In the 2017-18 & 2016-17 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, my students were honored with:

• 11 Gold Keys
• 18 Silver Keys
• 11 Honorable Mentions

Other awards my students have received include:

• YoungArts winner in Short Fiction
• First Place in the Ventura, California Art Tales Contest
• Third Place in the Ventura, California Art Tales Contest
• Honorable Mention, Torrance International Creativity Awards
• Honorable Mention in the national Princeton University High School Poetry Contest
• National Finalist in the American High School Poets Just Poetry Competition
• Third Place in the national Creative Minds Fiction Contest sponsored by the John Hopkins Center for Talented Youth
• Honor Roll in Stone Soup Magazine
• Finalist in the Letters About Literature statewide essay contest
• First Place, Palo Alto City Library Writing Contest for Kids & Teens

Student Publications & Productions:

• A Collection of Poems & Down the Road by E.K. Baer (read my interview with E.K.)
• A is for Albatross: Birds A to Z by Rosalie Chiang (read my interview with Rosalie)
• Sock Drawer & Escape Reality by Marina Baker (read my interview with Marina)
• “The Clock of Emotion” by E.K. Baer in Stone Soup Magazine (forthcoming)
• “The Battle of the Ninja” by Ryan Wu in KaPow! Literary Journal/Flashbang
• “Epic Fail Compilation” by Ryan Wu in Imperfect, a poetry anthology for middle schoolers about making mistakes 
• “Outer Space” by Eva Liu in Riddled With Arrows
• “Eyes of Eclipses” by Macy Li, performed in the Sun/Moon Stories at The Varsity Center by Carbondale Stage Company

Students have also been admitted to prestigious summer programs including:

• The Iowa Young Writer’s Studio
• The Kenyon Review Young Writers Workshop
• The Juniper Institute for Young Writers at UMass Amherst
• Columbia University Programs for High School Students (Creative Writing Workshop)