Lafayette & Dunbar Shine in Art & Writing Contest

The annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running, most prestigious recognition initiative for creative students (grades 7-12) and the largest source of scholarships for young artists and writers. Fayette County Public Schools competes in the regional organized by the Art Academy of Cincinnati, which encompasses parts of Kentucky, Ohio, and Indiana. This year’s contest drew nearly 3,400 visual art entries and more than 1,000 written pieces. The region’s gold key recipients qualify for national competition this summer. 

Art Division

• Architecture & Industrial Design: Pol Marti of Lafayette High, gold key
• Comic Art: Alice Lugauer of Lafayette, honorable mention
• Digital Art: Katherine Zhang of Paul Laurence Dunbar High, silver key x3 and honorable mention x3; Jialing Cai of Dunbar, silver key x2
• Drawing & Illustration: Katherine Zhang of Dunbar, gold key x2; Avinash Koul of Lafayette, honorable mention
• Editorial Cartoon: Avinash Koul of Lafayette, silver key
• Painting: Avinash Koul of Lafayette, silver key

Writing Division

• Dramatic Script: Meredith Sither of Lafayette, honorable mention
• Flash Fiction: Alice Lugauer of Lafayette, honorable mention
• Journalism: Eva Alcaraz-Monje of Lafayette, gold key
• Novel Writing: Eva Bishop of Lafayette, silver key
• Personal Essay & Memoir: Eva Alcaraz-Monje of Lafayette, gold key; Zain Mardini of Dunbar, silver key
• Poetry: Esme Morris of Lafayette, gold key; Kiitan Adedeji of Lafayette, silver key and honorable mention x3; Coralie Welker of Lafayette, silver key; Eva Alcaraz-Monje of Lafayette, silver key; Clara Dekker of Lafayette, silver key; Arabella Lee of Lafayette, silver key; Violet Mullins of Lafayette, silver key; Ash Sauer of Lafayette, honorable mention; Hadley Barger of Lafayette, honorable mention 
• Portfolio: Maya Conner of Lafayette, gold key; Eva Alcaraz-Monje of Lafayette, silver key; Adyson Reisz of Lafayette, honorable mention; Ryan Eby of Lafayette, honorable mention
• Science Fiction & Fantasy: Esme Morris of Lafayette, gold key; Nathan Garner of Lafayette, silver key; Madelyn Dinh of Lafayette, silver key
• Short Story: Rylie Humphress of Lafayette, silver key; Tony Robinson of Lafayette, honorable mention; Andrea Villegas Flores of Lafayette, honorable mention; Lillian Mendiondo of Lafayette, honorable mention

Source: Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards