“Salt Lake,” Photograph by Ricky Wang, Gold Key winner
Dozens of Milton’s most talented artists and writers were recognized among the best in Massachusetts in the 2026 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Gold and Silver Key winners will be honored in ceremonies March 15 at School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University.
The Gold Key Art Exhibition will run from March 14 to 22 in Breed Hall at the Tufts University Medford Campus. View a gallery of Milton’s Gold and Silver Key-winning artwork here (and check back, as pieces are being added)!
Gold Key works for both art and writing are automatically entered for judging at the national level. National awards will be announced in late March. A full list of Milton’s art and writing honorees is below—students who received multiple awards are listed with each of their recognized pieces:
Art
Dillan Agrawal ’28: Pinnacle, Photography, Silver
Dillan Agrawal ’28: Symbiosis, Photography, Honorable Mention
Dillan Agrawal ’28: Starry City, Photography, Silver
Dillan Agrawal ’28: Beacon, Photography, Honorable Mention
Dillan Agrawal ’28: Pearly Gates, Photography, Gold
Dillan Agrawal ’28: Brink, Photography, Silver
Dillan Agrawal ’28: Snooze, Photography, Silver
Muaz Al-Syed ’27: Jayden Light, Photography, Honorable Mention
Trip Barrett ’26: American Woman, Photography, Honorable Mention
Jack Belyea ’26: A Rough Day at the Office, Photography, Silver
Jack Belyea ’26: Train Tracker, Photography, Silver
Jack Belyea ’26: The Drunk, Photography, Gold
Chance Bolton ’27: Reflection, Photography, Honorable Mention
Quentin Brown ’27: Soul: A Typography Project, Graphic Design, Honorable Mention
Max Colosimo ’27: Fall Colors, Photography, Honorable Mention
Max Colosimo ’27: Flower, Photography, Silver
Timothy Connolly ’26: Hung Up, Photography, Honorable Mention
Bain Coyne ’26: Mother’s Clock, Photography, Honorable Mention
Bain Coyne ’26: Dead End, Photography, Gold
Bain Coyne ’26: A Sliver of Serenity, Photography, Honorable Mention
Bain Coyne ’26: Walking the Plank, Photography, Silver
Bain Coyne ’26: Severed, Photography, Silver
Bain Coyne ’26: Death Stare, Photography, Honorable Mention
Santino Dellasanta ’28: shimmer, Photography, Honorable Mention
Theo Edgar ’27: Industrial Gusts, Sculpture, Honorable Mention
Reed Enders ’27: Seeing Green, Photography, Honorable Mention
Allegra Feldman ’28: Self Portrait, Printmaking, Honorable Mention
Nika Fernandez ’27: My Name – Original Typeface Design, Graphic Design, Honorable Mention
Nika Fernandez ’27: Poster Design: Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, Graphic Design, Silver
Avery Gaffney ’27: Clothes in a Closet, Photography, Gold
Avery Gaffney ’27: Girl Looking into Fridge, Photography, Honorable Mention
Sammy Greer ’27: Contrast, Photography, Honorable Mention
Kathaiana Ifill ’26: Chaos, Sculpture, Silver
Sifei Jia ’27: Crack of Light, Photography, Honorable Mention
Pyae Phoo Khaing ’27: Flower Girl, Photography, Gold
Victoria Kirkham ’26: Taking Flight, Painting, Silver
Nic Lau ’28: gaze, Photography, Gold
Aria Malhotra ’27: Golden Ringed, Photography, Silver
Montserrat Martinez Vindas ’26: Letters to My Younger Self, Portfolio (Art), Gold
Aruzhan Nugmanova ’28: My Heritage, Painting, Gold
Aruzhan Nugmanova ’28: Stars and Bones, Jewelry, Honorable Mention
Aruzhan Nugmanova ’28: Constellations, Ceramics & Glass, Silver
Aruzhan Nugmanova ’28: The Time We Met, Conceptual/Installation/Participatory Art, Honorable Mention
Aruzhan Nugmanova ’28: Khan Shatyr Model, Architecture & Industrial Design, Silver
Aruzhan Nugmanova ’28: Bird Ocarina, Ceramics & Glass, Gold
Aruzhan Nugmanova ’28: Broccoli, Graphic Design, Gold
Aruzhan Nugmanova ’28: i cry i bloom, Painting, Silver
Patrycja Pogorzelska ’26: Man in Gdańsk, Photography, Gold
Patrycja Pogorzelska ’26: Tatry, Photography, Silver
Patrycja Pogorzelska ’26: Open Eyes, Photography, Silver
Edward Qiu ’27: Classic, Photography, Gold
Edward Qiu ’27: Mother, Photography, Honorable Mention
Alissa Rabin ’29: Where Time Still Speaks, Photography, Silver
Alissa Rabin ’29: Lighting the Way: A Dark Time for Immigrants, Photography, Silver
Alissa Rabin ’29: Hibiscus in Hand, Photography, Honorable Mention
Alissa Rabin ’29: Vault of Echoes, Photography, Honorable Mention
Chisom Unamka ’27: WACK, Graphic Design, Silver
Celina Wang ’27: Nostalgia, Drawing, Honorable Mention
Celina Wang ’27: Inner Structure, Drawing, Silver
Celina Wang ’27: Escape Velocity, Drawing, Gold
Celina Wang ’27: Shrine of Tomorrow, Drawing, Gold
Celina Wang ’27: Draped in Cobalt, Drawing, Honorable Mention
Celina Wang ’27: Voyage of the Synthetic Seas, Drawing, Gold
Celina Wang ’27: Caught Within the Geometry of Memory, Drawing, Gold
Anji Wang ’26: Salt Lake, Photography, Gold
Anthony Wu ’27: Becoming the Unseen: A Typographic Metamorphosis, Graphic Design, Silver
Jiayi Wu ’27: Geminus, Printmaking, Silver
Jiayi Wu ’27: Under the Winter Sunset, Printmaking, Honorable Mention
Yvonne Ye ’26: Industrial Remnant, Drawing, Gold
Phoebe Zhang ’26: Mushroom, Photography, Honorable Mention
Ciara Zimon ’26: Across Time, Photography, Silver
Writing
Dylan Cafferty ’27: Attachment, Personal Essay & Memoir, Silver
Ruth Chen ’26: Ekphrastic in Season, Short Story, Silver
Ruth Chen ’26: Passing, Poetry, Silver
Ruth Chen ’26: W√†i P√≥’s Feet, Short Story, Honorable Mention
Ruth Chen ’26: I speak only air at home, Poetry, Silver
Ruth Chen ’26: Air Quality Index, Short Story, Gold
Aleena Fu ’27: Summer in Shanghai, Poetry, Silver
Davey Glazer ’28: Something Bigger Than Belonging: Fighting with Empathy in a World of Labels, Critical Essay, Honorable Mention
Davey Glazer ’28: Finding My Voice: My Personal Essay, Personal Essay & Memoir, Silver
Davey Glazer ’28: Crown of Windows: To Chagall, Poetry, Honorable Mention
Adair Johnson ’27: On the Fabrication of a Lover’s Wings, Flash Fiction, Silver
Andria Laitadze ’26: The Thaw Arrives, Poetry, Gold
Andria Laitadze ’26: Matchbox Complexes, Poetry, Honorable Mention
Nic Lau ’28: Autopsy of a Girl Still Breathing, Personal Essay & Memoir, Honorable Mention
Woojin Lee ’27: Variations on a Silence, Personal Essay & Memoir, Gold
Woojin Lee ’27: Into the Arch, Personal Essay & Memoir, Honorable Mention
Teresa Li ’26: Almost Nothing, Almost Girl, Personal Essay & Memoir, Silver
Teresa Li ’26: In That Place, Personal Essay & Memoir, Silver
Mira Lu ’27: Charm, Strategy, and Struggle: Madame Chiang’s Legacy in Modern Diplomatic Appeals, Critical Essay, Honorable Mention
Mira Lu ’27: Going Forward, Personal Essay & Memoir, Silver
Molly O’Brien ’26: Things I Missed While You Were Sick, Poetry, Silver
Dilan Payne ’27: Tic Tacs and Torah: My Grandmother’s Loud Devotion, Personal Essay & Memoir, Honorable Mention
Dilan Payne ’27: Sisyphus at a Desk Chair, Personal Essay & Memoir, Silver
Alissa Rabin ’29: Why I Go On, Personal Essay & Memoir, Silver
Daniel Rohde ’28: What They Do to Us, Short Story, Gold
Alexander Signorovitch ’29: I Wish I Was, Short Story, Silver
Elizabeth Sim ’27: Between Page Turns, Poetry, Honorable Mention
Elizabeth Sim ’27: Alzheimer’s, Poetry, Honorable Mention
Elizabeth Sim ’27: Three-Course Meal for a Third Culture Kid, Poetry, Silver
Elizabeth Sim ’27: Friends for Life, Poetry, Silver
Elizabeth Sim ’27: Suspension of Disbelief, Short Story, Gold
Elizabeth Sim ’27: Countering Neoliberal Exploitation: Strengthening FPIC, UNDRIP, and Treaty Federalism in Arctic Indigenous Rights Regimes, Critical Essay, Gold
Isha Singh ’29: The New War on Young People: An In-Depth Look into Misogyny, Violence, and the Rise of Manosphere Podcasts and Red Pill Content, Critical Essay, Gold
Anh Tran-Nguyen ’26: Third Prostration, Poetry, Silver
Celina Wang ’27: Two Eulogies, Personal Essay & Memoir, Honorable Mention
Celina Wang ’27: Jakarta’s Sinking: The Silent Migration of a Capital City, Journalism, Silver
Ashley Yao ’30: The Blood Moon, Screenplays & Scripts, Honorable Mention
Ashley Yao ’30: Secrets to the Grave, Novel, Honorable Mention
Ashley Yao ’30: Drowning in Perfection, Speculative Fiction, Honorable Mention
Chloe Yeo ’26: my first shower after rotator cuff surgery, Poetry, Honorable Mention
Xinyi Zeng ’27: Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-Flat Major, op. 61, Fryderyk Chopin, 1846, Poetry, Honorable Mention
Xinyi Zeng ’27: NOSTOI (homecoming), Poetry, Honorable Mention
Joanna Zhang ’27: And Finally I Fled, Poetry, Honorable Mention
Joanna Zhang ’27: Red Crystals, Poetry, Honorable Mention
Joanna Zhang ’27: Mother’s Spirit Lies Beneath the Golden Mountain, 1859, Poetry, Gold
Joanna Zhang ’27: Funus in Carcere, Poetry, Honorable Mention
EmmaRose Zilla ’26: Entropy, Poetry, Silver
EmmaRose Zilla ’26: Stasis Sonnet, Poetry, Gold
EmmaRose Zilla ’26: In the shower I led his soft palms down, Poetry, Silver
