Congratulations to the winners of the November 2016 KSPA monthly contest.

Winning seven awards, Shawnee Mission East High School received the most awards in the November contest.  East had a total of four first-place, one second-place and two third-place awards this month.  Mill Valley High School was hot on their trail with six earned awards. Followed by Lawrence High School with five awards.

Deadline for December/January submissions is Jan. 31 .

Sports Writing

• 1st Place: Jacob Clanton of Manhattan http://tinyurl.com/hrbmphg
• 2nd Place: Lauren Bridson of Shawnee Mission South http://tinyurl.com/zmeagf8
• 3rd Place: Leah Brock of Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School http://tinyurl.com/zn2wcxg

Features Writing

• 1st Place: Ellie Booton of Shawnee Mission East http://tinyurl.com/hhydo9m
• 2nd Place: Daisy Bolin, Morgan Biles of Shawnee Mission East http://tinyurl.com/zuwgthp
• 3rd Place: Mariah Houston of Lawrence Free State http://tinyurl.com/gmyt4eh

News Writing

• 1st Place: Robbie Veglahn, Celia Hack of Shawnee Mission East http://tinyurl.com/govxh96
• 2nd Place:Donna Armstrong, Lillie Hoffart of Blue Valley Southwest http://tinyurl.com/z8s8f5l
• 3rd Place: Jakob Twigg, Braden Shaw of Mill Valley @millvalleynews http://tinyurl.com/zaclkac

Opinion Writing

• 1st Place: Emma Vaughters of Shawnee Mission East http://tinyurl.com/gw8kf57
• 2nd Place:William Yanek of Lawrence http://tinyurl.com/hnq6ntb
• 3rd Place: Inez Robinson of Lawrence http://tinyurl.com/jm4mosg

Academics Photo

1st Place: Nolan Brackin of Maize 

2nd Place: Savannah Morgan of Shawnee Mission South 

3rd Place: Lainie Tate of Shawnee Mission East

Infographic

1st Place: Shannon Wray of Shawnee Mission North 

2nd Place: Brooklyn Rhue of Pittsburg 

3rd Place: Brooklyn Rhue of Pittsburg 

Photo Illustration

1st Place: Kaitlyn Noon, Jordan Devorak of Blue Valley Northwest

2nd Place: Klaire Sarver of Lawrence Free State

3rd Place: Cade Burghardt of Lawrence

Multimedia News

• 1st Place: Staff report of Mill Valley http://tinyurl.com/hpu5p2v
• 2nd Place: Staff report of Mill Valley http://tinyurl.com/zwbnyxz
• 3rd Place: Meredith Chapple, Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre of Lawrence  http://tinyurl.com/gtp5tvw

Sports Photo

1st Place:Katie Kuhlman of Shawnee Mission East 

2nd Place: Morgan Gurwell of Mill Valley 

3rd Place: Ashley Davis of Shawnee Mission North 

Student Life & News Photo

1st Place: Amanda Bourbina of Pittsburg 

2nd Place: Shannon O’Hara of Pittsburg 

3rd Place: Conner Clary of Blue Valley North

Video News

• 1st Place: Lauren Golec and Celina Wehr of Blue Valley Southwest  http://tinyurl.com/zoy7yyj
• 2nd Place: Cassie Schmidt and Lainey Caldwell of Blue Valley Southwest  http://tinyurl.com/zxwowaj
• 3rd Place: Diego Galicia of Shawnee Mission East  http://tinyurl.com/hwx9t4c

Portrait/Personality Photo

1st Place: Inaara Vishnani of Blue Valley West 

2nd Place: Morgan Vonderbruegge of Shawnee Mission North 

3rd Place: Cora Astin of Manhattan

Yearbook Copy

• 1st Place: Taylor Jenkins of Shawnee Mission South http://tinyurl.com/z25p5yf
• 2nd Place: Leksi Macan of Shawnee Mission North http://tinyurl.com/zjal6ys
• 3rd Place: Allison Winker of Mill Valley http://tinyurl.com/zcf9zs3

Yearbook Spread

1st Place: Audrey Brooker of Blue Valley North  

2nd Place: Emily Albers of Blue Valley Northwest

3rd Place: Colette Fogarty of Blue Valley North 

News Publication Page or Spread

1st Place: Cade Burghardt of Lawrence 

2nd Place: Carter Lawson, Victoria Wright of Mill Valley

3rd Place: Adam Cole of Topeka High