Congrats to the August-September monthly contest winners!

Congratulations to the winners of the August-September KSPA monthly contest.

Shawnee Mission East High School earned the most awards this month, with eight total. Blue Valley Southwest High School and Lawrence High School each received five awards each to tie for second place.

Video

1st Place: Dalton Reck from Shawnee Mission East High School http://ow.ly/6Ck550jnvd0
2nd Place: Lawder DeSantis from Shawnee Mission East High School http://ow.ly/OV1v50jnvqH
3rd Place: Lauren Golec, Grace Roberts from Blue Valley Southwest High School http://ow.ly/pQXO50jnvrC

Yearbook Copy

1st Place: Analisa Harvey from Shawnee Mission North High School http://ow.ly/wbDj50jnvsa
2nd Place: Mallory Peterman from Blue Valley Southwest High School http://ow.ly/lJdL50jnvsJ
3rd Place: Ally Martin from Blue Valley Southwest High School http://ow.ly/KY5950jnvtl

Feature Writing

1st Place: Catherine Erickson from Shawnee Mission East High School http://ow.ly/N8EI50jnsi0
2nd Place: Carolyn Popper from Shawnee Mission East High School http://ow.ly/SNV450jnsIN
3rd Place: McKenna Hodges, Nicole Konopelko from Pittsburg High School http://ow.ly/225B50jnsK3

News Writing

1st Place: Thomas Searl from Kapaun-Mount Carmel http://ow.ly/v1la50jnuOx
2nd Place: Nikki Aqui from Lawrence High School http://ow.ly/fLvV50jnuPc
3rd Place: Cassidy Bayliss from Pittsburg High School http://ow.ly/NyUo50jnuPE

Opinion Writing

1st Place: Casey Loving from Maize High School http://ow.ly/W0bN50jnuQu
2nd Place: Elizabeth Ballew from Shawnee Mission East High School http://ow.ly/qxQF50jnuRh
3rd Place: Ben Wieland, Elizabeth Joseph, Hannah Chern from Mill Valley High School http://ow.ly/K81x50jnuSb

News Page Design

1st Place: Nick Lamberti from Blue Valley High School

2nd Place: Madeline Paradis from Salina Central High School

3rd Place: Anna Parnell from Lawrence High School

Sports Writing

1st Place: Cole Schmitt from Manhattan High School http://ow.ly/zWh150jnv8P
2nd Place: Elianna Oliver from Blue Valley Southwest High School http://ow.ly/KVOG50jnv9Q
3rd Place: Kaegan Cowan from Kapaun-Mount Carmel http://ow.ly/DuBB50jnvaO

Academics Photography

1st Place: John Biehler from Kapaun-Mount Carmel

2nd Place: Reese Bacon from Bonner Springs High School

3rd Place: Gavin Sutton from Salina Central High School

Photo Illustration

1st Place: Nick Lamberti from Blue Valley High School

2nd Place: No award given

3rd Place: No award given

Sports Photography

1st Place: Regina Waugh from Derby High School

2nd Place: Lucy Morantz from Shawnee Mission East High School

3rd Place: Ty Browning from Shawnee Mission East High School

Infographics

1st Place: Abby McCoy from Maize High School

2nd Place: Madeline Paradis from Salina Central High School

3rd Place: Sami Turner from Lawrence High School

Multimedia Storytelling

1st Place: Mill Valley News staff from Mill Valley High School http://ow.ly/SDce30mb7Ee
2nd Place: Keirian Tillman, Kennedy “Ken” Bigham from Lawrence High School http://ow.ly/rWtf30mb7LL
3rd Place: Mill Valley News staff from Mill Valley High School http://ow.ly/WPQ450jnuum