Sixteen students placed in last month’s Story of the Month contest. There was a tie for third in the feature writing category. Shawnee Mission East’s Matt Hanson’s news story on Rockhurst drug testing was the only entry to receive a perfect score. Here is a complete list of the students…...
2013 All-Kansas Write-Off now available
The KSPA and Kansas Professional Communicators (KPC) present the All-Kansas Write Off contest. This contest is an opportunity for students journalists to submit published work from the last year for critique and the chance to be qualified as an All-Kansas winner. Some submissions will also be forwarded to the national…...
Ties result in many placing in November Photo of the Month contest
Twenty-two students placed in the November Photo of the Month Contest due to ties in four of the five categories. There were ties for second and fourth places in Sports, second place in Student Life, fourth place in Profile/Portrait, and third place in Academics. Maize High School’s Jennifer Terrell was…...
November Design of the Month winners
9 students placed in the November Design of the Month contest. Student entries were judged in the Newspage layout category and Yearbook Layout category. Below are the winning entries along with the students who designed them and what school they are from. News Publication Design 1st Place: Olivia Feathers, Shawnee Mission…...
November Story of the Month winners announced
13 students from high schools across Kansas placed overall in the November Story of the Month contest and 2 received honorable mention. Most of the awards went to Johnson county schools in the Shawnee and Blue Valley areas while a few others went to schools across Kansas including Lawrence, Washington, and Manhattan.…...
Mill Valley video feature wins October Multimedia of the Month
A video feature on barbecue restaurant “Papa Bob’s” and its monster sandwich “The Ultimate Destroyer” won Brenna Iskra and Hannah Reichle of Mill Valley first place in October’s Multimedia of the Month contest. While there were no other entries to compete against, the video earned perfect scores in the Audio, Camera, Lighting,…...
SM Northwest video wins September contest
A video on how local bands make it in Kansas City earned McKinnon Walsh of Shawnee Mission Northwest first place in the September KSPA Multimedia of the Month contest. The winning video, despite having no traditional voice-over from a reporter, is logically organized and features great interviews, fun graphics, excellent…...