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2019 Scholastic Crowns Announced

The 2019 Gold and Silver Crowns for scholastic publications were announced on March 22, 2019 at the 95th annual Scholastic Convention. These publications are for work produced 2017-2018 academic year.

2019 College Crowns Announced

The 2019 Gold and Silver Crowns for college publications were announced on March 8, 2019 at the College Media Convention. This publications are for work produced 2017-2018 academic year.

Melissa Falkowski of Florida Named TOY

Seven other teachers also honored as Distinguished Advisers and Three Special Recognition Advisers

2019 Scholastic Gold Circles Announced

CSPA announces the Scholastic Yearbook and Digital Media winners for Gold Circles published during the 2017-2018 academic year.

2019 College Gold Circles Announced

CSPA announces the College Yearbook and Digital Media winners for Gold Circles published during the 2017-2018 academic year.

Digital 2019 Crown Finalists Announced

CSPA announces the 2019 digital Crown Finalists for Middle School, High School and Colleges. These publications were published during the 2017-2018 academic year.

Yearbook 2019 Crown Finalists Announced

CSPA announces the 2019 Yearbook Crown Finalists for Middle School, High School and Colleges. These publications were published during the 2017-2018 academic year.

News 2019 Crown Finalists Announced

CSPA announces the 2019 news Crown Finalists for Middle School, High School and Colleges. These publications were published during the 2017-2018 academic year.

Magazine 2019 Crown Finalists Announced

CSPA announces the 2019 magazine Crown Finalists for Middle School, High School and Colleges. These publications were published during the 2017-2018 academic year.

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  • Bearing News | bearingnews.org, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, MO
  • Canyon Chronicle | canyonchronicle.com, Cactus Canyon Junior High School, Apache Junction, AZ
  • Distraction | distractionmagazine.com, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
  • Dollars & Sense | blogs.baruch.cuny.edu/dollarsandsense, Baruch College, New York, NY
  • Lion Nation Online | lionnationonline.org, Prestonwood Christian Academy, Plano, TX
  • Niles West News | nileswestnews.org, Niles West High School, Skokie, IL
  • Pathfinder | pwestpathfinder.com, Parkway West High School, Ballwin, MO
  • Southwest Shadow | southwestshadow.com, Southwest Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas, NV
  • The Connector | scadconnector.com, SCAD Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
  • The Feather Online | thefeather.com, Fresno Christian High School, Fresno, CA
  • The Lasso | fccps.org/lasso, George Mason High School, Falls Church, VA
  • The Medill Justice Project | medilljusticeproject.org, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
  • The Paly Voice | palyvoice.com, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
  • The Rider | therideronline.com, Legacy High School, Mansfield, TX
  • Tide Lines Online | pahstidelines.com, Pottsville Area High School, Pottsville, PA
  • Wayland Student Press Network | waylandstudentpress.com, Wayland High School, Wayland, MA
  • Westwood Horizon | westwoodhorizon.com, Westwood High School, Austin, TX
  • Wingspan | libertywingspan.com, Liberty High School, Frisco, TX
  • Woodcrest Magazine | woodcrestmagazine.com, Cabrini University, Radnor, PA
2018 Digital Crowns
  • Above and Beyond, Robinson Secondary School, Fairfax, VA
  • Agromeck, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  • Apollo, Colonial Forge High School, Stafford, VA
  • Azimuth, The Benjamin Middle School, North Palm Beach, FL
  • Baylor Roundup, Baylor University, Waco, TX
  • Black & Gold, Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, CO
  • Calumet, Arapahoe High School, Centennial, CO
  • Cayuse, Walnut High School, Walnut, CA
  • Columbian, George C. Marshall High School, Falls Church, VA
  • Decamhian, Del Campo High School, Fair Oaks, CA
  • Details, Whitney High School, Rocklin, CA
  • Eagle Eye View, Sierra Middle School, Parker, CO
  • Epic, Legend High School, Parker, CO
  • Etruscan, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, IL
  • Fusion, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, FL
  • Golden Images, Chaparral High School, Parker, CO
  • Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, KS
  • Hillsborean | hhstoday.com, Hillsborough High School, Tampa, FL
  • Hoofbeats, Burges High School, El Paso, TX
  • Indian, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, KS
  • Ingenium, Greenfield Junior High School, Gilbert, AZ
  • Jamboree, Toby Johnson Middle School, Elk Grove, CA
  • Legacy, Klein Collins High School, Spring, TX
  • Legend, William R. Boone High School, Orlando, FL
  • Lion’s Roar, Christ Presbyterian Academy, Nashville, TN
  • Lone Star, James Bowie High School, Austin, TX
  • Marksmen, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, TX
  • Odyssey, Chantilly High School, Chantilly, VA
  • Odyssey, University High School, Orange City, FL
  • Panther, H.B. Plant High School, Tampa, FL
  • Pioneer, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, MO
  • Predator, West Potomac High School, Alexandra, VA
  • Rampages, Casa Roble High School, Orangevale, CA
  • Reflections, Brighton High School, Brighton, CO
  • Rotunda, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
  • Saga, Loudoun Valley High School, Purcellville, VA
  • Sentry, Robinson Middle School, Fairfax, VA
  • Specifics, Seven Lakes Junior High School, Katy, TX
  • Summit, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, CO
  • Talon, Stanford Middle School, Long Beach, CA
  • Taurus, Diamond Bar High School, Diamond Bar, CA
  • Tesserae | tesseraeybk.com, Corning-Painted Post High School, Corning NY
  • The Arena, Legacy High School, Mansfield, TX
  • The Clan, McLean High School, McLean, VA
  • The Crusader, Castle Rock Middle School, Castle Rock, CO
  • The Hawk, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, TX
  • The Lair, Lake Braddock Secondary School, Burke, VA
  • The Lair, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, KS
  • The Legend, Atlee High School, Mechanicsville, VA
  • The Legend, El Dorado High School, El Paso, TX
  • The Lion, McKinney High School, McKinney, TX
  • The Nighthawk, Rocky Heights Middle School, Highlands Ranch, CO
  • The Pilot, Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, CA
  • The Prowl, Powell Middle School, Littleton, CO
  • The Raider, Gulliver Preparatory School, Miami, FL
  • The Scrapbook, Westfield Middle School, Westfield, IN
  • The Tower, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
  • The Vespa, Kealing Middle School, Austin, TX
  • Tiger, Texas High School, Texarkana, TX
  • Titanium, Antelope High School, Antelope, CA
  • Touchstone, Stony Point High School, Round Rock, TX
  • Triune, Trinity High School, Euless, TX
  • Westwind, Lewis-Palmer High School, Monument, CO
  • Westwind, West Henderson High School, Hendersonville, NC
  • Wings, Arrowhead Christian Academy Upper School, Redlands, CA
  • Wingspan, James Enochs High School, Modesto, CA
2018 Yearbook Crowns
  • 7BLit, Seven Bridges Middle School, Chappaqua, NY
  • Ampersand / websterampersand.com, Webster University, Saint Louis, MO
  • Amulet, Wakefield School, The Plains, VA
  • Babel, Brunswich School, Greenwich, CT
  • Ball Bearings / ballbearingsmag.com, Ball State University, Muncie, IN
  • Big Red, Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City, CA
  • C Magazine/https://cmagazine.org, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
  • Calliope, St. Agnes Academy, Memphis, TN
  • Changing Perspectives: Oddyssey - Delaware Valley Regional High SchoolChanging Perspectives: Odyssey, Delaware Valley Regional High School, Frenchtown, NJ
  • Connotations, Fayetteville High School, Fayetteville, AR
  • Crimson & Gold, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, Atlanta, GA
  • Crossfire, Crossroads School for The Arts & Sciences, Santa Monica, CA
  • Daedalus, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT
  • Delphi, Salem High School, Salem, VA
  • Distraction / distractionmagazine.com, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
  • Distraction (print), University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
  • Earthquake, Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, PA
  • Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School, Jackson, MS
  • Echo / echomagonline.com, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • El Sol, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
  • Elysium, Coral Reef Senior High School, Miami, FL
  • Emerge / emergemagazine.ca, University of Guelph-Humber, Toronto, ON
  • Fine Lines, Richard Montgomery High School, Bethesda, MD
  • Flux / fluxstories.com, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
  • FM | AM, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY
  • Focus Magazine / baylorfocusmagazine.com, Baylor University, Waco, TX
  • Gallimaufry, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • Geneva Quarterly, Geneva School of Boerne, Boerne, TX
  • Glyphs, Madison High School, Madison, NJ
  • Grant Magazine/grantmagazine.com, Grant High School, Portland, OR
  • H Magazine, Horizon High School, Scottsdale, AZ
  • H.E.L.M., The Harker School, San Jose, CA
  • Hair Trigger 39, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Hilite / hilite.org, Carmel High School, Carmel, IN
  • Incentives, SAR High School, Riverdale, NY
  • Inside / inside.idsnews.com, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  • Itinerary, The Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, TX
  • Literati, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami, FL
  • Maret Literary and Visual Arts, Maret School, Washington, DC
  • Mathesis, Francis Lewis High School, Flushing, NY
  • Mindprints, Jackson Preparatory School Junior High, School, Flowood, MS
  • Mini Marque, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, TX
  • Montage, Greenhill School, Addison, TX
  • Nexus / nexussouthernermag.com, Henry W. Grady High School, Atlanta, GA
  • Odyssey / odysseynewsmagazine.net, Clarke Central High School, Athens, GA
  • One Blue Wall, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY
  • Opus, Oakton High School, Vienna, VA
  • Orient Express, Brunswick Middle School, Greenwich, CT
  • Out of Uniform, The Nightingale-Bamford School, New York City, NY
  • Panther Prints / peshprints.com, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, TX
  • Parallax, Ramaz Upper School, New York, NY
  • Philomel, The Nightingale-Bamford School, New York City, NY
  • Polished / polishedblogger.wordpress.com, Lasell College, Newton, MA
  • Portraits in Ink, Durham School of the Arts, Durham, NC
  • Reflections, The Berkeley Carroll School, Brooklyn, NY
  • Riverbend Review, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA
  • Roars and Whispers, Providence High School, Charlotte, NC
  • Scan, Savannah College of Design – Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
  • Scout, Overland High School, Aurora, CO
  • Scroll and Scrolling, Holton Arms School, Bethesda, MD
  • Seeds, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL
  • Sequel, Dulaney High School, Timonium, MD
  • Signatures, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
  • Silent Voices, Woodward Academy, College Park, GA
  • Spectator Magazine, Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda, MD
  • Talisman Magazine / wkutalisman.com, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY
  • The Chariot, Johns Creek High School, Johns Creek, GA
  • The Epic / smwest.com (The Voyager), Shawnee Mission West, Overland Park, KS
  • The Featherduster / westlakefeatherduster.com, Westlake High School, Austin, TX
  • The Fourth Estate / thefourthestate.net, Laguna Blanca School, Santa Barbara, CA
  • The Marque, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, TX
  • The Panther / thepalmettopanther.com, Miami Palmetto Senior High School, Miami, FL
  • The Phoenix, Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, NY
  • The Rambler, Sierra Canyon School, Chatsworth, CA
  • The Scientific Marksman, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, TX
  • The Spectrum, Harvard-Westlake Middle  School, Studio City, CA
  • The Talon, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, VA
  • The Tam News / thetamnews.org, Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley, CA
  • The View, Castle View High School, Castle Rock, CO
  • The Voice / huntleyvoice.com, Huntley High School, Huntley, IL
  • Titan Times, Antelope High School, Antelope, CA
  • Tom Tom / sequoitmedia.com, Antioch Community High School, Antioch, IL
  • UMiami Scientifica, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
  • Vibrato, The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX
  • Viking / vikingsportsmag.com, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
  • Windhover, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
  • Wingspan, West Henderson High School, Hendersonville, NC
2018 Magazine Crowns
  • Arrow, Utica High School, Utica, MI
  • Berkeley High Jacket | bhsjacket.com, Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA
  • Campus Times | laverne.edu/laverne-magazine, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
  • Crier, Munster High School, Munster, IN
  • CS Press, Cactus Shadows High School, Cave Creek, AZ
  • Digit | digit.press, Gorzycki Middle School, Austin, TX
  • Eagle Edition, Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, TX
  • Echo | slpecho.com, St. Louis Park HS, St. Louis Park, MN
  • El Estoque | elestoque.org, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, CA
  • Feedback, Jakarta International School, Jakarta
  • Fenton InPrint | fentoninprint.com, Fenton High School, Fenton, MI
  • Golden Fleece | goldenfleeceonline.com, TC Roberson High School, Asheville, NC
  • Granite Bay Gazette | granitebaytoday.org, Granite Bay High School, Granite Bay, CA
  • High Tide, Redondo Union High School, Torrance, CA
  • Indiana Daily Student | idsnews.com, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
  • Inklings, Crown Point High School, Crown Point, IN
  • Inklings | inklingsnews.com, Staples High School, Westport, CT
  • Iowa State Daily | iowastatedaily.com, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
  • Knight Errant | bsmknighterrant.org, Benilde-St. Margaret’s, St. Louis Park, MN
  • La Vista | lavistamchs.com, Mira Costa High School, Manhattan Beach, CA
  • Limelight, Chapin School, New York, NY
  • Los Angeles Loyolan | laloyolan.com, Loyola Marymount, University, Los Angeles, CA
  • North Star | fhntoday.com, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, MO
  • On The Record, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY
  • Prowler, Stony Point High School, Round Rock, TX
  • Rank & File, George C. Marshall High School, Falls Church, VA
  • Red & Black | hhstoday.com, Hillsborough High School, Tampa, FL
  • Silver Chips, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD
  • Spark | lakotaeastsparkonline.com, Lakota East High School, Liberty Township, OH
  • Spartan News Network | pcsb.org/snn, Lakewood High School, St. Petersburg, FL
  • Stampede, Burges HS, El Paso, TX
  • The Arapahoe Herald | arapahoextra.com, Arapahoe High School, Centennial, CO
  • The Arrowhead, Souderton Area High School, Souderton, PA
  • The Baylor Lariat | baylorlariat.com, Baylor University, Waco, TX
  • The Beacon, MAST Academy, Miami, FL
  • The Bear Facts, St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, MS
  • The Black & White | theblackandwhite.net, Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, MD
  • The Blackfriar Chronicle | lantern.news, Malvern Preparatory School, Malvern, PA
  • The Boiling Point | shalhevetboilingpoint.com, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, CA
  • The Broadview | broadview.sacredsf.org, Convent of the Sacred Heart High School, San Francisco, CA
  • The Campanile | thecampanile.org, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
  • The Cavalier, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, SC
  • The Chronicle | hwchronicle.com, Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City, CA
  • The Chronicle, Tom C. Clark High School, San Antonio, TX
  • The Columbia Chronicle | columbiachronicle.com, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • The Crane-Clarion, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Bloomfield Hills, MI
  • The Daily Pennsylvanian | thedp.com, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
  • The Daytime, F.A. Day Middle School, Newton, MA
  • The Day Times, Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, MI
  • The Eagle Eye | eagleeye.news, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, FL
  • The Eagle’s Eye | akinseagleseye.com, W. Charles Akins High School, Austin, TX
  • The Edge, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, TX
  • The Falcon, The Kinkaid School, Houston, TX
  • The Flare, Kilgore College, Kilgore, TX
  • The Fourcast | hockadayfourcast.org, The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX
  • The Gavel | journalism.nisd.net/holmes, Holmes High School, San Antonio, TX
  • The Globe, Clayton High School, Clayton, MO
  • The Griffin, Dulaney High School, Timonium, MD
  • The Harbinger | arhsharbinger.com, Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough, MA
  • The Harbinger | smeharbinger.net, Shawnee Mission East, Prairie Village, KS
  • The Hatchet, Washington High School, Fremont, CA
  • The Hawk, Hendrickson High School, Pflugerville, TX
  • The Highlander, McLean High School, McLean, VA
  • The Inkblot, Communications High School, Wall, NJ
  • The Ithacan | theithacan.org, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
  • The Kirkwood Call | thekirkwoodcall.com, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, MO
  • The Lancer | tohsthelancer.org, Thousand Oaks High School, Thousand Oaks, CA
  • The Lion’s Tale | lionstale.org, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, MD
  • The Lion’s Tale | oviedojournalism.com, Oviedo High School, Oviedo, FL
  • The Lone Star Dispatch, James Bowie High School, Austin, TX
  • The Maroon | loyolamaroon.com, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA
  • The Marquee, Marcus High School, Flower Mound, TX
  • The Messenger | marquettemessenger.com, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, MO
  • The Messenger, Northview High School, Johns Creek, GA
  • The Muse | themuseatdreyfoos.com, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL
  • The Northwest Passage, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, KS
  • The Octagon | scdsoctagon.com, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, CA
  • The Oklahoma Daily | oudaily.com, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
  • The Patriot | jcpatriot.com, John Carroll School, Bel Air, MD
  • The Patriot, Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, KS
  • The Pen, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, CA
  • The Pride, Winston Churchill High School, San Antonio, TX
  • The Purple Tide, Chantilly High School, Chantilly, VA
  • The ReMarker, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, TX
  • The Review | sjsreview.com, St. John’s School, Houston, TX
  • The Rock, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, MO
  • The Rubicon | rubicononline.com, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, MN
  • The Saratoga Falcon, Saratoga High School, Saratoga, CA
  • The Shield | macshieldonline.com, McCallum High School, Austin, TX
  • The Smoke Signal | thesmokesignal.org, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA
  • The Southern Eagle, South Hunterdon Regional High School, Lambertville, NJ
  • The Southerner | thesoutherneronline.com, Henry W. Grady High School, Atlanta, GA
  • The Spoke | spoke.news, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, PA
  • The Standard, Sierra Canyon School, Chatsworth, CA
  • The Standard | standard.asl.org, The American School in London, London, UK
  • The Sting, Sedona Red Rock High School, Sedona, AZ
  • The Student Voice, The Buckley School, Sherman Oaks, CA
  • The Sun | theswcsun.com, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
  • The Talon, John Paul Stevens High School, San Antonio, TX
  • The Tower | thetowerpulse.net, Grosse Pointe South HS, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI
  • The Tribal Tribune | tribaltribune.org, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, SC
  • The Vanguard, Buckingham Browne & Nichols, Cambridge, MA
  • The Viking | thevikingnews.com, Loudoun Valley High School, Purcellville, VA
  • The Wooster Blade, Wooster High School, Wooster, OH
  • Tiger | tigernewspaper.com, South Pasadena High School, South Pasadena, CA
  • Tiger Times | tigertimesonline.com, Texas High School, Texarkana, TX
  • tjToday | tjtoday.org, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA
  • U-High Midway, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago, IL
  • Uncaged Student News | uncagednews.com, Stockbridge High School, Stockbridge, MI
  • Update | update.dhs.mps.k12.mi.us, H. H. Dow High School, Midland, MI
  • Ursus, Bedford Middle School, Westport, CT
  • Verde | verdemagazine.com, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
  • Winged Post, The Harker School, San Jose, CA
2018 News Crowns

What's Current

SPRING CONVENTION

Three-day national conference for secondary school media advisers and students

Event Dates: March 20-22, 2019 | Learn More

SUMMER WORKSHOP

Five-day intensive Workshop hosted on the Columbia campus

Event Dates: June 23-28, 2019 | Learn More

Important Dates and Deadlines

CSPA's 95th Spring Convention
March 20-22, 2019
CSPA's Summer Journalism Workshop 2019
To apply: April 26th; Final payments: May 31st