2021 SIPA’s Best Writing Contest

March 9, 2021

(articles will be linked soon!)

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