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