Katy ISD Students Advance to National Arts Competition
Sixty-one Katy ISD secondary students have advanced to the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition — the nation’s longest running and most prestigious recognitions program for creative teens.
These students earned 70 Gold Keys at the regional competition, with six students receiving Gold Key medals for multiple creative pieces.
“It is a testament to our fine arts program that these students are being considered for national honors in such a prestigious competition,” said G. Damon Archer, Executive Director of Fine Arts. “Our students’ natural talent is nurtured by passionate educators and this is just one example of much-deserved recognition.”
Source: Katy ISDEach year, the Harris County Department of Education, which hosts the regional competition, welcomes art submissions in the following categories: architecture and industrial design; ceramics and glass; comic art; design; digital art; drawing and illustration; editorial cartoon; expanded projects; fashion; film and animation; jewelry; mixed media; painting; photography; printmaking; and sculpture. The competition also recognizes writing submissions in critical essay; dramatic script; flash fiction; journalism; humor; novel writing; personal essay and memoir; poetry; science fiction and fantasy; and short story.
National winners will be announced on June 12. More information about the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards can be found here.
The Katy ISD students that have advanced to national competition include:
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Name
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School
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Category
Name of Artwork
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Asher Blut
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Adams JH
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Poetry
Helping myself
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Markus Brikho
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Adams JH
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Critical Essay
Mars Exploration
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Mason Krueger
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Adams JH
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Personal Essay & Memoir
To Live Is To Hurt
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Saakshi Kumar
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Adams JH
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Poetry
Under the Stars
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Micah Obonyano
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Adams JH
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Poetry
The World WE Live in
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Dishita Patil
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Adams JH
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Science Fiction
Awakening of the Heir
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Gina Shim
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Adams JH
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Science Fiction
Is This Me?
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Faizaan Syed
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Adams JH
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Short Story
Ambrosial Alchemy
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Arjun Yerreddu
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Adams JH
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Short Story
WHODUNNIT
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Matthew Wei
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Beck JH
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Short Story
Echos in Reverse
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Brenda Guzman Quesada
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Haskett JH
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Drawing & Illustration
Stroke of Midnight
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Kristina Tymianski
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McMeans JH
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Drawing & Illustration
Joy with the Doctor
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Aanisah Chiedozie
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Morton Ranch JH
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Poetry
Fate Is Not Chosen
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Tianqi Hu
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Tays JH
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Drawing & Illustration
My little turtle
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Anna Perry
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Tays JH
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Critical Essay
AI: The Future of Education
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Antonio Ygnacio
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Tays JH
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Drawing & Illustration
Boys Best Friend
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Nevaeh Gregory
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Cinco Ranch HS
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Painting
Vivid
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Dang Gia Vien Nguyen
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Cinco Ranch HS
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Painting
Winter’s Craving
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Michelle Lee
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Cinco Ranch HS
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Drawing & Illustration
Game Over
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Sofia Prada
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Cinco Ranch HS
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Personal Essay & Memoir
Let It Go
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Mariya Shpui
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Cinco Ranch HS
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Personal Essay & Memoir
Well; That’s It
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Rachel Yun
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Cinco Ranch HS
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Personal Essay & Memoir
If I Could Go Back In Time
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Moemal Al-Wishah
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Jordan HS
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Poetry
Silent Desolation
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Manahil Ali
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Jordan HS
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Drawing & Illustration
Tribal Threads
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Manahil Ali
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Jordan HS
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Photography
Eureka!
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Reese Banister
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Jordan HS
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Poetry
my home; it’s shared rooms.
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Valeria Dumitrascu
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Jordan HS
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Painting
Generations Connected
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Valeria Dumitrascu
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Jordan HS
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Painting
Cradle
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Valeria Dumitrascu
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Jordan HS
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Drawing & Illustration
The Domino Effect
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Valeria Dumitrascu
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Jordan HS
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Painting
Out of Reach
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Zoe Guthrie
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Jordan HS
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Sculpture
Is this better than before?
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Arianna Hodge
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Jordan HS
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Poetry
Fields of Awe
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Charlotte Holmes
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Jordan HS
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Poetry
See You Later
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Jocelyn Johnson
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Jordan HS
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Poetry
My Wheelchair
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Krishi Kanani
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Jordan HS
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Mixed Media
Patched Back Together
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Addison McCurdy
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Jordan HS
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Drawing & Illustration
Pocrescophobia
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Charlotte Primrose
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Jordan HS
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Short Story
Seasons change and skin age
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Surya Reddy
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Jordan HS
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Critical Essay
Premedical Weed-Out Courses: An Impact Analysis
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Alejandra Rincon
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Jordan HS
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Drawing & Illustration
Deconstructed
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Amanda Stone
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Jordan HS
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Drawing & Illustration
To a Flame
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Antara Varma
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Jordan HS
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Poetry
A Eulogy: Survivor’s Edition
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Edlyn Wang
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Jordan HS
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Flash Fiction
Delusion
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Edlyn Wang
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Jordan HS
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Short Story
Mudlark
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Arthur Whittle
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Jordan HS
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Photography
Unveiling
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Catherine Xu
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Jordan HS
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Poetry
you saw tragedy / in me
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Yule Yi
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Jordan HS
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Drawing & Illustration
Endless Ethereality
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Grace Zhang
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Jordan HS
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Personal Essay & Memoir
A Progression on Grief
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Kailee Talton
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Katy HS
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Drawing & Illustration
Black Boy Blues
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Kailee Talton
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Katy HS
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Drawing & Illustration
The Weight Of Expectations
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Kailee Talton
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Katy HS
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Drawing & Illustration
When The Leaves Blow
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Muhammad Rayyan Faisal
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Mayde Creek HS
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Photography
Namaste
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Aerial Chen
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Seven Lakes HS
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Film & Animation
Eyes of the Artist
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Simar Kalra
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Seven Lakes HS
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Painting
Through The Flame of Self-Reflection
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Sahara Karmaker
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Seven Lakes HS
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Film & Animation
Misfits’ Casino
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Melissa Matuk
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Seven Lakes HS
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Painting
Iris
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Natalie Reese
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Seven Lakes HS
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Mixed Media
Charleston Weaver
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Chanwoo Sinn
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Seven Lakes HS
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Drawing & Illustration
The Industrial Woman
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Holden Smith
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Seven Lakes HS
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Drawing & Illustration
Game face
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Dennis Wei
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Seven Lakes HS
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Drawing & Illustration
Mundane Mornings
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Ashley Yang
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Seven Lakes HS
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Mixed Media
Spring Cleaning
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Ziyun Yu
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Seven Lakes HS
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Photography
Dinner
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Deborah Chung
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Taylor HS
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Poetry
how (not) to hide the fact that you’re depressed
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Sophia Tang
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Taylor HS
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Poetry
The Mind-Sea
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Lincoln Brunnert
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Tompkins HS
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Drawing & Illustration
Dream Land
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Haofei Deng
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Tompkins HS
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Digital Art
The Room Book Cover Concept
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Haofei Deng
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Tompkins HS
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Photography
Luminosity
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Grace Ding
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Tompkins HS
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Poetry
dead dove
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Grace Ding
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Tompkins HS
|
Poetry
NOT A POEM
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Brianna Lin
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Tompkins HS
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Comic Art
A Thoughtless Struggle
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Ankitaa Sampath
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Tompkins HS
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Drawing & Illustration
Jigsaw of Memories
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