Writing Awards Received

WRITING AWARDS, HONORS, CERTIFICATIONS, & QUALIFICATIONS:

• National YoungArts Finalist Winner in Writing Category

• Selected for Publication in 2022 National YoungArts Anthology

• National Scholastic Art & Writing Competition: 1 Gold Key Award (Critical Essay) and 2 Honorable Mentions (Flash Fiction and Dramatic Script) — 2020-2021

• Austin International Poetry Festival (selected for publication in “di-verse-city” Youth Anthology) — 2021, 2017

• High school writer/reporter for the Stanford Daily: Accepted to the Daily’s summer workshop program with a full scholarship and published my own feature article on the Stanford Anthology for Youth — 2021

• Diversity writer for Incluvie, an online film critic website: Write, edit, and organize articles on inclusivity in film, television, and pop culture — 2020-2021

• Iowa Young Writers’ Studio alum: Accepted to the selective Iowa Young Writers Studio program with a full scholarship and participated in their creative writing workshops — 2021

• National FRA Americanism Essay Contest (Southwest Regional 1st Place Winner) — 2018

• Invited by the Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial to recite my commemorative essay, “A Flower of Memory," during the annual memorial service on Memorial Day — 2018

• Member of Orange County School of Arts & Creative Writing summer seminar — 2018

• Creative Communication National Poetry & Essay Contest (selected as one of the High Merit Essays and published in the anthology) — 2011-2018

• National FRA Essay Contest, Southwest Regional 1st Place Winner, Orange County 1st Place Winner — 2017

• 25th Annual Why-Mom-Deserves-a-Diamond Writing Contest, Garnet Winner — 2017

• National PTA Reflections - Jeffrey Trail Middle School Winner for both Literature and Photography — 2017

• National “Celebrate America” Creative Writing Contest, 3rd Place — 2015

• UCLA Writing Projects Essay Writing Competition, Grand Prize Winner — 2013