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Congratulations to the board of ink. magazine, Emily Cho-Sayegh ’26, Arielle Sibley-Grice ’26, and Anya Reppa ’26 for earning national accolades!
Literary Magazine ink. Wins Top Award
The board of ink. magazine, from left, Sofia Rasic ’26, Aaliyah Wang ’25, Albert Chen ’26, Keane Prasertsintanah ’25, Elise Kang ’25, Lindsay Miao ’26, Phoenix Feng ’25, Katie Yang ’25, Lucas Juneja ’26, and Ella Yin ’26. Missing from photo: Ellie Keum ’26.
The student-run literary magazine ink. received the rank of REALM First Class, the highest honor in the NCTE Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines (REALM) contest. The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) commends the students who work on the magazine.
Middle schools, high schools, colleges, and universities throughout the United States and abroad submitted magazines for the contest. ink. was among only 125 magazines awarded the contest’s highest distinction.
Two Students Win National Silver Medals in Photography and Writing
Burning Innocence by Emily Cho-Sayegh '26
Three-year photography student Emily Cho-Sayegh '26 won a National Silver Medal at the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her work Burning Innocence (pictured above). Emily's work was selected for its excellence in originality, skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.
Arielle Sibley-Grice ’26
Arielle Sibley-Grice ’26 won a National Silver Medal at the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for her exceptional work in flash fiction. Her submission, First hello, last goodbye, is a letter from a mother to her late son. It explores the passage of time through themes of growth, loss, and love. As a flash fiction, the story portrays the quickening pace at which time passes, while also emphasizing the multitude of experiences, losses, and joys that can be fit into one lifetime.
More than 310,000 original works of art and writing were submitted for consideration for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The works of Emily and Arielle are among the best in the nation.
We also congratulate the Hotchkiss students who won Connecticut Regional Scholastic Art Awards earlier this year.
Artist Earns Honorable Mention in National Ceramic Exhibition
Biblically Accurate Angel:DevineDetritus by Anya Reppa '26
Anya Reppa ’26 earned an honorable mention in the 28th Annual National K-12 Ceramic Exhibition for her work Biblically Accurate Angel:DevineDetritus. The event was held in in Salt Lake City, Utah, from March 26-28. The jurors examined 1,032 entries and Anya was one of only 21 honorable mentions, placing her sculpture among the best ceramic work made in the country.
The exhibition takes place in a different city each year in conjunction with the annual conference of The National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts. The NCECA conference is the preeminent ceramic event in the U.S. annually, gathering professionals from universities, colleges, museums, art galleries, and the ceramic arts world to a host city to view exhibitions, demonstrations, talks, and other ceramic events.
