2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards National Medalists

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    The results for the 2025 National Medalists are in! Gold Medalists and their educators can find details about the National Award celebrations and the next steps in their Scholastic accounts.

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      Art Medalists & Special Awards

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      • Gold Medal
      • Honorable Mention
      • Silver Medal
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      • American Visions Medal
      • New York Life Award
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      Writing Medalists & Special Awards

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      • All
      • Gold Medal
      • Honorable Mention
      • Silver Medal
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      • American Voices Medal
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      American Visions Nominees

      • The Price of Greed (Matt Wang) —WINNER: GOLD MEDAL/AMERICAN VISIONS MEDAL

      • Displaced (Eleri Young)—WINNER: GOLD MEDAL/AMERICAN VISIONS MEDAL

      • Weathered Wear (Sariah Virgile)—WINNER: GOLD MEDAL/AMERICAN VISIONS MEDAL

      • The Inside Joke (Madeline Hazel)

      • Mass Media Playground (Eileen Chi)

      American Voices Nominees

      • Zid (Laiba Effendi)—WINNER: GOLD MEDAL/AMERICAN VOICES MEDAL

      • The City Is a Mouth That Never Closes (Lucas Fang)—WINNER: GOLD MEDAL/AMERICAN VOICES MEDAL

      • The 'Situationship' Between Popular Television Influences and Romantic Labels (Addison Davis)—WINNER: GOLD MEDAL/AMERICAN VOICES MEDAL

      • Across the Great Divide (Paloma Santamarina)

      • Unwelcome Home: The Stories America Forgot (Peter Kim)

      • About this list

        Use the search tool on this page to search for a student or see all recipients by school or district.

        All national medalists listed here were selected from students who received a Gold Key Award in the regional competition. Five art and five writing entries were nominated at the regional level for the American Voices and Visions Awards. Finalists for American Visions and American Voices (listed here) were selected at the national level.

        Updated: April 25, 2025

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