The October monthly contest had 176 entries submitted. Mill Valley High School received the most awards, earning seven total. Shawnee Mission East was not far behind with five awards.

Video

• 1st Place: Hayden Houts from Lawrence High School 
• 2nd Place: Kathryn Vizcarra, Josie Peters, Lydia Ungashick, London Lammers from Blue Valley West High School 
• 3rd Place: Taylor Roetzer, Ella Stillings, Lanie Wolf from Maize Career Academy 

News Page Design

1st Place: Quinn Franken from Mill Valley High School

2nd Place: Alexis Baty, Levi Eck, Isabel Blasdel, Teagan Redinger from Maize Career Academy

3rd Place: Laney Turner from Maize Career Academy

Academics Photography

• 1st Place: Damara Stevens from Mill Valley High School

• 2nd Place: Cecilia Nguyen from Kapaun-Mount Carmel Catholic High School

• 3rd Place: Julia Higares from Maize South High School

News Writing

• 1st Place: Cuyler Dunn, Kenna McNally from Lawrence High School 
• 2nd Place: Gabby Delpleash, Ally Sul, Avery Gathright from Mill Valley High School 
• 3rd Place: Megan Yates from Blue Valley Northwest 

Photo Illustration

1st Place: Asher Wolfe from Lawrence High School

2nd Place: Ty Brack from Maize Career Academy

3rd Place: Simon Hodge from Newton High School

Sports Writing

• 1st Place: Cuyler Dunn, Jack Ritter, Andrew Phalen from Lawrence High School 
• 2nd Place: Advith Natarajan from Manhattan High School 
• 3rd Place: Alyssa Gagnon from Blue Valley Northwest 

Sports Photography

• 1st Place: Emma Kate Squires from Shawnee Mission East High School

• 2nd Place: Claire Moore from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School

• Third Place: Alexus Tylski from Kapaun-Mount Carmel Catholic High School

Infographics

• 1st Place: Quinn Franken, Baylen Monson from Mill Valley High School

• 2nd Place: Sabrina San Agustin from Blue Valley Northwest

• 3rd Place: Mary-Kathryn Wert from Bishop Miege High School

Multimedia Storytelling

• 1st Place: Quinn Franken, Avery Gathright, Kaitlyn Burke, Abigail Troilo from Mill Valley High School 
• 2nd Place: JagWire newspaper staff from Mill Valley High School 
• 3rd Place: Harper Pack,Maya Coppaken from Shawnee Mission South High School 

Yearbook Layout

• 1st Place: Alexa Harris from Maize South High School

• 2nd Place: Audrey Brown from Shawnee Mission East High School

• 3rd Place: Olivia Adams, Linda Shine, Kamryn Archibald from Newton High School

Yearbook Copy

• 1st Place: Emily Winter, Calleigh Nachtigal from Shawnee Mission East High School 
• 2nd Place: Caroline Reiser from Shawnee Mission East High School 
• 3rd Place: Maggie Gerritz from Shawnee Mission South High School

Portrait

1st Place: Baleigh Thompson from Blue Valley West High School

2nd Place: Erica Sengthavorn from Derby High School

3rd Place: Charlie Trent from Blue Valley High School

Feature Writing

• 1st Place: Tessa Collar from Lawrence High School 
• 2nd Place: Avery Gathright, Kaitlyn Burke, Abigail Troilo from Mill Valley High School 
• 3rd Place: Alena Gillespie from Bishop Miege High School 

Student Life Photography

1st Place: Coral Netten from Olathe South High School

2nd Place: Emily Gordon from Blue Valley West High School

3rd Place: Phoenix Fisk from Shawnee Mission East High School

Opinion Writing

• 1st Place: Yeretzy Blanco from Shawnee Mission Northwest High School 
• 2nd Place: Haley Waughtal from Derby High School 
• 3rd Place: Thomas Rose from Blue Valley Northwest