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Teen Wins Prestigious Writing Award That Stephen King, Capote & Other Famous Writers Won

Teen Wins Prestigious Writing Award That Stephen King, Capote & Other Famous Writers Won
Malachi Jones (Charleston County School of the Arts Middle & High School)

By Robin White Goode

Malachi Jones, the 17-year-old wunderkind who is heading to Columbia University this fall, has been awarded a Gold Medal Portfolio, the highest honor of the 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards presented by the nonprofit Alliance for Young Artists & Writers.

The high school senior, who attends the Charleston County School of the Arts in Charleston, South Carolina, says he greeted the news, which he received by phone, with a “loud silence.”

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