The Washburn Rural High School Art Department is excited to announce 15 student award-winners from the 2026 Scholastic Art Competition in Wichita. This is the premier juried high school and middle school art exhibition in Kansas. More than 1,600 artworks were submitted across Eastern Kansas, with only 509 receiving honors.

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the nation's longest-running, most prestigious educational initiative supporting student achievement in the visual and literary arts. The Scholastic Awards look for work that demonstrates originality, technical skills and the emergence of personal voice or vision. The following WRHS students received recognition for their work:

GOLD KEYS:

• Audrey Gathers
• Anna-Eliza Pena
• Lee Stimpfle

SILVER KEYS:

• Greer Calaghan
• Macey Cathcart
• Olivia Cummings
• Katelyn Ebert
• Audrey Gathers
• Anna-Eliza Pena (2)
• Iliana Ramos
• Lee Stimpfle (4)

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

• Erika Bovel (2)
• Ember Brown
• Macey Cathcart
• Ayla Crowl
• Katelyn Ebert (3)
• Ava Kuhlman
• Winter Manrose
• Adin Moler
• Analeah Stewart
• Lee Stimpfle

The winning artwork can be viewed here.