Broadcast

Academic Script

• First Place – Diem Marion Gannaban, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Christina Foster, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Brennan Davis, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

Commentary Script

• First Place – Emanya Roach, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Alani Hamilton, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Anders Engelby, “ECSN,” East Cooper Center for Advanced Studies

Feature Script

• First Place – Alani Hamilton, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Mark Smith, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Alice Scott & Lucy Marco, The Shield online, McCallum HS

Human Interest Script

• First Place – Deim Marion Gannaban, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Samantha Powers, The Shield online, McCallum HS

News Script

• First Place – Kamea Hosendove & Mary Jayne Davis, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Hannah Perkins & Lillian Mirosovich, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Christina Foster, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

PSA

• First Place – Emanya Roach, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Brennan Davis, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

Sports Script

• First Place – Juliette Maxfield & Alani Hamilton, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Alice Scott, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Brennan Davis, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

Literary Magazine

Fiction

• First Place – Jordan Jeffreys, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Second Place – Henry Crowder, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Ainslee Johnson, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School

Non-Fiction

• First Place – Micah Shannon, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Kimberly Blount, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School
• Third Place – Min Kim, Silhouette, Sparkman HS

Personal Essay

• First Place – Jordan Jeffreys, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Second Place – Micah Shannon, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Maya Williams, Silhouette, Sparkman HS

Poetry

• First Place – Salai Diekumpuna, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place –Shannie Porter, The Lantern, Albemarle HS
• Third Place – Alex Roberson, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School

Review

• First Place – Amaris Arroyave, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Second Place – Tripp Sandifer, iliad, Clarke Central HS

Song lyrics

• First Place – Ethan Caspary-Poucher, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Sola Ishibashi, iliad, Clarke Central HS

Newsprint

Editorial Column

• First Place – Lanie Sepehri, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Evelyn Griffin, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Emma Scott, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Honorable mention – Daniel Garcia-Pozo, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Honorable mention – Samuel Smith, Nighthawk Newsmagazine, First Flight HS

Staff Editorial

• First Place – Samantha Powers & Tobin Wine, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Ellen Fox, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Mia Rankin, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS

Entertainment/Feature Column

• First Place – Alice Scott, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Yennifer Velazquez-Ayala, Blueprints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Third Place – Samantha Powers, The Shield, McCallum HS

Feature Story

• First Place – Melanie Frick, Blueprints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Second Place – Alli Ryan, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Third Place – Emma Scott, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS

News Feature

• First Place – Dylan Ebs, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS
• Second Place – Natalie Schliekelman, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Kayla Hallac, Nighthawk Newsmagazine, First Flight HS

News Story

• First Place – Olivia Bodner, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS
• Second Place – Eliza Ingle, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Samantha Powers & Evelyn Griffin, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Honorable mention – Ikeoluwa Ojo, Blueprints, Cedar Shoals HS

Personality Profile

• First Place – Madelynn Niles, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Ellen Fox, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Maggie McNinch, Nighthawk Newsmagazine, First Flight HS
• Honorable mention – Amaya Collier & Ingrid Smith, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Honorable mention – Laurel Maynor, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Honorable mention – Sammie Thompson, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS

Review

• First Place – Madelynn Niles, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Grace Nugent, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Caroline Es’dorn, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS

Sports Column

• First Place – Sam Vane, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS
• Second Place – Isabella Baker-Johnson, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Sadie Blalock, The Sequoyah Scribe, John Sevier MS

Sports Feature

• First Place – Grace Nugent, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Audrey Enghauser, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Kennedy Weatherby, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Honorable Mention – Michael Pearson, Nighthawk News Magazine, First Flight HS
• Honorable Mention – Francie Wilhelm, The Shield, McCallum HS

Sports Story

• First Place – Marley Angle, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Kaiden Bridges, The Talon, Nation Ford HS
• Third Place – Reagan Zuniga, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS

Online

Alternative Storytelling

• First Place – Anjali Krishna, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS
• Second Place – Morgan Eye, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Luna Reichert, Audrey Enghauser, Nico Willman & Jaydon Dennis, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Honorable Mention – Lilly Gorman, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS

Blog

• First Place – Madelynn Niles & Grace Nugent, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Lucy Marco, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Lydia Reedy & Josie Bradsby, The Shield online, McCallum HS

Column

• First Place – Alysa Spiro, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Alice Scott, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Kelly Tran, The Southerner online, Midtown HS
• Honorable Mention – Jackie Wright, Blueprints online, Cedar Shoals HS

Features

• First Place – George Lefkowicz, The Southerner online, Midtown HS
• Second Place – Amanda Hare, Christina Krasnova & Abrianna Galante, Eagle Nation Online, Prosper HS
• Third Place – Melanie Frick & Tory Ratajczak, Blueprints online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Honorable mention – Caroline Owen, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Honorable mention – Luna Reichert, Daniel Garcia-Pozo, Lukas Cornish & Nico Willman, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS

Investigative Story

• First Place – Neha Desaraju Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS
• Second Place – Evie Barnard, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Melanie Frick, Blueprints online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Honorable Mention – Cole Parker & Duncan Tanner, The Southerner online, Midtown HS

News

• First Place – Lucy Marco & Grace Nugent, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Kayla Hallac & Maggie McNinch, Nighthawk News online, First Flight HS
• Third Place – Kayla Hallac & Peyton Dickerson, Nighthawk News online, First Flight HS

Opinion Piece

• First Place – Sally Parampottil, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS

Personality Feature

• First Place – Lydia Reedy, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Kira Law, Blueprints Online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Third Place – Anjali Krishna, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS

Reviews

• First Place – Chloe Sears, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Emma McElhannon, Blueprints online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Third Place – Madelynn Niles, The Shield online, McCallum HS

Sports column

• First Place – Thomas Melina Raab, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Anna McClellan, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – William Palmer, The Southerner online, Midtown HS

Sports feature

• First Place – Samantha Powers, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Alice Scott, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Sally Parampottil, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS
• Honorable Mention – Christi Norris, Eagle News Nation, Prosper HS

Sports news

• First Place – Ava Smith, The Southerner online, Midtown HS
• Second Place – Grace Nugent, The Shield Online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Logan Davis & Elisha Scott, The Shield Online, McCallum HS
• Honorable mention – Thomas Melina Raab, The Shield Online, McCallum HS

Photo Cutlines

Feature Cutline

• First Place – Bella Russo, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Alice Scott, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Ellen Fox, The Shield online, McCallum HS

News Cutline

• First Place – Elisha Scott, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Bo Witzel, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Violet Calkin, BluePrints online, Cedar Shoals HS

Sports Cutline

• First Place – Caleb Melville, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Sophie Leung-Lieu, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Charlie Partheymuller, The Shield online, McCallum HS

Yearbook

Academic Copy

• First Place – Grayson Taylor, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Emalee Goode, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Sydney Lewis, Legend, Wando HS

Alternative Storytelling

• First Place – Zazie Bryant, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Hannah Zuniga, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Lindsey Plotkin, The Knight, McCallum HS

Community Copy

• First Place – Naomi Di-Capua, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Josie Bradsby, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Ethan Young, Legend, Wando HS

Groups Copy

• First Place – Evie Whitesell, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Lindsey Plotkin, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Mary-Michael O’Hara, Legend, Wando HS

People Copy

• First Place – Madelynn Niles, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Allie Frizzell, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Francie Wilhelm, The Knight, McCallum HS

Sports Copy

• First Place – Andy Bumgarner, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Lindsey Plotkin, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Grace Nugent, The Knight, McCallum HS

Student Life Copy

• First Place – Lucy Marco, The Knight, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Nicole Breen, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Lily Higgins, Legend, Wando HS

Theme Copy

• First Place – Lindsey Plotkin & Hannah Zuniga, The Knight, McCallum HS