The Alliance for Young Artists and Writers have announced the 2026 national awards for the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. This includes twenty-five awards to twenty-four Hawaiʻi students, representing fifteen schools.
Hawaiʻi Baptist Academy
- Keira Chang, “Unexpected Guests”, Silver Medal
Hawaiʻi Preparatory Academy
- Yizhou Chen, “Beetles”, Gold Medal
Hawaiʻi Technological Academy – Maui
- Keolaonakaielua Mather, “Wana”, Gold Medal
ʻIolani School
- Emerson Carroll, “Outsiders in the Reef”, Silver Medal
- Kacy Uyeno, “Jawsaña”, Silver Medal
Kailua Intermediate School
- Amelia Rodriguez, “Sutures”, Gold Medal
Kalani High School
- Atona Chan, “Yamabiko”, Gold Medal
- Atona Chan, “Between Field and Sea”, Gold Medal and American Visions Award
Kamehameha Schools
- Mia Davis, “Pua ka Lehua”, Gold Medal
- auden ho, “K-PG”, Silver Medal
- Lily Murai, “The Beauty of Spectra”, Silver Medal
Kealakehe High School
- Noelani Johnston, “Expectation”, Silver Medal
Kīhei Charter School
- Isabella Kusch, “Dream of Lucidia”, Gold Medal
Leilehua High School
- Seth Briones, “False Identity”, Silver Medal
- Kyra Meade, “His Shadow”, Gold Medal
Moanalua High School
- Naomi Huang, “Continued by the Future”, Gold Medal
Parker School
- ʻIolani Sanches, “A Woven Self”, Silver Medal
Punahou School
- Ella Dang, “Challenging Myths”, Silver Medal
- Aja Middleton, “guardian bunny of all the things that could have broken me”, Silver Medal
University Laboratory School
- Tyler Ah Quin, “Birdʻs Nest”, Silver Medal
- Chloe Choi, “Under Pressure”, Gold Medal
- Rhys Gibson, “Giddy Bear”, Gold Medal
- Erielle Ho, “No Ka Beauty O Lanaʻi”, Silver Medal
- Kainoa Rosenberg, “Manaiakalani”, Gold Medal
Waipahu High School
- Hikaru Kobayashi, “The Black Cat That Wanted to Be Lucky”, Silver Medal
About the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards are the nation’s longest-running recognition program for creative teens. Learn more on the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards website: ArtAndWriting.org/awards. State Foundation on Culture and the Arts (SFCA) is the current Hawaiʻi regional affiliate for the national Scholastic Art Awards competition.
Artwork
Artwork at top: “Yamabiko” by Atona Chan, Kalani High School.