Last Wednesday, we learned that four of our MLWGS students received awards in the National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running and most prestigious awards for creative teens. Select award-winners are invited to celebrate in NYC for the National Ceremony and more, June 9-11, 2026.
MW student winners include:
- Sophia Runberg (’26-Richmond) – Silver Medal for her cyanotype made in the Fashion Senior Seminar.
- Shanshan Liu (’28-Henrico) – Gold Medal and American Visions award for her print “Anchored in Stories,” made as an independent project.
- Priya Kumar (’27-Henrico) – Silver Medal for her personal essay, “On the Silence of Cultural Cissonace,” and
- Emeline Zhou (’29-Chesterfield) – Silver Medal for her poem, “Palindromic Rain.”
Please join us in recognizing and congratulating these outstanding young artists for their success at the national level. We are incredibly proud of their outstanding achievement and the creativity, dedication, and talent that earned them recognition at the national level.
Sophia Runberg
Shanshan Liu
