OVERALL AWARDS

Silver Pen, Illinois Woman’s Press Association. The first in school history.

Golden Eagle, Northern Illinois Scholastic Press Association

Gold Certificate, Northern Illinois Scholastic Press Association

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

NATIONAL FEDERATION OF PRESS WOMEN, HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNICATION CONTEST WINNERS

• First Place, Feature Story – Kaprice Sanchez and Diana Nuno for “Warning: not for human consumption”
• Honorable Mention, Feature Photo – Amelia Likeum for “Baum asked the crowd to ‘spend time today…’”

ILLINOIS WOMAN’S PRESS ASSOCIATION HIGH SCHOOL COMMUNICATION CONTEST WINNERS

• First Place, News Story – Kaprice Sanchez and Diana Nuno for “Warning: not for human consumption”
• First Place, Feature Story – Kaprice Sanchez and Diana Nuno for “Warning: not for human consumption”
• First Place, Feature Photo – Amelia Likeum for “Baum asked the crowd to ‘spend time today…’”
• First Place, Reviews – Brittany Larsen for “Change isn’t needed in the recipe at Pizza Villa”
• Second Place, Editorial – Diana Nuno for “The infamous blame game”
• Second Place, Double-Truck Layout – Casey Jacobson and Lanie Callaghan for “Inside the lockdown”
• Second Place, Single-Page Layout – Nick Stollard for “To game or not to game”
• Second Place, Graphics/Photo Illustration – Alexandra Vickery, Emily Gulanczyk, “Swap this for that”
• Third Place, News Story – Morgan Buerke for “Counselors to answer questions about…”
• Third Place, Double-Truck Layout – Alexandra Vickery and Emily Gulanczyk for “Erin Arndt: Photography at its finest”
• Third Place, Single-Page Layout – Tyler Keenum for “Selecting the best chocolate”
• Third Place, Cartooning – Austin Paulson for “Private school, public school”
• Honorable Mention, Graphics/Photo Illustration – Casey Jacobson and Lanie Callaghan for “How much radiation’s going into your brain?”
• Honorable Mention, Feature Photo – Emily Gulanczyk for “Junior Noel Delgado’s tank takes $60 to fill…”
• Honorable Mention, Feature Photo – Heather Shelton for “Fox Valley students…”

NORTHERN ILLINOIS SCHOLASTIC PRESS ASSOCIATION WINNERS

• Blue Ribbon, Column Writing – Kaleb Schuppner for “The line between offensive and funny”
• Blue Ribbon, Column Writing – Ryan Noel for “Rowdies”
• Blue Ribbon, Team In-Depth – Kaprice Sanchez and Diana Nuno for “Warning: not for human consumption“
• Blue Ribbon, Individual In-Depth – Casey Jacobson for “A faith divided”
• Blue Ribbon, Feature Writing – Alexandra Vickery for “MacKenzie Curran makes remarkable recovery”
• Blue Ribbon, Sports Writing – Nick Philips and Brandon Bishop for “Blindsided”
• Blue Ribbon, Sports Photo – Tyler Keenum for “Senior McKinzie Mangers…” (PowderPuff football)
• Blue Ribbon, Graphics – Casey Jacobson and Lanie Callaghan for “How much radiation’s going into your brain?”
• Blue Ribbon, Ad Design – Diana Nuno for “Cutz & Stylz”
• Blue Ribbon, Ad Design – Julia Angelotti for “Studio 315″
• Honorable Mention, Editorials – Diana Nuno for “The infamous blame game”
• Honorable Mention, News Writing – Morgan Buerke for “Parking lot changes…”