Connecting with a goat, a strange pond creature, a juvenile perspective and beauty in the eye of the beholder all earned Vineyard students Gold Key awards in the Scholastic Art competition.

Students from the Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School have received 42 nominations in the 2021 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards.

A total of 24 students from Martha’s Vineyard earned recognition for their work in this year’s Boston Globe Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, an annual statewide competition.

Martha’s Vineyard Regional High School sophomore Davin Tackabury of West Tisbury won a gold medal at the National Scholastic Art Awards for his photograph, Coexist.