2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Award Winners

Congratulations to the Berkeley student regional winners in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Award competition! Founded in 1923 and presented by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, this competition is the longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in the United States.

The art featured here is by Jude Kasti ’25, who won the American Vision Award. Recently, Jude competed at the national level after being selected out of 310,000 submissions and received a Gold Medal and the American Vision Award.

Our visual arts winners are:

Gold Awards:

Carter Atwood ’28

Rachel Bono ’25

Nora Clabby ’27

Lyla Jackson ’26

Megan Juld ’28

Jude Kasti ’25

McKenna Smith ’25

Lucia Simoes ’25

Silver Awards:

Mia Accardi ’26

Jude Kasti ’25

Sophia Orchard ’25

Alankaar Risal ’26

Madison Weisman ’26

Trenton Williams ’28

Honorable Mentions:

Mia Accardi ’26

Sydney Bellegarrigue ’28

Mackenzie Crerand ’25

Marily Diaz ’25

Leila DiPiazza ’27

Gabby Garcia ’29

Megan Juld ’28

Jude Kasti ’25

Elizabeth Lai ’26

Riley Loncar ’28

Ronak Mehta ’25

Adrian Nel ’27

Sophia Orchard ’25

Ryan Polen ’28

Aryan Sethi ’25

Maggie Shonka ’26

Benjamin Toepke ’30

Evie Watson ’28

American Vision Award:

Jude Kasti ’25

Our writing winners are:

Gold Awards:

Isabel Melchert ’26

Kailash Gowda ’27 (two awards)

Nora Clabby ’27

Silver Awards:

Kailash Gowda ’27 (two awards)

John Nestor ’28

Isabel Melchert ’26

Aryan Sethi ’25

Stella Ritter ’25 (two awards)

Reese Mischen ’25

Megan Juld ’28

Honorable Mentions:

Aryan Sethi ’25

Margaret Nelson ’26

Brianna Schwab ’25

Nora Clabby ’27 (two awards)

Megan Juld ’28

Kailash Gowda ’27 (four awards)

Isabella Jaeb ’27

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