Aralia Student Achievements
In February, we proudly shared the exceptional achievements of our students, who earned 132 awards at the regional and state levels of the 2024–2025 Scholastic Arts & Writing Competition. Today, we are thrilled to announce that our students have gone on to succeed at the national level, earning five prestigious national titles:
🥇2 national gold medals
🥈3 national silver medals
A total of 5 Scholastic national awards!
With 5 national honors and 132 regional/state recognitions, our students have concluded the 2024–2025 Scholastic competition with excellent results.
Guide to Future Success
The next Scholastic competition will begin in the fall of 2025 (estimated around September) and will conclude in December 2025 or January–February 2026, depending on the specific deadlines for each region.
Here is some advice from our award-winning teachers for students planning to participate in the upcoming Scholastic Writing Competition:
“If you are interested in entering the Scholastic Writing Competition and aiming to win an award, we recommend starting your preparation during the summer.
When selecting a writing category, students should consider both their skill level and the complexity of the category.
Humor, Memoir, and Flash Fiction have been high-performing categories for Aralia students in past years and are suggested for your reference.”
About Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards is the longest-running, oldest, and most prestigious literary and art competition in the United States, aiming to find creative works and original technical skills by students in grades 7-12. Since 1923, the Academic Art and Writing Award has recognized the vision, originality, and talent of young people, and has provided opportunities and academic awards for creative young people to express their talent. The high school award is a symbol for the pursuit of excellence and will help students stand out in university applications and scholarship applications.
Each year, in about 29 art and writing categories, students in grades 7 to 12 submit more than 330,000 pieces of art and writing. The judges are composed of outstanding figures in each judged field, and they will evaluate and select student work for both regional and national awards.
Eligible Students: Students who can participate in the competition: American and Canadian students in grades 7 to 12 as well as international students attending American or Canadian schools.
Competition Categories: Writing categories include critical essays, dramatic scripts, flash fiction, journalism, short stories, and others. Art categories include comic art, design, digital art, drawing and illustration, editing cartoons, and others.
Competition Timeline: September to December every year.
Official website: https://www.artandwriting.org/
Prepare for Scholastic and Beyond, with Aralia
Our success in the Scholastic Awards is just one example of its commitment to nurturing young talent. We offer preparation programs for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, along with other prestigious competitions, such as the John Locke Essay Competition, the Harvard International Review Academic Writing Contest, and the Ocean Awareness Contest.
With a team of experienced instructors, including university professors, award-winning writers, and competition judges, we provide students with the tools and guidance they need to excel in their academic and creative pursuits.
Scholastic Writing Competition – 2025
Students in grades 8-12 wanting to learn how to shape their written English into effective and publishable creative pieces will find this particular Creative Writing course very exciting. The class will be shown a range of tools to learn the nuances of controlled, purposeful writing, including: figurative language, effective structuring and specific forms that they will apply to their own pieces. Students will work directly with both literary and media texts as they plan and write their own. Through the rigorous process of planning, writing, work- shopping, re-shaping and work-shopping again, students will refine their skills in reading, writing, speaking and listening. Their final portfolios will be a catalog of imaginative, thoughtful work. In addition to Scholastic, and with the guidance of their teacher, students will be encouraged to source their own competitions and publications for further submission and publishing opportunities.
HIR Academic Writing Contest Prep
In the HIR Academic Writing Contest Prep, students will master college-level economics & global issues to craft a standout essay for the Harvard International Review Academic Writing Contest.
