The IWPA is excited to announce the winners of our 2024 High School Communications Contest!
This year, we had 122 entries from a total of 7 high schools, and we are excited to announce the winner of the Silver Pen award for the most points across categories is Huntley High School!
First Place winners go on to compete in the National Federation of Press Women’s High School Communications Contest. See below for the list of all the winners from different schools. Congratulations to all the winners!
Homewood-Flossmoor High School
First Place
Tim VanEtten – Radio / Television Interview or Talk Show – Redesigning Learning
Charley Dieringer, Tristan Lewis – Video Feature Story – Bridging the work force skills gap
Jasmen Walker – Video Sports Story – HF Field Hockey- Starting Success
Second Place
Jasmen Walker – Radio / Television Interview or Talk Show
Emmanuel Wright, Harry Komorowski – Video News Story
Kymora Scott, Chris Tompkins – Video Sports Story
Honorable Mention
Charlie Wachtel, Nikolai Lawrence – Video Feature Story
Cameron Williams – Video Feature Story
Declan Klyn, Macy Hamer – Video Sports Story
First Place
Maggie Armstrong, Jessy Gone – Feature Story – Backstage
Rumaithah Khan – Columns or Blogs – A genocide is a genocide
Kathleen Nash – Sports Photo – Football team takes the field
Taryn Rainey – Cartoon – A genocide is a genocide cartoon
Nikolette Murphy – Yearbook Layout – They see me rollin’
Alyssa Olson – Yearbook Photo – Sliding Into a Win
Grace Skiba – Yearbook Copywriting – Red Raider Pride
Second Place
Maggie Armstrong – Review
Jessy Gone – Editorial
Ly Martil – News or Feature Photo
Logan Young, William Mize, Taylor Casey, Nicholas Ziolkowski, Dylan Fekete, Jared Sztukowski, Jackson Loukota, Elly Winter, Szymon Woznica, Shane Murphy – Best Newscast
Alyssa McQueen – Yearbook Layout
Alyssa Olson – Yearbook Photo
Ashley Foster – Yearbook Copywriting
Third Place
Daniel Przybylko – News Story
Jessy Gone – Sports Story
Maya Hiermann – Sports Photo
Jared Sztukowski – Video News Story
Cooper Wackerlin – Yearbook Photo
Honorable Mention
Maggie Armstrong – Editorial
Daniel Przybylko – News Story
Taryn Rainey – Sports Story
Jessy Gone – Sports Story
Maggie Armstrong – Sports Story
Irene Banerjee – Video News Story
William Mize – Video News Story
Taylor Casey, Audrey Sturwold – Video News Story
Jared Sztukowski – Video News Story
Trent Van Yzendoorn – Video Feature Story
Taylor Casey – Yearbook Copywriting
Ava Burns – Yearbook Copywriting
First Place
Kevin Sigrist – Review – Andor: A Fresh Take on Star Wars
Second Place
Katie Pfotenhauer – Columns or Blogs
Jasper Paulson – Graphics / Photo Illustration
Elliot Krippelz – Double-Truck Layout
Lizzy Sidman – Environment
Third Place
Krier Executive Staff – Editorial
Sela Valignota, Teaghan Hardy – Single-Page Layout
Honorable Mention
Lizzy Sidman – Opinion
Carli Filek, Jasper Paulson, Audrey Walker, Preslee Sutherland – News Story
Audrey Walker – Sports Story
Sarah Slattery – Sports Photo
First Place
Grace Crockett – News Story – MCHS cancels in-person learning Friday
Leylah Moreno – News or Feature Photo – Urban legends of McHenry County
Lydia Lawrence, Alexis Januk – Radio or Podcast Prepared Report – A step further
Reilly Byron – Video News Story – Key Club Hosts Annual Gift Wrapping Event
Second Place
Vanessa A. Moreno – News Story
Vanessa A. Moreno – Feature Story
Rose Wenckebach – Sports Photo
Madisyn Spencer – Radio or Podcast Prepared Report
Alyssa Thomas – Video Feature Story
Third Place
Gabe Santos – Opinion
Maggie Maciaszek – Video Feature Story
Honorable Mention
Lydia Lawrence – Opinion
Lillian Adams – Sports Story
Rose Wenckebach – Sports Photo
Leylah Moreno – Review
Madisyn Spencer – Video Feature Story
Honorable Mention
Samruddhi Patil – Opinion
Ritika Khurana – Opinion
Dhiya Ashlyn Dhaya Sharmila – News Story
Isabelle Leofanti, Madison Moon – News Story
Lindsey Hall – Review
Second Place
Fernanda Romero – Opinion
Third Place
Xochitl Chury – Review
Honorable Mention
Ainslie McKenna – Sports Story
Katie Watson – Sports Photo
First Place
Fiona Jin – Editorial – Under the Varnish
Fiona Jin, Ishanvi Chaudhary – Opinion – More Than Barbie
Sriya Mamidanna, Sreeja Muthukannen, Sona Surya – Sports Story – An Hour of Need
Elizabeth Yuan – Graphics / Photo Illustration – Plugged In
Ansh Aggarwal, Jennifer Huang, Veronica Jia – Double-Truck Layout – Black Box
Timothy Bui, Allyson Duan – Environment – Climatic Consequences
Second Place
Adi Jaiswal, Fiona Jin, Grace Sun – Sports Story
Third Place
Ansh Aggarwal, Jennifer Huang, Veronica Jia – Feature Story
Nicole Yao – Graphics / Photo Illustration
Honorable Mention
Eshaam Bhattad, Navya Saxena – News Story
Yumna Ali-Khan, Timothy Bui, Ava Gordon, Harikesh Prasad – Feature Story
Saanvi Adusumalli, Allyson Duan, Navya Saxena, Vivian Zhu – Feature Story
Satviki Inturi, Nicole Yao – Review
Brayden Caldwell – Review
Sriya Mamidanna, Tej Kosaraju, Grace Sun, Siya Patel – Graphics / Photo Illustration
Adi Jaiswal, Jacob Silverman – Single-Page Layout
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