Best in State Literary Magazine

Voices, Nation Ford HS

Best in State Yearbook

Legend, Wando HS

2021 Bruce E. Konkle Rising Star – Candace Cannon, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS

Literary Magazine Evaluations

• Honor – Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
• Superior – Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS
• Superior – Visions, Northwestern HS
• Superior – The Ville, Powdersville HS
• All-State – Voices, Nation Ford HS

Yearbook Evaluations

Class 1

• Merit  – Excalibur, Camden Military Academy
• Merit – Gator Tales, Meadow Glen MS
• Superior – The Prowl, Stover MS
• All-State – Connected, Dr. Phinnize Fisher MS

Palmetto Award – Class 1 – Connected, Dr. Phinnize Fisher MS

Class 2

• Merit – The Chief, Socastee HS
• Honor – The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
• Superior – Venom, Catawba Ridge HS
• All-State – Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS

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

Class 3

• Merit – The Archive, RB Stall HS
• Superior – Aeneid, Northwestern HS
• All-State – Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS
• All-State – The Tributary, River Bluff HS

Palmetto Award – Class 3 – Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS

Class 4

• Honor – Paragon, Sumter HS
• All-State – Reflections, Mauldin HS
• All-State – Legend, Wando HS

Palmetto Award – Class 4 – Legend, Wando HS

Literary Magazine Individual Competition

Best Art (digital)

• 1st – Sophia Oleynik, Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS

• 2nd – Nellie Cohetero, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS

• 3rd – Genavieve Goss, The Ville, Powdersville HS

Best Art (sketch)

• 1st – Syriah Alcide, Visions, Northwestern HS

• 2nd – Jackson Reizer, Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS

• 3rd – Zaria Willis, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS

Best Cover

• 1st – Alexandra Cardona, Voices, Nation Ford HS

• 2nd – Carolina Button, Hollyann Clevenger & Tanya Trinh, Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS

• 3rd – Gina Cooley, Lauren Stover & Juliana Lundgren, The Ville, Powdersville HS

Best Fiction

• 1st – Maggie Rosinki, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• 2nd – Hollyann Clevenger, Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS
• 3rd –Brady Haas, The Ville, Powdersville HS

Best Nonfiction

• 1st – Jordan Jeffreys, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• 2nd – Sydney Gardner, Visions, Northwestern HS
• 3rd – Tanya Trinh, Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS

Best Photograph

• 1st – Paola Zamarron-Morales, Visions, Northwestern HS

• 2nd – Ian Moffitt, Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS

• 3rd – Lila Hornak, Voices, Nation Ford HS

Best Poetry

• 1st – Khonnie Kounbandith, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• 2nd – Lyrical Gist, Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS
• 3rd – Gina Cooley, The Ville, Powdersville HS

Best Review

• 1st – Amaris Arroyave, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• 2nd – Alli Jennings, Visions, Northwestern HS

Best Spread Design

• 1st – Aiden Whitkopf, Voices, Nation Ford HS

• 2nd – Amelia Moscowitz & Madeline Finley, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS

• 3rd – Carolina Button, Hollyann Clevenger & Tanya Trinh, Thoughts in Time, Boiling Springs HS

Best Theme

• 1st – Alexandra Cardona & Khonnie Kounbandith, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• 2nd – Donald Medley & Alli Jennings, Visions, Northwestern HS
• 3rd – Amelia Moscowitz, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS

Yearbook Individual Competition

Best Academics Spread

• 1st – Eva Andrus, Legend, Wando HS

• 2nd – Kinslee Sink, Reflections, Mauldin HS

• 3rd – Abby Capps, Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS

Best Alternative Copy

• 1st – Katie Brown, Legend, Wando HS

• 2nd – Meredith Cook, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS

• 3rd – Brooke Swedin, Reflections, Mauldin HS

Best Clubs Spread 

• 1st – Harper Duffy, Legend, Wando HS

• 2nd– Ashlynne Dupree, Reagan Smith & Shyanne Hurayt, Aeneid, Northwestern HS

• 3rd – Blythe Harris, Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS

Best Cover 

• 1st – Brynn Burke, Alexis Kramer & Olivia Potter, Legend, Wando HS

• 2nd – Kinslee Sink & Brooke Swedin, Reflections, Mauldin HS

• 3rd – Nalexa Adams, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS

Best Extended Caption 

• 1st – Lacie Smith, Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS
• 2nd – Shayley Thomason, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS
• 3rd – Eva Andrus, Legend, Wando HS

Best Feature Copy 

• 1st – Allie Frizzelll, Legend, Wando HS
• 2nd – Dawson Bell, The Chief, Socastee HS
• 3rd – Jorden Phillips, Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS

Best Feature Photography 

• 1st – Anna Jane Morrall, Legend, Wando HS

• 2nd – Lynsey Smith, Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS

• 3rd – Hannah Grace Waters, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS

Best Personality Profile 

• 1st – Lily Higgins, Legend, Wando HS
• 2nd – Savannah Mullis, Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS
• 3rd – Brooke Swedin, Reflections, Mauldin HS

Best Sports Action Photo

• 1st – Emily Montgomery, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS

• 2nd – Anna Jane Morrall, Legend, Wando HS

• 3rd – Grayce Houston, Reflections, Mauldin HS

Best Sports Copy 

• 1st – Mary Michael O’Hara, Legend, Wando HS
• 2nd – Hannah Grace Waters, Cat’s Paw, Lexington HS
• 3rd – Gregory Johnson & Reagan Smith, Aeneid, Northwestern HS

Best Sports Reaction Photography 

• 1st – Joseph Grech, Legend, Wando HS

• 2nd – Leanna Bowling, Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS

• 3rd – Brooke Swedin, Reflections, Mauldin HS

Best Sports Spread 

• 1st – Kinslee Sink, Reflections, Mauldin HS

• 2nd – Harmon Kerrison & Millie Rice, Legend, Wando HS

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

Best Student Life Spread 

• 1st – Kinslee Sink, Reflections, Mauldin HS

• 2nd – Harmon Kerrison & Millie Rice, Legend, Wando HS

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

Best Theme 

• 1st – Kinslee Sink & Brooke Swedin, Reflections, Mauldin HS
• 2nd – Brynn Burke, Alexis Kramer & Olivia Potter, Legend, Wando HS
• 3rd – Nalexa Adams, Eric Finley & Nathan Rubin, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS