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Broadcast

Academic Script

• First Place – Carrena Spann & Kincaid Cummings, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Ebony Christie & Alani Hamilton, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Kristi Perez, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

News Script

• First Place – Ebony Christie & Alani Hamilton, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Paige Bell, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS
• Third Place – Kristi Perez, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

PSA

• First Place – Cameron Kirschbaum, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Juliette Maxfield, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Emanya Roach, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

Sports Script

• First Place – Ella Becze & RJ Lincoln, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS
• Second Place – Jackson Stanton & Kristi Perez, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Blake Woodard, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS

Literary Magazine

Fiction

• First Place – Theron Camp, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Alexandra Cardona, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Third Place (tie) – Claude Hejl, Voices, Nation Ford HS, and Gabriel Duval, The Lantern, Albemarle HS

Non-Fiction

• First Place – Alexandra Cardona, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Second Place – Jillian Akers, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Claude Hejl, Voices, Nation Ford HS

Poetry

• First Place – Charlotte Walters, The Lantern, Albemarle HS
• Second Place – randy Watson/Anonymous, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Shannie Porter, The Lantern, Albemarle HS

Review

• First Place – Connor Brandenburg, Voices, Nation Ford HS

Newsprint

Editorial Column

• First Place – Shea Peters, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Zaria Drakeford, The Talon, Nation Ford HS
• Third Place – Alex Dowd, The Shield, McCallum HS

Staff Editorial

• First Place – Alexandra Cardona, The Talon, Nation Ford HS
• Second Place – Ellen Fox, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place (tie) – The Dispatch staff, James Bowie HS

Entertainment/Feature Column

• First Place – Tecoya Richardson, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Caitlyn Greenway, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Third Place – Natalie Ripps, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS

Feature Story

• First Place – Madison Duboise, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS
• Second Place – Henry Howell, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Third Place – Audrey Enghauser, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Honorable Mention – Angus Sewell-McCann, The Shield, McCallum HS

News Feature

• First Place – Audrey Enghauser, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Mia Folkers, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS
• Third Place – Alice Scott, The Shield, McCallum HS

News Story

• First Place – Maya Cornish, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Kate Boyle, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Carey Wooley, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS
• Honorable mention – Sarah Monoson, Wingspan, West Henderson HS

Personality Profile

• First Place – Miranda Cardenas, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS
• Second Place – Andrew Robinson, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Evie Barnard & Sofia Ramon, The Shield, McCallum HS

Review

• First Place – Madelynn Niles, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Luna Reicher, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Olivia Capochiano, The Shield, McCallum HS

Sports Column

• First Place – Alexander Robinson, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
  Second Place – Wils Browning, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Third Place – Riley Payne, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS

Sports Feature

• First Place – Lorelai Crook, Blueprints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Second Place – Kate Hamilton, Nighthawk News Magazine, First Flight HS
• Third Place – Olivia Capochiano, The Shield, McCallum HS

Sports Story

• First Place – Wils Browning, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Second Place – Gretchen Hingerr, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Tomas Marrero, The Shield, McCallum HS

Online

Alternative Storytelling

• First Place – Sarah Claire Miller, The Pony Express, Center Hill HS
• Second Place – Samantha Freeman, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS
• Third Place – Grace Lange & Ireland McCage, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS

Blog

• First Place – Sarah Monoson, Wingspan online, West Henderson HS
• Second Place – Christi Norris, Eagle Nation Online, Prosper HS
• Third Place – Sally Parampottil, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS

Features

• First Place – Kelly Tran, Yei Bin Andrews, Ava Smith & Aran Sonnad-Joshi, The Southerner online, Henry W. Grady HS
• Second Place – Jackie Wright, Blueprints online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Third Place. (tie) – Audrey Kelly, Tribal Tribune online, Wando HS, and Tecoya Richardsoon & Sophia Long, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Honorable mentions – Shreya Beldona, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS; Amanda Hare and Sailor Mackenzie, Eagle Nation Online, Prosper HS; and Sally Parampottil, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS

Investigative Story

• First Place – Jackie Wright Blueprints online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Second Place – Audrey Enghauser, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Cassie Honeycutt, Nighthawk News online, First Flight HS
• Honorable Mention – Stephany Gaona-Perez, Blueprints online, Cedar Shoals HS

News

• First Place – Ava Smith, The Southerner online, Henry W. Grady HS
• Second Place – George Lefkowicz, The Southerner online, Henry W. Grady HS
• Third Place – Calvin Williams, Blueprints online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Honorable Mention – Ireland McCage, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS

Opinion Piece

• First Place – Melany Mathis, Blueprints Online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Second Place – Emma Scott, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Brittany Lopez, Blueprints Online, Cedar Shoals HS

Personality Feature

• First Place – Sonya Kulkarni, Three Penny Press, Bellaire HS
• Second Place – Jackie Wright, Blueprints Online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Third Place – Ricky Kai, Three Penny Press, Bellaire HS

Reviews

• First Place – Stephany Gaona-Perez, Blueprints online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Second Place – Henry Howell, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Third Place – Emma Scott, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS

Sports feature

• First Place – Kamryn Harty, The Southerner online, Henry W. Grady HS
• Second Place – Calvin Williams, Blueprints online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Third Place – Kaitlin Palaian and Elias Podber, The Southerner online, Henry W. Grady HS

Sports news

• First Place – Charlotte Spears, The Southerner online, Henry W. Grady HS
• Second Place – Naya Tillisch, The Dispatch Online, James Bowie HS
• Third Place – Tristan Lankford, Blueprints Online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Honorable mention – Gretchen Hinger, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS

Photo Cutlines

Feature Cutline

• First Place – Bella Russo, Macjournalism, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Daniela Morrow, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Samantha Powers, The Shield, McCallum HS

News Cutline

• First Place – Madelynn Niles, Macjournalism, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Gretchen Hinger, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Bella Russo, Macjournalism, McCallum HS

Sports Cutline

• First Place – Grace Lang, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Anna McClellan & Javier Vela, Macjournalism, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Thomas Melina Raab, Macjournalism, McCallum HS

Yearbook

Academic Copy

• First Place – Samantha Finkenberg, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Mary-Michael O’Hara, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Hannah Zuniga, The Knight, McCallum HS

Community Copy

• First Place – Mary-Michael O’Hara, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Isabelle Turner, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Ella Smoot, Legend, Wando HS

Groups Copy

• First Place – Lily Higgins, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Lindsey Plotkin, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Allie Frizzell, Legend, Wando HS

People Copy

• First Place – Ella Irwin, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Merritt Redden, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Madelynn Niles, The Knight, McCallum HS

Sports Copy

• First Place – Carly Johnson, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Millie Rice, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Mazzie Thompson, Legend, Wando HS

Student Life Copy

• First Place – Hannah Zuniga, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Lindsey Plotkin, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Ella Smoot, Legend, Wando HS

Theme Copy

• First Place – Merritt Redden, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Mira MacLaurin, The Knight, McCallum HS