Congratulations to five Crusader seniors who earned recognition in the Southeast Regional round of the Scholastic Writing Awards, a national creative writing competition. These authors submitted written stories that successfully earned awards in three different categories.
The Scholastic Writing Awards receives over 300,000 submissions annually from writers in grades 7-12 and has featured many renowned writers as judges, including Langston Hughes, Robert Frost, and Judy Blume, among others. Jurors look for works that exemplify the Awards’ core values: originality, technical skill, and the emergence of personal voice or vision.
These Crusader writers will be honored at a ceremony at University of New Orleans’ Grand Ballroom on April 15th. Congratulations again to these Crusader writers!
| Title | Genre | Student Name | Award Level |
| “The Walk Home” | Flash Fiction | Ethan Ohler | Silver Key |
| “History” | Science Fiction/ Fantasy | Nicholas Russo | Silver Key |
| “Stream” | Short Story | Nicholas Russo | Silver Key |
| “A Betrayal of Self” | Flash Fiction | Jeremy Baier | Honorable Mention |
| “Flowers for Ruby” | Flash Fiction | Ethan Meydrich | Honorable Mention |
| “The Concept of Time” | Flash Fiction | Jackson Schneider | Honorable Mention |
| “Snowfall” | Short Story | Jackson Schneider | Honorable Mention |
