2023 SIPA’s Best Visual Contest

Advertising categories

Community ad

  • First Place: Charlotte Baxter, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Inna Voloshchuk, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Art, graphics and illustration categories

Computer art

  • First Place: Lucille Price, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Second Place: Grace Fragakis, Voices, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Mary Robinson Coco, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School (Mississippi)

Editorial cartoon

  • First Place: Evie Barnard, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Second Place: Asher Hagan, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Third Place: Antonio Starks, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Illustration

  • First Place: Lindy Pass, Voices, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Elise Siegmund, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Third Place: Antonio Starks, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Infographic

  • First Place: Asher Hagan, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Second Place: Sophie Leung-Lieu, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Third Place: Ellie Crane, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)

Art portfolio (up to four examples from one individual)

  • First Place: Lindy Pass, Voices, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)
  • Second Place: Evie Barnard, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Third Place: Asher Hagan, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

Broadcast

Anchor 

  • First Place: Ta’Liya Griffin, “Real TV,” Stratford HS (South Carolina)
  • Second Place: Heather Wright, “Tiger Eye News,” Fred T. Foard HS (North Carolina)
  • Third Place: Lillian Mirosavich, “RNE-TV Live,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Commentary

Commercial

Graphics

Human interest

Hype Video

Music video

Nat pack

News story

Promos 

  • First Place: Jordan Perez, “CCNN Live,” Christopher Columbus HS (Florida)
  • Second Place: Adam Barham, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)
  • Third Place: Chana Driggers & Dillon Rosario, “Wave TV,” Summerville HS (South Carolina)

PSA 

Reporter 

  • First Place: Hannah Watts, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)
  • Second Place: Evan Cano, “RNE-TV Live,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Third Place: Heather Wright, “Tiger Eye News,” Fred T. Foard HS (North Carolina)

Short film

Sports coverage

Videography

  • First Place: Annabelle Jones, “RNE-TV Live,” Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Second Place: Skylar Torrey, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)
  • Third Place: Marissa Potter, “Real TV,” Stratford HS (South Carolina)

Talent reel

  • First Place: Hannah Watts, “CRN-TV,” Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)
  • Second Place: Andrew Anhrendt, “CCNN TV,” Christopher Columbus HS (Florida)
  • Third Place: Juan Carlos Chaoui, “CCNN TV,” Christopher Columbus HS (Florida)

Literary Magazine categories

Cover

  • First Place: Eva Orbock, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Second Place: Trey Welch, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School (Mississippi)

  • Third Place: Jordan Jeffreys, Voices, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

Fiction spread

  • First Place: Eva Orbock & Audrey St. Onge, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Second Place: Eva Orbock & Kira Howard, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Third Place: Jordan Jeffreys, Voices, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

Gallery spread

  • First Place: Mary Robinson Coco, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School (Mississippi)

  • Second Place: Eva Orbock & Treasa McHugh, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Third Place: Eva Orbock & Amanda Price, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Music composition spread

  • First Place: Eva Orbock, Wyatt Meyer & Itzel Delgado-Torres, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Nonfiction spread

  • First Place: Eva Orbock & Bird Smith, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Second Place: Eva Orbock & Connor Allen, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Third Place: Jordan Jeffreys, Voices, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

Poetry spread

  • First Place: Eva Orbock & Elise Siegmund, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Second Place: Trinity Scalia, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School (Mississippi)

  • Third Place: Eva Orbock & Temprince Battle, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Table of contents

  • First Place: Eva Orbock, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Second Place: Amaris Arroyave, Voices, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)
  • Third Place: Sara Beth Henson & Lauren McKay, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School (Mississippi)

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

  • First Place: Eva Orbock, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
  • Second Place: Trinity Scalia, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School (Mississippi)
  • Third Place: Trey Welch, Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School (Mississippi)

Newsmagazine categories

Alternative Storytelling

  • First Place: Maya Clement, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Second Place: Molly Harwell, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Third Place: Sophie Leung-Lieu, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Cover

  • First Place: Taylor Newton, Nighthawk News Magazine, First Flight HS (North Carolina)

  • Second Place: Evie Barnard, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Third Place: Molly Harwell, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Entertainment package

  • First Place: Maya Clement, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Second Place: Ellie Crane, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)

  • Third Place: Sophie Leung-Lieu, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Feature package

  • First Place: Sophie Leung-Lieu, Alice Scott & Naomi Di-Capua, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Second Place: Kira Law, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)

  • Third Place: Maya Clement, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Headline package

  • First Place: Rico Morris, The Hi-Times, Tupelo HS (Mississippi)

  • Second Place: Rico Morris, The Hi-Times, Tupelo HS (Mississippi)

  • Third Place: Ellie Crane, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS (Georgia)

In-depth cover story package

  • First Place: Molly Harwell & Wyatt Meyer, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Second Place: Evie Barnard & Amaya Collier, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

News package

  • First Place: Evie Barnard, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Second Place: Sophie Leung-Lieu, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Third Place: Maya Clement & Molly Harwell, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Op/Ed package

  • First Place: Sophie Leung-Lieu, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Second Place: Sophie Leung-Lieu, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Third Place: JoJo Barnard, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Sports package

  • First Place: Wyatt Meyer, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Second Place: Wyatt Meyer, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Third Place: Charlie Partheymuller, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Table of contents

  • First Place: Molly Harwell, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Second Place: Evie Barnard & Alice Scott, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Third Place: Molly Harwell, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Newsmagazine portfolio (up to four pieces from one individual)

  • First Place: Maya Clement, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
  • Second Place: Sophie Leung-Lieu, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Third Place: Molly Harwell, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

Newspaper

Alternative Storytelling

  • First Place: Ava Wong, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Second Place: Ava Wong, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Third Place: Ava Wong, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

Centerspread

  • First Place: Isabella del Nido, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

 

  • Second Place: Isabella del Nido, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Third Place: Georgia Cox, The Talon, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

Entertainment page

 

  • First Place Amelia Velez, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Second Place: Inna Voloshchuk, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Lilah Skovran, The Talon, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

Feature page

  • First Place: Lilah Skovran, The Talon, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Inna Voloshchuk, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Sophia Sanchez, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

Front page

  • First Place: Mazzy Warren & Lucille Price, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Second Place: Carly Jacobson, The Talon, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Lucille Price, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

Headline package

  • First Place: Isabella del Nido, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Second Place: Addie Rae Allen, The Talon, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Georgia Cox, The Talon, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

News page

  • First Place: Julia Hochderffer, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: MC Warner, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Rachel Studer, The Talon, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

Op/Ed page

  • First Place: Rachel Studer, The Talon, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Rachel Studer, The Talon, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

Sports page

  • First Place: Ben Tillisch, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)

  • Second Place: Isabella Veritas, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Justin Baxter, The Talon, Nation Ford HS (South Carolina)

Newspaper portfolio (up to four pieces from one individual)

  • First Place: Isabella del Nido, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS (Texas)
  • Second Place: Emory Robinson, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)
  • Third Place: Inna Voloshchuk, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Online categories

Computer Graphics

  • First Place: Hallie PalmerThe Saber, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Second Place: Ingrid SmithThe Shield online, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Third Place: Josie BradsbyThe Shield online, McCallum HS (Texas)

Digital storytelling

Features package

News package

Opinion Package

Photo Gallery

Photo Story

  • First Place: Sally Butler, The Shield online, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Second Place: Lillian Gray, The Shield online, McCallum HS (Texas)

Podcast

Sports package

Online portfolio

  • First Place: Anna Shaikun, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
  • Second Place: Francie Wilhelm, The Shield online, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Third Place: Ingrid Smith, The Shield online, McCallum HS (Texas)

Photography categories

Academic

  • First Place: Taylor Newton, Nighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight HS (North Carolina)

  • Second Place: Bella Schwinne, LegendWando HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Taylor Newton, Nighthawk News MagazineFirst Flight HS (North Carolina)

Clubs

  • First Place: Lola Daniher, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Rafael Castro Silva, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Livi Ralston, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Creative Group Shot

  • First Place: Aza Khan, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Second Place: Francie Wilhelm, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Third Place: Lillian Gray, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Environmental portrait

  • First Place: Scarlett Lewis, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Aza Khan, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Third Place: Bella Schwinne, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

First-year student

  • First Place: Julia Farris, QuatralogFred T. Foard HS (North Carolina)

  • Second Place: Julia Copas, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Third Place: Ava Murphy, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Illustration

  • First Place: Mackenzie Hofmann, Quatralog, Fred T. Foard HS (North Carolina)

  • Second Place: Evie Barnard, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  •  Third Place: Julia Farris, Quatralog, Fred T. Foard HS (North Carolina)

Landscape

  • First Place: Bella Schwinne, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Ella Henderson, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Gabbi Mortellaro, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

News

  • First Place: Taylor Newton, Nighthawk News Magazine, First Flight HS (North Carolina)

  • Second Place: Gaby Esquivel, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Third Place: Livi Ralston, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Sports

  • First Place: Hannah Shook, Quatralog, Fred T. Foard HS (North Carolina)

  • Second Place: Camilla Vandegrift, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

  • Third Place: Bella Schwinne, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Sports reaction

  • First Place: Aza Khan, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)

  • Second Place: Taylor Newton, Nighthawk News Magazine, First Flight HS (North Carolina)

  • Third Place: Charlie Partheymuller, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Student life

  • First Place: Taylor Newton, Nighthawk News Magazine, First Flight HS (North Carolina)

  • Second Place: Julia Farris, Quatralog, Fred T. Foard HS (North Carolina)

  • Third Place: Lola Daniher, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Photography portfolio (up to five photographs by one individual)

  • First Place: Taylor Newton, Nighthawk News Magazine, First Flight HS (North Carolina)
  • Second Place: Bella Schwinne, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)
  • Third Place: Lola Daniher, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Social Media

Breaking News

  • First Place: Hallie Palmer, The Saber, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)
  • Second Place: Aza Khan, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
  • Third Place: Morgan Eye, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Promotion

  • First Place: Sophie Leung-Lieu, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)
  • Second Place: Aza Khan, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
  • Third Place: The Dispatch staff, James Bowie HS (Texas)

Sports Coverage

  • First Place: “CRN TV” staff, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)
  • Second Place: Aza Khan, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
  • Third Place: Lillian Gray, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Storytelling

  • First Place: Aza Khan, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
  • Second Place: The Dispatch staff, James Bowie HS (Texas)
  • Third Place: Delaney Peck, The Saber, Richland Northeast HS (South Carolina)

Portfolio

  • First Place: Aza Khan, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
  • Second Place: Ollie Hendershot, iliad, Clarke Central HS (Georgia)
  • Third Place: Naomi Di-Capua, The Shield, McCallum HS (Texas)

Yearbook categories

Academic spread

  • First Place: Elise Gierhart, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Imani Hamilton & Maddie McClure, The Senator, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

  • Third Place: Heidi Heavner, Quatralog, Fred T. Foard HS (North Carolina)

Alternative copy

  • First Place: Nyla Bickham, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Brooke Tribolet, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Rafael Castro Silva, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)

Club spread

  • First Place: Ava Kempinski, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Hannah Whitaker, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Neela Cole & Alexis Turner, The Senator, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

Cover

  • First Place: Taylor Newton, Shorelines, First Flight HS (North Carolina)

  • Second Place: Savannah Idle, Venom, Catawba Ridge HS (South Carolina)

 

  • Third Place: Nicole Breen, Julia Galbally & Brooke Tribolet, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Endsheet

  • First Place: Nicole Breen, Julia Galbally & Brooke Tribolet, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Headline package

  • First Place: Julia Farris, Quatralog, Fred T. Foard HS (North Carolina)

  • Second Place: Julia Farris, Quatralog, Fred T. Foard HS (North Carolina)

  • Third Place: Julia Farris, Quatralog, Fred T. Foard HS (North Carolina)

Opening spread

  • First Place: Nicole Breen, Julia Galbally & Brooke Tribolet, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Taylor Newton, Shorelines, First Flight HS (North Carolina)

  • Honorable Mention: Morgan Chancey, The Wildcat, Clarksville HS (Tennessee)

People spread

  • First Place: Timothy Freeland, The Wildcat, Clarksville HS (Tennessee)

  • Second Place: Emma Barrett, The Wildcat, Clarksville HS (Tennessee)

Profile spread

  • First Place: Elise Gierhart, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Nyla Bickham, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Katie Brown, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Section divider

  • First Place: Nicole Breen, Julia Galbally & Brooke Tribolet, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Taylor Newton, Shorelines, First Flight HS (North Carolina)

  • Third Place: Morgan Chancey, The Wildcat, Clarksville HS (Tennessee)

Sports spread

  • First Place: Ava Kempinski, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Sadie Andrus, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Third Place: Abigail Kuykendall,  The Senator, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

Student life spread

  • First Place: Charley Frost, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

  • Second Place: Addison Brooks & Lauren Stallworth, The Senator, Sparkman HS (Alabama)

  • Third Place: Roxy Sylvester, Quartralog, Fred T. Foard HS (North Carolina)

Title page

  • First Place: Taylor Newton, Shorelines, First Flight HS (North Carolina)

  • Second Place: Nicole Breen, Julia Galbally & Brooke Tribolet, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)

Yearbook portfolio (up to four pieces by one individual)

  • First Place: Elise Gierhart, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)
  • Second Place: Brooke Tribolet, Legend, Wando HS (North Carolina)
  • Third Place: Katie Brown, Legend, Wando HS (South Carolina)