Govs Students Win Big in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Competition

Scholastic Art Awards

Students at The Governor’s Academy won 52 art awards in the Scholastic Art Awards competition this year! Art students earned 16 Gold Keys, 7 Silver Keys, and 29 Honorable Mentions. Especially impressive are the 8 awards that our students won for their Portfolio work, which is considered the most advanced level of art in the competition. 
 

Gold Keys

Matvei Amchislavskiy '25 - (3) - Photography

Andy Jiang '24 - (3) - Photography

Andy Jiang '24 - Portfolio - Photography

Victoria Liu '24 - (2) - Ceramics, Printmaking

Bobby Liu '26 - Photography

Jake Shin '25 - (2) - Photography, Sculpture

Miffy Wang '24 - Portfolio - Photography

Joshua Xiang '26 - Architecture & Industrial Design

Don Xing '24 - Painting

Don Xing '24 - Portfolio - Art

 

Silver Keys

Eve Bennett '26 - Photography

Alice Dalton '26 - Photography

Gaige Geraci '25 - Digital Art

Andy Jiang '24 - Photography

Victoria Liu '24 - Ceramics

Lissy Portorreal '25 - Ceramics

Jake Shin '25 - Photography

 

Honorable Mentions

Matvei Amchislavskiy '25 - Photography

Nuer Bol '25 - Photography

Teddy Gillis '24 - Photography

Andy Jiang '24 - Portfolio II - Photography

Andy Jiang '24 - (4) - Photography

Aby Joyner '24 - (3) - Photography

Jason Ke '24 - Photography

Alex Lavigne '24 - Portfolio - Photography

Victoria Liu '24 - Portfolio - Art

Victoria Liu '24 - (3) - 1 Ceramics, 2 Drawing & Illustration

Leo Liu '25 - Photography

Juliana Lucero '26 - Ceramics

Phi Mongkhonvanit '25 - Photography

Anthony Silvestro '26 - Photography

Parish Souza '24 - Portfolio - Ceramics

Jack Woodruff '25 - Photography

Joshua Xiang '26 - (4) - 1 Drawing, 1 Mixed Media, 2 Painting

Don Xing '24 - Painting

Brian Zheng '24 - Portfolio - Photography

 

Cover image: Andy Jiang '24 "Night Heron's Waltz" Gold Key
 

To view photos of the award-winning artwork, click here.

 

Scholastic Writing Awards

Governor's students also did extremely well in the Scholastic Writing Awards, with 16 students earning a total of 25 awards. This is a very competitive contest, so recognition on any of the levels represents a significant achievement. Here are this year's award winners and their works:
 

Gold Keys

Erin Crisafi '24 - Poetry, "The Infinite Possibilities of Finite Time"

Renee Tse '26 - Critical Essay, "The Promising Future of eHealth"

Fiona Xu '24 - Critical Essay, "Examining Eden in Hamlet and Hamnet"

 

Silver Keys

Gabby Kang '25 - Personal Essay, "Eternal Echoes"

Cecilia Li '24 -Critical Essay, "Successful Movements for Social Change"

Cecilia Li '24 - Poetry, "Under the Nine Haitang Trees"

Khanh Vu '25 - Poetry, "Poem 53""

Simon Zhao '24 - Personal Essay, "Collector"

 

Honorable Mention

Adrian Chen '25 - Personal Essay, "Ideal Gas Law"

Erin Crisafi '24 - Personal Essay, "so be it. . . "

Joey DiNanno '24 - Personal Essay, "And So the Sirens Sing"

Joey DiNanno '24 - Poetry, "A Conversation with Tiresias"

Amber Ding '26 - Short Story, "Cow"

Amber Ding '26 - Critical Essay, "Hijabs in France"

Andy Jiang '24 - Personal Essay, "Fleeting Frames"

Aby Joyner '24 - Poetry, "To Love Self Is to Heal"

Aby Joyner '24 - Poetry, "Fire Before It Burns"

Aby Joyner '24 - Poetry, "Illusions of Intoxication"

Aby Joyner '24 - Poetry, "The Duality of Intelligence"

Aby Joyner '24 - Poetry, "Oh, Stranger"

Gabby Maher '25 - Poetry, "Boy"

Cosima Mosher-Owens '25 - Poetry, "The Inevitable Storm"

Mason Peng '25 - Poetry, "Monsters"

Fiona Xu '24 - Personal Essay, "Late Night Thought"

Maggie Zhou '25 - Dramatic Script, "An Attempt to Save a Dying Relationship"