2022 The Quill State Finals

Saturday, December 3 marked the 2022 State Finals of The Quill, the state writing competition for middle and high school students in North Carolina. The event was hosted by Smith Middle School of Chapel Hill and saw students responding to prompts in Argumentation, Problem/Solution, Narrative (middle school), Creative Writing (high school), Informative/Explanatory (middle school), and Literary Analysis (high school).

The following are our top ranked schools and individual winners in each event:

High school

1- The Early College at Guilford

2- Thomas Jefferson Classical

3- Ardrey Kell

4- Chapel Hill

5- Atkins

6 - Mount Airy

7 - Seaforth

8 - South Lenoir

9 - Falls Lake Academy

10 - Forsyth Country Day

• Argumentation State Champion: Jennie Connor of Thomas Jefferson Classical

  
  

• Creative Writing State Champion: Ryan Johnson of The Early College at Guilford

  
  

• Literary Analysis State Champion: Abby Mocharnuk of The Early College at Guilford

  
  

• Problem/Solution State Champion: Julia Kincaid of Forsyth Country Day

Middle School

1- Millennium Charter Academy

2- Smith

3 - JM Robinson

4 - Brown Summit

5 - MB Pollard

6 - GM Horton

7 - Woodington

8 - Falls Lake Academy

9 - Brawley

10 - Asheville

• Argumentation State Champion: Anya Menta of The Brawley School

  
  

• Narrative State Champion: Elissa Huettel of Smith MS

  
  

• Informative/Explanatory State Champion: Paisley Chilton of Millennium Charter Academy

  
  

• Problem/Solution State Champion: Qizheng Lei of Jay M Robinson MS