NEW YORK, NY - The Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced its top awards for scholastic publications at the CSPA 95th Annual Convention.
This year 1,181 digital, print newspapers, magazines and yearbooks published during the 2017-2018 academic year were eligible for judging in the 2019 Crown Awards Program.
The Crown Awards honor top student publications chosen from CSPA’s members. Crowns are selected for overall excellence in a head-to-head comparison. Student publishing in news, magazine, yearbook or digital (online) formats are all-eligible. During Crown consideration, publications are judged on their excellence as shown by their design, photography, concept, coverage and writing.
The CSPA offers three annual competitions to honor excellence in student publishing: Medalist Critiques for written evaluation, Crown Awards for overall excellence and Gold Circle Awards for individual student recognition.
Medalist Critiques are released on a rolling basis as completed while Crown Awards and Gold Circles are judged following seasonal deadlines in June and October.
The Crown Awards require a different judging process from the CSPA’s Medalist Critiques. Regular CSPA members are invited to submit a second copy of their publication for Crown judging. From among those entries submitted, the Crown Awards are considered at Columbia by panels of invited judges, working in small groups to review each publication.
Crown Awards summarize overall excellence in the entire publication while Medalist Critiques compare each publication against a printed set of standards. In contrast, Medalist Critiques are the work of a single adviser-judge.
Crown Awards function as a “top-down” view of general excellence; Medalist Critiques offer a “bottom-up” perspective, noting specific strengths and weaknesses.
The judging panel included: Kathy Daly, retired adviser, Denver, CO; Nancy Hastings, retired adviser, Highland, IN; Brenda Gorsuch, retired adviser, Mills River NC; Monica Hill, director of NCSMA, Chapel Hill, NC; Kevin Lerner, Assistant Professor of Communication/Journalism at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Lauren Mack, freelance journalist Brooklyn, NY; Alan Murray, president and co-founder of Uncharted, Malvern, PA; Mark Murray, director of technical services and systems integration, Arlington Independent School District, Arlington, TX; Cheryl Pell, retired professor and former press state director, East Lansing MI; and Kathleen Zwiebel, retired adviser, Pottsville, PA.
The CSPA is an international student press association uniting student journalists and faculty advisers at schools and colleges through educational conferences, idea exchanges and award programs. Owned by Columbia University since 1925 and operated as a program affiliated with its Graduate School of Journalism, the Association offers three major services: 1) annual competitions and awards for members, including the Crown Awards, 2) planning two conventions (one national, one regional) and a week-long summer workshop at Columbia, plus 3) small press publishing activities to support an e-zine.
These entries were produced during the 2017-2018 academic year. The actual awards will be presented in New York City during March 2019. Because CSPA dates its awards by the year in which they are presented, they are known as the 2019 Crown Awards.
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Gold Middle School Digital News
Canyon Chronicle / canyonchronicle.com, Cactus Canyon Junior High School, Apache Junction, AZ.
Gold High School Digital News
Pathfinder / pwestpathfinder.com, Parkway West High School, Ballwin, MO;
Southwest Shadow / southwestshadow.com, Southwest Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas, NV;
The Red Ledger / theredledger.net, Lovejoy High School, Lucas, TX;
Wingspan / libertywingspan.com, Liberty High School, Frisco, TX.
Gold Middle School Literary Magazine
Inkblot, Kealing Middle School, Austin, TX;
The Mini-Marque, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, TX.
Gold High School Literary Magazine
Iris: Art + Lit, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, Saint Paul, MN;
Itinerary, The Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, TX;
Montage, Greenhill School, Addison, TX;
Portraits in Ink, Durham School of the Arts, Durham, NC;
Reflections, Cistercian Preparatory School, Irving, TX;
Roars and Whispers, Providence Senior High School, Charlotte, NC;
Satorian, Skyline High School, Salt Lake City, UT;
The Marque, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
Vibrato, The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX.
Gold High School General Magazine
Geneva Quarterly, Geneva School of Boerne, Boerne, TX;
Titan Times The Magazine, Antelope High School, Antelope, CA;
Gold High School Hybrid General Magazine
C Magazine / cmagazine.org, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
Grant Magazine / grantmagazine.com, Grant High School, Portland, OR;
The Fourth Estate / thefourthestate.net, Laguna Blanca School, Santa Barbara, CA;
Verde / verdemagazine.com, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
Viking / vikingsportsmag.com, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
Scroll + Scrolling, Holton-Arms School, Bethesda, MD.
Gold High School Hybrid News
El Estoque / elestoque.org, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, CA;
Fenton InPrint / fentoninprint.com, Fenton High School, Fenton, MI;
North Star / fhntoday.com, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, MO;
Odyssey / odysseynewsmagazine.net, Clarke Central High School, Athens, GA;
Panther Prints / peshprints.com, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, TX;
The A-Blast / theablast.org, Annandale High School, Annandale, VA;
The Black & White / theblackandwhite.net, Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, MD;
The Broadview / broadview.sacredsf.org, Convent of the Sacred Heart High School, San Francisco, CA;
The Chronicle / hwchronicle.com, Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City, CA;
The Eagle Eye News / eagleeye.news, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, FL;
The Fourcast / hockadayfourcast.org, The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX;
The Gavel / studentnews.nisd.net/holmes, Holmes High School, San Antonio, TX;
The Harbinger / smeharbinger.net, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, KS;
The Kirkwood Call / thekirkwoodcall.com, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, MO;
The Muse / themuseatdreyfoos.com, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL;
The Newsstreak / hhsmedia.com, Harrisonburg High School, Harrisonburg, VA;
The Rubicon / rubiconline.com, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, Saint Paul, MN;
The Tam News / thetamnews.org, Tamalpais High School, Mill Valley, CA;
The Tom Tom / sequoitmedia.com, Antioch Community High School, Antioch, IL;
Tiger Times / tigertimesonline.com, Texas High School, Texarkana, TX.
Gold Middle School Print News
Ursus, Bedford Middle School, Westport, CT.
Gold High School Print News
Eagle Edition, The Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, TX;
On the Record, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY;
Spark, Lakota East High School, Liberty Township, OH;
The CS Press, Cactus Shadows High School, Cave Creek, AZ;
The Edge, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, TX;
The ReMarker, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
The Southerner, Henry W. Grady High School, Atlanta, GA;
The Spoke, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, PA;
U-High Midway, University of Chicago Laboratory Schools, Chicago, IL;
Update, H. H. Dow High School, Midland, MI;
Winged Post, The Harker School, San Jose, CA;
Gold Middle School Hybrid Yearbook
Jamboree, Toby Johnson Middle School, Elk Grove, CA.
Gold High School Hybrid Yearbook
Aerie, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, FL;
Summit, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, CO;
Tesserae, Corning-Painted Post High School, Corning, NY;
The Prowler, Millard West High School, Omaha, NE.
Gold Middle School Yearbook
Eagle Eye View, Sierra Middle School, Parker, CO;
Nexus, Fishers Junior High School, Fishers, IN;
Prowler, Pioneer Middle School, Tustin, CA;
The Scrapbook, Westfield Middle School, Westfield, IN;
The Vespa, Kealing Middle School, Austin, TX.
Gold High School Yearbook
Buzzer, Brookville High School, Lynchburg, VA;
Crag, Turner Ashby High School, Bridgewater, VA;
Etruscan, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, IL;
Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East, Prairie Village, KS;
Highlander, Highland Park High School, Dallas, TX;
Hornet, Bryant High School, Bryant, AR;
Legacy, Klein Collins High School, Spring, TX;
Lion’s Roar, Christ Presbyterian Academy, Nashville, TN;
Talon, The Harker School, San Jose, CA;
Techniques, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA;
The Arena, Legacy High School, Mansfield, TX;
The Centaur, Strawberry Crest High School, Dover, FL;
The Clan, McLean High School, McLean, VA;
The Hawk, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, TX;
The Lion, McKinney High School, McKinney, TX;
The Lonestar, Vista Ridge High School, Cedar Park, TX;
Westwind, Lewis-Palmer High School, Monument, CO;
Wings, Arrowhead Christian Academy, Redlands, CA.
Silver High School Digital Literary Magazine
Xanadu / xanadulitmag.com, Walt Whitman High School, Huntington, NY.
Silver High School Digital News
Bearing News / bearingnews.org, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, MO;
Harker Aquila / harkeraquila.com, The Harker School, San Jose, CA;
King Street Chronicle / schoolpress.cshgreenwich.org/kingstreetchronicle, Convent of the Sacred Heart, Greenwich, CT;
My Jag News / myjagnews.com, Claudia Taylor Johnson High School, San Antonio, TX;
Niles West News / nileswestnews.org, Niles West High School, Skokie, IL;
PLD Lamplighter / pldlamplighter.org, Paul Laurence Dunbar High School, Lexington, KY;
The Feather Online / thefeather.com, Fresno Christian High School, Fresno, CA;
The Horizon / westwoodhorizon.com, Westwood High School, Austin, TX;
The Paly Voice / palyvoice.com, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
The Paper Wolf / thepaperwolf.com, St. Paul’s School, Covington, LA;
The Rider Online / therideronline.com, Legacy High School, Mansfield, TX;
Wayland Student Press Network / waylandstudentpress.com, Wayland High School, Wayland, MA;
Wildcat Chronicle / wildcatchronicle.org, West Chicago Community High School, West Chicago, IL.
Silver High School General Magazine
Catalyst, Canyon Crest Academy, San Diego, CA;
Earthquake, Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, PA;
H2N, Hayfield Secondary School, Alexandria, VA;
Panorama, Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City, CA;
The Chariot, Johns Creek High School, Johns Creek, GA;
The View, Castle View High School, Castle Rock, CO;
Wingspan, Nixa High School, Nixa, MO.
Silver High School Hybrid General Magazine
Spotlight / bvwnews.com, Blue Valley West High School, Overland Park, KS;
Teknos / teknos.org, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA;
The Shakerite / shakerite.com, Shaker Heights High School, Shaker Heights, OH;
The Voice / huntleyvoice.com, Huntley High School, Huntley, IL;
The Muse / northviewmuse.weebly.com, Northview High School, Johns Creek, GA;
Silver High School Hybrid News
Berkeley High Jacket / berkeleyhighjacket.com, Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA;
Central Times / centraltimes.org, Naperville Central High School, Naperville, IL;
Echo / slpecho.com, St. Louis Park High School, St. Louis Park, MN;
Golden Fleece / goldenfleeceonline.com, TC Roberson High School, Asheville, NC;
N the Red / fishersnthered.com, Fishers High School, Fishers, IN;
Rampage / rockvillerampage.com, Rockville High School, Rockville, MD;
Spartan News Network / pcsb.org/snn, Lakewood High School, St. Petersburg, FL;
Spotlight / fhhstoday.com, Francis Howell High School, St. Charles, MO;
The Arapahoe Herald / arapahoextra.com, Arapahoe High School, Centennial, CO;
The Black and White / jhsblackandwhite.com, Johnston High School, Johnston, IA;
The Boiling Point / shalhevetboilingpoint.com, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, CA;
The Catalyst / millardwestcatalyst.com, Millard West High School, Omaha, NE;
The Epitaph / hhsepitaph.com, Homestead High School, Cupertino, CA;
The Friar’s Lantern / lantern.news, Malvern Preparatory School, Malvern, PA;
The Harbinger / arhsharbinger.com, Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough, MA;
The Highlander / thehighlandernews.com, McLean High School, McLean, VA;
The Hoofprint / whshoofprint.com, Walnut High School, Walnut, CA;
The Kinkaid Falcon / thefalcon.kinkaid.org, The Kinkaid School, Houston, TX;
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 Messenger / marquettemessenger.com, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, MO;
The Prospector / prospectornow.com, Prospect High School, Mount Prospect, IL;
The Review / sjsreview.com, St. John’s School, Houston, TX;
The Royal News / trnwired.org, Prince George High School, Prince George, VA;
The Smoke Signal / thesmokesignal.org, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA;
The Standard / standard.asl.org, The American School in London, London, United Kingdom;
The Tower / thetowerpulse.net, Grosse Pointe South High School, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI;
The Westword / thewestwordonline.com, Westhill High School, Stamford, CT;
Tribal Tribune / tribaltribune.org, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, SC;
Uncaged Student News / uncagednews.com, Stockbridge High School, Stockbridge, MI.
Silver High School Hybrid Yearbook
Cayuse, Walnut High School, Walnut, CA;
El Diablo, Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, IL;
Fentonian, Fenton High School, Fenton, MI;
Hilsborean, Hillsborough High School, Tampa, FL;
Hoofbeats, Burges High School, El Paso, TX;
Lone Star, James Bowie High School, Austin, TX;
Munhinotu, Gresham High School, Gresham, OR;
Panther, H.B. Plant High School, Tampa, FL;
Panther Pride, Plano East Senior High School, Plano, TX;
Raider, Gulliver Preparatory School, Miami, FL;
Reata, Memorial High School, Houston, TX;
Round-Up, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX;
The Olympian, Williamsville North High School, Williamsville, NY;
The Stampede, J.W. Mitchell High School, New Port Richey, FL;
Silver Middle School Literary Magazine
Collage, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, MD;
Intermedia, Lewis F. Cole Middle School, Fort Lee, NJ;
Mindprints, Jackson Preparatory Junior High School, Flowood, MS;
Out of Uniform, Nightingale-Bamford School, New York City, NY;
Pen & Paper, The Unquowa School, Fairfield, CT;
Voices, Sacred Heart Greenwich, Greenwich, CT;
Silver High School Literary Magazine
Blue Review, Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, NC;
Blue Review, Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA;
Blutopia, Gaston Day School, Gastonia, NC;
Daedalus, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT;
Earthwinds, Jackson Preparatory School, Jackson, MS;
Elysium, Coral Reef Senior High School, Miami, FL;
Gallimaufry, Cranbrook Kingswood School, Bloomfield Hills, MI;
Hatch, Bigfork High School, Bigfork, MT;
Maret Literary and Visual Arts, Maret School, Washington, DC;
Parallax, Ramaz Upper School, New York, NY;
Reflections, The Berkeley Carroll School, Brooklyn, NY;
Repentino., American School Foundation Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico;
Riverbend Review, Benjamin Franklin High School, New Orleans, LA;
Solstice, Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, IL;
Stone-cutters, Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City, CA;
The Coup, Martin High School, Arlington, TX;
The Phoenix, Townsend Harris High School, Flushing, NY;
The Rambler, Sierra Canyon School, Chatsworth, CA;
The Talon, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, VA;
The Vision, Hackley School, Tarrytown, NY;
Veritas, Pulaski Academy, Little Rock, AR;
Windscript, Ridley High School, Folsom, PA.
Silver Middle School Print News
The Scroll, The American School in London, London, United Kingdom.
Silver High School Print News
Arrow, Utica High School, Utica, MI;
Crier, Munster High School, Munster, IN;
Crimson & Gold, Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School, Atlanta, GA;
Feedback, Jakarta Intercultural School, Jakarta, Indonesia;
High Tide, Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, CA;
Inklings, Crown Point High School, Crown Point, IN;
Piper, Campbell Hall School, North Hollywood, CA;
The Arrowhead, Souderton Area High School, Souderton, PA;
The Californian, California High School, San Ramon, CA;
The Campanile, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
The Globe, Clayton High School, Clayton, MO;
The Granite Bay Gazette, Granite Bay High School, Granite Bay, CA;
The Grizzly Growler, Spring Valley High School, Las Vegas, NV;
The Messenger, Northview High School, Johns Creek, GA;
The Octagon, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, CA;
The Patriot, Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, KS
The Pen, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School, Rolling Hills Estates, CA;
The Rock, Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, MO;
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, TX;
Wingspan, West Henderson High School, Hendersonville, NC;
Silver Middle School Yearbooks
Falcon Nation, Katherine L. Albiani Middle School, Elk Grove, CA;
Farrier, Mirman School, Los Angeles, CA;
Ingenium, Greenfield Junior High School, Gilbert, AZ;
Our Tale, Cimarron Middle School, Parker, CO;
The Prowl, Powell Middle School, Littleton, CO;
The Round-Up, Woodland Junior High School, Fayetteville, AR.
Silver High School Yearbooks
Aftermath, Palm Harbor University High School, Palm Harbor, FL;
Buffalo, Haltom High School, Haltom City, TX;
Calibre, Western High School, Davie, FL;
Columbian, George C. Marshall High School, Falls Church, VA;
Cornerstones, The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX;
Details, Whitney High School, Rocklin, CA;
Fusion, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, FL;
Genesis, Rock Ridge High School, Ashburn, VA;
Iditarod, Tuscarora High School, Leesburg, VA;
Indian, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, KS;
Marauder, Marcus High School, Flower Mound, TX;
Marksmen, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
Odyssey, Chantilly High School, Chantilly, VA;
Odyssey, University High School, Orange City, FL;
Parousia, Maranatha Christian Schools, San Diego, CA;
Priam, Longmont High School, Longmont, CO;
Rampages, Casa Roble High School, Orangeville, CA;
Reflections, Brighton High School, Brighton, CO;
Retrospect, Liberty Christian Academy, Lynchburg, VA;
Roots, Mesquite High School, Gilbert, AZ;
Saga, Loudoun Valley High School, Purcellville, VA;
Salmagundi, Seminole High School, Sanford, FL;
The Bard, Hill Country Christian School, Austin, TX;
The Belltower, St. Thomas’ Episcopal School, Houston, TX;
The Citadel, Claudia Taylor Johnson High School, San Antonio, TX;
The Dragon, Carroll Senior High School, Southlake, TX;
The Legend, El Dorado High School, El Paso, TX;
Tiger, Texas High School, Texarkana, TX;
Tigrium, Holy Trinity Episcopal Academy, Melbourne, FL;
Titanium, Antelope High School, Antelope, CA;
Traditions, Del Norte High School, San Diego, CA;
Trail, Overland High School, Aurora, CO;
Trillium, Trumbull High School, Trumbull, CT;
Ursus, Granite Bay High School, Granite Bay, CA;
Vieo, Castle View High School, Castle Rock, CO;
Westwind, West Henderson High School, Hendersonville, NC;
Wingspan, James Enochs High School, Modesto, CA.
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