Baldwinsville Students Receive 62 Scholastic Writing Awards

Twenty-four C.W. Baker High School students have received a total of 62 awards in the Northeast region of the 2020 Scholastic Writing Awards competition. The competition is open to students in grades 7-12. Gold Key winners are automatically considered for national-level recognition, to be announced later this year.
 
Gold Key Winners:
The very best works submitted to regional programs.

• Marisa Barnard - Short Story for “Peter”
• Rachel Blake - Short Story for “Angel”
• Rachel Blake - Sci-Fi Fantasy for “Upgrade”
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Childhood Hues”
• Rachel Blake - Personal Essay for “Memories”
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Human Nurture”
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “OCD Artistry”
• Rachel Blake - Sci-Fi Fantasy for “A Strange Day in July”
• Rachel Blake - Personal Essay for “Ally”
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Role Model”
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Fun with Alliteration”
• Meredith Jemola - Short Story for “Another Place Another Time”
• Rose Mercer - Personal Essay for “Just the Same”
• Kristof Pawelek - Flash Fiction for “The Unbreakable Bond”

Silver Key:
Stand-out works submitted to regional programs that demonstrate exceptional ability

• Marisa Barnard - Flash Fiction for “Nothing”
• Marisa Barnard - Short Story for “A Strange Day in July”
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Fasting”
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Drugs”
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Penny for your Smile”
• Rachel Blake - Personal Essay for “The Best Teacher”
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Inspiration”
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Masquerade” 
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Future Nigh”
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Sea”
• Madi Chetney - Short Story for “The After Party”
• Nathalie Erwin - Poetry for “The Unattainable Standard”
• Rose Mercer - Personal Essay for “Normal”
• Nora Penhollow - Short Story for “Another Place, Another Time”
• Mariana Rinaldo - Flash Fiction for “Boogyman”
• Paige Rocker - Flash Fiction for “The Death of I”
• Dillon Taylor - Personal Essay for “Object”
• Alex Walls - Flash Fiction for “Nothing But an Alien”
• Farrah Zalla - Flash Fiction for “The Game”

Honorable Mention:
Accomplished works submitted to regional programs showing great skill

• Milo Austin - Flash Fiction for “The Well”
• Marisa Barnard - Short Story for “The Harp”
• Marisa Barnard - Writing Portfolio for “On Death”
• Rachel Blake - Flash Fiction for “For Shame”
• Rachel Blake - Personal Essay for “The Gheeto Squad”
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Beautiful Winter”
• Rachel Blake - Personal Essay for “Every Night”
• Rachel Blake - Flash Fiction for “Nightmare” 
• Rachel Blake - Personal Essay for “Remembrance”
• Rachel Blake - Short Story for “The Healing Tree”
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Revolution”
• Rachel Blake - Personal Essay for “Hero vs. Villian”
• Rachel Blake - Sci-Fi/Fantasy for “Rubies and Sapphires” 
• Rachel Blake - Poetry for “Inner Self”
• Jack Byrne - Flash Fiction for “Hysteria”
• Jack Byrne - Short Story for “Breaking the Game"
• Madi Chetney - Flash Fiction for “Why I Write”
• Logan Henning - Flash Fiction for “From that which is inside”
• Alex Jacobson - Flash Fiction for “The Motorist”
• Lexi Jenkins - Short Story for “The Seven Chairs”
• Alexis Kohut - Flash Fiction for “Dysmorphia”
• Madison Manning - Flash Fiction for “The Flash”
• Simone Neivel - Flash Fiction for “Ray”
• Nora O’Grady - Flash Fiction for “Them or Me”
• Kristof Pawelek - Flash Fiction for “Precursor”
• Mal Rickman - Flash Fiction for “I am so Sorry”
• Paige Rocker - Poetry for “He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not”
• Dillon Taylor - Humor for “Kim Kardashian Takes Over”
• Blake Tripodi - Flash Fiction for “Karma”