Undated - Two Negaunee High School students have been announced as winners of the 2026 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. The awards were given out Wednesday at Carnegie Hall in New York. Miles Spaulding won the American Visions Award in art for his painting, “Photographic Memory,” and Reese Collins won an American Voices Award for her poem, “The Blooming of Difficult Times.” They had advanced from a regional competition sponsored by the U.P. affiliate of the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers. The Alliance is a partnership between the Northern Shores Storywork Writing Project at Northern Michigan University and NMU's DeVos Art Museum.
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards are the nation's longest-running and most prestigious recognition program for creative teens in grades 7–12.
For more information about the Alliance, visit artandwriting,org
