At 17, Andrew was awarded a Letter of Commendation from the Second Annual American Song Festival for music and lyrics. A new piece titled "A Town Called Home" (music: Julliard’s Dr. Kendall Briggs, lyrics: Andrew Sarewitz) was performed at Grace Church, Newark, NJ, in concert benefitting Hedrick-Martin Institute in 2013. In addition to drafting more than 100 musical compositions, Andrew has written several short stories (links to published work at andrewsarewitz.com) as well as scripts for various media. Mr. Sarewitz is a recipient of 2021 City Artists Corp Grant for Writing. His play, Madame Andrèe, based upon the life of Nancy Wake, “The White Mouse”, garnered First Prize from Stage to Screen New Playwrights series in San Jose, CA, winning the honor of opening the festival with a multi-cultural cast and crew in August of 2019, as well as receiving an Honorable Mention from both the 2018 Writers Digest Competition, Play/Screenplay Division, and the 2018 New Works of Merit Contest (Loyola University, New Orleans). The script for his play Five Men, Four Beds advanced to the Second Round at the 2019 Austin Film Festival Competition and Andrew’s spec script for his sitcom, The White House is a Finalist in the 2019 Pitch Now Screenplay Competition. Mr. Sarewitz also has authored numerous historical and critical artist essays with a primary focus on twentieth century non-conformist art from the former Soviet Union.