Congrats to April monthly contest winners!

Congratulations to the winners of the April 2017 KSPA monthly contest.

Winning seven awards each, Blue Valley Southwest and Mill Valley tied for the most awards in the April contest. Hot on their tracks was Shawnee Mission East with six awards.

Sports Writing

1st Place: Lila Tulp of Shawnee Mission East http://tinyurl.com/n6gs8sz
2nd Place: Gary Schmidt of Lawrence High http://tinyurl.com/mre2u3t
3rd Place: Kyle Elmendorf of Blue Valley http://tinyurl.com/jwd8dgq

Features Writing

1st Place: Rachel Pickett Blue Valley West http://tinyurl.com/lxey49e
2nd Place: Lillie Hoffart of Blue Valley Southwest http://tinyurl.com/kzj6dul
3rd Place: Hannah Underwood of Shawnee Mission South http://tinyurl.com/llnvplh

News Writing

1st Place: Celia Hack of Shawnee Mission East http://tinyurl.com/mcysm55
2nd Place: Adam Cole of Topeka High http://tinyurl.com/k8mncjn
3rd Place: Angie Moss of Manhattan http://tinyurl.com/m7rk3jt

Opinion Writing

1st Place: Ally Nguyen and Nora Lucas of Mill Valley http://tinyurl.com/mlrvzdr
2nd Place: Jordan Lutz of Manhattan http://tinyurl.com/kdrcs7k
3rd Place: Donna Armstrong of Blue Valley Southwest http://tinyurl.com/kn5wy86

Academics Photo

1st Place: Margaret Mellott of Mill Valley

2nd Place: Donna Armstrong Blue Valley Southwest

3rd Place: Cassandra Awad of Shawnee Mission South

Infographic

1st Place: Isaiah Tarwater of Blue Valley Southwest

2nd Place: Sophia Glasgow of Kapaun Mt. Carmel

3rd Place: No award given

Photo Illustration

1st Place: Melanie White of Blue Valley

2nd Place: Ali Booth and Victoria Wright of Mill Valley

3rd Place: Lillie Hoffart of Blue Valley Southwest

Multimedia News

1st Place: Mill Valley News staff of Mill Valley http://tinyurl.com/kswexq7
2nd Place: Kaylie McLaughlin, Raya Lehan and Ali Booth of Mill Valley http://tinyurl.com/n5yy2s3
3rd Place: Abbey Fox, Emily Le, Joanie Korroch, Anna Kennedy, Clayton Perkins of Kapaun Mt. Carmel http://tinyurl.com/mqxfmax

Sports Photo

1st Place: Kaitlin Comstock of Blue Valley West

2nd Place: Katy Coats of Lawrence

3rd Place: Katherine Odell of Shawnee Mission East

Student Life & News Photo

1st Place: Libby Wilson of Shawnee Mission East

2nd Place: Diana Percy of Shawnee Mission East

3rd Place: Lindsi Banker of Blue Valley West

Video News

1st Place: Lauren Golec and Mahrukh Jamal of Blue Valley Southwest https://vimeo.com/215241936
2nd Place: Ethan Pate and Cassie Schmidt of Blue Valley Southwest https://vimeo.com/215237010
3rd Place: Griffin Nelson of Lawrence http://tinyurl.com/lkm8n8p