2022 SIPA’s Best Writing Contest

March 6, 2022

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