Bay Village Schools Announces Scholastic Writing Awards Winners

Bay High School Scholastic Writing Awards Gold Key Winners: Carli Mendelow (left) and Sarina Poling (right); *not pictured: Emi Ullom. Photo courtesy of Erin Beirne, Bay Village Schools

Bay High School is proud to announce that 15 students received 22 awards in the 2022 Scholastic Writing Awards. Of these recognitions, three were Gold Key awards, four were Silver Key awards and 15 were Honorable Mentions. The Gold Key award is the highest honor of distinction in this competition.

Senior Carli Mendelow received a Gold Key in the Writing Portfolio category; Junior Sarina Poling received a Gold Key in the Personal Essay & Memoir category; and Emilia Ullom received a Gold Key in Poetry.

Bay High School Scholastic Writing Awards winners: Back row: Elise Kelley, Lauren Cseh, Miya DeBolt, Larson Toil. Front row: Hadley Stevenson, F. Beatty, Evelyn Ray, Charlotte Reising. *Not pictured: Evelyn LaPolla, Annie Davenport, Rachel Rankin, Matthew Rosler. Photo courtesy of Erin Beirne, Bay Village Schools

These submissions were entered into the competition by Bay High School English Department faculty members Erin Beirne and Dr. Kristen Srsen Kenney.

“The Scholastic Awards are a wonderful tribute to the creativity and effort of our talented students,” said Dr. Beatriz Bishop, Chairperson of the Bay High School English Department. “We are proud of our students and teachers for their hard work.”

Faculty from Cleveland Institute of Art served as judges for this annual competition. Below is a complete list of Bay High School’s award-winning students.

PERSONAL ESSAY & MEMOIR SUBMISSIONS

  • Sarina Poling, Junior – “Eulogy for Snails”, GOLD KEY
  • Lauren Cseh, Senior – “Surviving Quaranteen”, Silver Key
  • Elise Kelley, Junior – “My Creator and Me”, Silver Key
  • Hadley Stevenson, Senior – “Joining the New World Order”, Silver Key
  • Carli Mendelow, Senior – “Life’s Bite”, Honorable Mention
  • Carli Mendelow, Senior – “The Dining Room Table”, Honorable Mention
  • Hadley Stevenson, Senior – “Breaking Out”, Honorable Mention
  • Hadley Stevenson, Senior – “Storms”, Honorable Mention

POETRY SUBMISSIONS

  • Emilia Ullom, Junior – “to the ends of the earth”, GOLD KEY
  • Evelyn Lapolla, Senior – “Continue?”, Silver Key
  • F. Beatty, Sophomore – “Perennial World”, Honorable Mention
  • Annie Davenport, Junior – “How Will I Ever Escape This Vivarium?”, Honorable Mention
  • Elise Kelley, Junior – “A Mother’s Musings for her Toddler with a Lighter”, Honorable Mention
  • Rachel Rankin, Senior – “Mia’s Grip”, Honorable Mention
  • Matthew Rosler, Senior – “A Haunted Teenager”, Honorable Mention
  • Larson Toil, Junior – “old lake town”, Honorable Mention

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

  • Charlotte Reising, Junior – “Unlucky”, Honorable Mention

SHORT STORY SUBMISSION

  • F. Beatty, Sophomore – “Perfect Blue”, Honorable Mention
  • Miya DeBolt, Junior – “Society’s Shackles”, Honorable Mention
  • Evelyn Ray, Sophomore – “Out of My Head”, Honorable Mention

WRITING PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION

  • Carli Mendelow, Senior, “Through My Words”, GOLD KEY
  • Hadley Stevenson, Senior “Sprout, Blossom, Flourish”, Honorable Mention