Brookhaven, MS - The Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) congratulates junior and senior literary artists for their awarded achievements in the 2022 Scholastic Writing Competition. The works of these talented young artists receiving American Voices Nominations, Gold Keys, Silver Keys, and Honorable Mentions will be recognized at an awards ceremony at the Eudora Welty House in Jackson, Mississippi. This year, MSA students received 1 American Voices Nomination, 40 Gold Keys, 42 Silver Keys, 40 Honorable Mention awards and 3 Gold Keys and 4 Silver Keys for Senior Portfolios, which are for a body of work!
MSA Junior, Emma Stapp of Louisville, received 2 Gold Keys, 3 Silver Keys and a Honorable Mention.
Students from all over Mississippi competed in the Mississippi Regional Competition. Categories included critical essay, dramatic script, flash fiction, humor, journalism, novel writing, personal essay and memoir, poetry, science fiction and fantasy, short story, and for seniors only, writing portfolio. The submissions are juried by artists in the field. Among the thousands of writings submitted, only a small percentage will go to the national level. Jurors look for works that exemplify the Awards’ core values: originality, technical skill, and the emergence of personal voice or vision. American Voices (which are the top 5) and Gold Key recipients will advance to the national competition.
The Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) is an eleventh and twelfth grade visual and performing arts residential, public high school located on the historic Whitworth College campus in Brookhaven, MS. Students not only meet and exceed the traditional Mississippi high school curriculum, they receive special instruction in visual arts, vocal music, dance, literary arts, filmmaking/media arts and theatre. Students interested in MSA apply in February of their sophomore year. In addition to MSA students consistently winning awards for their work on the state, regional and national levels, the school holds the #2 highest ACT average in the state.
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For more information visit our website www.msabrookhaven.org or call 601-823-1300
