The IWPA is excited to announce the winners of our 2023 High School Communications Contest!
This year, we had 107 entries from a total of 8 high schools, and we are excited to announce the winner of the Silver Pen award for the most points across categories is Huntley High School!
First Place winners go on to compete in the National Federation of Press Women’s High School Communications Contest. See below for the list of all the winners from different schools. Congratulations to all the winners!
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
First Place
Timmy VanEtten – Radio or Podcast Prepared Report – Lunch Prices
Patrice St. Jean – Radio / Television Interview or Talk Show – Student Activists
Ashley Rosales – Video News Story – Drama’s New Play
Lea Ryndak – Video Feature Story – Sewing
Nate Locker, Kalel Fargo – Video Sports Story – Bigger than Basketball
Second Place
Timmy VanEtten, Jalen Allred-Coleman – Radio / Television Interview or Talk Show
Ella Aceves, Eliya Hobson – Video News Story
Nate Locker, Josh Fajardo – Video Feature Story
Third Place
Patrice St. Jean – Radio or Podcast Prepared Report
Jasmen Walker – Video Sports Story
First Place
Jessy Gone – News Story – Stay Positive Dawgs
Alexis Cobb – News or Feature Photo – Homecoming Pep Rally: Guy Poms Celebrate
Alexis Cobb – Sports Photo – Alex Johnson Long Jump
Alexis Cobb – Graphics / Photo Illustration – Black History Month Cover
Jessica Olson, Alexandra Strzelecki – Yearbook Layout – He Shoots, He Scores
Anna Marciniak – Yearbook Copywriting – Community Contributions
Second Place
Abby Panier – Editorial
Megan Curry – Opinion
Chase Keller – Sports Story
Irene Banerjee – Review
Katie Walsh – News or Feature Photo
Dana Arellano – Graphics / Photo Illustration
Karen Razal, Kylie Phommasack – Yearbook Layout
Third Place
Abby Panier – Editorial
Jessy Gone – News Story
Chase Keller – Sports Story
Alexis Cobb – Sports Photo
Ava Burns, Kylie Phommasack – Yearbook Layout
Honorable Mention
Sophia Coronado – Opinion
Sophia Coronado – News Story
Abby Panier – Sports Story
Jacey Sola – Review
Alexis Cobb – Sports Photo
Alyssa Olson – Yearbook Layout
First Place
Lizzy Sidman – Opinion – The Reasons for Self-Defense Classes
Anna Olp – Environment – What climate change looks like in the midwest region
Second Place
Paige Whiteside – Radio or Podcast Prepared Report
Third Place
Ashley Vanderhoff – Graphics / Photo Illustration
Katie Pfotenhauer – Single-Page Layout
Elliot Krippelz – Double-Truck Layout
Honorable Mention
Lizzy Sidman – Feature Story
Audrey Walker – Honorable Mention
First Place
Vanessa Moreno – Feature Story – At the center of ‘the drug triangle’
Second Place
Madison Harvey – Video Sports Story
Mackenzie Sroka – Sports Photo
Third Place
Alayna Majkzrak – Feature Story
Cooper Ten Bruin – Radio / Television Interview or Talk Show
Cooper Ten Bruin, Rayaan Ahmed – Video Feature Story
Honorable Mention
Eli Frommes – Feature Story
Madison Harvey – Video Feature Story
Nikki Sasson – Opinion
Nikki Sasson – Feature Story
Third Place
Ollie Shuminas – News or Feature Photo
Honorable Mention
Clare McDonough – Opinion
Aaditya Patel, Atharva Patel – News Story
Anthony Pretto – Sports Story
Jos Mendez, Isabella Matuk – Review
Paige Natindim – Cartooning
First Place
Vivian Zhu – Editorial – Challenging the Court of Law
Kelly Liu, Shannon Moser – Sports Story – Embodying Perfection
Kashvi Nagpal, Camden Wright – Review – Spooky Specials
Jennifer Huang – Cartooning – Man Down
Jennifer Huang, Kelly Liu – Single- Page Layout – Pencils Down
Timothy Bui, Katya Dubinin, Collin Fan – Double-Truck Layout – Coaching Off-Court
Second Place
Gaurish Lakhanpal, Aayushi Wadhawan, Vivian Zhu – News Story
Fiona Jin, Anika Krishnaswamy, Kelly Liu, Shannon Moser, Aaroh Tak – Feature Story
Elizabeth Yuan – Cartooning
Matt McGowan, Vivian Zhu – Single-Page Layout
Saanvi Adusumalli, Jennifer Huang, Adi Jaiswal, Ava Winber – Double-Truck Layout
Collin Fan, Lance Locker – Environment
Third Place
Lance Locker, Elizabeth Yuan – Opinion
Honorable Mention
Rachel Bui, Collin Fan, Angela Guo, Shannon Moser – Feature Story
Ansh Aggarwal – News or Feature Photo
Nicole Yao – Cartooning
Eshaam Bhattad, Gaurish Lakhanpal, Shannon Moser – Double-Truck Layout
Ansh Aggarwal – Radio or Podcast Prepared Report
Leave A Comment