2023 SIPA’s Best Writing Contest

March 5, 2023

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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