Already one of the country’s most significant sources of scholarships for young artists and writers in the nation, the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are set to award more direct scholarship and cash award opportunities than ever before 

Painter and multidisciplinary artist José Parlá honored as this year’s Alumni Achievement Award recipient during the June 12th Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Benefit Dinner 

Lindenmeyr Book Publishing Papers recognized with the 2024 Alliance for Young Artists & Writers’ Leadership Award

Contact: Maxine Osa, mosa@scholastic.com; Allyson Barkan, abarkan@scholastic.com

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers invites creative teens nationwide to submit original works to categories including mixed media, journalism, editorial cartoon, poetry, and more.

 Alumni Achievement Award Recipients Joyce Carol Oates and Tracy Reese, and More Than 2,000 National Medalists from Across the Country were Honored during the 2023 National Ceremony at Carnegie Hall on June 8

New York Life Recognized with Alliance for Young Artists & Writers’ Leadership Award

(New York, March 14, 2023)—The nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and The Metropolitan Museum of Art have announced the opening of the ninth annual New York City Scholastic Art & Writing Awards exhibition at The Met’s Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education.

In celebration of the Awards’ centennial, the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers announces nearly half a million dollars in scholarship funds for creative teens, including increased portfolio awards and the inaugural Dav Pilkey Awards set to honor 12 high school seniors and educators with scholarships

Filmed inside the legendary Carnegie Hall, the virtual celebration captures the return of creative teens to the esteemed theater following a two-year hiatus due to COVID, and will feature special guests Nick Cannon, Mayim Bialik, Zac Posen, Jason Reynolds, Tschabalala Self, and an introduction by Kelly Clarkson

Allyson Barkan, abarkan@scholastic.com, 212-389-3469

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WASHINGTON D.C. (AUGUST 5, 2020) – Five high school students from across the country have been chosen from among thousands of award-winning poets to serve for a year as National Student Poets, the nation’s highest honor for youth poets presenting original work.

Contact: 
Allyson Barkan, 212-389-3469, abarkan@scholastic.com

16 High School Students Receive Awards’ Highest Honor and $10,000 Scholarship

National Medalists to be Recognized for their Achievements at Carnegie Hall in June by the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers