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Lucky 13: ASFA Wins 13 of the Alabama High School Literary Arts Awards

The ASFA Creative Writing Department has 12 students who received recognition from High School Literary Arts Awards (HSLAA)​​​​​​​, sponsored by the Alabama Writers' Forum. Four of those students received recognition in multiple categories.
 
The Alabama Writers' Forum recognizes young writers, their teachers, and schools each year for their work in creative writing at the HSLAA. The year-long program focuses on nurturing talent in high schools across Alabama. Competition categories are Creative Nonfiction, Fiction, Poetry, Senior Portfolio, and Literary Magazine. The judging panel is comprised of writing experts. See the awards won by ASFA students below, and join us in congratulating them on these acheivements!
 
 
ASFA HSLAA Highlights:
  • Seniors Parker Snellgrove and Grace Sullivan won two of the six senior portfolio scholarships awarded.  
  • Izzy Cox (10th grade) won second place in the Fiction and Poetry categories, respectively. Izzy was one of only two students in the state who won multiple cash awards (and the only non-senior to do so).
  • Madison Hoar (9th grade) won second place in the Creative Nonfiction (Long Essay) category. 
  • ASFA's literary magazine, Cadence, again won in the literary magazine category of Exceptional Literary Content. 
  • Total cash awards for ASFA-CW students and the department equaled $1,375 (out of $4,500 in available awards), the highest total cumulative award to any school in the state. 
Individual Awards:
  • Parker Snellgrove (12th Grade) - Wayne Greenhaw Memorial Senior Portfolio Scholarship; Judge's Special Recognition, Fiction Category; Certificate of Merit, Poetry Category
  • Grace Sullivan (12th Grade) - Katherine W. and Byrd T. Thompson Senior Portfolio Scholarship; Certificate of Merit, Fiction Category
  • Tessa McClinton (12th Grade) - Judge's Special Recognition, Fiction Category
  • Goodman Murphy-Smith (11th Grade) - Judge's Special Recognition, Poetry Category; Certificate of Merit, Fiction Category
  • Madaha Lewis (11th Grade) - Judge's Special Recognition, Poetry Category
  • Izzy Cox (10th Grade) - 2nd Place, Fiction Category; 2nd Place, Poetry Category; Judge's Special Recognition, Creative Nonfiction Category
  • Atticus Hill (10th Grade) - Judge's Special Recognition, Fiction Category
  • Kevin Cristino (10th Grade) - Judge's Special Recognition, Fiction Category
  • Madison Hoar (9th Grade) - 2nd Place, Creative Nonfiction (Long Essay) Category
  • Kalvin Crescenzi (9th Grade) - Certificate of Merit, Fiction Category
  • Melany Morgan (9th Grade) - Certificate of Merit, Poetry Category
  • Mya Richardson (9th Grade) - Certificate of Merit, Poetry Category
  • Cadence - Exceptional Literary Content 
Congratulations to the writers and the creative writing department!
 
Pictured: Melany Morgan, Madison Hoar. and Kevin Cristino.