Reflections
2024-2025 Reflections Arts Contest
Calling all artists, film makers, writers, musicians, dancers, photographers!
AFHS PTSA invites you to enter this year's Reflections Arts Contest, being inspired by the theme of
*ACCEPTING IMPERFECTION*
The school deadline for submitting entries is October 20th, 2024. There will be prizes for school winners, and the highest scoring entry* from each category will be put forward for the next round of judging at Wake County level, with the chance to move forward to State and National judging!
Please review the submission guidelines for your category thoroughly. Once you're ready, you can submit your entries using the Entry Form button located near the bottom of the page.
*2d and visual 3d art will be judged as separate categories at school level. Wake County counts 2d and 3d visual art as one category. The student with the highest score in either 2D or 3D visual arts will advance to the Wake County judging.
Information can be found on the afhsptsa.org Reflections page and any questions can be answered by emailing the Reflections chair Michaela Tosh at reflections@afhsptsa.org.
All entries need to be submitted digitally by October 20th.
Submission Guidelines
Submission Tips & Judging Criteria
local-leaders-guide-judging.pdfPast Winners
2023-2024 AFHS
Photography
Cathy Wang
Music
1st: Gretta Hayden
2nd: Alena Kamholz
Literature
1st: Vea Primak
2nd: Madeline Powers
3rd: Gianna Joslin
Honorable Mention: Nishita Krishnaswamy Jayakumar
Visual Art 2D
1st: Gordon Wilson
2nd: Anna Hammond
Visual Art 3D
1st: Lily Strout
2nd: Giada Copersito
3rd: Addison Kenne
Honorable Mention: Rey Baran
2023-2024 Wake County
Photography
2nd: Cathy Wang (12th), "Upward Bound"
Music
Honorable Mention: Gretta Hayden (11th), "Mallory"
Honorable Mention: Alena Kamholz (12th), "Hopeful"
Literature
Honorable Mention: Vea Primak (10th), "An Angel Discusses The Matter of Armageddon at a 7/11"
2020-2021 AFHS
Music Composition
1st Place: Zachary Chase Bonin
Dance
1st Place: Maximiliano Fernandez Escalona
Visual Arts
1st Place: Kailyn Becker
2nd Place: Jeraldine McGhee
3rd Place: Madison Stovall
Honorable Mention: Stephanie Morgan
Honorable Mention: Lila Harsbburger
Honorable Mention: Amishi Goel
Honorable Mention: Aurea Michael
Honorable Mention: Meredith Purdy
Literature
1st Place (tied): Genevieve Matlovsky
1st Place (tied): Zion Abebe
Photography
1st Place: Devin Sehgal
2020-2021 Wake County
Music Composition
1st Place: Zachary Chase Bonin, "Symbiosis"
Dance
Honorable Mention: Maximiliano Fernandez Escalona, "Golden"
2D Visual Arts
1st Place: Lila (Ellis) Harshbarger, "We are Human"
3D Visual Arts
1st Place: Jeraldine McGhee, "Lapis Lazuli Moon"
2nd Place: Madison Stovall, "Stand In Your Love"
3rd Place: Stephanie Morgan, "I’ll Support You"
2019-2020 AFHS
Music Composition
1st: Zachary Chase Bonin (11th), "Sonder"
Visual Arts 2D
1st: Olivia Allen (12th), "One Man’s Trash"
2nd: Amishi Goel (10th), "Perspectives of Life"
3rd: Aurea Michael (9th), "I See With a Heart"
Honorable Mention: Apprecia Lassiter (10th), "the emotions inside"
Honorable Mention: Kailyn Becker (9th), "You Know My Name, Not My Story"
Visual Arts 3D
1st: Jaden Slattery (12th), "Internal Beat"
2nd: Emma Markusen (10th), "Judgment"
3rd: Olivia Rudd (10th), "A Beautiful Mind"
Honorable Mention: Anna Durnin (12th), "Open-Minded"
Honorable Mention: Sydney Nguyen (12th), "Persona"
Literature
1st: Michele Jennings (12th), "Soul of Shards"
2nd:Serkute Abebe (11th), "We the People"
3rd: Jackson Haycraft (9th), "Within the Mind"
Photography
1st: Devin Sehgal (10th), "The backyard we should all have"
2nd: Cole Swain (11th), "Realization of a Dragonfly"
2019-2020 Wake County
Music Composition
1st: Zachary Chase Bonin, "Sonder"
2D Visual Arts
3rd: Amishi Goel (10th), "Perspectives of Life"
3D Visual Arts
1st: Jaden Slattery (12th), "Internal Beat"
2nd: Sydney Nguyen (12th), "Persona"
Honorable Mention: Olivia Rudd (10th), "A Beautiful Mind"