Spartans shine in 2025 Minnesota Scholastic Art and Writing Awards
Eighteen SPA students in grades 9-12 received recognition in this year's Minnesota Scholastic Art Awards (MSAA) program. Established to ensure that artistic talent was recognized in schools and communities across the country, the MSAAs offer recognition in 25+ diverse categories.
This year's 18 MSAA winners earned 4 Gold Key, 4 Silver Key, and 10 Honorable Mention awards:
Gold Key:
- Francis Hanna '28
- Annika Kim '26
- Rowan Moore '26
- Gwen Uhlhorn '28
Silver Key:
- Iris Bergad '28
- Mia Collins '25
- Olivia Fox '28
- Anneli Wilson '27
Honorable Mention
- June Dalton '25
- William Drake '27
- Maeve Duncan '26
- Thomas Ferguson '26
- Humza Jameel '25
- Eva Johnson '27
- Annika Kim '26
- Rowan Moore '26
- Elliot Sjaastad '26
- Jesse Wussler '26
View a sampling of this year's MSAA art pieces on SmugMug.
Additionally, the Minnesota Writing Project announced the 2025 winners of the Scholastic Writing Awards for the Minnesota Writing Region:
Aarushi Bahadur '25
- Gold Key - Critical Essay - Asian Americans: pawns in a white admissions game
- Gold Key - Short Story - Holiness In A Rented Ghost Town
- Gold Key - Journalism - It’s time to unwrap Wrapped
- Gold Key - Critical Essay - Some Like It Hot: No Sweat When The Heat Is On
- Honorable Mention - Journalism - Admin, students organize 2025 SDLC conference
- Honorable Mention - Short Story - Death in America
- Honorable Mention - Critical Essay - Indian/American/Other Enough
- Honorable Mention - Poetry - Instructions For Driving
Aksel Isler '29
- Silver Key - Short Story - The Post Office
Annika Kim ’26
- Silver Key - Journalism - Artist Krista Kim unveils “Heart Space,” an AI-generative art installation
- Honorable Mention - (Editorial Cartoon)