2017 SIPA’s Best Writing Contest winners
March 5, 2017
Broadcast
Academic Script
- First Place – Sharon Nathaniel, RNE-TV, Richland Northeast HS
- Second Place – Kayla Jeffers and Ronitra Wilson, RNE-TV, Richland Northeast HS
- Third Place – Anyla Jackson, RNE-TV, Richland Northeast HS
News Script
- First Place – Tyler Wise, RNE-TV, Richland Northeast HS
- Second Place – Leverette Williams, RNE-TV, Richland Northeast HS
- Third Place – Clarkson Broadwater, RNE-TV, Richland Northeast HS
PSA
- First Place – Jordyn Livingston, RNE-TV, Richland Northeast HS
- Second Place – Kayla Jeffers, RNE-TV, Richland Northeast HS
Sports Script
- First Place – Malcolm Tyson, RNE-TV, Richland Northeast HS
- Second Place – Sydney Tisdale, RNE-TV, Richland Northeast HS
- Third Place – Jamie Collins, RNE-TV, Richland Northeast HS
Literary Magazine
Poetry
- First Place – Justin McGuirl, Voices, Nation Ford HS
- Second Place – Jay Verduga, Voices, Nation Ford HS
- Third Place – Ellie Pobis, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
Prose Fiction and Narrative
- First Place – Hannah Beaird, Silhouette, Sparkman HS
- Second Place – Madison Neilson, The Lantern, Albemarle HS
- Third Place – Lexcee Shelton, Voices, Nation Ford HS
Prose Non-Fiction
- First Place – Kinsey Cox, The Lantern, Albemarle HS
- Second Place – Savannah Bullard, Silhouette, Sparkman HS
- Third Place – Sophie Fernandes, iliad, Clarke Central HS
Newspaper
Editorial Column
- First Place – Charlotte Grush, Wingspan, West Henderson HS
- Second Place – Kassidy Kelley, The Southerner, Henry W. Grady HS
- Third Place – Francesca Mathewes, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
Staff Editorial
- First Place – Odyssey staff, Clarke Central HS
- Second Place – Natalie Murphy, The Shield, McCallum HS
- Third Place – Carolyn Capelouto, The Southerner, Henry W. Grady HS
Entertainment/Feature Column
- First Place – Anabelle Baxter, The Wave Breaker, Summerville HS
- Second Place – Liz Hipes, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
- Third Place – Meena Anderson, The Shield, McCallum HS
Feature Story
- First Place – Claire Goldman, Carpe Diem, Decatur HS
- Second Place (tie) – Cecilia Whalen, The Eagle, East Mecklenburg HS & Savannah Lowry, Pep O’ Plant, H.B. Plant HS
- Third Place – Ryan Rothkopf, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
News Feature
- First Place –Francesca Mathewes, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
- Second Place – Kaylyn Jones, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS
- Third Place – Arabella Saunders, Nighthawk News Magazine, First Flight HS
News Story
- First Place – Bhavani Srinivas, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
- Second Place – Andrew Caldwell and Kevin Mobley, Odyssey, Clarke Central HS
- Third Place – Francesca Mathewes, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
Personality Feature
- First Place – Mary Pat Thompson, Nighthawk News, First Flight HS
- Second Place – Samuel Littauer, Wingspan, West Henderson HS
- Third Place – Sophie Ryland, The Shield, McCallum HS
Review
- First Place – Alexis Marvin and Katie Lee Parrish, Northwest Horizons, Northwest Guilford HS
- Second Place – Zach Green, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
- Third Place – Emma Ramsay, Odyssey, Clarke Central HS
Sports Column
- First Place – Ben Brown, The Shield, McCallum HS
- Second Place – Julie Robertson, The Shield, McCallum HS
- Third Place – Meena Anderson, The Shield, McCallum HS
Sports Feature
- First Place – Johanna Hall, Odyssey, Clarke Central HS
- Second Place – Abby Vorhees, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
- Third Place – Alex Rodman, Nighthawk News, First Flight HS
Sports Story
- First Place – Devon Lee, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
- Second Place – Hannah Bain, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
- Third Place – Emma Ramsay, Odyssey, Clarke Central HS
Online
Alternative Storytelling
- First Place – Suncana Pavlic, Odyssey online, Clarke Central HS
- Second Place – Isis Amusa, 3ten.org, Decatur HS
- Third Place – Aneesa Conine-Nakano, Odyssey online, Clarke Central HS
Blog
- First Place – Ayla Dartez, Odyssey online, Clarke Central HS
- Second Place – Carter Diggs, The Charger online, Oxford HS
- Third Place – Lauren Insinger, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
Features
- First Place – Ellison Butterfield, 3ten.org, Decatur HS
- Second Place – Christopher Rosselot, 3ten.org, Decatur HS
- Third Place – Aneesa Conine-Nakano, Odyssey online, Clarke Central HS
Investigative Story
- First Place – Sophie Ryland, The Shield online, McCallum HS
- Second Place – Kevin Mobley, Odyssey online, Clarke Central HS
- Third Place – Vanessa Ryals, American Heritage HS
News
- First Place – Ellie Ritter and Maddie Hamalian, 3ten.org, Decatur HS
- Second Place – Anna Yang, Northwest Horizons online, Northeast Guilford HS
- Third Place – Miranda Grayzel-Ward, The Charger online, Oxford HS
Reviews
- First Place – Maddie Rose Hall, Odyssey online, Clarke Central HS
- Second Place – Isis Amusa, 3ten.org, Decatur HS
- Third Place – Zach Green, Tribal Tribune online, Wando HS
Sports
- First Place – Alex Tonico, The Southerner online, Henry W. Grady HS
- Second Place – Miles Hansen, The Shield online, McCallum HS
- Third Place – Jake Urbanski, Newsstreak online, Harrisonburg HS
Photo Cutlines
Feature Cutline
- First Place – Chloe Shields, The Knight, McCallum HS
- Second Place – Madison Olsen, The Shield, McCallum HS
- Third Place – Lettie Lundy, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
News Cutline
- First Place – Lettie Lundy, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
- Second Place – Ashley Chamberlain, Charlie Holden & Madison Olsen, The Shield, McCallum HS
Sports Cutline
- First Place – Emily Goulet, Lauren Freng & Kennedy Schuelke, The Knight, McCallum HS
- Second Place – Madison Olsen, The Shield, McCallum HS
- Third Place – Grant Daniels, The Charger, Oxford HS
Yearbook
Academic Copy
- First Place – Abby Brunn, Beacon, Calvary Day School
- Second Place – Samantha Harwood, The Knight, McCallum HS
- Third Place – Sydney Warren, Legend, Wando HS
Ads/Community Copy
- First Place – Avery Householder, Beacon, Calvary Day School
- Second Place – Sophie Winnick, Legend, Wando HS
- Third Place – Sophie Mauerhan, Legend, Wando HS
Groups Copy
- First Place – Chandni Amin, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
- Second Place – Chloe Shields, The Knight, McCallum HS
- Third Place – Emily Scruggs, Legend, Wando HS
People Copy
- First Place – Josh Conner, Westwind, West Henderson HS
- Second Place – Alana Raper, The Knight, McCallum HS
- Third Place (tie) – Abby Brunn and Haley Burke, Beacon, Calvary Day School
Sports Copy
- First Place – Jack Rhiel, Legend, Wando HS
- Second Place – Vivian Rodriquez, Westwind, West Henderson HS
- Third Place – Cassie Chapman, Senator, Sparkman HS
Student Life Copy
- First Place – Brooke Fletcher, Legend, Wando HS
- Second Place – Chandni Amin, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
- Third Place – Ari Sen, Westwind, West Henderson HS
Theme Copy
- First Place – Izzy Denman, Westwind, West Henderson HS
- Second Place – Christina Beck, The Knight, McCallum HS
- Third Place – Julianna Goode, Westwind, West Henderson HS