Eleanor Avett '27 Secures Designation for 2025 NCTE Achievement Award in Writing

Cannon School is proud to announce that Eleanor Avett '27 has been selected for a 2025 Achievement Award in Writing, given by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). 

The NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing is a school-based writing program established in 1957 to encourage high school students to write and to recognize some of the best student writers in the nation. Only students who are juniors may participate. Schools in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, US territories, Canada, and American schools abroad are eligible to nominate students for the writing program. 

This year, schools nominated 680 students. From the United States, students were nominated from 41 states and Washington, D.C. Internationally, teachers nominated students from China, Guatemala, Jordan, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Taiwan, and Thailand. Two to three independent judges evaluated each submission holistically on content, purpose, audience, tone, word choice, organization, development, and style. 

“Eleanor’s writing reflects not only exceptional creativity, but also a rare depth of thought and voice well beyond her years,” said Upper School English teacher Annalee Taylor, who nominated and submitted Eleanor’s original work We Are in the contest. “Her ability to illustrate emotion, passion, and purpose through language makes her richly deserving of this national recognition. We’re incredibly proud of her achievement.” 

For more information about the NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing, including past winners, see http://www.ncte.org/awards/achievement-awards-in-writing/. 

The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) is the nation’s most comprehensive literacy organization, supporting more than 25,000 teachers across the preK–college spectrum. Through the expertise of its members, NCTE has served at the forefront of every major improvement in the teaching and learning of English and the and the language arts since 1911.