Work by five Academy students has been honored by the 2024 NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing Contest.
Anagha Devarakoda ’26: First Class
Jasper Smith ’26: First Class
August Steele ’25: First Class
Alexis Limary ’26: Superior
Addie Nayback ’25: Merit
The NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing is a school-based writing program established in 1957 to encourage high school students to write and to recognize some of the best student writers in the nation. National judges evaluated each piece of writing for expression of ideas, language use, and unique perspective and voice.
For the 2024 competition, students were asked to convey their ideas through a format that best represents them (e.g., a traditional essay, personal narrative, photo or graphic essay, spoken word poem, video essay, etc.). They submitted work based on this prompt:
Reflect on the many facets of your identity. Compose a personal piece that defines who you are and how you show it.
This year, schools nominated 633 students to participate in the Achievement Awards in Writing Program. From the United States, students were nominated from 44 states, as well as Guam and Washington, D.C. Internationally, teachers nominated students from Canada, Greece, Jordan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.
