2016 SCSPA Fall Conference Awards

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

The Black Lives Matter movement has provided a platform in which people of all races have unified and come together to stand up to injustice through a variety of mediums and ways of expression. What you see projected is a vastly incomplete list of those who have lost their lives to police brutality. The lives lost as a result of police brutality and the prejudice against African Americans that have caused the Black Lives Matter movement shouldn’t just be considered a problem for African Americans, but also for those who have power to change these prejudices because it is a national problem.

1st – Isabelle Burgin, South Pointe HS

Stronger Together — At a football pep rally, students from different backgrounds come together to represent their school and their team, showing how they are stronger together.

2nd – Elizabeth Messier, West Florence HS

Walking United — Participants walk united under the rainbow flag at the SC Pride parade. Their voices filled their air requesting unity and love.

3rd – Leverette Williams, Richland Northeast HS

Literary Magazine Individual Competition
Best Art

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1st – Hannah Rivers, Visions, Northwestern HS

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2nd – Erin Johnson, Impulse, South Pointe HS

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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

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1st – Isabelle Burgin, Impulse, South Pointe HS

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2nd – Lily Hear, Visions, Northwestern HS

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3rd – Robert Brook, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS

Best Photograph

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1st – Yessica Naranjo, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS

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2nd – Alanna O’Brien, Voices, Nation Ford HS

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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

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1st – Elle Pobis, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS

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2nd – Caroline Burdett, Revelations, Dutch Fork HS

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3rd – Isabelle Burgin, Impulse, South Pointe HS

Yearbook Individual Competition
Best Candid Photo

Science teacher Leah Rutkowski lights up the room during a chemistry lab.

1st – Tori Leigh, Legend, Wando HS

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2nd – Hailey Jones, Swansean, Swansea HS

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3rd – Katrina Gainey, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS

Best Cover

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1st – Callie Lamb & Taylor Scott, Legend, Wando HS

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2nd – Yeti Bang, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS

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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

Jarred Bohr, 11, takes math to the next level

1st – Sophie Winnick, Legend, Wando HS

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2nd – Jordan Watkins, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS

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3rd – Boston Henderson, The Eagle, Clover HS

Best Sports Photo

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1st – Jordan Watkins, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS

Sam Ross, 12, beats his opponent with a powerful dribbling move on the ball. "The team was ecstatic after we beat River Bluff in lower state," Ross said.

2nd – Anna Perryman, Legend, Wando HS

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3rd – Adasha Sease, Swansean, Swansea HS

Best Spread Design

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1st – Des Armstrong, Legend, Wando HS

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2nd – Allison Killinger, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS

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3rd – Rebeca Greenfield, Saga, Spartanburg HS

Best Theme Development

1st – Reflections, Mauldin HS
2nd – Saga, Spartanburg HS
3rd – Panorama, Chapman HS