Congratulations to Smith Middle School of Chapel Hill (pictured above) and Seaforth High School, our 2023 The Quill State Champions!

Saturday, December 3 marked the fourteenth annual State Finals of The Quill, the state writing competition for middle and high school students in North Carolina.  The event was hosted by Atkins High School of Winston-Salem and saw students responding to prompts in Argumentation, Problem/Solution, Narrative (middle school), Creative Writing (high school), Informative/Explanatory (middle school), and Literary Analysis (high school).  

 The following are our top ranked schools and individual winners in each event:

 High school

1- Seaforth

2- Northwest Guilford

3- Discovery

4- Chapel Hill

5- Atkins

6 - Cuthbertson

7 - Ardrey Kell

8 - Thomas Jefferson Classical

9 - South Lenoir

10 - North Lenoir

Argumentation State Champion: Jackie Fan of Ardrey Kell HS

Creative Writing State Champion: Abby Zwahlen of Seaforth HS

Literary Analysis State Champion: Christina Li of Chapel Hill HS

Problem/Solution State Champion: Noah Wardy of Ardrey Kell HS

Middle School

1- Smith

2 - JM Robinson

3 - Asheville

4 - MB Pollard

5 - Brown Summit

6 - GM Horton

7 - Hanes Magnet

8 - Kernodle

9 - Millennium Charter

10 - EB Frink

Argumentation State Champion: Lucy Lu of Smith MS

Narrative State Champion: Zaria Archaga-Gangopadhyay of Smith MS

Informative/Explanatory State Champion: Aubrey Shields of MB Pollard MS

Problem/Solution State Champion: Qizheng Lei of Jay M Robinson MS (repeat state champion)