2015 SCSPA Fall Conference Awards
Literary magazine and yearbook awards
Former SCSPA director Karen Flowers presents AJ Chambers, Summerville HS broadcast adviser, with the 2015 Bruce E. Konkle Rising Star Award.
October 22, 2015
2015 Bruce E. Konkle Rising Star
A.J. Chambers, Wave TV, Summerville HS
Best in State Literary Magazine
Impulse, South Pointe HS
Best in State Yearbook
The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
Most Improved Literary Magazine
Revelations, Dutch Fork HS
Most Improved Yearbook
The Equestrian, South Pointe HS
Literary Magazine Evaluations
Class 1
- Superior – Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
- Superior – Inscape, St. Joseph’s Catholic School
- Superior – Calliope, South Aiken HS
- All-State – Impulse, South Pointe HS
Class 1 Palmetto Award: Impulse, South Pointe HS
Class 2
- Superior – Revelations, Dutch Fork HS
- Superior – The Final Draft, James Island Charter HS
- Superior – Voices, Nation Ford HS
- Superior – Outlet, Wando HS
- All-State – Visions, Northwestern HS
Class 2 Palmetto Award: Visions, Northwestern HS
Yearbook Evaluations
Class 1
- Honor – Excalibur, Camden Military Academy
- Honor – Clintonian, Clinton HS
- Superior – The Compass, Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach
- Superior – Wolverine, East Clarendon HS
- Superior – The Devilier, Liberty HS
- Superior – Prowl, Stover MS
- All-State – Cougar Pride, Pleasant Hill MS
- All-State – Swansean, Swansea HS
Class 1 Palmetto Award: Cougar Pride, Pleasant Hill MS
Class 2
- Honor – Panorama, Chapman HS
- Honor – The Equestrian, South Pointe HS
- Honor – The Traveler, Travelers Rest HS
- Superior – Saga, Spartanburg HS
- All-State – Gilbertine, Gilbert HS
- All-State – Rambler, Lancaster HS
Class 2 Palmetto Award: Rambler, Lancaster HS
Class 3
- Honor – The Aquila, Airport HS
- Superior – Aurea Aquila, Eastside HS
- Superior – The Iliad, James Island Charter HS
- Superior – Borealis, Westwood HS
- All-State – The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
Class 3 Palmetto Award: The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
Class 4
- Honor – The Ford, Nation Ford HS
- Superior – Souvenirs, James F. Byrnes HS
- Superior – Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS
- Superior – Sakamow, Riverside HS
- Superior – Ursa Major, South Florence HS
- All-State – Talismann, J.L. Mann HS
Class 4 Palmetto Award: Talismann, J.L. Mann HS
Class 5
- Superior – Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS
- Superior – Reflections, Mauldin HS
- Superior – Legend, Wando HS
- All-State – Legacy, Dutch Fork HS
Class 5 Palmetto Award: Legacy, Dutch Fork HS
2015 Fall Photography Contest
Theme: Details
1st – Alanna O’Brien, Nation Ford HS
2nd – Imani Belton, Mauldin HS
3rd – Carson Tucker, Summerville HS
Literary Magazine Individual Competition
Art
- 1st – Natalie Hansen, Visions, Northwestern HS
- 2nd – Rebecca Piotrowski, Impulse, South Pointe HS
- 3rd – Aaron Volpe, Calliope, South Aiken HS
Article (nonfiction)
- 1st – Jonathan Tuer, Voices, Nation Ford HS
- 2nd – Justin Norwood, Impulse, South Pointe HS
- 3rd – Claire Lewis, Calliope, South Aiken HS
Cover
- 1st – Carina Leaman & Caroline Burdett, Revelations, Dutch Fork HS
- 2nd – Laura Breitkreutz & Taylor Foxx, Visions, Northwestern HS
- 3rd – Hannah Bucciarelli, Voices, Nation Ford HS
Photograph
- 1st – Riley McCardell, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
- 2nd – Sarah Przywara, Calliope, South Aiken HS
- 3rd – Haley Suskin, Visions, Northwestern HS
Poem
- 1st – Ellie Pobis, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
- 2nd – Alexis Riggins, Calliope, South Aiken HS
- 3rd – Petra Hurley, Voices, Nation Ford HS
Review
- 1st – Helen Coats, Visions, Northwestern HS
- 2nd – Hannah Bucciarelli, Voices, Nation Ford HS
- 3rd – Monica Ramsey, Impulse, South Pointe HS
Short Story
- 1st – Katie Leland, Visions, Northwestern HS
- 2nd – Kyra Pearson, Impulse, South Pointe HS
- 3rd – Justin McGuirl, Voices, Nation Ford HS
Spread Design
- 1st – Brittany Boone, Revelations, Dutch Fork HS
- 2nd – Claire Lewis, Calliope, South Aiken HS
- 3rd – Petra Hurley, Voices, Nation Ford HS
Yearbook Individual Competition
Candid Photography
- 1st – Karina Zavala, Gilbertine, Gilbert HS
- 2nd – Bailey McCardell, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
- 3rd – Sophie Winnick, Legend, Wando HS
Cover
- 1st – Grace Forker & Adrina Patterson, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
- 2nd – Carey Turner & Blakely Holcombe, Talismann, J.L. Mann HS
- 3rd – JoLyn Copeland, Christa Davis, Briana Odom & Katelyn Poole, Swansean, Swansea HS
Feature Copy
- 1st – Taylor Scott, Legend, Wando HS
- 2nd – Kristina Grant & Chandni Amin, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
- 3rd – Sophia Marullo, Talismann, J.L. Mann HS
Feature Photo
- 1st – Terri Washington, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
- 2nd – Savannah Robinson, Souvenirs, James F. Byrnes HS
- 3rd – Lyla Zimmerman, Legend, Wando HS
Sports Photo
- 1st – Blakely Holcombe, Talismann, J.L. Mann HS
- 2nd – Lawson Estridge, Cougar Pride, Pleasant Hill MS
- 3rd – Sophie Winnick, Legend, Wando HS
Spread Design
- 1st – Yeji Bang, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
- 2nd – Daria Schwab, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS
- 3rd – Jennifer Quindlen, Legacy, Dutch Fork HS
Theme Development
- 1st – Talismann staff, J.L. Mann HS
- 2nd – The Archive staff, Richland Northeast HS
- 3rd – Gilbertine staff, Gilbert HS