Six students at Sequoyah High School were selected as winners in regional art and creative writing awards at the National Scholastic Art and Writing Awards Competition. Students in grades 7-12 compete in 28 categories for a chance to earn scholarships and to be published. Judges look for art and writing with originality, technical skills, and the emergence of personal voice or vision. Sequoyah students winning at the competition were: Caitlyn Shirley, Honorable Mention, Poetry; Ashley Hendel, Silver Key, Flash Fiction; Lilian Brown, Silver Key, Short Story, and Silver Key, Flash Poetry; Journey Newton, Gold Key-Art, the highest recognition awarded at the state level and qualifying her for national competition; Kyle Renner, Silver Key, Poetry, and Honorable Mention, Science Fiction/Fantasy; and Ansley Petherick, Honorable Mention, Art. In addition, Journey Newtons ceramic piece, Octopus Vessel, will be entered into competition at the national level in New York.