2022 SIPA’s Best Visual Contest

March 6, 2022

Advertising categories

Community ad

  • Best of Show: Audrey Hood, Westwind, West Henderson HS (North Carolina)

  • Award of Merit: Emory Robinson, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)
  • Honorable Mention: Emory Robinson, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Patron ad page

  • Best of Show: Phoebe Giordano, The Lantern, Albemarle HS (Virginia)

Senior ad

  • Best of Show: Mattie DeBiase, Westwind, West Henderson HS (North Carolina)
  • Award of Merit: Mia Gomez, The Knight, McCallum HS (Texas)

Art, graphics and illustration categories

Computer art

  • Best of Show: Kay Page, The Lantern, Albemarle HS (Virginia)

  • Award of Merit: Zoe Duncan, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Kay Page, The Lantern, Albemarle HS (Virginia)

Editorial cartoon

  • Best of Show: Amaya Collier, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Award of Merit: Olivia Lake, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

  • Honorable mention: Isabella del Nido, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

Illustration

  • Best of Show: Keirstan Eicher, Voices, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

  • Award of Merit: Kameron Glenn, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

  • Honorable mention: Antonio Starke, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Infographic

  • Best of Show: Anna Holme, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Vee Lewis & Olivia Lake, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

  • Honorable mention: Anna McClellan, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Strip cartoon

  • Best of Show: Kai Kirkham Macias, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Kai Kirkham Macias, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Honorable mention: Kai Kirkham Macias, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Art portfolio (up to four examples from one individual)

  • Best of Show: Zoe Duncan, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of merit: Kameron Glenn, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS (Alabama)
  • Honorable mention: Antonio Starks, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Broadcast

Anchor 

  • Best of Show: Hannah Watts, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of merit: Kamea Hosendove, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Honorable mention: Autumn Johnson, “Real TV,” Stratford HS (South Carolina)

Commentary

  • Best of Show: Anders Engelby, “ECCSN,” East Cooper Center for Advanced Studies (South Carolina)

Graphics

  • Best of Show: Angelo D’Errico, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of merit: Brennan Davis, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Honorable mention: Kenzie Faircloth, “Wave TV,” Summerville HS (South Carolina)

Human interest

  • Best of Show: Sarah Buzzell, “WTHS,” Tupelo HS (Mississippi)
  • Award of merit: Ty Holifield, Sawyer Lyons & Nichole Gheiler, “WAHS News,” American Heritage School (Florida)
  • Honorable mention: Mark Smith, Kamea Hosendove & Tyler Stodghill, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Music video

  • Best of Show: Juliette Maxfield, Deim Marion Gannaban & Christina Foster, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of merit: Jackson Marchell & Amelia Chico, “ECCSN,” East Cooper Center for Advanced Studies (South Carolina)
  • Honorable mention: Juliette Maxfield, Deim Marion Gannaban & Christina Foster, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Nat pack

  • Best of Show: Jessica Gonzalez & Winter Gray, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of merit: Emma Delgado, Drew Bank & Jake Sheitelman, “WAHS TV,” American Heritage School (Alabama)
  • Honorable mention: Cailee Clogston & Sam Weiss, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

News story

  • Best of Show: Mary Jayne Davis, Te’Veon Cooper & Kamea Hosendove, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of merit: Lillian Mirosavich, Sam Weiss & Hannah Perkins, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Honorable mention: Kylie Cummings, “Wave TV,” Summerville HS (South Carolina)

Promos 

  • Best of Show: Hannah Watts, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of merit: Deim Marion Gannaban & Ta’Miya Williams, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Honorable mention: Samuel Candor, “Real TV,” Stratford HS (South Carolina)

PSA 

  • Best of Show: Emanya Roach & Jessica Gonzalez, “WAHS TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of merit: Evan Cano, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Honorable mention: Ty Law, Spencer Butt & Samantha Garret, “WAHS TV,” American Heritage School (Florida)

Reporter 

  • Best of Show: Mary Jayne Davis, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of merit: Hannah Watts, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)
  • Honorable mention: Ava Lacey, “WTHS,” American Heritage School (Mississippi)

Short film

  • Best of Show: Isaac Cinnamon, “Wave TV,” Summerville HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of merit: Skylar Torrey & Sofia Sequeira, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)
  • Honorable mention: Alice Scott & Lucy Marco, The Shield online, McCallum HS (Texas)

Sports coverage

  • Best of Show: Juliette Maxfield & Alani Hamilton, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of merit: Isabel Goewey & Sarah Suter, “Real TV,” Stratford HS (South Carolina)
  • Honorable mention: Alex Holland, Blueprints online, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)

Videography

  • Best of Show: Deim Marion Gannaban, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of merit: Isaac Cinnamon, “Wave TV,” Summerville HS (South Carolina)
  • Honorable mention: Isaac Cinnamon & Kylie Cummings, “Wave TV,” Summerville HS (South Carolina)

Talent reel

  • Best of Show: Hannah Watts, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of merit: Ty Holifield, “WAHS TV,” American Heritage School (Florida)
  • Honorable mention: Christina Foster, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Literary Magazine categories

Cover

  • Best of Show: Katie Fitzgerald, The Lantern, Albemarle HS (Virginia)

  • Award of merit: Alexandra Cardona & Khonnie Kounbandith, Voices, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Lillian Sams, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Fiction spread

  • Best of Show: Andy Packwood, The Lantern, Albemarle HS (Virginia)

  • Award of merit: Olivia Gravley, The Lantern, Albemarle HS (Virginia)

  • Honorable mention: Grace Lang, Natalie Ripps, Lucy Hines & Laniya Jones, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Gallery spread

  • Best of Show: Katie Fitzgerald, The Lantern, Albemarle HS (Virginia)

  • Award of Merit: Natalie Ripps, Lucy Hines & Samantha Brodrick, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Honorable Mention: Iris Papin, The Lantern, Albemarle HS (Virginia)

Nonfiction spread

  • Best of Show: Sophie Caillut, Nataile Ripps & Lucy Hines, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Award of merit: George Vavrik, The Lantern, Albemarle HS (Virginia)

  • Honorable mention: Megan Jafarace, Voices, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

Poetry spread

  • Best of Show: Kaitlyn Bitrick & H.A.K. Moneymaker, The Lantern, Albemarle HS (Virginia)

  • Award of merit: Belle Grace Wilkinson, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School (Mississippi)

  • Honorable mention: Natalie Ripps, Penelope Anderson, Lucy Hines & Kira Thomas, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Table of contents

  • Best of Show: Jordan Jeffreys, Voices, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Ainslee Johnson, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School (Mississippi)
  • Honorable mention: Lucy Hines & Natalie Ripps, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Literary magazine portfolio (up to four pieces from one individual)

  • Best of Show: Ainslee Johnson, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School (Mississippi)
  • Award of merit: Belle Grade Wilkinson, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School (Mississippi)
  • Honorable mention: Amelia Moscowitz, Psyche, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Newsmagazine categories

Cover

  • Best of Show: Taylor Newton, Nighthawk News Magazine, First Flight HS (North Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Grace Nugent, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Honorable mention: Olivia Lake & Madison Duboise, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

Entertainment package

  • Best of Show: Audrey Enghauser, Lucas Donnelly & Eva Orbock, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

 

  • Award of merit: Samantha Powers, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Honorable mention: Grace Nugent, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Feature package

  • Best of Show: Tess Warren, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS (Alabama)
  • Award of merit: Nico Willman, Audrey Enghauser, Lucas Donnelly & Aza Khan, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Honorable mention: Caroline Owen, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Headline package

 

  • Best of Show: Sophie Leung-Lieu, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Brooklyn Sauer, Livewire, Bullitt East HS (Kentucky)

  • Honorable mention: Eva Lucero, Blueprints, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)

In-depth cover story package

  • Best of Show: Alice Scott, Lucy Marco & Lydia Reedy, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Samantha Powers, Kai Kirkham, Josie Bradsby, Lydia Reedy & Elisha Scott, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Honorable mention: Grace Nugent & Madelynn Niles, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

News package

  • Best of Show: Audrey Enghauser & Lucas Donnelly, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Award of merit: Grace Nugent & Evie Barnard, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Honorable mention: Audrey Enghauser, Eva Orbock & Aza Khan, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Op/Ed package

  • Best of Show: Lanie Sepehri, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Harrison Hollingsworth, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

  • Honorable mention: Francie Wilhelm, Morgan Eye & Kai Kirkham, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Sports package

  • Best of Show: Grace Nugent, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Award of merit: Gretchen Hinger, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Honorable mention: Audrey Enghauser, Eva Orbock & Lucas Donnelly, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Table of contents

  • Best of Show: Elisha Scott, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Audrey Enghauser, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Honorable mention: Tess Warren, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

Newsmagazine portfolio (up to four pieces from one individual)

  • Best of Show: Grace Nugent, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Award of merit: Kennedy Weatherby, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Honorable mention: Sophie Leung-Lieu, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Newspaper

Centerspread

 

  • Best of Show: Anna Holme, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

 

  • Award of merit: Anna Holme, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

 

  • Honorable mention: Bailey Young, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Entertainment page

 

  • Best of Show: Eliza Crouch, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

 

  • Award of merit: Lucille Price, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

 

  • Honorable mention: Alli Ryan, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Feature page

 

  • Best of Show: Sammie Thompson, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

 

  • Award of merit: Bailey Young & Isabella Veritas, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

 

  • Honorable mention: Sara Pipa, The Talon, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

Front page

 

  • Best of Show: Arushi Sharma, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Arushi Sharma, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Honorable mention: Mine Karatas, The Talon, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

Headline package

  • Best of Show: Anna Holme, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Alli Ryan, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Lucille Price, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

News page

  • Best of Show: Corinne Piorkowski, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Arushi Sharma, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Honorable mention: Mia Rankin, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Op/Ed page

  • Best of Show: Ava Wong, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Kaiden Bridges, The Talon, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Julia Gaglione, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Sports page

  • Best of Show: Corinne Piorkowski, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Corinne Piorkowski, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Honorable mention: Charlotte Baxter, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Newspaper portfolio (up to four pieces from one individual)

  • Best of Show: Anna Holme, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)
  • Award of merit: Corinne Piorkowski, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)
  • Honorable mention: Alli Ryan, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Online categories

Computer Graphics

  • Best of Show: Ingrid Smith, The Shield online, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Award of Merit: Lucy Marco, The Shield online, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Honorable Mention: Logan Davis, The Shield online, McCallum HS (Texas)

Digital storytelling

Features package

News package

Opinion Package

Photo Gallery

Podcast

  • Best of Show: Kalliope Samaltanos, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
  • Award of merit: Emily Couch, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
  • Honorable mention: Molly Harwell, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Sports package

Online portfolio

  • Best of Show: Lucy Marco, The Shield online, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Award of merit: Alice Scott, The Shield online, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Honorable mention: Luke Wallace, Tribal Tribune online, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Photography categories

Academic

  • Best of Show: Bella Schwinne, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Melanie Frick, Blueprints, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)

  • Honorable mention: Abigail McLeod, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Club

  • Best of Show: Sophie Kessler, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Ein Moscowitz, The Cavalier, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Amari Tucker, Golden Wave Media, Tupelo HS (Mississippi)

Computer Special Effects

  • Best of Show: Anna Jane Morrall, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Abigail McLeod, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Olivia Estoppey & Zoe Duncan, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Environmental portrait

  • Best of Show: Amaya Collier, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Martha Cruz Manjarrez, Golden Wave Media, Tupelo HS (Mississippi)

  • Honorable mention: Anna Jane Morrall, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

First-year student

  • Best of Show: Emma Hagood, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Jacob Cutler, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Temprince Battle, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

News

  • Best of Show: Michael Pearson, Nighthawk News Magazine, First Flight HS (North Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Amaya Collier, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Honorable mention: Evie Barnard, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Pictorial/scenic

  • Best of Show: Lila Hornak, Voices, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Olivia Estoppey, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Caroline Es’Dorn, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Sports

  • Best of Show: Taylor Newton, Nighthawk News Magazine, First Flight HS (North Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Anna Jane Morrall, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Emma Whitehouse, Livewire, Bullitt East HS (Kentucky)

Sports reaction

  • Best of Show: Mia Gomez, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Anna Jane Morrall, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Abigail McLeod, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Student life

  • Best of Show: Taylor Rumsey, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Meredith Grotevant, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Honorable mention: Abigail McLeod, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Photography portfolio (up to four photographs by one individual)

  • Best of Show: Kennedy Weatherby, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Award of merit: Abigail McLeod, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)
  • Honorable mention: Reagan Zuniga, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

Social Media

Social media package (10 examples of social media promotion/marketing)

  • Best in show: Morgan Eye, Sophie Kessler & Logan Davis, Macjournalism, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Award of merit: Caroline Es’Dorn, Alli Ryan, Mia Rankin & Luke Wallace, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)
  • Honorable mention: Lucas Donnelly, Luna Reichert, Janie Ripps, Natalie Schliekelman, Gretchen Hinger, Cadence Schapker, Isaac Ramirez, Emily Couch, Aza Khan, Chloe Sears & Audrey Enghauser, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Yearbook categories

Academic spread

  • Best of Show: Kendall Grahl & Annecia Barrett, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Camille Wilson, Emmi Anderson, Meredith Grotevant & Sol Ortiz, The Knight, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Honorable mention: Erin Wray, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Alternative copy

  • Best of Show: Katie Brown, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Carly Neely & Kendall Grahl, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Brooke Tribolet, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Club spread

  • Best of Show: Elly Schottman, The Knight, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Award of merit: Layla Brindisi & Olivia Call, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Amanda Falcone, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Cover

  • Best of Show: Alyssa Price, Westwind, West Henderson HS (North Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Charles Creech & Eric Finley, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Clara Barresi, Lily Higgins & Millie Rice, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Endsheet

  • Best of Show: Laurel Jennings, Westwind, West Henderson HS (North Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Lillian Altschul, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Clara Barresi, Lily Higgins & Millie Rice, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Headline package

  • Best of Show: Laderria Gilyard, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Opening spread

  • Best of Show: Audrey Hood, Westwind, West Henderson HS (North Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Clara Barresi, Lily Higgins & Millie Rice, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable Mention: Eric Finley, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)

People spread

  • Best of Show: Audrey Hood, Westwind, West Henderson HS (North Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Clara Barresi, Lily Higgins & Millie Rice, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable Mention: Lexi Allen, The Senator, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

Profile spread

  • Best of Show: Clara Barresi, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Elise Gierhart, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Neela Cole, The Senator, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

Section divider


  • Best of Show: Alyssa Price, Westwind, West Henderson HS (North Carolina)


  • Award of merit: Clara Barresi, Lily Higgins & Millie Rice, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

 

  • Honorable mention: Carly Johnson, The Knight, McCallum HS (Texas)

Sports spread

 

  • Best of Show: Neela Cole, The Senator, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

 

  • Award of merit: Livia Price, Westwind, West Henderson HS (North Carolina)

 

  • Honorable mention: Ava Kempinski, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Student life spread

 

  • Best of Show: Brooke Tribolet, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

 

  • Award of merit: Laurel Jennings, Westwind, West Henderson HS (North Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Elise Gierhart, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Title page

  • Best of Show: Audrey Hood, Westwind, West Henderson HS (North Carolina)

  • Award of merit: Clara Barresi, Lily Higgins & Millie Rice, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Honorable mention: Lillian Altschul, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Yearbook portfolio (up to four pieces by one individual)

  • Best of Show: Clara Barresi, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)
  • Award of Merit: Audrey Hood, Westwind, West Henderson HS (North Carolina)
  • Honorable Mention: Harmon Kerrison, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)