National Honors for Three Village Writers

From Three Village Central School District: Three R.C. Murphy Junior High School students – Shahzadi Adeena, Alana John and Claire Yang – have earned national recognition in the 2018 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards competition. Shahzadi earned a gold medal for her “A Spectrum of Blue” poem, Alana earned a silver medal for her “Words of the Refuse” poem, and Claire earned a silver medal for her flash fiction piece “Peach.”

These students have been identified by panels of creative professionals as the most talented young artists and writers in the nation. Of the 350,000 pieces of writing and art submitted, only 3,259 won national medals and represent the top 1 percent of the work submitted.

As a gold medalist, Shahzadi, her parents and Murphy English Chairperson Catherine Duffy will be traveling to Carnegie Hall on June 7, where she will receive her gold medal at the national ceremony. Marc Brown, alumnus and author of the “Arthur” series, will be the keynote speaker.

Photo courtesy of the Three Village Central School District: R.C. Murphy Junior High School students Claire Yang, Shahzadi Adeena and Alana John were named national winners in the 2018 Scholastic Arts and Writing Awards competition.