Audio Visual

Academic Script

• First Place – Jessica Gonzalez, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – La’Deja Williams, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Lillian Mirosavich, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

Commentary Script

• First Place – Evan Cano, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Jazmin Fletcher, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

Feature Script

• First Place – Sam Weiss, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – La’Deja Williams, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Thomas Roper, “WTHS Media,” Tupelo HS

Human Interest Script

• First Place – Evan Cano, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Sam Weiss, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

News Script

• First Place – Lillian Mirosavich, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Shelbie Spain, “WTHS Media,” Tupelo HS
• Third Place – Delaney Peck, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

Podcast script

• First Place – Ingrid Smith, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Salai Diekumpuna & Kaija Gilbertson Hall, iliad, Clarke Central HS

PSA

• First Place – Asia Walkes, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Evan Cano, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

Sports Script

• First Place – Everett Joyner, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Evan Cano, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Third Place – Scarlett Von Strahl, “WTHS Media,” Tupelo HS

Broadcast Portfolio

• First Place – Evan Cano, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS
• Second Place – Lillian Mirosavich, “RNE-TV,” Richland Northeast HS

Captions

Feature Captions

• First Place – Chloe Sears, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Anna Schmidt, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Third Place – Lucas Donnelly, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS

News Captions

• First Place – Aza Khan, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – London Moore, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Third Place – Lucas Donnelly, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS

Sports Captions

• First Place – Charlie Partheymuller, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Lucas Donnelly, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Megan Wise, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS

Caption Portfolio

• First Place – Ingrid Smith, The Shield, McCallum HS

Literary Magazine

Fiction

• First Place – Ayanna Lonon, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Nico Willman, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Ava Maddox, Cedar Shoals HS

Flash Fiction

• First Place – Jordan Jeffreys, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Second Place – William Perkins, Silhouette, Sparkman HS

Interview/Spotlight

• First Place – Kaija Gilbertson Hall & Franni Thrasher, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Luna Reichert, iliad, Clarke Central HS

Non-Fiction

• First Place – Amaris Arroyave, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Second Place – Layla Hughes, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Third Place – Jayanna Curry, Silhouette, Sparkman HS

Personal Essay

• First Place – Niles Flath, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Atticus Barrett, iliad, Clarke Central HS

Poetry

• First Place – Mara Jalease Smith, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place –Salai Diekumpuna, iliad, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Charles Van Wyk, Silhouette, Sparkman HS

Song lyrics/music composition

• First Place – Wyatt Meyer, iliad, Clarke Central HS

Literary magazine portfolio

• First Place – Jordan Jeffreys, Voices, Nation Ford HS
• Second Place – Kaija Gilbertson Hall, iliad, Clarke Central HS

Newsprint

Editorial Column

• First Place – Evie Barnard, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Grace Vitale, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Rian Donahue, The Talon, Nation Ford HS
• Honorable mention – Ruby Calkin, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Honorable mention – Inna Voloshchuk, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Honorable mention – Vee Lewis, The Crimson Crier, Sparkman HS

Staff Editorial

• First Place – Alannah Edwards, The Southerner, Midtown HS
• Second Place – Logan Davis, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Rachel Studer, The Talon, Nation Ford HS

Entertainment/Feature Column

• First Place – Amilia Velez, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS
• Second Place – Liva Redhead, Tribal Tribune, Wando HS
• Third Place – Samuel Smith, Nighthawk Newsmagazine, First Flight HS

Feature Story

• First Place – Alice Scott, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Isabella Westrich, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Kate Boyle, The Shield, McCallum HS

Headline

• First Place – Ingrid Smith, The Shield, McCallum HS

Investigative Story

• First Place – Violet Calkin, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Second Place – Sofia Balsamo & Nico Willman, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Alysa Bijl-Spiro, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Honorable Mention – Emily Couch & Audrey Enghauser, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS

News Feature

• First Place – Ellie Crane, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Second Place – Alice Scott, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Tumelo Johnson & London Moore, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Honorable Mention – Riley Ramsey, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS

News Story

• First Place – Mazzy Warren, The Dispatch, James Bowie HS
• Second Place – Samantha Powers, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Ingrid Smith, The Shield, McCallum HS

Personality Profile

• First Place – Madelynn Niles & Grace Nugent, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place (tie) – Lanie Sepehri, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place (tie) – Gaby Esquivel & Caroline Owen, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Ikeoluwa Ojo, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Honorable mention – Kat Gregg, Nighthawk Newsmagazine, First Flight HS
• Honorable mention – Melanie Frick, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS

Review

• First Place – Isaac Ramirez, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Aza Khan, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Marcus Welch, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS

Sports Column

• First Place – Wyatt Meyer, ODYSSEY, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Jacob Weiszer, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Third Place – Kate Boyle, The Shield, McCallum HS

Sports Feature

• First Place – Alysa Bijl-Spiro & Lucy Marco, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Michael Niedzwiecki-Castile, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS
• Third Place – Ethan Greene, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS

Sports Story

• First Place – Charlie Partheymuller, The Shield, McCallum HS

Newsprint Portfolio

• First Place – Alice Scott, The Shield, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Isabella Westrich, ODYSSEY Newsmagazine, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Ikeoluwa Ojo, BluePrints, Cedar Shoals HS

Online

Alternative Storytelling

• First Place – Lillian Gray, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Evelyn Griffin, Julian Magee & Theo Roe, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Lucy Marco & friends, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Honorable Mention – Audrey St. Onge, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS

Blog

• First Place – Maya Shrivastav, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Maya Clement, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Ingrid Smith, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Honorable Mention – Ellaheh Gohari, iPatriotPost, American Heritage School

Column

• First Place – Joanne Kim, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS
• Second Place – Marcus Welch, BluePrints online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Third Place – Kyla Davidson, The Crimson Crier online, Sparkman HS
• Honorable Mention – Anvita Bondada, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS

Features

• First Place – Lindsay Ruhl, The Southerner online, Midtown HS
• Second Place – Riley Ramsey, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Melanie Frick, BluePrints online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Honorable mention – Isabella Westrich, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS

Investigative Story

• First Place – Ava Smith, The Southerner online, Midtown HS
• Second Place – Angelina Liu, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS
• Third Place – Ingrid Smith, The Shield online, McCallum HS

News

• First Place – Jamie Marlowe, Greta Gustafson & Aran Sonnad-Joshi, The Southerner online, Midtown HS
• Second Place – Jamie Marlowe, Abby Hyken & Aran Sonnad-Joshi, The Southerner online, Midtown HS
• Third Place – Ava Smith, The Southerner online, Midtown HS

Personality Feature

• First Place – Alice Scott, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Anjali Krishna, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS
• Third Place – Lukas Cornish & Natalie Schliekelman, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Honorable Mention – Angelina Liu, Coppell Student Media, Coppell HS
• Honorable Mention – Nico Willman, Isabella Westrich, Audrey St. Onge, Aza Khan & Natasha Williams, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS

Reviews

• First Place – Isabella Westrich, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Second Place – Miles Lawrence, ODYSSEY Media Group, Clarke Central HS
• Third Place – Luz Bazarte, Blueprints online, Cedar Shoals HS

Sports column

• First Place – Grace Nugent, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Charlie Partheymuller, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Third Place – Gabriel Holcomb, BluePrints online, Cedar Shoals HS

Sports feature

• First Place – Thomas Melina-Raab, The Shield online, McCallum HS
• Second Place – Devin Tabourn, The Southerner online, Midtown HS
• Third Place – Archer Streelman, The Southerner online, Midtown HS
• Honorable Mention – Megan Wise, BluePrints Online, Cedar Shoals HS

Sports news

• First Place – Ikeoluwa Ojo, BluePrints online, Cedar Shoals HS
• Second Place – Stella Mackler, The Southerner Online, Midtown HS
• Third Place – Stella Maximuk, The Southerner Online, Midtown HS

Online Portfolio

• First Place – Francie Wilhelm, The Shield online, McCallum HS
  • “New kids on the pyramid”
  • “Breaking down the bond”
  • “Starbucks workers go on strike”
  • “Rethinking I-35”
• Second Place – Amaya Collier, The Shield online, McCallum HS
  • “Jackson Heights street food vendors provide cultural exchange, struggle to survive amid city restrictions”
  • “AISD provides free period products in all schools”
  • “A post-debate fact check of Abbott, O’Rourke”
  • “Current seniors eager to vote in gubernatorial race,”
• Third Place – Lanie Sepehri, The Shield online, McCallum HS
  • “A taste of Fascist Peach Cobbler”
  • “Fire Station No. 2 will always be with her”
  • “‘Midnights’ proves Taylor Swift is a true ‘Mastermind’”
  • “Families that play together stay together”

Yearbook

Academic Copy

• First Place – Ainsley Doyle, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Sydney Lewis, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Meredith Grotevant, The Knight, McCallum HS

Community Copy

• First Place – Elise Lo, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Keira Firilas, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Meredith Grotevant, The Knight, McCallum HS

Groups Copy

• First Place – Caroline Bierman, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Luka Albarran, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Meredith Grotevant, The Knight, McCallum HS

People Copy

• First Place – Millie Rice, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Allie Frizzell, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Lily Higgins, Legend, Wando HS

Sports Copy

• First Place – Julia Galbally, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Gracie Sams, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Meredith Grotevant, The Knight, McCallum HS

Student Life Copy

• First Place – Jordan Davis, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Victoria Cole, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Sydney Lewis, Legend, Wando HS

Yearbook Portfolio

• First Place – Millie Rice, Legend, Wando HS
• Second Place – Lily Higgins, Legend, Wando HS
• Third Place – Allie Frizzell, Legend, Wando HS