Bartlett City Schools

We are proud to celebrate our students for an outstanding showing at this year’s Scholastic Art & Writing Awards exhibition. Our students earned a record-breaking 264 awards in the 2026 Scholastic Mid-South Art and Writing Awards!

Congratulations to the talented students from Appling Middle, Bon Lin Middle, Bartlett High Ninth Grade Academy, and Bartlett High School for this incredible achievement.

Gold Key artwork will be on display at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art from January 23–February 22, 2026. Silver Key and Honorable Mention artwork will be featured digitally.

You may scan the QR code to view the full list of award winners.

Silver and Gold Winners:
(the symbol / separates multiple submissions)
Listed as: Work Title/Student Name/Category/Grade/Regional Award/Special Award

Appling Middle School

Untitled, Aimee Dodson, Digital Painting, Drawing & Collage, 8, Silver

Monsters in the dark animation video, Daisy Hart, Film & Animation, 8, Silver 

Bartlett 9th Grade Academy

Shielded in Light, Nicolas Angelo, Photography, 9, Silver

The Silent Gaze, Jayla Dickerson, Photography, 9, Gold

Refractions of Nature/ “Say Cheese”/ Unapologetic Shine, Jayla Dickerson, Photography, 9, Silver

Still Here, Still Yours, Kaitlyn Fowler, Photography, 9, Gold

The Unveiling/Her Silence had a Glow to it, Kaitlyn Fowler, Photography, 9, Silver

Spotlight Smile, Samuel Harville, Photography, 9, Gold

Set in Stone, Hayven Hasenberg, Experimental Photography, 9, Silver

An Eye Full of Years and Light, Ivy Herlihy, Photography, 10, Silver 

Royal Flush, Mohammad Islam, Photography, 9, Gold

In a foreign land, Mohammad Islam, Photography, 9, Silver 

Willie Talk?, Maddox Jonakin, Photography, 9, Gold

Embrace the Baby cow, Sarah Kutz, Photography, 9, Gold 

All in this together, Addison Pettit, Photography, 9, Gold 

American Dreamer, London Robbins, Photography, 9, Gold 

Lost in the Fog, London Robbins, Photography, 9, Silver

When Youth Was Weightless, Taylor Rudd, Photography, 9, Silver

Little Light, Little Heart, Avaree Scott, Photography, 9, Gold 

Hidden Riches, Claire Szczepanski, Photography, 9, Silver

Disconnected Connection, Alaina Teasdale, Photography, 10, Gold

Weight of Water, Alaina Teasdale, Experimental Photography, 10, Gold 

Enchanting Green, Brianna Travers, Photography, 9, Gold

The Windows to the Soul, Brianna Travers, Photography, 9, Silver

Before She Spoke, Laycee Wright, Photography, 9, Gold

Bartlett High School

Dysmorphophobia, Luke Anderson, Photography, 12, Gold 

The House Behind Bars, Jorge Ayala, Photography, 12, Silver

Counting Tiles, Rebecca Bensman, Photography, 10, Gold 

Why Did I Come Here?/Synchronized Yet Unsteady, Elijah Bowers, Photography, 10, Silver

trapped, Harley Carter, Photography, 10, Silver

The sun will shine soon/The news I didn’t want to hear, Alexis Caruana, Photography, 12, Gold

punishment of the ghost, Thiago Escobar, Photography, 10, Gold 

The River Remembers, Allison Francis, Photography, 11, Gold 

Unsaid…/What was Left Behind…, Allison Francis, Photography, 11, Silver

Summer’s Roadtrip/Taking Over, Megan Garrett, Photography, 11, Silver

constructional hodgepodge, Troy Gilmore, Photography, 10, Gold

Only Half of the Picture, Mary Gray, Photography, 12, Gold 

Quietness of the Trees, Makayla Gray,Photography, 11, Silver

Frostbite, Mary Gray, Photography, 12, Silver

What You Don’t see, Mary Gray, Experimental Photography, 12, Silver

Limerence, Chloe Hartwell, Photography, 10, Gold

Band Name: One broken Heart, Aubrey Hersey, Photography, 11, Silver

Cigar/ Night Swim/ Elevated/ Rooftop Slouch, Nylah Hill, Photography, 11, Gold

stuck in the system, stuck in the system, stuck in the system, Nylah Hill, Experimental Photography, 11, Gold, American Visions Nominee 

Cladestine, Cooper James, Painting, 11, Gold

Avaia, Cooper James, Painting, 11, Silver

Se Concentrer, Hayveen Jones, Photography, 12, Gold 

Sonder Stroll/Lonely Traveler, Kameron Jordan, Photography, 12, Gold

Drenched Reflections, Kameron Jordan, Photography, 12, Silver 

Where the lines overlap/ Lingering Touch, Juliana Little, Photography, 12, Silver

The Escape Above, Isabella Martin, Photography, 10, Gold 

The Scholar’s Soul-Eating Final, Ella Morgan, Mixed Media, 12, Gold 

Cast/Alone, But Not Lonely/Midnight Hangout, Austin Robbins, Photography, 12, Silver

Haunted, Delilah Ruiz, Photography, 11, Silver

Be the Light in the Darkness, Zachary Russell, Photography, 12, Gold 

My Needed Escape, Zachary Russell, Photography, 12, Silver

Down for the Summer, Brynner Salg, Photography, 10, Gold 

Chanel No. 5/Curtain Tease, Brynner Salg, Photography, 10, Silver

Puppy Puzzle, Brynner Salg, Experimental Photography, 10, Silver

Uncertainty/ Silent Transit, Kaede Salope, Photography, 11, Gold

Blurred Intentions/ Concrete Memory/Where Water Once Waited, Kaede Salopek, Photography, 11, Silver

Held Between Leaving and Staying,Sydney Sauls, Photography, 10, Gold 

Return/ Regrowth, Eli Sobczak, Photography, 11, Silver

A Dead Mans Delight, Joe  Stevens, Photography, 10, Gold

The Chairs Left Behind, Sydney Sauls, Photography, 10, Gold

Rainy Reflections, Eli Sobczak, Photography, 11, Gold 

Who Goes Here?/We Are Beetles/A Scarecrow Perspective, Bailey Sullivan, Photography, 12, Gold

Windows, Bailey Sullivan, Photography, 12, Silver

Looking down on childhood/This caller cannot be reached, MiAngel Temple, Photography, 10, Gold

Bandogs home, MiAngel Temple, Photography, 10, Silver

Disrupted Peace, Hayley Tey, Photography, 10, Silver 

The Key to Knowledge/A Lover’s History/God’s Firmament, River Walker, Photography, 11, Silver

Quiet Hour, Abigail Wheat, Photography, 11, Silver

No Place Like Home,Charlotte Whitfield, Experimental Photography, 11, Gold 

Dreams of chrome, Abigail Williams, Photography, 10, Silver

The Rider’s Perspective, Scarlett Woodhouse, Photography, 11, Gold 

Admission to Joy/Cancer is Just Not Fair, Scarlett Woodhouse, Photography, 11, Silver

There’s More to Life Than Checkups with the Psychiatrist, Lily Zent, Photography, 11, Gold – Photography Award

Morning Sunshine, Lily Zent, Drawing, 11, Gold

Bon Lin Middle School

RingPop/ Cyanotype, Carsyn Biggers, Experimental Photography, 8, Silver

Nikes, Chloe Boston, Photography, 8, Gold

fall into photography/the thing about love, Elizabeth Bray, Photography, 8, Gold

curls/cherry blossoms/stairwell/sunglare/monochrome, Amari Carruth, photography, 8, Gold

retro, Amari Carruth, Printmaking, 8, Silver

Photo 2/Photo 13, Winter Curlin, Experimental Photography, 8, Gold

Photo 7, Winter Curlin, Experimental Photography, 8, Silver 

Black and white days, Alaina Daly, Photography, 8, Silver 

Artists Choice 3, Joe Davidson, Photography, 8, Silver

Cyanotype Portrait/Artists Choice 5, Joe Davidson, Printmaking, 8, Silver 

photography 11,Calli Fuller, Photography, 8, Gold 

Sunset, Kailyn Segerson, Experimental Photography, 7, Gold 

Cyanotype portrait, Brielle Travers, Printmaking, 8, Silver