OCSA students receive Regional Awards in the annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards
The following OCSA students were honorees in the Writing category for the 2026 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, which celebrates creative teens regionally and nationally with awards, exhibitions, publications, and scholarships.
Regional Honorable Mention
Kexin Cai (IM, ‘28) - “On the Topic of Foxes and Fire”, “I Love You, I Hate You”
Sailee Charlu (VA, ‘27) - “Reshaping Space Agreements for Mars Exploration: Political and Legal Necessities”, “Upon Waiting For My Mother to Put on Her Bathing Suit”, “Becoming Unsung”, “the legend of Tahlequah”, “I am the reincarnation of my brother”, “The Golden City, after Sarah Kay”
Kate Ha (CW, ‘28) - “The Color Pink”
Jaden Hong (CW, ‘29) - “A Bittersweet Laugh: Schadenfreude in an Age that Consumes Others Misfortune”, “Director's Proposal”, “Of Two Worlds”
Jenna Hong (CW, ‘28) - “mother's love / thermosphere”
Doyeon Kim (DM, ‘28) - “Stillness before Renewal”
Matthew Nguyen (CW, ‘27) - “are you a REAL american?”
YuQiao Shao (CW, ‘29) - “The Teenage Smartphone Addiction”, “Me and the Piano”
Aryan Sharma (CW, ‘27) - “Dropped Heirlooms”
Audrey Shih (CW, ‘27) - “Songs of the Puyuma Women”, “What They Don't Tell You About Taking the SAT”
Vera So (VA, ‘30) - “Night at the Fair”
Rebecca Yang (CW, ‘27) - “Bursting the Bubble”, “How Poetry Heals”, “Quiet Defiance”, “girlhood”, “Cocooned”, “a love letter to my mom”, “Home is a skin, draped”
Tags: Spring-2026, Instrumental-Music, Visual-Arts, Creative-Writing, Design-&-Media