Best in State Literary Magazine

Voices, Nation Ford HS

Best in State Yearbook

Reflections, Mauldin HS

Most Improved Yearbook

Aeneid, Northwestern HS

Literary Magazine Evaluations

• Honor – The Final Draft, James Island Charter HS
• Honor  – Meraki, RB Stall HS
• Superior – Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS
• Superior – The Ville, Powdersville HS
• Superior – Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
• Superior – Impulse, South Pointe HS
• All-State – Voices, Nation Ford HS

Yearbook Evaluations

Class 1

• Honor  – Excalibur, Camden Military Academy
• Honor – Wrenicycle, Wren HS
• Superior – Gold & Black, Camden HS
• Superior – Gator Tales, Meadow Glen MS
• All-State – The Prowl, Stover MS

Palmetto Award – Class 1 – The Prowl, Stover MS

Class 2

• Honor – The Archive, RB Stall HS
• Superior – The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
• All-State – Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS
• All-State – Aeneid, Northwestern HS

Palmetto Award – Class 2 – Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS

Class 3

• Honor – Paragon, Sumter HS
• Superior – Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS
• Superior – The Tributary, River Bluff HS
• All-State – Reflections, Mauldin HS
• All-State – Legend, Wando HS

Palmetto Award – Class 3 – Reflections, Mauldin HS

Conference Competitions

Broadcast package

Prompt: How has your community come together or dealt with COVID-19?  You can focus on your school, organizations/businesses in your area or specific individuals.

• 1st place – Breize Brown & Ebony Christie, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• 2nd place – Paige Bell & Blake Woodard, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS
• 3rd place – Brennan Davis & Kirslyn Gunter, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

Newswriting

Prompt: Choice of topic

Topic 1: Virtual learning and quarantining during the COVID-19 pandemic have raised questions about the mental health effects of isolation. Write a news story about health initiatives– social, emotional and/or mental – being instituted within your school and community.

Topic 2: It’s an election year and people are voting early in SC. Write a news story about this year’s state and/or national election. Make sure it is a news story and does not feature opinion.

• 1st place – “Mental health crisis” by Alexander Winslow, Richland Northeast HS
• 2nd place – “Voting in an unprecedented time” by Brennan Ramsey, Elle Meyers, Hannah Niver & Garrett Rider, Chapin HS

Photo essay

Prompt: Capture your learning environment in 3 to 8 images. If your school has reopened, create a photo story of how your school is operating. This can include sports, support services and academics. If you are learning from home, document that experience (your workspace, people/animals who share your space, activities you do when not on your device).

• 1st place – Olivia Potter, Wando HS
• 2nd place – Olivia Estoppey, Wando HS
• 3rd place – Maham Khan, Richland Northeast HS

Social media package

Prompt: Make a presentation of your social media posts from 10/19 until 10/24. Explain the intent behind the post (what you wanted to achieve with the post) and how many impressions and any responses you received from the post.

• 1st place – Ella Hart & Molly Kellum, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS

Yearbook package

Prompt: Create a two-page spread based on one of the following topics:

Topic 1: Everyone wears a mask now. Find out the story behind the mask – is there a specific reason someone wears this mask, who makes the mask, where do the funds for the masks go, how are the masks made? There are so many directions to go!

Topic 2: Activities at school continue even during virtual learning. What are some activities/clubs/sports that maintain a regular schedule and how do they soldier on during the pandemic? What adjustments have they made and how is it affecting normal procedures?

• 1st place – Ryle Bogden, Ethan Young, Ella-Drew Dodd, Emma Chadwick & Mae Oullette, Legend, Wando HS
• 2nd place – Lillian Altschul and Kenya Session, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS

Literary Magazine Individual Competition

Best Art (digital)

• 1st – Madeline Finley, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS

• 2nd – Gina Cooley, The Ville, Powdersville HS

• 3rd – Aubri Kurtz, Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS

Best Art (sketch)

• 1st – Abigail Heeney, Voices, Nation Ford HS

• 2nd – Valancy Harrison, The Ville, Powdersville HS

• 3rd – Eleanor Nipe, Impulse, South Pointe HS

Best Cover

• 1st – Dasani Jackson & Alaysia McClary, Impulse, South Pointe HS

• 2nd – Amelia Moscowitz, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS

• 3rd – Alexandra Cardona & Khonnie Kounbandith, Voices, Nation Ford HS

Best Fiction

• 1st – Claude Hejl, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• 2nd – Taylor Gilliam, Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS
• 3rd –Nevada Lane, Impulse, South Pointe HS

Best Nonfiction

• 1st – Alexandra Cardona, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• 2nd – Alaysia McClary, Impulse, South Pointe HS
• 3rd – Amelia Moscowitz, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS

Best Photograph

• 1st – Michael Marciniak, Voices, Nation Ford HS

• 2nd – Madelyn Gilliam, Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS

• 3rd – David Middleton, The Ville, Powdersville HS

Best Poetry

• 1st – Margaret Roskinski, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• 2nd – Lyrical Gist, Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS
• 3rd – Tia McCoy, Impulse, South Pointe HS

Best Review

• 1st – Connor Bradenburg, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• 2nd – Danielle Parker, Impulse, South Pointe HS

Best Song Lyrics

• 1st – Anderson Scarborough, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS

Best Spread Design

• 1st – Alaysia McClary and Alex Atkins, Impulse, South Pointe HS

• 2nd – Amelia Moscowitz & Jay Price, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS

• 3rd – Alexandra Cardona, Voices, Nation Ford HS

Best Theme

• 1st – Alexandra Cardona, Khonnie Kounbandith & Anna Leach, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• 2nd – Amelia Moscowitz, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
• 3rd – Alaysia McClary, Impulse, South Pointe HS

Yearbook Individual Competition

Best Academics Spread

• 1st – Carlyn Garner, Legend, Wando HS

• 2nd – Jada Adkinson & Ishika Sharma, Reflections, Mauldin HS

• 3rd – Hannah Cook, Aeneid, Northwestern HS

Best Alternative Copy

• 1st – Gabi Reed & Kamryn Frontz, Legend, Wando HS

• 2nd – Jamiyah Jenkins, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS

• 3rd – Jada Adkinson & Ishika Sharma, Reflections, Mauldin HS

Best Clubs Spread 

• 1st – Abby Hricik, Legend, Wando HS

• 2nd– Jada Adkinson & Ishika Sharma, Reflections, Mauldin HS

• 3rd – Lillian Gibson & Hannah Cook, Aeneid, Northwestern HS

Best Cover 

• 1st – Sydney Evans & Kayla Alexander, Gold & Black, Camden HS

• 2nd – Jada Adkinson & Ishika Sharma, Reflections, Mauldin HS

• 3rd – Kelsey Turner, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS

Best Extended Caption 

• 1st – Samantha Shilhavy, Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS
• 2nd – Mary Boucher, Gold & Black, Camden HS
• 3rd – Catherine Robles, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS

Best Feature Copy 

• 1st – Lily Higgins, Legend, Wando HS
• 2nd – Christa Saadti, Reflections, Mauldin HS
• 3rd – Carolyne Shealy, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS

Best Feature Photography 

• 1st – Sarah Browne, Legend, Wando HS

• 2nd – Jay Price, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS

• 3rd – Izzy Jeffcoat, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS

Best Personality Profile 

• 1st – Merritt Redden, Legend, Wando HS
• 2nd – Lila Edmonds, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
• 3rd – Annabella Chesare, Reflections, Mauldin HS

Best Sports Action Photo

• 1st – Mackenzie McGaha, Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS

• 2nd – Emily Montgomery, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS

• 3rd – Joseph Grech, Legend, Wando HS

Best Sports Copy 

• 1st – Millie Rice, Legend, Wando HS
• 2nd – Tatyanna Himes, Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS
• 3rd – Liam Monaghan, Gold & Black, Camden HS

Best Sports Reaction Photography 

• 1st – Jay Price, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS

• 2nd – Joseph Grech, Legend, Wando HS

• 3rd – Emily Montgomery, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS

Best Sports Spread 

• 1st – Jada Adkinson & Ishika Sharma, Reflections, Mauldin HS

• 2nd – Harmon Kerrison, Legend, Wando HS

• 3rd – Hailey Mock & Liv Robertson, Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS

Best Student Life Spread 

• 1st – Jada Adkinson & Ishika Sharma, Reflections, Mauldin HS

• 2nd – Nathan Fasnaro & Olivia Potter, Legend, Wando HS

• 3rd – Macy Petty, Aeneid, Northwestern HS

Best Theme 

• 1st – Reflections staff, Mauldin HS
• 2nd – Legare Kerrison, Erin O’Leary and Merritt Redden, Legend, Wando HS
• 3rd – Brooke Beatty, Cecelia Sundell, Kelsey Turner & Hannah Webster, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS