happy!

Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Maple Buescher Grade 12 Stargazing Poetry Cleveland Heights High School Educator: Katherine Strine Aiden Burkholder Grade 11 Huckleberry Finn: Not Truly Great Critical Essay University High School Educator: Jim Garrett Sumeet Chakravarti Grade 8 Into the Depths Short Story Beachwood Middle School Educator: Michele Toomey Jess Chang Grade 12 Green land; Portrait of a Desert Before July Thunderstorms Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Jess Chang Grade 12 Heartburn; Possession; Vesalius’ midnight dream Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Lydia Chen Grade 8 The Light Short Story Birchwood School Educator: Jennifer Seward

Anjali Dhanekula Grade 11 Big Shoes to Fill Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Maggie Chen Grade 10 What Are You? Personal Essay & Memoir Laurel School Educator: Patricia Harpring

Anjali Dhanekula Grade 11 Sincerely, Humor Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Megan Chen Grade 12 Zi Yuan Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Emma Esteves Grade 12 A Break in Time: July’s People and the Interregnum Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Genevieve Comar Grade 9 Before It’s Too Late Novel Writing Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Genevieve Comar Grade 9 Just One More Novel Writing Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Brady Condon Grade 12 A.P. Psychology Short Story University High School Educator: Jim Garrett Brady Condon Grade 12 Tongue-Tied—A Feeling Poetry University High School Educator: Jim Garrett

Adina Firestone Grade 12 My Reflection Personal Essay & Memoir Chaviva High School Educator: Ariella Landy Chris Frerichs Grade 12 Good Morning, Mr. Lennox Short Story University High School Educator: Lee Fallon Sophy Gao Grade 10 on growing up Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Sophy Gao Grade 10 Poems on Winter Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Writing: Honorable Mention

Christina Bencin Grade 10 Fading Memories Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Maple Buescher Grade 12 REDEFINING HISTORY: A Critique of Historical Objectivity and an Argument for Reemphasized Subjectivity Critical Essay Cleveland Heights High School Educator: Katherine Strine

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Ted Applebaum Grade 11 Huckleberry Finn: American Classic or Failure?

Critical Essay University High School Educator: Jim Garrett

Emma Gerber Grade 12 FaceTime: A Modern Sonnet Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 the real war is waiting Short Story Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik

Natalie Knaggs Grade 12 March 24th Poetry Hawken School Educator: Terry Dubow

Maddie Millett Grade 11 The Thanksgiving Throwback Personal Essay & Memoir Orange High School Educator: Ryan Kerns

Emma Gerber Grade 12 Interregnum: From Possession to Perspective Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Isabella Issa Grade 12 There and Gone Short Story St Joseph Academy Educator: Jon Pelegano

Natalie Knaggs Grade 12 Parkview Playground Poetry Hawken School Educator: Terry Dubow

Ethan Jiang Grade 12 The Perfect Utopia Critical Essay University High School Educator: Lee Fallon

Natalie Knaggs Grade 12 Waltz Poetry Hawken School Educator: Terry Dubow

Theodore Moll Grade 10 Facing Cleveland’s Education Gap: Charter Schools Are Not the Answer Critical Essay University High School Educator: Molly Klaisner

Caroline Jung Grade 12 Our Biases Undermine Our Patriotism: Why America’s Response to COVID-19 is Failing Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Maria Krouse Grade 9 Evanescence Poetry Shaker Heights High School Educator: Meryl Haring

Julian Guggenheim Grade 11 Desk Poetry University High School Educator: Jim Garrett Kathleen Guo Grade 11 At the Edge Flash Fiction Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Sarah Haymond Grade 11 Words Taught to Me by Social Media Personal Essay & Memoir Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Sam Holthaus Grade 11 Self Destruction Poetry University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen Christina Ibos Grade 12 Dewy-eyed Daydreams Flash Fiction Trinity High School Educator: Gina Ramirez

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Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 god is good Poetry Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 portraits and obituaries Short Story Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik Nadia Ibrahim Grade 12 sura 4, ayat 29 Poetry Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik

Nick Kalady Grade 12 Being an Epsilon: Suicide or Bliss Critical Essay University High School Educator: Lee Fallon Nola Killpack Grade 12 On Poetry Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Nola Killpack Grade 12 Shadow Love Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Nola Killpack Grade 12 Taming Shadows Poetry Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Christine Kim Grade 9 Who Am I? Science Fiction & Fantasy Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Joey Kubic Grade 11 The Dead in Life Short Story University High School Educator: Lee Fallon Stefan Leonard Grade 12 Gatsby’s Greatest Flaw: The Effect of Materialism on Dreaming in The Great Gatsby Critical Essay University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen

Caitlyn Morton Grade 8 Her Momma Flash Fiction St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Caitlyn Morton Grade 8 Sylvia Flash Fiction St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Caitlyn Morton Grade 8 To Get Lost in a Book Poetry St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors Nathan Mu Grade 11 Twain’s Dark Criticism of “Sivilization” Critical Essay University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen

Krish Malte Grade 12 Forever Poetry University High School Educator: Jim Garrett

Dhyani Nautiyal Grade 9 Sleeping Through History Short Story University High School Educator: Kevin O’Brien

Jessica Mance Grade 8 Anxiety Flash Fiction St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors

Jane Nilson Grade 12 Babygay Poetry Hawken School Educator: Terry Dubow

Jessica Mance Grade 8 The Girl with the Long Brown Hair Poetry St Paschal Baylon School Educator: Mary Connors

Jane Nilson Grade 12 God Keeps Pets Poetry Hawken School Educator: Terry Dubow

Max Outcalt Grade 11 The Complex “Racism” of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Critical Essay University High School Educator: Scott Boehnen Abraham Paik Grade 11 You Need It More Than I Do Humor University High School Educator: Lee Fallon James Paponetti Grade 8 Accepting Change Humor Birchwood School Educator: Lorraine Tzeng

Hannah Ryan Grade 12 An Ode to Burnt Popcorn Personal Essay & Memoir Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Nicole Samala Grade 9 Introspection Poetry Laurel School Educator: Cindy Sabik Aaryana Sethi Grade 11 The Characterization of Mr. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

SILVER KEY ART AWARD

Christina Ibos Grade 12 Dewy-eyed Daydreams (excerpt) Flash Fiction Trinity High School Educator: Gina Ramirez The car rumbles beneath me, sounding like hoofbeats upon the paved speedway. I stare out the window, lazily tracing the darkened treeline we whiz past. The radio drones in my ear through the broken speaker, an annoying fly that won’t buzz off. Streetlamps pass overhead, branches in a suburban jungle; I wonder if I could

Halle Preneta Grade 12 Behind Chechnya’s Closed Doors: The Hidden Anti-LGBTQ+ Violence in Chechnya Journalism Kenston High School Educator: George Costanzo Halle Preneta Grade 12 The Effects of Censorship in Today’s Society Critical Essay Kenston High School Educator: George Costanzo Chloe Rickson Grade 12 My Quiet Thoughts Poetry Bay Village High School Educator: Erin Beirne Willow Rosser Grade 11 Sonnets of Disease Poetry Lakewood High School Educator: Christopher Lamphear

swing from them, as a monkey moves through a canopy.

Rivers of growing grass gleam under the intermittent lights, but I look away when it illuminates a dark mound on the side of the road. I convince myself it’s just a sleeping animal. My attention flows to my sister who sits ahead of me, wreathed in inky shadows.

Jasmine Shone Grade 10 fairytales and other magic words Poetry Hawken School Educator: Andrew Cleminshaw

She finds solace in their muted presence, content to exist without attention. The moon beams upon my skin, though I wish to turn nearly invisible in the dark too.

Jasmine Shone Grade 10 Gaza Lions Flash Fiction Hawken School Educator: Andrew Cleminshaw Jasmine Shone Grade 10 Houston Rain Science Fiction & Fantasy Hawken School Educator: Andrew Cleminshaw Gianna Somrak Grade 12 Sunsets and Strawberries Short Story Mayfield High School Educator: Kari Beery Meredith Stewart Grade 10 Jane Eyre and Mr. Rochester’s Relationship Through the Lense of Feminism Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons

Writing: Honorable Mention

Devendra Peyrat Grade 11 Arachnophobia Short Story University High School Educator: Lee Fallon

Angela Shang Grade 10 Parakeet Personal Essay & Memoir KEC Academy Educator: Jeffrey Neil

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Emma Parks Grade 12 No Mr. Bilton, My Smartphone Is Not the Problem Critical Essay Hathaway Brown School Educator: Marty Frazier

Beatrix Stickney Grade 8 Feathers and The Fallen Science Fiction & Fantasy Rocky River Middle School Educator: Melissa Stickney Beatrix Stickney Grade 8 No Place Like Home Science Fiction & Fantasy Rocky River Middle School Educator: Melissa Stickney Noel Ullom Grade 10 Frozen Flames Short Story Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons Ryan Vaziri Grade 8 The Skateboard Short Story Birchwood School Educator: Lorraine Tzeng Sanjanasri Vedavyas Grade 11 The Cycle of a Tree Short Story Solon High School Educator: Nanci Bush Sanjanasri Vedavyas Grade 11 Words Undead Poetry Solon High School Educator: Nanci Bush Sarah Voss Grade 11 Saltwater Poetry Gilmour Academy High School Educator: Coreen Schaefer

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Writing: Honorable Mention

Iris Yu Grade 11 Birdbath Short Story Solon High School Educator: Nanci Bush Iris Yu Grade 11 Identity Poem; Predation Poetry Solon High School Educator: Nanci Bush Iris Yu Grade 11 Seasick Science Fiction & Fantasy Solon High School Educator: Nanci Bush

SILVER KEY ART AWARD

Anjali Dhanekula Grade 11 Sincerely, Humor Hathaway Brown School Educator: Scott Parsons To the person who wishes me nonexistent, I know you don’t hate me as much as you say you do. Just like you walk the Earth everyday, I’m only doing what I was put here to do. I’m subject to your antics, your groaning and moaning. “Why do you have to be here? You’re ruining my life!” Excuse me.

I’m not the one ruining your life. If anything, it’s that boy you keep talking to. What’s his name? Jason? Yeah, he’s bad news. I’m just looking out for you. If you knew better, you would have been running for the hills the second you laid eyes on him. He called me ugly!

He said that you should get rid of me as soon as possible if you wanted to be with him!

I turned red at that. Maybe it was anger. Maybe it was embarrassment. Oh, not embarrassed for you or myself, but for him. Honestly, you couldn’t have been more lucky to have me. I give you a different perspective on life. So before you go cursing my name and whatnot, understand that I give you a worldview that you would just be missing without me. And I understand that I can hurt you sometimes; it’s really not my intention, but it’s inevitable. It comes with every great friendship. We’re friends right?

I would classify it as a friendship. You give me a life, take me to all the parties you go to, and I… Well, hold on a second. I… Um, I… Ah! I weed out all the bad guys. Like Jason.

He would have just ended up severely hurting you in the end. If he can’t accept you with me, then he can’t have you at all. Am I right or am I right? I’m right. Speaking of parties, I was just wondering. How come everytime we go to a party you cover me in glitz and glamour? Am I not good enough for you or something? It’s like you pop out the concealer and powder, and in a matter of minutes I’m completely different. Oh my god. Is this about what Jason said? Look, I know I’m not the best looking, but if you go on believing every person who walks up to you, you’re never going to get anywhere. Trust me. So, next time let’s go au natural. I know you’re going to huff and puff about it because I know you’d never leave the house like that, but it’ll be good for us. I don’t know how you even breathe under all that product. Anyway, you should know that I really appreciate you letting me stay. I know other people would have pushed me away. Like Kelsey for example! One time I tried to sleep over. She got rid of me in the morning, saying that I was too irritating!

Can you believe it? I know you would never do that. You’re such a kind host. I hope you can see that I’m really just trying to help. Hope we can make up?

Sincerely, The zit above your left eyebrow (Not to be confused with the one above your right)

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2021 Pre-College Program June 20–July 2 July 11–23 Sharpen your artistic skills. Experiment with new media.

Build your portfolio. And focus on your art at the Cleveland Institute of Art’s Pre-College Program. During this two-week residential program you’ll use the tools and processes available only to our students and experience the life of an art student at a premier college of art and design.

Our program is unique—it is an experiential approach to problem solving creating and collaborating. You will spend each day learning from top professionals and instructors while working alongside students who share your passion.

For more information visit cia.edu/precollege.

Interested in attending the Cleveland Institute of Art? Contact the Office of Admissions at 216.421.7418 or by email at admissions@cia.edu

Interested in taking an art class or workshop?

We have classes and workshops for children, adults, and area school teachers.

Contact Continuing Education + Community Outreach at 216.421.7460 or by email at ce@cia.edu.

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Visit cia.edu/continuinged

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