Providence High School students won a total of 33 regional writing awards from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. They were honored at a ceremony at Spirit Square on February 8, 2020. The five Gold Key winners are currently competing in the national competition in New York City. Winners will be announced in March.

Charlotte Beck Senior
Silver Key—Journalism
Silver Key—Writing Portfolio
 
Maeve Beck Sophomore
Silver Key—Personal Essay & Memoir
 
Diya Bhatt Sophomore
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay & Memoir
Honorable Mention—Poetry
 
Kira Britt Sophomore
Honorable Mention—Poetry
 
Maggie Christopher Junior
Silver Key—Humor
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay & Memoir
 
Ellie Cotton Senior 
Honorable Mention—Writing Portfolio
 
Aiden Kaplan Junior
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay & Memoir
Honorable Mention—Flash Fiction
Honorable Mention--Poetry
 
Emma Kurtz Senior
Silver Key—Personal Essay & Memoir
Honorable Mention—Writing Portfolio
 
Elizabeth Park Sophomore
GOLD KEY—Critical Essay
Silver Key—Personal Essay & Memoir
Silver Key—Critical Essay
 
Riya Porwal Sophomore
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay & Memoir
 
Leah Powell Freshman
Honorable Mention—Short Story
 
Bhavana Veeravalli Senior
GOLD KEY--Journalism
Silver Key—Writing Portfolio
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay & Memoir
 
Celie Waddington Senior
Honorable Mention—Writing Portfolio
 
Emma Washburn Sophomore
GOLD KEY—Science Fiction & Fantasy
Silver Key—Science Fiction & Fantasy
Silver Key—Flash Fiction
Honorable Mention—Flash Fiction
 
Abigail Welch Senior 
GOLD KEY—Journalism
Silver Key-- Personal Essay & Memoir
Silver Key—Flash Fiction
Silver Key—Poetry
 
Lisa Zhang Sophomore
GOLD KEY—Journalism
Honorable Mention—Personal Essay & Memoir
 
 







 

Congratulations to Bhavana Veeravalli, Design Editor for Roars and Whispers. Bhavana won 5th place for her 2019 Design Portfolio submission to the National Scholastic Press Association. She was honored at an awards ceremony at the National Convention in November. Natalie Thulien, a PHS graduate, won an Honorable Mention for her spread design. 

​Congratulations to our three winners in the District Optimist Writing Contest. 
First Place: Diya Bhatt (junior)
Second Place: Julia Sands (junior)
Third Place: Ellie Cotton (senior)

Diya's essay moves on to regional competition. All three students will be honored at an awards ceremony on February 24th. 
Left to right: Ellie Cotton,  Diya Bhatt, Julia Sands

Students with a passion for creativity are encouraged to apply to be members of the staff of the 2020-2021 Roars & Whispers literary-arts Magazine. Roars & Whispers is a student publication at Providence that combines elements of creative writing and design with the creation of a magazine. This year-long, A-day/B-day class provides a creative outlet for students to express their voices and become part of a close-knit group of students. 

Applications are due January 10th. Applications and link to interview slots are below. ​

Literary Magazine State Awards
North Carolina Scholastic Media Association
June 2019
 
Overall Magazine Awards
• Tar Heel Award 
• Fifteenth year in a row
• All-North Carolina 
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Section Awards for Overall Magazine—State Rankings 
• Poetry 1st place
• Design and Layout 1st  place 
• Fiction 2nd place
• Nonfiction 2nd place
• Art 2nd place
• Cover 2nd place
• Theme Development 3rd place

Individual Awards for Work in Magazine* (State Winners)
• Abigail Welch Nonfiction Layout 1st place
• Natalie Thulien and Cayleigh Brown Nonfiction Layout 3rd place
• Ella Rasmussen and Caroline Palermo Nonfiction Layout Honorable Mention
• Charlotte Beck and Aiden Kaplan Nonfiction Layout Honorable Mention
• Natalie Thulien Poetry Layout 2nd place
• Bhavana Veeravalli and Maggie Christopher Poetry Layout Honorable Mention
• Abigail Welch Fiction Layout 3rd place

• Ellie Rasmussen Feature 1st place
• Gayatri Chopra Feature 2nd place

• Vasiliki Gkoulgkountina Poetry 1st place
• Natalie Thulien Poetry 3rd place
• Ella Rasmussen Poetry Honorable Mention

• Emma Washburn Fiction 3rd place

• Charlotte Beck Review 1st place

• Ethan Haight Personal Essay 2nd  place

• Polina Sladkova Individual Art Honorable Mention
• Daniella Ivanova Individual Art Honorable Mention
• Betsy Molina Photography Honorable Mention
• Lisa Zhang Photography Honorable Mention


The following students won awards for work completed June 17-20 in Chapel Hill at the NC Scholastic Media Association Summer Institute.

• Maggie Christopher
• Celie Waddington
• Ella Rasmussen
• Bhavana Veeravalli

Abigail Welch was elected President of the NC Scholastic Media Student Association. 

Time's running out to order your publication package. Right now you can get the PERSONALIZED yearbook and literary magazine for $85. Introductory offer ends September 22nd. After this date, $85 for yearbook only. Go to Jostens.com and search Providence High School.  

​Roars and Whispers Literary Magazine has been awarded its fifth Pacemaker Award from the National Scholastic Press Association. Honoring the nation’s best, the National Scholastic Press Association selected only eight winners from the finalists in its prestigious Pacemaker competition.
“The Pacemaker is the association’s preeminent award,” said Laura Widmer, executive director. “NSPA is honored to recognize the best of the best.” Pacemaker winners represent the top 10 percent of the entries. The magazines were published during the 2017-18 school year. Winners were announced at the national convention in Anaheim, CA on April 27, 2019. 

Congratulations to the five Literary Magazine students who were selected for the National Scholastic Press Association's 2019 Journalism Honor Roll. The achievement recognizes students for staying focused on their academic career, with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, as well as balancing the rigors of being active on our media staff for two or more years. 

A complete list of inductees will be printed in next year's Best of the High School Press and on the NSPA website. 

left to right:
Charlotte Beck, junior
Ellie Cotton, junior
Gayatri Chopra, senior
Abigail Welch, junior
Bhavana Veeravalli, junior (not pictured)

Columbia Scholastic Press Association has named Roars and Whispers a Gold Crown winner! 

The Crown Awards honor top student publications chosen from CSPA’s members.  Crowns are selected for overall excellence in a head-to-head comparison. Student publishing in news, magazine, yearbook or digital (online) formats are all-eligible.  During Crown consideration, publications are judged on their excellence as shown by their design, photography, concept, coverage and writing.
Only nine magazines in the country were awarded the Gold Crown. 
https://cspa.columbia.edu/recepient-lists/2019-awards-student-work-crown-awards-scholastic-recipients

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers, the nonprofit organization that presents the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards,has awarded Abigail Welch, a junior, with a National Silver Medal in Journalism.  Nearly 340,000 works of art and writing were submitted to the 2019 Scholastic Awards. Your student’s work was selected by some of the foremost leaders in the visual and literary arts for excellence in originality, technical skill, and the emergence of a personal voice or vision. Receiving a National Medal places Abigail in the top 1% of entries in the nation. 
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