The Mississippi School of the Arts (MSA) congratulates junior and senior literary artists for receiving 99 total awards in the 2024 Regional Scholastic Writing Competition.
These talented young artists were recently recognized at an awards ceremony at the Eudora Welty House and Gardens in Jackson, Mississippi. MSA’s Literary program instructor is Dr. Nadia Alexis. Critical Essays were submitted by English/Literature students, taught by MSA English teacher, Tobie Lambert.
MSA Senior, Erin Erter from Yazoo City received seven Gold Keys, seven Silver Keys and four Honorable Mentions.
Students from all over Mississippi competed in the Mississippi Regional Competition. Categories included critical essay, dramatic script, flash fiction, humor, journalism, novel writing, personal essay and memoir, poetry, science fiction and fantasy, short story, and for seniors only, writing portfolio which is for a body of work.. The submissions are juried by artists in the field. Among the thousands of writings submitted, only a small percentage will go to the national level. Jurors look for works that exemplify the Awards’ core values: originality, technical skill, and the emergence of personal voice or vision. American Voices and Gold and Silver Key recipients will advance to the national competition.
MSA is an eleventh and twelfth grade visual and performing arts residential, public high school located in Brookhaven, MS. Students not only meet and exceed the traditional Mississippi high school curriculum, they receive special instruction in visual arts, vocal music, dance, writing/literary arts, filmmaking/media arts and theatre. MSA also has a “Collegiate Academy” program where qualified students can earn their high school diploma and an associate degree at the same time at no cost! In addition to MSA students winning awards for their work on the state, regional and national levels, the school consistently has one of the highest ACT averages in the state.
Students interested in MSA apply their sophomore year. MSA will be holding additional auditions for 10th graders interested in dance and theatre on June 4th.
MSA also offers a Summer Camp for rising 8th-10th graders with scholarships available.
For more information contact us at admissions@msabrookhaven.org, visit our website www.msabrookhaven.org or call 601-823-1300.
