Congrats to December/January monthly contest winners!

Congratulations to the winners of the December 2016/January 2017 KSPA monthly contest.

Winning five awards, Shawnee Mission East High School received the most awards in the December/January contest. Five other school tied for second with four wins each: Blue Valley North, Blue Valley Southwest, Kapaun Mt. Carmel, Mill Valley and Lawrence Free State.

Deadline for February submissions is Feb. 28.

Sports Writing

1st Place: Danielle Pancoast of Washburn Rural http://ow.ly/THxA3094l8V
2nd Place: Joe Baldwin of Shawnee Mission North http://ow.ly/tisZ3094lcW
3rd Place: Gabe Swartz of Blue Valley Northwest http://ow.ly/rB3x3094lgK

Features Writing

1st Place: Mariah Houston of Lawrence Free State http://ow.ly/i3xE3096Zxq
2nd Place: Nicole Konopelko of Pittsburg http://ow.ly/81fY3094lMQ
3rd Place: Taylor Mills of Blue Valley North http://ow.ly/CDGI3094m0H

News Writing

1st Place: Avery Munns of Washburn Rural http://ow.ly/W6Gf3094n4u
2nd Place: Julia Howell of Topeka High http://ow.ly/AbpK3094ngF
3rd Place: Angie Moss of Manhattan http://ow.ly/40jJ3094nn1

Opinion Writing

1st Place: Brittany Swearingen of Lawrence Free State http://ow.ly/Nxux3094nrb
2nd Place: Nora Lucas, Ally Nguyen of Mill Valley http://ow.ly/6ajw3094nwR
3rd Place: Trina Paul of Pittsburg http://ow.ly/U3Sr3094nBB

Academics Photo

1st Place: Maya Lee of Shawnee Mission Northwest

2nd Place: Kait Klemm of Shawnee Mission South

3rd Place: Grace Fain of Blue Valley North

Infographic

1st Place: Sophia Glasgow of Kapaun Mt. Carmel

2nd Place: Elise Gard of Lawrence Free State

3rd Place: Adelaide Wendel of Lawrence Free State

Photo Illustration

1st Place: Zeynep Celik, Sara Lu of Wichita East

2nd Place: Lila Johnson of Blue Valley North

3rd Place: Justin Lehtinen of Blue Valley Northwest

Multimedia News

1st Place: JagWire Staff of Mill Valley http://www.mvnews.org/5900-monticello-road/
2nd Place: Staff of Shawnee Mission East http://smeharbinger.net/facing-the-problem/
3rd Place: Elina Do, Ivy Schoenhofer, Hannah Harpel, Brogan Wuestewald of Kapaun Mt. Carmel http://kmccrusade.com/?p=3704

Sports Photo

1st Place: Zoey Greenberg of BV West

2nd Place: Diana Percy Shawnee Mission East

3rd Place: Annie Turner of BV North

Student Life & News Photo

1st Place: Anna Dutton of Bonner Springs

2nd Place: Hannah Fisher of Blue Valley West

3rd Place: Kaitlyn Stratman of Shawnee Mission East

KSA

Video News

1st Place: Celina Wehr, Ethan Pate of Blue Valley Southwest https://vimeo.com/201300792
2nd Place: Quinlyn La Fon, Alex Haden of Blue Valley Southwest https://vimeo.com/201296328
3rd Place: Lourdes Kalusha-Aguirre of Lawrence https://youtu.be/oEir5nYm0ms