Broadcast

Academic Script

• First Place – Ebony Christie & Tiye Whitaker, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Emanya Roach, Alani Hamilton & Shailin Tisdale, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Reece Harnett, “The Buzz TV,” Fort Mill HS

News Script

• First Place – Will Davidson, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Jeremiah Berry & Gabby Greenley, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Paige Bell, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS

PSA

• First Place – Tiffany Gaulman,  Juliette Maxfield & Christina Foster, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – MyKynzie Bailey & Darius Darby, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

Sports Script

• First Place – Remedy Pressley, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS
• Second Place – Jackson Stanton, Matthew Davidson & Eli Clements, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Will Davidson, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

Literary Magazine

Drama

• First Place – Trinity Hutzler, “Tribe Talk,” Wando HS

Fiction

• First Place – Anna Cogbill, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Second Place – Josephine Clark, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Third Place – Shea Peters, iliad, Clarke Central HS

Non-Fiction

• First Place – Matt Krebs, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Second Place – La Escritora, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Third Place – Jessica Mack, iliad, Clarke Central HS

Poetry

• First Place – Charlotte Pollack, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Second Place – Grace Lang, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Alexandra Cardona, Voices, Nation Ford HS

Review

• First Place – Gracie Boyce, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Megan Bouchard, Voices, Nation Ford HS

Newsprint

Editorial Column
Judge’s comments: I am impressed with the quality of the editorial columns I read. The topics were timely, showed evidence of research. Some were localized, with interviews from teachers and community leaders, and that helped them rise to the top. The winners addressed their high school audiences. The writing was clear and grammatically correct.

• First Place – Maura O’Sullivan, The Southerner, Henry W. Grady HS
• Second Place – Maddy Wagner, Nighthawk News, First Flight HS
• Third Place (tie) – Diamante Diaz & Olivia Watts, The Shield, McCallum HS, and Christy Ma, Northwest Horizons, Northwest Guilford HS

Staff Editorial

• First Place – Kristen Tibbetts, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Maggie Kell, The Talon, Nation Ford HS
• Third Place (tie) – ODYSSEY newsmagazine staff, Clarke Central HS, and Northwest Horizons staff, Northwest Guilford HS

Entertainment/Feature Column
Judge’s comments: From the lede, the writer draws in the reader with her creative storytelling style. She structures her sentences almost like rhythmic beats that convey an urgent and stressful tone. Her account articulately details the range of emotions – from excitement to fear and sadness – that accompanied her journey, providing valuable insight into the immigrant experience.

• First Place – Lia Khachatryan, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Second Place – Robyn Reed, Tiger, Little Rock Central HS
• Third Place – Sachio Goodie, Blueprints, Cedar Shoals HS

Feature Story

• First Place – Tecoya Richardson, ODYSSEY newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Maggie Kell, The Talon, Nation Ford HS
• Third Place (tie) – Yei Bin Andrews, The Southerner, Henry W. Grady HS, & Brooke Elliott, Tiger, Little Rock Central HS

News Feature

• First Place – Valeria Garcia-Pozo, ODYSSEY newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Eva Chillura, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Third Place – Jessie Bates, Tiger, Little Rock Central HS

News Story

• First Place – Kelly Wei, The Sidekick, Coppell HS
• Second Place – Eva Chillura, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Third Place – Cade Spencer & Peter Dang, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS

Personality Feature

• First Place – Sachio Goodie, Blueprints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Second Place – Rosemary Delamater, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Third Place – Isabella Spuler, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS

Review

• First Place – Aaron Rothkopf, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Second Place – Audrey Kennedy, ODYSSEY newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Aiden Dowling, Blueprints, Cedar Shoals HS

Sports Column
Judge’s comments: This column is a wonderful mix of fact and opinion, statistics and storytelling. You made me LOL with the line about you and your parents figuring out you were not an athlete! It’s fun that you found your place as a runner, and sharing your story in this way doubtless gave your readers something to think about in their own athletic journeys.

• First Place – Bram Mansbach, The Southerner, Henry W. Grady HS
  Second Place – Kayla Rubenstein, The Patriot Press, American Heritage School
• Third Place – Ben Allen, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS

Sports Feature

• First Place – Kailey Cota, The Talon, Nation Ford HS
• Second Place – Tristan Lankford, Blueprints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Third Place – Tyler Jones, The Southerner, Henry W. Grady HS

Sports Story
Judge’s comments: This sports news piece on athletes battling heat advisories included great sourcing, details and quotes from a wide variety of people. Kudos as well for going with a straight news lede about a serious topic. We love writing scene-setters and anecdotal ledes for everything, but sometimes the summary news lede still works best!

• First Place – AJ Carr, ODYSSEY newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Julia Kay Smith, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Megan Harkey, Northwest Horizons, Northwest Guilford HS

Online

Alternative Storytelling

• First Place – Maeve Walsh, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Pearl Heinley, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Lillian Sams & Margaret Keller, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Honorable Mention – Bella Russo, The Shield online, McCallum HS

Blog

• First Place – Camila Villareal, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS
• Second Place – Alexander Robinson, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Maya Amador, The Dispatch online, James Bowie HS
• Honorable Mention – Townes Hobratschk, The Shield online, McCallum HS

Features

• First Place – Marisa Salazar, The Dispatch online, James Bowie HS
• Second Place – Helen Moore, The Southerner online, Henry W. Grady HS
• Third Place – Roxanne Domizi, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS

Investigative Story

• First Place – Royce Mann, Dana Richie, Lanier Pickren & Katherine Esterl, The Southerner online, Henry W. Grady HS
• Second Place – Mackenzie Caudill, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – George Lefkowicz & Tyler Jones, The Southerner online, Henry W. Grady HS

News

• First Place – Owen Donnelly, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Lucia Gravel, The Southerner online, Henry W. Grady HS
• Third Place – Charlotte Spears, George Lefkowicz and Royce Mann, The Southerner online, Henry W. Grady HS

Personality Feature

• First Place – Camden Crook, Nighthawk News online, First Flight HS
• Second Place – Isabella Abraham, Eagle Nation Online, Prosper HS
• Third Place – Anna McClellan, The Shield online, McCallum HS

Reviews

• First Place – Payton DiSario, Hoof Print, Ola HS
• Second Place – Ashley Edwards, Hoof Print, Ola HS
• Third Place – Shea Peters, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS

Sports

• First Place – Duncan Tanner, The Southerner online, Henry W. Grady HS
• Second Place – Ana Arredondo, Eagle Nation Online, Prosper HS
• Third Place – Kennedy Wyles, Eagle Nation Online, Prosper HS

Photo Cutlines

Feature Cutline

• First Place – Camille Wilson, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Ted Fairchild, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Third Place – Samantha Powers, The Shield, McCallum HS

News Cutline

• First Place – Elisha Scott, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Bella Russo, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Stephany Gaona-Perez, Blueprints, Cedar Shoals HS

Sports Cutline

• First Place – Lily Prather,  The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Tribal Tribune staff, Wando HS
• Third Place – Margaret Olson, The Shield, McCallum HS

Yearbook

Academic Copy

• First Place – Alexis Kramer, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Claire Gaddy, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Olivia Watts, The Knight, McCallum HS

Ads/Community Copy

• First Place – Laurel Davis, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Brianna Weirick, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Bailey Korfhage, Endeavor, Bullitt East HS

Groups Copy

• First Place – Emalee Goode, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Mira MacLaurin, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Emma Lambert & Jonnay Perkins, Legend, Wando HS

People Copy

• First Place – Merritt Redden, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Sophie Ryland, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Olivia Potter, Legend, Wando HS

Sports Copy

• First Place – Laurel Davis, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Jenna Thrift, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Gregory James, The Knight, McCallum HS

Student Life Copy

• First Place – Kamryn Frontz, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Gabby Sherwood & Ian Clennan, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Hannah Shimmel & Jamiyah Jenkins, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS

Theme Copy

• First Place – Rylie Jones, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Gracie Boyce and Laurel Davis, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Kaleigh Mullis, Kaleidoscope, Lugoff-Elgin HS