OCSA students were honorees in the Writing category for the 2025 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
The following OCSA students were honorees in the Writing category for the 2025 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, which celebrates creative teens regionally and nationally with awards, exhibitions, publications, and scholarships.
Regional Honorable Mention
Asmi Aggarwal (CV, ‘27) - “Alien”
Sailee Charlu (CW, ‘27) - “Everything Comes Back Around: The Case of Logan Gold” and “When Stars Start to Cry”
Ethan Choi (CW, ‘28) - “Pearl Harbor Letter”
Jennifer Choi (VA, ‘26) - “The Neighbor, Mrs. Johnson”
Zara Daneva (CW, ‘26) - “Music of the Spheres”
Diego Gonzales (CW, ‘27) - “bombshell. No. 664”
Hanna Heger (CW, ‘26) - “Drowning”
Grant Herman (ACT, ‘27) - “A Person Who Bakes”
Henry Hong (CW, ‘27) - “Ice That Shouldn't Be Broken”
Jenna Hong (CW, ‘28) - “yesterday, it rained”
Ryan Jung (CW, ‘26) - “21st century poet,”
Olivia Kang (IM, ‘30) - “Nature and Me”
Ashley Kim (CW, ‘28) - “Life of an Asian American”
Catherine Kim (CW, ‘28) - “Old Man’s Advice”
Gigi Kim (VA, ‘25) - “Lucky Nangang”
Hillary Kim (CW, ‘28) - “What I Told My Wife When Our Car Suddenly Disappeared”
Jua Kim (CW, ‘27) - “Your Next Romance Trope”
Calene Lee (CW, ‘25) - “food for thought”, “She Was Just A Girl”, and “sincerity”
Eunhyeok Lee (IM, ‘27) - “Arrows of Love” and “Tasting the Difference: Zeffirelli vs. Luhrmann’s Taste”
Juhan Lee (IM, ‘30) - “Would You Have Done It Differently”
Lana Lee (IA, ‘26) - “Bracelets”
Shinbi Lee (CW, ‘28) - “When Virtual Becomes Reality”
Adyson Ngo (CW, ‘27) - “Where are You From?”
Matthew Nguyen (CW, ‘27) - “All That Glitters Is Not Gold”
Ellie Park (IA, ‘29) - “When They Stopped Looking”
Esther Park (MT, ‘28)- “The Hum in the Kitchen”
Aryan Sharma (CW, ‘27) - “Shoelaced”
Audrey Shih (CW, ‘27) - “Memoir of a Lost Swan Princess”
Rhea Sreedhar (FTV, ‘28) - “Cowlick”
David Wong (CW, ‘26) - “Layered Imperfect Moments” and “Lesson in Words”
Chloe Woo (IM, ‘27) - “Butterfly Letters”
Samantha Wu (CW, ‘27) - “A Portrait of You”, “Dear Spring, Consume Me”, “Doubt of Sanctification”, “Himself”, “Key Lime Pie”, “Love, it is the stars”, “Salvation”, and “Waiting”
Rebecca Yang (CW, ‘27) - “sincerely, your lampshade”
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