Thank you to our 2017 contest coordinators:
- Sarah Semmel: Photography
- Carrie Rapp: Yearbook
- Krystle Hoisington: Broadcast
- Donald Johnson: News
Questions/concerns? Contact [email protected]
Overall online and individual writing contests sponsored by:

Overall Newspaper/Newsmagazine
award | publication name | school name | Student(s) |
Superior | The Mirror | De Smet Jesuit | Brendan Johnson |
Superior | North Star | Francis Howell North | Carolynn Gonzalez, Anthony Kristensen |
Superior | The Kirkwood Call | Kirkwood | Ryan Davidson, Ali Randazzo & Kennady Wade |
Excellent | The Globe | Clayton | Camille Respess |
Excellent | The Messenger | Marquette | Ellie Toler |
Excellent | PCH Corral | Parkway Central | Kayla Benjamin |
Honorable Mention | Image | Lafayette | Anna James, Kayley Allen |
Honorable Mention | Ledger | Liberty | Olivia Holler, Chasteanne Salvosa |
Honorable Mention | Student Prints | Mehlville HS | Anthony Garcia, Sabina Schaaf |
Honorable Mention | Treaty | Parkway South | Joseph Schnapp |
Honorable Mention | Pepper Box | Ritenour | Leia Boyd |
Honorable Mention | U-Times | University City | Kathryn Fuller |
Overall Online
Award | School Name: | Publication Name | Student(s) |
Superior | Francis Howell North High School | FHNtoday.com | Chase Meyer, Michal Basford, Jacob Lintner |
Superior | Mehlville HS | Mehlville Media | Priyanka Chaudhary, Sabina Okanovic, Anthony Garcia, Zack Martin |
Superior | Pattonville High School | PattonvilleTODAY | Ross Reynolds, Erykah White, Sarah Ponder |
Superior | Webster Groves High School | WG ECHO | Caroline Fellows |
Excellent | Liberty High School | LHStoday | Max Fensterman, Alicia Orlando |
Excellent | Marquette | The Marquette Messenger | Neelansh Bute, Abhi Srirangam |
Excellent | O'Fallon Township High School | OTHS Today | Makenzee Hansen |
Excellent | Oakville | myOHSonline.com | Sierra Hunter |
Excellent | Washington High School | The Advocate | Spencer Johnson |
Honorable Mention | Clayton High School | The Globe Online | Nicholas Lee, Camille Respess |
Honorable Mention | De Smet Jesuit High School | The Mirror | Brendan Johnson |
Honorable Mention | Eureka High School | EHS-hub | Nick Weaver, Maria Perez |
Honorable Mention | Lafayette High School | lancerfeed | Jessica Cargill |
Honorable Mention | Ritenour High School | Ritenour Live | Bri Mays, Dylan Evans |
Honorable Mention | University City High School | U-Times | Lucy Wurst, Kathryn Fuller |
Honorable Mention | Washington High School | Blue Jay Journal TV | Blue Jay Journal TV Staff |
Individual News: Art
award | publication name | school name | student |
Best of Show | Panorama | Ladue Horton Watkins | Audrey Wang |
Superior | The Messenger | Marquette | Michael Robinson |
Excellent | The Advocate | Washington | Loraine O'Brien |
Honorable Mention | The Messenger | Marquette | Ellie Toler |
Honorable Mention | The Wolf's Howl | Timberland | Bryce Kolk |
Individual News: Front Page Design
award | publication name | school name | student |
Best of Show | Spotlight | Francis Howell | Kane Katubig |
Superior | The Kirkwood Call | Kirkwood | Clare Huber |
Excellent | Image | Lafayette | Nick Horstmann |
Excellent | Ledger | Liberty | Alicia Orlando |
Excellent | The Messenger | Marquette | Ellie Toler |
Excellent | The Messenger | Marquette | Keertana Jain |
Excellent | The Prowl | Oakville | Sierra Hunter |
Honorable Mention | StarGazer | McCluer North | Emily Schoen & Kaniah Moore-Williams |
Honorable Mention | PCH Corral | Parkway Central | Noah Weidner |
Individual News: Inside Page Design
award | publication name | school name | student |
Best of Show | North Star | Francis Howell North High School | Aly Doty |
Superior | Talon | Rockwood Summit | Sarah Faust |
Superior | U-Times | University City | Kathryn Fuller & Lucy Wurst |
Excellent | Student Prints | Mehlville HS | Sabina Schaaf & Mikayla Kuhlmann |
Excellent | The Prowl | Oakville | Emma Reinagel |
Honorable Mention | Panorama | Ladue Horton Watkins High School | Sophia Li |
Honorable Mention | The Messenger | Marquette High School | Athena Zeng |
Honorable Mention | Student Prints | Mehlville HS | Zack Martin |
Individual News: Double Truck Design
award | publication name | school name | student first name |
Best of Show | Panorama | Ladue Horton Watkins | Katie Bry |
Superior | North Star | Francis Howell North | Aly Doty |
Superior | Image | Lafayette | Nick Horstmann |
Excellent | Panorama | Ladue Horton Watkins | Julia Biest & Lily Hauptman |
Excellent | The Messenger | Marquette | Ellie Toler |
Excellent | The Prowl | Oakville | Jaime Meier & Emma Reinagel |
Excellent | Talon | Rockwood Summit | Stacy Rohan |
Excellent | U-Times | University City | Kathryn Fuller & Lucy Wurst |
Excellent | U-Times | University City | Lucy Wurst |
Honorable Mention | Panorama | Ladue Horton Watkins | Katie Bry |
Honorable Mention | Ledger | Liberty | Alicia Orlando & Chasteanne Salvosa |
Honorable Mention | Pilot | Lindbergh | Heidi Budd |
Honorable Mention | Student Prints | Mehlville HS | Anthony Garcia & Sabina Schaaf |
Honorable Mention | The Wolf's Howl | Timberland | Maddie McDermott, Ana Lindgren, Ethan Rodden |
Honorable Mention | ECHO | Webster Groves | Bennett Durando |
Individual News: News Writing
award | publication name | school name | student |
Best of Show | Parkway Central | PCH Corral | Noah Weidner |
Superior | Parkway Central | PCH Corral | Kayla Benjamin |
Excellent | Clayton | The Globe | Madeline Bale, Catherine Walsh |
Excellent | Grand Center Arts Academy | GCAAtoday | Chloe Ward |
Excellent | Rockwood Summit | Talon | Olivia Moses |
Excellent | Webster Groves | ECHO | Andy Kimball |
Honorable Mention | De Smet Jesuit | The Mirror | Patrick McHugh |
Honorable Mention | Francis Howell North | North Star | Carolynn Gonzalez |
Honorable Mention | Kirkwood | The Kirkwood Call | Cece Hensley & Kennady Wade |
Honorable Mention | Liberty | Ledger | Sarah Martin |
Honorable Mention | Pattonville | Pirate Press | Ross Reynolds, Abby Stowers, Brittany Bell |
Individual News: News Feature Writing
award | publication name | school name | student |
Best of Show | Clayton | The Globe | Camille Respess, Ellie Tomasson and Charlie Brennan |
Superior | Clayton | The Globe | Camille Respess, Ellie Tomasson |
Superior | Eureka | EHS-hub | Tyler Price |
Superior | Timberland | The Wolf's Howl | Taylor Perkins |
Excellent | Clayton | The Globe | Nicholas Lee, Noah Brown, Madeline Bale, Daniel Cho and Lila Taylor |
Excellent | De Smet Jesuit | The Mirror | Brendan Johnson |
Excellent | De Smet Jesuit | The Mirror | Brendan Johnson |
Excellent | Francis Howell North | North Star | Carolynn Gonzalez |
Excellent | Kirkwood | The Kirkwood Call | Adele Baughman, Katie Judd |
Excellent | Ladue Horton Watkins | Panorama | Katie Bry |
Excellent | Marquette | The Messenger | Ellie Toler, Brittany Freeman |
Excellent | Oakville | The Prowl | Sierra Hunter |
Excellent | Rockwood Summit | Talon | Lauren Bishop |
Excellent | University City | U-Times | Jakob Giles |
Honorable Mention | Eureka | EHS-hub | Hannah Mellor |
Honorable Mention | Lafayette | Image | Erin Coogan, Jessica Cargill |
Honorable Mention | Liberty | Ledger | Chasteanne Salvosa, Olivia Holler |
Honorable Mention | Lindbergh | Pilot | Emma Bennett |
Honorable Mention | Lindbergh | Pilot | Savannah Sowell |
Honorable Mention | Marquette | The Messenger | Cari Shearer |
Honorable Mention | McCluer North | StarGazer | Kaniah Moore-Williams |
Honorable Mention | Oakville | The Prowl | Katie Counts |
Honorable Mention | Parkway Central | PCH Corral | Noah Weidner |
Honorable Mention | Parkway South | Treaty | Emma Gottfried |
Honorable Mention | Ritenour | Pepper Box | Alicia Watson |
Honorable Mention | Ritenour | Pepper Box | Sarah Barbeau |
Honorable Mention | Ritenour | Pepper Box | Bri'Asia Mays |
Honorable Mention | Webster Groves | WG ECHO | Caroline Fellows |
Individual News: Profile/Human Interest Writing
award | publication name | school name | student |
Best of Show | North Star | Francis Howell North | Noah Slaughter |
Superior | The Globe | Clayton | Michael Bernard & Jacob LaGesse |
Superior | Image | Lafayette | Kayley Allen |
Excellent | The Kirkwood Call | Kirkwood | Adler Bowman |
Excellent | Image | Lafayette | Anna James |
Excellent | PCH Corral | Parkway Central | Evan Mogley |
Honorable Mention | The Globe | Clayton | Grace Snelling, Katherine Snelling, Sara Stemmler, Lila Taylor |
Honorable Mention | Spotlight | Francis Howell | Brooke Watkins |
Honorable Mention | The Kirkwood Call | Kirkwood | Erin Kelly |
Honorable Mention | The Prowl | Oakville | Katie Counts |
Honorable Mention | PCH Corral | Parkway Central | Kayla Benjamin |
Honorable Mention | Pirate Press | Pattonville | Brittany Bell |
Individual News: Commentary
award | publication name | school name | student |
Best of Show | The Kirkwood Call | Kirkwood | Justin Sweeney |
Best of Show | Talon | Rockwood Summit | Alexis White |
Superior | North Star | Francis Howell North | Anthony Kristensen |
Superior | The Kirkwood Call | Kirkwood | Kennady Wade |
Superior | Panorama | Ladue Horton Watkins | Sophia Li |
Superior | Image | Lafayette | Jack Deubner |
Superior | The Advocate | Washington | Olivia Robinson |
Excellent | EHS-hub | Eureka | Nick Weaver |
Excellent | PCH Corral | Parkway Central | Jordyn Tobias |
Excellent | Talon | Rockwood Summit | Alexis White & Emily Beck |
Excellent | Talon | Rockwood Summit | Emily Beck |
Excellent | The Advocate | Washington | Hannah Ziegler |
Excellent | ECHO | Webster Groves | Jake Collins |
Excellent | WG ECHO | Webster Groves | Jake Collins |
Excellent | ECHO | Webster Groves | Caleb Bolin |
Honorable Mention | The Globe | Clayton | Noah Brown |
Honorable Mention | GCAAtoday | Grand Center Arts Academy | Chloe Ward |
Honorable Mention | Ledger | Liberty | Danielle Corgan |
Honorable Mention | StarGazer | McCluer North | Brittany Minor |
Honorable Mention | Treaty | Parkway South | Olivia Salzman |
Honorable Mention | Pepper Box | Ritenour | Alicia Watson |
Honorable Mention | U-Times | University City | Kaya Blount |
Honorable Mention | The Advocate | Washington | Kostas Kakadiaris |
Honorable Mention | The Advocate | Washington | Sophie Koritz |
Individual News: Sports Feature
award | publication name | school name | student |
Best of Show | The Kirkwood Call | Kirkwood | Christian Huetel |
Superior | North Star | Francis Howell North | Anthony Kristensen |
Superior | Pilot | Lindbergh | Madie Hays |
Excellent | Ledger | Liberty | Maddi Pomerinke |
Excellent | StarGazer | McCluer North | Justin Nelson |
Excellent | The Prowl | Oakville | Bernie Harkins |
Excellent | PCH Corral | Parkway Central | Liad Lerner |
Honorable Mention | The Globe | Clayton | Kevin Rosenthal, Sophie Barnes and Michael Melinger |
Honorable Mention | North Star | Francis Howell North | Hannah Wilson |
Honorable Mention | Image | Lafayette | Arpan Das |
Honorable Mention | Pepper Box | Ritenour | Bailey Stock |
Honorable Mention | U-Times | University City | Julian Albright |
Honorable Mention | ECHO | Webster Groves | Bennett Durando |
Individual News: Sports News Writing
award | publication name | school name | student |
Best of Show | Panorama | Ladue Horton Watkins | Glen Morgenstern |
Excellent | FHNtoday.com | Francis Howell North | Jacob Lintner |
Excellent | Pilot | Lindbergh | Jake Wendel |
Excellent | The Wolf's Howl | Timberland | Tristin Hunnicutt |
Honorable Mention | Ledger | Liberty | Olivia Holler |
Honorable Mention | StarGazer | McCluer North | Justin Nelson |
Honorable Mention | Mehlville Media | Mehlville | Allen Ganic |
Honorable Mention | U-Times | University City | Julian Albright |