Carolina Day School congratulates the following students whose works were selected from among thousands entered into the Southeast Regional division of the Scholastic Writing Awards. Students in grades 7-12 are eligible to submit writing from a number of different categories. Gold Key pieces advance to the national competition where they will be considered for national awards.

Congratulations to the following CDS students:

Gold Key Winners

• Caroline Barton ‘25: Poetry,  “I Am”

• Erin Hovendon ‘22: Short Story, “Vending Machine Coffee”

• Ryssa Staudt ‘22:  Critical Essay, “Mired by Humanity”

Silver Key Winners

• Grace D'Angelo ‘24: Poetry, “Ode to Appreciation” 

• Toria Hicks ‘21: Flash Fiction, “Schizophrenia”

• Erin Hovendon ‘22: Critical Essay, “Failings of Meritocracy: Academics and Athletics” 

• Caroline Koon ‘22: Critical Essay, “To Remove or Not to Remove? That Is the Question.” 

• Caroline Koon ‘22: Poetry, “glass half full”

• Louisa Koon ‘24: Poetry, “Calypso's Lament” 

• Sophia Pereda-Echeverry ‘21: Personal Essay and Memoir, “The Universe and I: Together in the Sandbox”

• Lia Sprouse ‘21: Critical Essay, “The White Elephant in the Room”

• Lia Sprouse ‘21: Personal Essay & Memoir, “The Electron Fallacy” 

• Ryssa Staudt ‘22: Critical Essay, “Conform Culture and Minority Experiences”

Honorable Mention

• Meg Campbell ‘21: Critical Essay, “The Indolent and the Vain”

• Sara Grace Dalton ‘22:  Poetry, “Summer Goddess” 

• Caroline Koon ‘22: Poetry, “The Silent Hours”

• MariaElena Norton ‘21: Flash Fiction, “Why Makeup is So Expensive” 

• Lia Sprouse ‘21:  Personal Essay & Memoir, “Life on the Pequod”

Way to go, Wildcat writers!