2016 SCSPA Fall Conference Awards
October 3, 2016
2016 Bruce E. Konkle Rising Star
Shawntell Pace, Tribe Talk, Wando HS
Best in State Literary Magazine
Voices, Nation Ford HS
Best in State Yearbook
Reflections, Mauldin HS
Most Improved Literary Magazine
Voices, Nation Ford HS
Most Improved Yearbook
Panorama, Chapman HS
Literary Magazine Evaluations
- Honor – The Final Draft, James Island Charter HS
- Honor – The Outlet, Wando HS
- Superior – The Shield, Dorman HS
- Superior – Revelations, Dutch Fork HS
- Superior – Visions, Northwestern HS
- Superior – Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
- Superior – Calliope, South Aiken HS
- Superior – Impulse, South Pointe HS
- Superior – First Circle, Spartanburg
- All-State – Voices, Nation Ford HS
Yearbook Evaluations
Class 1
- Merit – The Highlander, Heathwood Hall Episcopal
- Honor – Excalibur, Camden Military Academy
- Honor – The Compass, Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach
- Honor – Wolverine, East Clarendon HS
- Superior – Prowl, Stover MS
- All-State – Cougar Pride, Pleasant Hill MS
Class 1 Palmetto Award: Cougar Pride, Pleasant Hill MS
Class 2
- Honor – The Equestrian, South Pointe HS
- Superior – Clintonian, Clinton HS
- Superior – Gilbertine, Gilbert HS
- All-State – Panorama, Chapman HS
- All-State – Saga, Spartanburg HS
- All-State – Swansean, Swansea HS
- All-State – The Traveler, Traveler’s Rest HS
Class 2 Palmetto Award: Saga, Spartanburg HS
Class 3
- Honor – The Aquila, Airport HS
- Honor – Borealis, Westwood HS
- Superior – The Falcon, AC Flora HS
- Superior – Aurea Aquila, Eastside HS
- Superior – The Rambler, Lancaster HS
- Superior – The Iliad, James Island Charter HS
- Superior – The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
Class 3 Palmetto Award: The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
Class 4
- Honor – Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS
- Superior – Sakamow, Riverside HS
- Superior – Ursa Major, South Florence HS
- Superior – Talismann, J.L. Mann HS
- All-State – Legacy, Dutch Fork HS
- All-State – Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS
Class 4 Palmetto Award: Legacy, Dutch Fork HS
Class 5
- Honor – The Ford, Nation Ford HS
- Superior – The Tributary, River Bluff HS
- Superior – Souvenirs, James F. Byrnes HS
- Superior – Legend, Wando HS
- All-State – The Eagle, Clover HS
- All-State – Reflections, Mauldin HS
Class 5 Palmetto Award: Reflections, Mauldin HS
2016 Fall Photography Contest
Theme: Us in U.S.: Diversity and Diverse Voices in the United States

1st – Isabelle Burgin, South Pointe HS

2nd – Elizabeth Messier, West Florence HS

3rd – Leverette Williams, Richland Northeast HS
Literary Magazine Individual Competition
Best Art
- 1st – Hannah Rivers, Visions, Northwestern HS
- 2nd – Erin Johnson, Impulse, South Pointe HS
- 3rd – Madison Sojdak, Voices, Nation Ford HS
Best Article (nonfiction)
- 1st – Samantha McNeil, Voices, Nation Ford HS
- 2nd – Michael Kendree, Impulse, South Pointe HS
- 3rd – Zerrin Varnadore, Calliope, South Aiken HS
Best Cover
- 1st – Isabelle Burgin, Impulse, South Pointe HS
- 2nd – Lily Hear, Visions, Northwestern HS
- 3rd – Robert Brook, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
Best Photograph
- 1st – Yessica Naranjo, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
- 2nd – Alanna O’Brien, Voices, Nation Ford HS
- 3rd – Isabelle Burgin, Impulse, South Pointe HS
Best Poem
- 1st – Justin McGuirl, Voices, Nation Ford HS
- 2nd – Ellie Pobis, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
- 3rd – Briana Stansberry, Revelations, Dutch Fork HS
Best Review
- 1st – Gigi Strollo, Visions, Northwestern HS
- 2nd – Sydney Simpson, Calliope, South Aiken HS
- 3rd – Elle Gilleland, Impulse, South Pointe HS
Best Short Story
- 1st – Gracie Boyce, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
- 2nd – Sydny Long, Voices, Nation Ford HS
- 3rd – Camilla Moyer, Calliope, South Aiken HS
Best Spread Design
- 1st – Elle Pobis, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
- 2nd – Caroline Burdett, Revelations, Dutch Fork HS
- 3rd – Isabelle Burgin, Impulse, South Pointe HS
Yearbook Individual Competition
Best Candid Photo
- 1st – Tori Leigh, Legend, Wando HS
- 2nd – Hailey Jones, Swansean, Swansea HS
- 3rd – Katrina Gainey, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
Best Cover
- 1st – Callie Lamb & Taylor Scott, Legend, Wando HS
- 2nd – Yeti Bang, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
- 3rd – Alli Roberts & Gracie Fletcher, Reflections, Mauldin HS
Best Feature Copy
- 1st – Chandni Amin, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
- 2nd – Brooke Fletcher, The Legend, Wando HS
- 3rd – Allie Nicholson, Reflections, Mauldin HS
Best Feature Photo
- 1st – Sophie Winnick, Legend, Wando HS
- 2nd – Jordan Watkins, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
- 3rd – Boston Henderson, The Eagle, Clover HS
Best Sports Photo
- 1st – Jordan Watkins, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
- 2nd – Anna Perryman, Legend, Wando HS
- 3rd – Adasha Sease, Swansean, Swansea HS
Best Spread Design
- 1st – Des Armstrong, Legend, Wando HS
- 2nd – Allison Killinger, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
- 3rd – Rebeca Greenfield, Saga, Spartanburg HS
Best Theme Development
- 1st – Reflections, Mauldin HS
- 2nd – Saga, Spartanburg HS
- 3rd – Panorama, Chapman HS