Congratulations to the winners of the February KSPA monthly contest.

Pittsburg High School received the most awards this month, finishing with seven total. Numerous schools all earned five awards each: Lawrence High School, Maize High School and Mill Valley High School

Deadline for March’s submissions is noon on March 30.

Video

• 1st Place: Paige Peterson, Lily Wassall from Blue Valley Southwest High School http://ow.ly/Snct30iYk3E
• 2nd Place: Dalton Reck from Shawnee Mission East High School http://ow.ly/9I6v30iYkfu
• 3rd Place: Maggie Schutt, Camille Talkington from Shawnee Mission East High School http://ow.ly/AHrt30iYkF1

Yearbook Copy

• 1st Place: Daniel Davidson from Lawrence High School http://ow.ly/mejx30iYkOc
• 2nd Place: Kaylee Cart from Blue Valley Southwest High School  http://ow.ly/DKSW30iYkWO
• 3rd Place: Anna Mudamala from Blue Valley West High School http://ow.ly/ZDdh30iYl7i

Feature Writing

• 1st Place: Lizzie Kahle from Shawnee Mission East High School http://ow.ly/61Ty30iY8ut
• 2nd Place: Elizabeth Joseph, Nora Lucas from Mill Valley High School http://ow.ly/5i9Q30iY8Ai
• 3rd Place: Journey Jaramillo from Pittsburg High School http://ow.ly/B5xi30iY8E5

News Writing

• 1st Place: Robbie Veglahn, Caroline Chisholm from Shawnee Mission East High School http://ow.ly/ryAd30iYddD
• 2nd Place: Nicole Konopelko from Pittsburg High School http://ow.ly/LGuK30iYdtI
• 3rd Place: Courtney Brown from Derby High School http://ow.ly/u7Qd30iYdLd

Opinion Writing

• 1st Place: Casey Loving from Maize High School http://ow.ly/MyCD30iYe6Y
• 2nd Place: Booster Staff from Pittsburg High School http://ow.ly/VLjg30iYelI
• 3rd Place:Rachel Pickett from Blue Valley West High School http://ow.ly/WuhE30iYeBt

News Page Design

1st Place: Victoria Palmer from Blue Valley Southwest High School

2nd Place: Kaitlin Yu from Blue Valley High School

3rd Place: Noah Ginsberg from Lawrence High School

Sports Writing

• 1st Place: Hayden Robinson from Lawrence Free State High School http://ow.ly/VPTO30iYiS6
• 2nd Place: Kaegan Cowan from Kapaun-Mount Carmel http://ow.ly/OB3D30iYjdw
• 3rd Place: Jackson Hoy from Lawrence High School http://ow.ly/Wnx930iYjrU

Academics Photography

1st Place: Shannon O’Hara from Pittsburg High School

2nd Place: Nolan Brackin from Maize High School

3rd Place: Tyler Brackin from Maize High School

Photo Illustration

1st Place: Macey Norvell from Blue Valley Northwest

2nd Place: Sami Turner from Lawrence High School

3rd Place: Lizzie Bell from Maize High School

Sports Photography

1st Place: Bailey Wagoner from Mill Valley High School

2nd Place: Kamryn Kelley from Pittsburg High School

3rd Place: Lizzie Bell from Maize High School

Infographics

1st Place: Victoria Wright from Mill Valley High School

2nd Place: Goldie Schmiedeler from Lawrence Free State High School

3rd Place:  Grace Palmer from Pittsburg High School

Multimedia Storytelling

• 1st Place: Anna Kennedy from Kapaun-Mount Carmel http://ow.ly/m9pn30iY97h
• 2nd Place: Taylir Charest, Elizabeth Joseph, Jakob Twigg, Jenna Kopatich from Mill Valley High School http://ow.ly/c0rz30iY9fB
• 3rd Place: Gabby Cabrera, Morgan Koca from Mill Valley High School http://ow.ly/nVj530iY9zY

Yearbook Layout

1st Place: Alea Beaman from Blue Valley Northwest

2nd Place: Mel Koerner from Blue Valley West High School

3rd Place: Erin Fagan from Lawrence Free State High School

Portrait

1st Place: Maddy Emerson from Pittsburg High School

2nd Place: Lillian Holmberg from Topeka High School

3rd Place: Andrew Tow from Mill Valley High School

Student Life Photography

1st Place: John Biehler from Kapaun-Mount Carmel

2nd Place: Jackson Barton from Lawrence Free State High School

3rd Place: Aidin Manning from Lawrence High School