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Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Honorable Mention for Painting "Human-Adjacent" 2023
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Silver Key for Painting "Room, Room" 2023
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Honorable Mention for Critical Writing "Batman Should've Been Gayer: The 1954 Comic Codes and Their Impact on the LGBT Community" 2023
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Honorable Mention for Short Story "Gorges, Nevada" 2023
Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, Honorable Mention for Poetry "Headlands Ghosts" 2023
The Walt Disney Family Museum “Spirit of the Season” Exhibit (chosen for juried exhibition that will run at museum), “Solstice Flora” (Animation), Opens November 2022.
The Drawing Room “The High School Art Show.” Paintings (acrylic on canvas, acrylic on wood): Before, Rot, Memory. https://drawingroomsf.com/collections/high-school-not-for-sale/products/dylan-gibson?view=test Opened July 2022
Photograph, “Donut Shop, Marin, CA,” in TimeOut magazine article, “The Best Creepy Liminal Images in the US,” by Erika Mailman, published May 2, 2022. Mailman writes, “The cooler case glows with an Edward Hopper-like light in this image of a donut shop in a mall at 10:30 at night. The display cases are bereft of donuts and the customers are long gone. The glow from various signage keeps your gaze anxiously moving from neon sign to several reflected signs in otherwise invisible glass. The awry seating and crooked tables against the strict checkerboard of the patterned floor give a vague sense of dissonance, as do the repeated ‘cash only’ signs. Gibson is a high school student with a very sophisticated eye to capture this photo.”
Flash Fiction, “Murmurations,” forthcoming in Small, Bright Things: 100-Word Stories in the ELA Classroom, by Kim Culbertson (Heinmann, Fall 2023).
Winner, San Francisco Writers Conference Student Scholarship. Attended San Francisco Writers Conference, July 21-24, 2022.
https://www.sfwriters.org/scholarships/
Runner-Up in Young Adult/Children’s Book category for the San Francisco Writers Conference Writing Contest—“Gorges, Nevada.” Placed 2nd in category of contest against a field of adult writers.
https://www.sfwriters.org/writing-contest-winners-finalists-2021/
Finalist in Poetry category for the San Francisco Writers Conference Writing Contest—“Headland Ghosts.” Placed in top 10 for entire category of contest against a field of adult writers.
https://www.sfwriters.org/writing-contest-winners-finalists-2021/
San Francisco Writers Conference 2021 Writing Contest Anthology (E.A. Provost, ed., New Alexandria Creative Group, 2021). Published anthology included an excerpt from “Gorges, Nevada” as well as the poem “Headland Ghosts.”
Marin County Online Fair Best of Show Award for Writing (All Categories for Under 18), “Where I’m From” (poem), July 2021.
Marin County Online Fair 1st Place Award for Photography, “Aquarium Eyed,” July 2021.
Marin County Online Fair Special Award for Digital Art, “Foggy Morning,” July 2021.
The Walt Disney Family Museum “Conserving the Magic of Our Planet” Virtual Exhibit (chosen for juried exhibition), “Wild Dog” (Drawing), April 2021
https://www.waltdisney.org/magic-planet/start
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Honorable Mention for Writing, “Where I’m From” (poem), January 2021
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Honorable Mention for Writing, “Passerine Wings” (short story), January 2021
Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, Honorable Mention for Art, “Mink Tooth Number 3” (drawing), January 2021
The Walt Disney Family Museum “it’s a small world” Virtual Exhibit (chosen for juried exhibition), “A Map of My World” (Digital Art), December 2020
https://www.waltdisney.org/sw/start
Bay School Ghost Story Contest, 2nd Place, “Passerine Wings,” October 2020
Marin County Fair Best of Show, Junior Videos (13-15 years), “Winter Wolves,” July 2019
Marin County Fair Best of Class, Haiku (13-15 years), “She Buries Her Beak,” July 2019
Marin County Fair Best of Show, Produce Art (13-15 years), “Dragon Nest,” July 2019
Marin County Fair Best of Class, Short Story (13-15 years), “Messenger,” July 2019
Marin County Fair Special Award: Most Creative Entry (Junior), “Lanterns from Outer Space” (sculpture), July 2019
Marin County Fair Special Award: Creative Use of Mixed Media (Junior), “Old Dixie Schoolhouse” (sculpture), July 2019
Marin County Youth Poster Contest, Finalist, “Everyone Deserves a Home,” June 2019
https://www.youthpostercontest.org/2019-12-14-age-group.html
Marin County Youth Poster Contest, Honorable Mention, “Love is Every Color,” June 2018. My poster was also reprinted as the cover of the September/October 2018 issue of FastForward magazine.
https://www.youthpostercontest.org/2018-12-14-age-group.html
The Walt Disney Family Museum Teen Animation Festival International Official Festival Selection, Short Animated 2D Film (Juried Exhibition), “The Light in the Fog,” May 2018