The IWPA is excited to announce the winners of our 2022 High School Communications Contest!
This year, we had 90 entries from a total of 8 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
Erik Dedo, Dylan Barnas, Radio / Television Interview or Talk Show, “Sports Chat”
Ella Aceves, Eliya Hobson, Video Sports Story, “HF Fields Get Turf”
Second Place
Eliya Hobson, Ella Aceves, Video News Story
Third Place
Citlally Gabriel, Kennedy Hardy, Video News Story
Noah Clausing, Radio / Television Interview or Talk Show
First Place
Ellie Armstrong, Kate Alvarado, Amelia Pozniak, Editorial, “Credit Recovery: The Easy Way Out”
Delaney Cairns, Sports Story, “Dancer jumps back in after ATV accident”
Sara Gebka, Reviews, “New ‘Hype House’ show is over-hyped”
Sara Gebka, Cartooning, “Sexual Harassment Graphic”
Jacob Habel, Video News Story, “HHS Journalism Team Wins IHSA State”
Sydney Laput, Yearbook Photo, “Ready, Aim, Fire”
Second Place
Maggie Armstrong, Sports Story
Maggie Armstrong, Reviews
Ashley Foster, Yearbook Copywriting
Sara Gebka, Cartooning
Jacob Habel, Video Feature Story
Jessica Smith, Opinion
Third Place
Ellie Armstrong, Kate Alvarado, Amelia Pozniak, Editorial
Ava Burns, Yearbook Copywriting
Sara Gebka, Cartooning
Ally Jorgensen, Opinion
Ava Peters, News Story
Jessica Smith, Reviews
Honorable Mention
Olivia Archer, Reviews
Ellie Armstrong, Kate Alvarado, Amelia Pozniak, Editorial
Maggie Armstrong, Opinion
Nikki Darnall, Feature Story
Ally Jorgensen, Reviews
Abby Panier, Opinion
Abby Panier, News Story
Madeline Pomis, Reviews
First Place
Kyla Henige, Feature Story, “You are not alone”
Leylah Moreno, Video Feature Story, “ESports Prepares for a Competitive Season”
First Place
Olivia Gaziano, Opinion, “See Something, say something: administrators take no action”
Second Place
Sofia Jubraj, Tanay Pant, Christina Guckel, Feature Story
Honorable Mention
Sydney Burleyson, Sarah Holzman, Reviews
First Place
Ronan McGuire, Yearbook Copywriting, “What’re Your Pronouns?”
Second Place
Madeline Dauphin, Sean McLaughlin, Double-Truck Layout
Honorable Mention
Anthony Pretto, Sports Story
First Place
Collin Fan, Shannon Moser, Vivian Zhu, News Story, “Safely Back to School”
Jenny Huang, Aayushi Wadhawan, Graphics / Photo Illustration, “Killing the Game”
Natalie King, Malini Pillai, Double-Truck Layout, “COV-Ingenious or COV-Ignorance?”
Shannon Moser, Kyla Smith, Single-Page Layout, “Worlds Fair”
Second Place
Sophia Ismail, Elizabeth Yuan, News Story
Raghav Khosla, Sabrina Xue, Radio / Television Interview or Talk Show
Aayushi Wadhawan, Kelly Liu, Editorial
Third Place
Bayarmaa Bat-erdene, Angela Guo, Sports Story
Vaasu Kakuturu, Kelly Liu, Surya Sethi, Ava Winber, Feature Story
Matt McGowan, Shannon Moser, Sarah Zhang, Sabrina Xue, Double-Truck Layout
Honorable Mention
Sophia Ismail, Gaurish Lakhanpal, Single-Page Layout
Shannon Moser, Helen Oriatti-Bruns, Cartooning
Surya Sethi, Vaasu Kakuturu, Editorial
Jasmine Sun, Ava Winber, Reviews
Thea Surya, Lance Locker, Helen Oriatti-Bruns, Double-Truck Layout
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