2018 Scroggins Award

Broadcast – “The Buzz TV,” Fort Mill HS (South Carolina)

Literary Magazine – iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Newsprint – Odyssey, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Online – TRNwired, Prince George HS (Virginia)

Yearbook – Westwind, West Henderson HS (North Carolina)

2018 Convention on-site competition winners:

You can find all our TOP competition packages online

Grammar Guru – Eve Gershon, Oxford HS, and Maggie Nguyen, Lee County HS

Quiz Bowl Champions – Aneesa Conine-Nakano, Alexander Robinson, Delia Adamson, and Katie Grace Upchurch, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Talent show winner – Rapper’s delight from Wando HS

Review Writing

• 1st Place – Natalia Rodriguez, Coral Gables Senior HS (Florida)
• 2nd Place – Isabella Gonzalez, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Broadcast anchor competition

• Best Anchor –Henry Horlbeck, Richland Northeast HS
• Honorable Mention – Troy Dassing, Wando HS, and Alex Bavosa, Wando HS

Broadcast Team On-site Production competition

• Best script – Alex Wages and Kayla Jeffers, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
• Best videography – Reese Phillips and Lane Imler, “The Buzz TV,” Fort Mill HS (South Carolina)
• Best overall – Alex Wages and Kayla Jeffers, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Literary Magazine Team On-site Production competition

• Best Visual Element – Neely Mullen, Anna Renfroe and Emily Bone, Evoke, Oxford HS (Mississippi)
• Best Written Element – Ellie Pobis, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

• Best Overall – Gracie Boyce, Ellie Pobis and Caroline Williamson, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Newspaper Team On-site Production competition

• Best Design – Audrey Weigel, Thomas Morcillo, Dylan Carol and Alejandra Orozco, highlights, Coral Gables Senior HS (Florida)

• Best Story and Overall – Valeria Garcia-Pozo, Jordan Rhym, Katie Grace Upchurch and Sam Mattern-Parks, Odyssey, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Photography Team On-site Production competition

• Best Captions – Emma Ramsay and Suncana Pavlic, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

• Best Single Image – Eva Chillura, Wando HS (South Carolina)
• Best Gallery – Emma Ramsay and Suncana Pavlic, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Yearbook Team On-site Production competition

• Best Design – Caitlyn Davis, Michaela McCarthy, Riley McPheeters and Alexis Bjorkland, The Liberator, Pace HS (Florida)

• Best Copy and Overall – Mollie Ping, Merritt Redden, Olivia Wander and Livi Lesch, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)            

Scroggins special distinction publications:

These publications received an All-Southern rating and represent the best candidate from each member state attending the convention.

Newspaper:

• Alabama – The Crimson Crier,  Sparkman HS
  
• Georgia – Odyssey, Clarke Central HS
  
• Mississippi – The Charger, Oxford HS
• North Carolina – Nighthawk News, First Flight HS
• South Carolina – Tribal Tribune, Wando HS

Yearbook:

• Alabama – The Senator, Sparkman HS
• Florida – Eques, Miami Sunset Senior HS
• North Carolina – Westwind, West Henderson HS
• South Carolina – Legend, Wando HS
  

2018 Scholarship recipients:

Daughtry Continuing Education scholarship – Claire Lewis and John Romanski, USC School of Journalism and Mass Communications

SIPA Endowment Regional scholarship – Sydney Register, “Tribe Talk,” Wando HS (Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina)

2018 SIPA award recipients:

Dr. Kay Phillips Administrator of the Year – Dr. Sabrina Suber, Richland Northeast HS (Columbia, South Carolina)

Elizabeth B. Dickey Distinguished Service Awards –

• Phillip Caston, Wando HS yearbook adviser
• R.J. Morgan, Mississippi Scholastic Press Association director

2018 Program Critiques

BROADCAST AWARDS

All-Southern

• “WAHS News,” American Heritage School
• “The Buzz TV,” Fort Mill HS
• “The Snooze,” Oxford HS
• “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• “Real TV,” Stratford HS

Superior

• “The Silver Screen Report,” Dutch Fork HS
• “Wave TV,” Summerville HS
• “Tribe Talk,” Wando HS

Excellent

• “TNN,” James Island Charter HS
• “PG-TV,” Prince George HS

LITERARY MAGAZINE AWARDS

All-Southern

• The Lantern, Albemarle HS
• iliad, Clarke Central HS
•  Portraits in Ink, Durham School of the Arts
• Euantes, George Washington HS
• Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory
• Voices, Nation Ford HS
• The Outlet, Wando HS

Superior

• Mindprints, Jackson Preparatory
• Threshold, North Forsyth HS
• Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
• Silhouette, Sparkman HS
• Inkblots, The John Cooper

Excellent

• Perspectives, American Heritage
• Spectrum, Arendell Parrott
• Revelations, Dutch Fork HS
• Towodi: Geared In, Mill Creek HS
• Calliope, South Aiken HS
• Mirage, Stafford HS

Merit

• Forte, Liberty HS

NEWSPAPER/NEWSMAGAZINE AWARDS

All-Southern

• Odyssey, Clarke Central HS
• Nighthawk News, First Flight HS
• Pep O’Plant, H.B. Plant HS
• Newsstreak, Harrisonburg HS
• The Southerner, Henry W. Grady HS
• The Dispatch, James Bowie HS
• The Shield, McCallum HS
• Northwest Horizons, Northwest Guilford HS
• The Charger, Oxford HS
• The Cavalier, Richland Northeast HS
• The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS
• Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Wingspan, West Henderson HS

Superior

• Nexus Magazine, Henry W. Grady HS
• The Talon, Nation Ford HS
• Hoof Print, Ola HS

Excellent

• Patriot Press, Liberty HS
• The Pitchfork, Lugoff-Elgin HS

ONLINE AWARDS

Superior

• Odyssey Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Northwest Horizons online, Northwest Guilford HS
• The Charger online, Oxford HS
• TRN Wired, Prince George HS
• Bird Feed, South Forsyth HS
• The Crimson Crier online, Sparkman HS
• The Wave Breaker, Summerville HS

Excellent

• Bison beat, Buffalo HS
• Nighthawk news online, First Flight HS
• Newsstreak online, Harrisonburg HS
• Tribal Tribune online, Wando HS

YEARBOOK AWARDS

All-Southern

• Beacon, Calvary Day School
• Hurricane Watch, Cane Creek MS
• Odyssey, Chantilly HS
• Entheos, G. Holmes Braddock HS
• Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS
• Aerie, Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS
• Reflections, Mauldin HS
• The Knight, McCallum HS
• Eques, Miami Sunset Senior HS
• Freebird, South Lakes HS
• Senator, Sparkman HS
• The Belltower, St. Thomas’ Episcopal
• Swansean, Swansea HS
• Legend, Wando HS
• Westwind, West Henderson HS

Superior

• Stampede, American Heritage School
• Amethyst, Amherst County HS
• Patriot, Arendell Parrott HS
• The Bison, Buffalo HS
• The Chronicle, Christ Covenant School
• Cavaleon, Coral Gables HS
• The Pride, Countryside HS
• Tiger, Dawson County HS
• Aurea Aquila, Eastside HS
• Shorelines, First Flight HS
• The Chief, Indian Land HS
• Trojan, Lee County HS
• Talon, Liberty HS
• Accipter, Mill Creek HS
• Koinonia, Prince Avenue HS
• The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
• The Pride, Starr’s Mill HS
• The Centaur, Strawberry Crest HS
• Arcadia, West Shore Jr/Sr HS

Excellent

• Tiburon, Alonzo & Tracy Mourning Senior HS
• The Growler, Archdale-Trinity MS
• Tiger Tales, Crescent HS
• The Warrior, d’Iberville HS
• Sandfiddler, Manteo HS
• The Pitchfork, Mooresville HS
• Aries, Northeast Guilford HS
• The Ragnarok, Northwest Guilford HS
• Precedent, Wellington HS
• The Guardian, Westfield HS
• Chieftain, White County HS
• The Saga, Woodstock HS