TOP (Team on-site production) competitions took place during a three-hour period on Saturday, March 5, at the 2022 convention. All teams had to produce their packages during the three-hour time period based on a prompt given to them Friday night and from materials gathered at the SIPA convention. Click on the links to view the full packages each team produced.

Broadcast

Broadcast teams were asked to create a feature package based on the following prompt:

“Time to hit the streets for a “Man on the Street”! Find a person or persons (a fellow SIPA attendee, a convention speaker, a business owner, a group of musicians) you do not know and tell their story in a 1:30-3-minute personality profile or news feature. Make sure they are not from your school and their story has some human interest value. Ask the right questions, get relevant B-roll and get a secondary source or two. If you focus on a fellow convention attendee, do not use someone from your school.”

• Hannah Watts & Skyler Oliver, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina) – best script
• Sofia Sequeira & Skylar Torrey, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina) – best videography
• Michael Niedzwiecki-Castile & Alex Holland, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)
• Tyler Pendleton & Brin Conerly, Fort Mill HS (South Carolina)
• Brynn Dove & Isabella Day, Fort Mill HS (South Carolina)
• Madelyn Prickett & Leah Snodgrass, Fort Mill HS (South Carolina)
• Christina Foster & Deim Marion Gannaban, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
• Mark Smith & Emanya Roach, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina) – best overall
• Aiden Mayer & Autumn Johnson, Stratford HS (South Carolina)
• Marissa Potter & Sarah Suter, Stratford HS (South Carolina)

Literary Magazine

Literary magazine teams were asked to write, edit, create and draw inspiration to craft artistic interpretations and content for a magazine spread inspired by the following poem:

They shut me up in Prose – (445)

By Emily Dickinson

They shut me up in Prose –

As when a little Girl

They put me in the Closet –

Because they liked me “still”   –

Still! Could themself have peeped –

And seen my Brain – go round –

They might as wise have lodged a Bird

For Treason – in the Pound –

Himself has but to will

And easy as a Star

Look down opon Captivity –

And laugh – No more have I –

Mallory Huntsman & Ava Huntsman, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia) – best visual element

Luna Reichert, Salai Diekumpuna, Eva Orbock & Ollie Hendershot, Clarke Central HS (Georgia) – best written  element and best overall

Andrew Bignault, Lex Joye, Muhammad Ali & Arwin Burgess, Parkview HS (Georgia)

Emma Tourville, Savan Alston, Isabella Ziroli & Sullivan Treadwell, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

Newsprint

Newsprint teams were asked to write, edit and design a single page (broadsheet or tabloid size) or spread based on the following prompt:

“Time to hit the streets to find a person or persons (a fellow SIPA attendee, a business owner, a group of musicians) you do not know and tell their story. Make sure they are not from your school and their story has some human interest value. Create a single page (broadsheet or tabloid size) or spread based on this person’s/persons’ story.  The design can focus on the individual or on the topic/issue/quality that makes this story unique – just make sure it has a focus.  Ask the right questions, get relevant outside information and get a secondary source or two.“

Keelin Davis, Mia Maguire, Jenna Tipton & Sophia Blanton, Livewire, Bullitt East HS (Kentucky)

Aiden Dowling, Marcus Welch, Emma McElhannon & Ikeoluwa Ojo, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)

Jackie Wright, Violet Calkin & Anna Schmidt, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia) – best overall

Ellie Crane, Ruby Calkin, Eva Lucero & Kira Law, Blueprints, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia) – best story

Audrey Enghauser, Molly Harwell, Jane Ripps & Antonio Starks, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Nico Willman, Isaac Ramirez, Anna Tenner & Cadence Schapker, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia) – best design

Gretchen Hinger, Audrey St. Onge, Isabelle Gallis & LLaniya Jones, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Hallie Palmer, Rissy McDonald, Sam Helman & Dixie Johnson, The Cavalier, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Tess Warren, Olivia Lake, MeMe Malone & Vee Lewis, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

Bria Howard, Matt Brown, Rileigh Glassman & Harrison Hollingsworth, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

Luke Wallace, Arianna Marzoff, Emory Robinson & Isabella Veritas, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

George Bagwell, Charlotte Baxter, Payton Wilson & Morgan Cook, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Photography

Photography teams were asked to write captions, edit photos and create a gallery of at least eight photos (four from each member) based on the following prompt:

“Write captions, edit photos and create an online photo essay based on SOCIALIZE. This is something we have not been able to do for the past two years. Tell a story through photographs about socializing. Make sure that each photo tells a different part of the story and is not just the same moment over and over again..”

• Emma Wright & Sierra Karner, Bullitt East HS (Kentucky)
• Isabella Morgan & Aissatou Sarr, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)
• Delia McElhannon, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)
• Chloe Sears & Lucas Donnelly, Clarke Central HS (Georgia) – best caption by Chloe Sears
• Aza Khan & Temprince Battle, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
• Olivia Ralston & Scarlett Lewis, Wando HS (South Carolina) – best gallery & best single image

Yearbook

Yearbook teams were asked to write, edit and design a spread based on the following prompt:

“Time to hit the streets to find a person or persons (a fellow SIPA attendee, a convention speaker, a business owner, a group of musicians) you do not know and tell their story. Make sure they are not from your school and their story has some human interest value. Create a spread based on this person’s/persons’ story.  The spread can focus on the individual or on the topic/issue/quality that makes this story unique – just make sure it has a focus.  Ask the right questions, get relevant outside information and get a secondary source or two.“

Avery Smith, Blake Harlamert, Carly Wooten & Maddie Hurley, Endeavor, Bullitt East HS (Kentucky) – best design

Gabrielle Howell, Savannah Idle & Clara Brown, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)

Charles Creech, Eric Finley & Elijah Kasal, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)

Reese Simonson, Olivia Call, Aneecia Barrett & Layla Brindisi, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)

Allie Chang, Luz Bazarte, Maycayla Holmes & Zaya Roberson, Mirari, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)

Lillian Altschul, Nicholas Wilkins & Sydne Crawford, The Archive, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Neela Cole, Cassie Smith & Jayanna Currey, Senator, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

Mia Youngblood, Kortney Allen & Melina McBee, Senator, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

Amanda Falcone, Luka Albarran, Bella Schwinne & Eleanor Bingham, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina) – best copy and best overall

Brooke Tribolet, Olivia Estoppey, Gracie Sams & Elise Gierhart, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Nicole Breen, Lola Daniher, Jordan Davis & Gavin Hall, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Julia Galbally, Sydney Lewis, Ava Kempinski & Jacob Cutter, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Samantha Finkenberg, Caroline Bierman, Keiriaki Firrilas & Jordan Condie, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

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