Sarah Rooney earns award in national writing competition

Penn High School student Sarah Rooney has been named a Winner with Distinction in the YoungArts National Writing Competition.

Rooney is a second-year student on Penn’s Literary Magazine, Spectrum.

“Sarah is an amazing student,” Spectrum sponsor Caelea Armstrong said. “She is meticulous and detail-oriented.  Her work ethic is second-to-none.”

Winners are chosen for their caliber of artistic achievement by esteemed discipline-specific panels of artists through an adjudication process that includes multiple rounds of review.   

The winners in each category are awarded cash prizes between $250 and $10K, and Winners with Distinction are invited to participate in National YoungArts Week, January 5-12, in Miami, Fla.