November Story of the Month winners announced
December 15, 2011
Below are the winners for the November monthly contests. The next monthly contest will be in January. Feature Story 1st Place: Bethanne Elliott, Pittsburg High School 1st Place: Vanessa Daves, Shawnee Mission East 2nd Place: Linley Sanders, Blue Valley Northwest 2nd Place: Paige Wiley, Blue Valley Northwest 3rd... Read more »
October Story of the Month winners announced
November 7, 2011
Below are the winners in each category for the October Story of the Month contest: News Story 1st Place: Jack Howland of Shawnee Mission East High School for his story, “Connected Through the Web.” 2nd Place: Katie Phalen of Pittsburg High School for her story, “Five to four: did we... Read more »
September Story of the Month winners announced
October 7, 2011
Feature: 1st: Jack Howland, Shawnee Mission East. “Bending the Odds” 2nd: Meredith Johnson, Blue Valley Northwest. “Big Dreams in the Big Apple.” 3rd: Delaney La Fon, Blue Valley Northwest. “Road to Recovery.” Opinion 1st: Annie Matheis, Blue Valley High School. “Flaws... Read more »
April Story of the Month winners announced
May 10, 2011
The April story of the month contest winners are: Feature 1st – Rachel Ferenz, SMNW 2nd (Tie) – Bethanne Elliot, Pittsburg 2nd (Tie) – O. Baalman, A. Vo, and L. Graber, Maize News 1st - Logan Coffman, Evan Shinn, SMNW 2nd – Brianna Leyden, SMNW 3rd – Katie Phalen, Pittsburg Opinion 1st... Read more »
March story of month winners announced
April 8, 2011
The March story of the month contest includes winners from a variety of categories. Ryan Taylor of Pittsburg High School won the March story of the month contest for the sports writing category. Derek Scholes, also from Pittsburg, won the news writing contest. Morgan Jones from Shawnee Mission Northwest... Read more »
Story on student insomnia wins February contest
March 6, 2011
Shawnee Mission East student Chris Heady‘s story on student insomnia was awarded first place in the feature category of the February Story of the Month contest. Kevin Simpson, also of Shawnee Mission East, placed first in news writing. Carlie Blaufuss from Newton High School placed first in opinion... Read more »
KSPA crowns January story contest winners
February 11, 2011
Five students from across the state won first place in the KSPA January Story of the Month contest. The winners: Sports Story First — Jessica Green, Maize HS, “Wrestling with Weight” Second — Drew Porter, Holton HS, “Lady Cats win Basehor Tourney” Opinion First — Skylar... Read more »
Winning stories selected in November contest
December 11, 2010
Winners of the November SOM contest include: Feature 1st Place: Kat Buchanan, “Finding Peace Through Art,” Shawnee Mission East High School 2nd Place: Andrew Goble, “One Step at a Time,” Shawnee Mission East High School 3rd Place: Joanna Epp, “Nachtigals welcom new member... Read more »
October Story of the Month Winners Announced
November 5, 2010
KSPA received nearly 30 entries in the October Story of the Month contest, the majority of them in the Feature, News and Opinion writing categories. The following students earned awards: Feature 1st – Emma Pennington, “Teacher Copes with Death of His Daughter,” Shawnee Mission... Read more »
September story winners announced
October 12, 2010
Kevin Simpson of Shawnee Mission East was judged first place in feature writing for his story of a senior’s battle with cancer in the September KSPA Story of the Month contest. Andrew Goble, also from Shawnee Mission East, was judged first place in news writing, Ashley Golden of Maize High School... Read more »
