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Upper school students win recognition for writing
Ransom Everglades upper school student-writers excelled in the 2026 Regional Scholastic Writing Awards, collecting four Gold Keys, 12 Silver Keys, and 14 Honorable Mentions, highlighting RE's literary talent in categories including poetry, fiction-writing and screenplays. Isla Dua '27, Victoria De Vera ’27, Patrick Keedy Brown ’26, and Michael Kong ’28 each earned multiple awards including prestigious Gold Key recognitions, putting them in the top seven percent of all regional entries and advancing in the national competition.
De Vera and Dua also earned Silver Keys as did Dylan Beyda '28, Maya Bhandari '28, Adriana Teresa Coello de Portugal Guerrero '29, Eva Cunningham '27, Olivia Karp '27 (two awards), Lily Merrick '29, Lily Poses '26, Eliana Schimmel '29 and Anne Wood-Leness '27. Dua, Keedy Brown and Kong also scored Honorable Mentions, joining six other RE students.
The results reflect RE's commitment to the humanities and showcase student mastery across many literary categories.
2026 Scholastic Writing Award Winners | ||
| Award Level | Student | Category |
| Gold Key | Victoria De Vera '27 | Poetry |
| Isla Dua '27 | Poetry | |
| Patrick Keedy Brown '26 | Poetry | |
| Michael Kong '28 | Short Story | |
| Silver Key | Dylan Beyda '28 | Critical Essay |
| Isla Dua '27 | Poetry | |
| Maya Bhandari '28 | Short Story | |
| Adriana Teresa Coello de Portugal Guerrero '29 | Short Story | |
| Eva Cunningham '27 | Screenplay & Script | |
| Victoria De Vera '27 | Critical Essay | |
| Olivia Karp '27 | Journalism (2 Awards) | |
| Lily Merrick '29 | Poetry | |
| Lily Poses '26 | Personal Essay & Memoir | |
| Eliana Schimmel '29 | Poetry | |
| Anne Wood-Leness '27 | Journalism | |
| Honorable Mention | Connor Alfonso '26 | Flash Fiction |
| Isla Dua '27 | Poetry | |
| Alejandra De Lorenzi '27 | Journalism | |
| Victoria De Vera '27 | Flash Fiction | |
| Gabrielle Heckler '27 | Journalism | |
| Olivia Karp '27 | Journalism | |
| Patrick Keedy Brown '26 | Poetry (5 Awards) | |
| Michael Kong '28 | Flash Fiction | |
| Nelson Manstein '26 | Poetry | |
| Chloe Steinberg '27 | Journalism | |
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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.
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