I have been training Olivia Lee on poetry since autumn 2025, and she just informed me that she won three Gold awards for all three submitted poems at the Regional level for Scholastic 2026. (Last year, one of her Regional Golds went on to win National Silver in the short story category!) Congratulations to Olivia and her family.
I am on a formal hiatus from tutoring in favor of working on a film project; Olivia returned to me to work on creative writing in the fall. If other previous serious writing-track students need help, they should feel free to contact me.