Congratulations to all those who participated in the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. We value the time and energy you poured into your work. In March, we commence our CELEBRATION TIME!!!
Silver Key and Gold Key winners and their families are invited to our upcoming Regional Awards Ceremonies, March 7–9, 2025. Everyone is invited to the Regional Gold Key Exhibition at The Met. The exhibition is open to the public and the opening reception is on Friday, March 28, 2025, from 6:00–8:00 pm.
Teens who received a regional award: Do not forget to download your regional certificate(s) before March 15, 2025. Certificates can be found on the portal dashboard. Stay tuned for National Announcements on March 26, 2025.
2025 New York City Regional Awards Ceremonies
Friday, March 7, Saturday, March 8, and Sunday, March 9, 2025
Gold Key and Silver Key winners are invited to be recognized at the 2025 NYC Regional Awards Ceremony in person. Silver and Gold Key students unable to attend in person and Honorable Mention winners can watch the Virtual Regional Awards Ceremony on March 13 at 7:00 pm ET on YouTube Premiere.
Note: Regional Awards Ceremonies are organized by grade level. If you are a Gold or Silver Key-winning student, please verify which Award Ceremony you should attend prior to registering. If you and your family are unavailable during that timeslot, please register for another timeslot. Please arrive 15-30 minutes prior to the scheduled time for check-in and to be seated. Spots are limited to 200 guests per timeslot.
All guests must register to attend the in-person NYC Regional Awards Ceremony. Register today: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/2025AwardsCeremony. Guests will receive a confirmation email on Friday, February 28. Only confirmed guests will be allowed into the venue.
The single Steel beam
Fyo Corbell, 11 Dreams, Poetry. Grade 11, Edward R. Murrow High School, Brooklyn, NY. Joseph Elliot, Educator. Gold Key, 2025.
Supporting all eleven lives
And all eleven dreams
THE 2025 REGIONAL AWARDS CEREMONY
Awards Ceremonies are scheduled during the following timeslots. We recommend arriving 15 minutes early to be seated and watch a pre-ceremony slideshow.
Program
- Pre-Ceremony: Gold and Silver Key Art and Writing by NYC Teens
- Welcome Remarks
- Celebration Video featuring NYC Teens!
- Gold and Silver Key Distribution
- Keynote Remarks
- NYC Teen Remarks
- Closing Remarks & Brief Reception
Virtual Celebration
Do not miss our virtual celebration! Scholastic Awards Regional Key Celebration
Join the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers and partners from around the country as we honor the regional winners of the 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
Stream the virtual ceremony live on Thursday, March 13, at 7:00 pm ET.
Honorable Mention winners are invited to join us for the virtual ceremony.
We like to go out when we can get a second away from chasing the trillion things we want.
Madelyn Marcoe, 17 and Running through the Night, Flash Fiction. Grade 12, Beekman School, New York, NY. Silver Key, 2025.
Upcoming Exhibition Opening
New York City Scholastic Awards Regional Gold Key Exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Opening Reception
Friday, March 28, 2025, 6:00–8:00 pm ET
Join us at the Opening Reception for art-making, live performances, raffles, and more. View artworks, films, and animations. Read writing works. Connect with fellow writers and artists. Share in the open mic. Listen to keynote remarks.
On View
Friday, March 28, 2025–Sunday, May 18, 2025
Visit The Metropolitan Museum of Art to view the Regional Gold Key Exhibition featuring award-winning art and writing work by teens from the New York City Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
Community Spotlight
Calling all teens! Enter the James Baldwin Teen Creative Contest! | The New York Public Library. The deadline is Sunday, March 23, 2025! Enter for the chance to be published in a special magazine and win $250. Through short stories, essays, letters, or narrative/comic art, NYPL wants you to take inspiration from Baldwin’s work and life and tell them what you’re passionate about, what inspires you, what angers you, what you’ve learned about life, or what gives you hope.
Check out this activity guide for more info:
The New York City Regional Program of the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is sponsored, in part, by Scholastic Inc., The Maurice R. Robinson Fund, Public Funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Dedalus Foundation, Arthur F. and Alice E. Adams Charitable Foundation, Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, Robert Lehman Foundation, AEO Better World Foundation, and the Cowles Charitable Trust.
Featured Image: Kai Barrett, A Hobby for What (Heart to Heart), Painting. Grade 12, Medgar Evers College Prep School, Brooklyn, NY. Gold Key, 2025.
Aaron Rice, Brutality, Drawing & Illustration. Grade 12, Art & Design High School, New York, NY. Richard Weinstein, Educator. Gold Key, 2025.
Monica Yoon, Fight for Relevance, Mixed Media. Grade 12, Riverdale Country School, Bronx, NY. Silver Key, 2025.