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Student-Author Receives Second Consecutive YoungArts Award
Senior Owen Dudney was recently recognized as a YoungArts National Competition Winner in the Writing/Novel category for the second year in a row!
With this accolade, Dudney joins the ranks of the most accomplished young visual, literary and performing artists in the country, each selected for their caliber of artistic achievement by esteemed discipline-specific panels of artists through a rigorous blind adjudication process. Former YoungArts award winners include Daniel Arsham, Terence Blanchard, Camille A. Brown, Timothée Chalamet, Viola Davis, Amanda Gorman, Judith Hill, Jennifer Koh, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Andrew Rannells, Desmond Richardson and Hunter Schafer.
YoungArts award winners gain access to one of the most comprehensive programs for artists in the United States, in which they will have opportunities for financial, creative and professional development support throughout their entire careers. A complete list of the 2022 winners is available online.
Dudney is looking forward to further developing his manuscript with English teacher Michael Mahany as part of his Independent Study in the second semester.
Francis W. Parker School educates students to think and act with empathy, courage and clarity as responsible citizens and leaders in a diverse democratic society and global community.