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Congratulations 2025 Hudson-to-Housatonic Scholastic Writing Awards recipients!

View the full list of works recognized in the 2025 Hudson-to-Housatonic Writing Region of the Scholastic Writing Awards below!

A panel of professional novelists, editors, teachers, poets, librarians, journalists, and other literary professionals selected these works from 2,595 works submitted this year.

  • 476 Honorable Mentions awarded to promising works
  • 266 Silver Keys awarded to distinguished works
  • 169 Gold Keys awarded to the most accomplished works
  • 5 American Voice Nominees selected as the strongest regional works

Gold Keys are automatically forwarded for consideration at the national level of the Scholastic Writing Awards.

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H2H Awards Ceremony

To recognize their outstanding work, this year's Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention recipients are invited, along with their guests, teachers, and our esteemed jurors, to the 2025 Awards Ceremony for the Hudson-to-Housatonic Region of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards!

  • Date: Sunday, March 30th, 2025
  • Time: 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM ET
  • Place: Manhattanville College's Reid Castle, 2900 Purchase St, Purchase NY, 10577
  • RSVP form link

American Voices Nominees

  • Harry Kaufman of Salisbury School, for Bone Marrow (Dramatic Script)
  • Shirin Sadoughi of Edgemont Jr Senior High School, for Evergreen (Poetry)
  • Arielle Sibley-Grice of Hotchkiss School, for First hello, last goodbye (Flash Fiction)
  • Glen Feng of Irvington High School, for From Past Historical Flaws Curtailing Their Freedoms to Contemporary Racism That Fuels Their Desire to Fight for Their American Dream: Why is Being Asian American Just So Difficult? (Critical Essay)
  • Mia Bornstein of Scarsdale High School, for Portrait of Pluto (Personal Essay & Memoir)

The Village Bookstore Prizes

The Village Bookstore of Pleasantville, NY and local author Joe Wallace are proud to present the 2024 prizewinning selections! This recognition aims to empower and embolden middle school writers who demonstrate exemplary skill and promise in their writing abilities, and to encourage their interest in and love for the craft.

  • Anna Liu, Rumsey Hall School: "Choosing Kindness" (Personal Essay/Memoir)
  • Milan Ackerman, New Paltz Middle School: "Reminders" (Short Story)
  • Emma Wolff, Rye Country Day School: "Social Media Storm" (Dramatic Script)
  • Erin Lang, Robert E. Bell Middle School: "Still Me" (Poem)
  • Gianna Lopez, Somers Middle School: "TITLE" (Poem)
  • Heidi Balkan, Greens Farms Academy: "Washed Away" (Poem)
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