NEW YORK, NY - The Columbia Scholastic Press Association announces its Finalists for it's Crown Awards.
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. A total of 817 publications were eligible for judging.
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.
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.
This year the judges were sensitive to the challenges COVID-19 raised to student publications. The judges read the membership profiles and learned of the obstacles and alternative tasks staffs chose to follow to publish their publications. CSPA is proud of the work of all of its members. They rose to the challenge and flourished for their communities.
The judging panel included: Judi Coolidge, retired adviser, Avon Lake, OH; Brenda Gorsuch, retired adviser, Mills River NC; Kevin Lerner, Assistant Professor of Communication/Journalism at Marist College in Poughkeepsie, NY; Alan Murray, president and co-founder of Uncharted, Malvern, PA; Mark Murray, executive director, ATPI, Sante Fe, NM; Cheryl Pell, retired professor and former press state director, East Lansing MI; Linda Puntney, retired adviser, Manhattan, KS; Violet Turner, retired adviser, Chicago, IL; and Kathleen Zwiebel, retired adviser, Pottsville, PA.
GOLD DIGITAL NEWS
Harker Aquila / harkeraquila.com, The Harker School, San Jose, CA;
Manual RedEye / manualredeye.com, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY;
Pathfinder / pwestpathfinder.com, Parkway West High School, Ballwin, MO;
Southwest Shadow / southwestshadow.com, Southwest Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas, NV;
The Horizon / westwoodhorizon.com, Westwood High School, Austin, TX;
The Oracle / archeroracle.com, The Archer School for Girls, Los Angeles, CA;
The Paly Voice / palyvoice.com, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
The Red Ledger / theredledger.net, Lovejoy High School, Lucas, TX;
The Smoke Signal / thesmokesignal.org, Mission San Jose High School, Fremont, CA;
The Southerner / thesoutherneronline.com, Midtown High School, Atlanta, GA;
Wayland Student Press Network / waylandstudentpress.com, Wayland High School, Wayland, MA;
Webb Canyon Chronicle / webbcanyonchronicle.com, The Webb Schools, Claremont, CA;
Wingspan / libertywingspan.com, Liberty High School, Frisco, TX.
SILVER DIGITAL NEWS
Berkeley High Jacket / bhsjacket.com, Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA;
Lancer Spirit / lancerspiritonline.com, Londonderry High School, Londonderry, NH;
Livewire / aajhslivewire.com, Altoona Area Junior High School, Altoona, PA;
Mountain Echo / aahsmountainecho.com, Altoona Area High School, Altoona, PA;
MyJAGNews / myjagnews.com, Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School, San Antonio, TX;
Niles West News / nileswestnews.org, Niles West High School, Skokie, IL;
Raider Voice / theraidervoice.com, Gulliver Preparatory Upper School Campus, Miami, FL;
RamPage / jdrampage.org, Jamesville-DeWitt High School, DeWitt, NY;
The Californian / thecalifornianpaper.com, California High School, San Ramon, CA;
The Feather Online / thefeather.com, Fresno Christian High School, Fresno, CA;
The Foothill Dragon Press / foothilldragonpress.org, Foothill Technology High School, Ventura, CA;
The Gator / bmgator.org, Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill, MA;
The Harbinger / arhsharbinger.com, Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough, MA;
The Hawk Eye / hebronhawkeye.com, Hebron High School, Carrollton, TX;
The La Salle Falconer / lasallefalconer.com, La Salle Catholic College Preparatory, Milwaukie, OR;
The Neersyde / neersyde.com, The Benjamin Middle School, North Palm Beach, FL;
The Octagon / scdsoctagon.com, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, CA;
The Paper Tiger / lwhspapertiger.org, Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco, CA;
The Pel Mel / thepelmelpmhs.com, Pelham Memorial High School, Pelham, NY;
The Rider Online / therideronline.com, Legacy High School, Mansfield, TX;
The Rock / rockmediaonline.org, Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, CO;
The Round Table / shsroundtable.com, Stamford High School, Stamford, CT;
The Sagamore / thesagonline.com, Brookline High School, Brookline, MA;
The Voice / fhsvoice.org, Farmington High School, Farmington, CT.
GOLD HYBRID NEWS
Echo / slpecho.com, St. Louis Park High School, St. Louis Park, MN;
HiLite / hilite.org, Carmel High School, Carmel, IN;
Inklings News / inklingsnews.com, Staples High School, Westport, CT;
North Star / fhntoday.com, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, MO;
Odyssey / odysseynewsmagazine.com, Clarke Central High School, Athens, GA;
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 Communicator / chscommunicator.com, Community High School, Ann Arbor, MI;
The Eagle Eye / eagleeye.news, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, FL;
The Harbinger / smeharbinger.net, Shawnee Mission East High School, Shawnee, KS;
The Highlander / thehighlandernews.com, McLean High School, McLean, VA;
The Kirkwood Call / thekirkwoodcall.com, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, MO;
The Review / sjsreview.com, St. John's School, Houston, TX;
The Royal News / trnwired.org, Prince George High School, Prince George, VA;
The Standard / standard.asl.org, The American School in London, London, England;
tjTODAY / tjtoday.org, Thomas Jefferson HS for Science & Technology, Alexandria, VA.
SILVER HYBRID NEWS
Central Times / centraltimes.org, Naperville Central High School, Naperville, IL;
Echo / wgecho.org, Webster Groves High School, Webster Groves, MO;
Knight Errant / bsmknighterrant.org, Benilde-St. Margaret's, St. Louis Park, MN;
The Accolade / shhsaccolade.com, Sunny Hills High School, Fullerton, CA;
The BluePrint / hagertyjourn.com, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, FL;
The Chronicle / hwchronicle.com, Harvard-Westlake School, Studio City, CA;
The Dispatch / thedispatchonline.net, James Bowie High School, Austin, TX;
The Inkblot / theinkblotnews.com, Communications High School, Wall, NJ;
The Lion's Tale / lionstale.org, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, MD;
The Messenger / marquettemessenger.com, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, MO;
The Muse / themuseatdreyfoos.com, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL;
The Phillipian / phillipian.net, Phillips Academy Andover, Andover, MA;
The Rubicon / rubiconline.com, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, Saint Paul, MN;
The Shield / macshieldonline.com, McCallum High School, Austin, TX;
The Sidekick / coppellstudentmedia.com, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX;
Tiger / tigernewspaper.com, South Pasadena High School, South Pasadena, CA;
Tiger Times / tigertimesonline.com, Texas High School, Texarkana, TX;
Tower / tower.mastersny.org, The Masters School, Dobbs Ferry, NY;
U-High Midway / uhighmidway.com, University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, IL;
Verde / verdemagazine.com, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA.
GOLD PRINT NEWS
Crier, Munster High School, Munster, IN;
Eagle Edition, Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, TX;
Inklings, Crown Point High School, Crown Point, IN;
The CS Press, Cactus Shadows High School, Cave Creek, AZ;
The Edge, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, TX;
The Fourcast, The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX;
The Mirror, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, CA;
The ReMarker, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
The Tower, Grosse Pointe South High School, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI;
Update, H. H. Dow High School, Midland, MI.
SILVER PRINT NEWS
Paladin, Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School, Wichita, KS;
Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, MO;
Silver Chips, Montgomery Blair High School, Silver Spring, MD;
The Chronicle, Tom C. Clark High School, San Antonio, TX;
The Crane-Clarion, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Bloomfield Hills, MI;
The Falcon, The Kinkaid School, Houston, TX;
The Marquee, Marcus High School, Flower Mound, TX;
The Northwest Passage, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, KS;
The Piper, Campbell Hall School, North Hollywood, CA;
The Postscript, The Park School of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD;
The Roundtable, Stuart Hall High School, San Francisco, CA;
The Scroll, The American School in London, London, England;
Ursus, Bedford Middle School, Westport, CT;
Winged Post, The Harker School, San Jose, CA;
Wingspan, Nixa High School, Nixa, MO.
GOLD PRINT GENERAL MAGAZINE
Focus, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
Geneva Quarterly, Geneva School of Boerne, Boerne, TX;
Jade, The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX;
The Scientific Marksman, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX.
SILVER PRINT GENERAL MAGAZINE
Crimson & Gold, Holy Innocents' Episcopal School, Atlanta, GA;
Globe, Clayton High School, Clayton, MO;
Spark, Lakota East High School, Liberty Township, OH;
The Bridge, Bridgeland High School, Cypress, TX.
SILVER DIGITAL LITERARY MAGAZINE
The Pulse / thepulsejchs.com, Johns Creek High School, Johns Creek, GA.
GOLD PRINT LITERARY MAGAZINE
Afterwords, James Wood High School, Winchester, VA;
Amused, Miami Country Day School, Miami, FL;
Blue Review, Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA;
Elysium, Coral Reef Senior High School, Miami, FL;
Ingenium, McGill-Toolen Catholic High School, Mobile, AL;
Iris: Art + Lit, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, Saint Paul, MN;
Itinerary, The Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, TX;
Literati, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami, FL;
Mindprints, Jackson Preparatory Junior High School, Flowood, MS;
Montage, Greenhill School, Addison, TX;
Pen & Paper, The Unquowa School, Fairfield, CT;
Repentino, American School Foundation, Alvaro Obregon, Mexico;
Roars & Whispers, Providence Senior High School, Charlotte, NC;
Seeds in the Black Earth, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL;
Solstice, Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, IL;
The Marque, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
The Talon, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, VA;
The Tartan, McLean High School, McLean, VA;
The Walrus, Saint Mary's Hall, San Antonio, TX;
Vibrato, The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX.
SILVER PRINT LITERARY MAGAZINE
Ambedo, Northern Highlands Regional High School, Allendale, NJ;
Blutopia, Gaston Day School, Gastonia, NC;
Briars & Ivy, Briarcliff High School, Briarcliff Manor, NY;
Calliope, St. Agnes Academy, Memphis, TN;
Daedalus, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT;
Delphi, Salem High School, Salem, VA;
Esse, Ursuline Academy of Dallas, Dallas, TX
Gallimaufry, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Bloomfield Hills, MI;
H.E.L.M., The Harker School, San Jose, CA;
InLight Magazine, Maret School, Washington, DC;
Intermedia, Lewis F. Cole Middle School, Fort Lee, NJ;
LitMag, Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco, CA;
Maret Literary and Visual Arts Magazine, Maret School, Washington, DC;
Menagerie, Lyons Township High School, LaGrange, IL;
Out of Uniform, Nightingale-Bamford School, New York, NY;
Phantasm, Saint Ignatius College Prep, Chicago, IL;
Reflections, Gulliver Preparatory Upper School Campus, Miami, FL;
Spectator Magazine, Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda, MD;
Tesserae, Rowland Hall, Salt Lake City, UT;
The Rough Draft, Flint Hill School, Oakton, VA;
The Vision, Hackley School, Tarrytown, NY;
Voice, Community High School, Ann Arbor, MI;
Windowpanes, Loyola High School, Los Angeles, CA.
GOLD HYBRID GENERAL MAGAZINE
C Magazine / cmagazine.org, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
El Estoque / elestoque.org, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, CA;
The Lion's Share / thelionsharejournal.com, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
Scroll + Scrolling / holton-arms.edu, Holton-Arms School, Bethesda, MD;
The Muse / northviewmuse.com, Northview High School, Johns Creek, GA.
SILVER HYBRID GENERAL MAGAZINE
Anthro / anthromagazine.org, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
Statesman / lhsstatesman.com, Lincoln High School, Sioux Falls, SD.
GOLD HYBRID YEARBOOK
Panther, H.B. Plant High School, Tampa, FL;
Raider, Gulliver Preparatory Marian C. Krutulis PK-8 Campus, Coral Gables, FL;
Raider, Gulliver Preparatory Upper School Campus, Miami, FL;
Tesserae / tesseraeybk.com, Corning-Painted Post High School, Corning, NY.
SILVER HYBRID YEARBOOK
Carillon, Bellaire High School, Bellaire, TX;
Peerage / peerage2021.wordpress.com, Prince George High School, Prince George, VA;
The Dragon / dragonmedia.org, Carroll Senior High School, Southlake, TX.
GOLD PRINT YEARBOOK
Aerie, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Coral Springs, FL;
Apollo, Colonial Forge High School, Stafford, VA;
Clamo, Clayton High School, Clayton, MO;
Crag, Turner Ashby High School, Bridgewater, VA;
Crusader, Castle Rock Middle School, Castle Rock, CO;
El Corazón, El Camino Real Charter High School, Woodland Hills, CA;
Ingenium, Greenfield Junior High School, Gilbert, AZ;
Ledoian, Aledo High School, Aledo, TX;
Lion’s Roar, Christ Presbyterian Academy, Nashville, TN;
Pantera, Mead High School, Spokane, WA;
Pawesehi, Parkway West High School, St. Louis, MO;
Pride, Franklin High School, Elk Grove, CA;
Talon, The Harker School, San Jose, CA;
The Arena, Legacy High School, Mansfield, TX;
The Hawk, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, TX;
The Lion, McKinney High School, McKinney, TX;
The Lonestar, Vista Ridge High School, Cedar Park, TX;
The Prowl, Powell Middle School, Littleton, CO;
The Vespa, Kealing Middle School, Austin, TX;
Traditions, Del Norte High School, San Diego, CA.
SILVER PRINT YEARBOOK
Ayrie, Liberty North High School, Liberty, MO;
Black & Gold, Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, CO;
Calumet, Arapahoe High School, Centennial, CO;
Cayuse, Walnut High School, Walnut, CA;
Daedalus, Northeastern High School, Manchester, PA;
Details, Whitney High School, Rocklin, CA;
Dimensions, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, MD;
Dragon, Round Rock High School, Round Rock, TX;
Eagle Eye View, Sierra Middle School, Parker, CO;
Etruscan, Glenbrook South High School, Glenview, IL;
Fusion, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, FL;
Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, KS;
Hornet, Bryant High School, Bryant, AR;
Indian, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, KS;
Jamboree, Toby Johnson Middle School, Elk Grove, CA;
Kodiak, Bridgeland High School, Cypress, TX;
La Vista, Mountain View High School, Mesa, AZ;
Lair, Drake Middle School, Arvada, CO;
Lair, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, KS;
Legend, William R. Boone High School, Orlando, FL;
Lone Star, James Bowie High School, Austin, TX;
Marksmen, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
Marquee, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL;
Odyssey, University High School, Orange City, FL;
Oro, Cactus Canyon Junior High School, Apache Junction, AZ;
Portfolio, Patricia E. Paetow High School, Katy, TX;
Prowler, Providence High School, Charlotte, NC;
Rambler, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, MO;
Reata, Memorial High School, Houston, TX;
Reflections, Brighton High School, Brighton, CO;
Sigma, Eastern Lebanon County High School, Myerstown, PA;
Summit, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, CO;
TAJ, Harrisonburg High School, Harrisonburg, VA;
Techniques, Thomas Jefferson HS for Science & Technology, Alexandria, VA;
The Chronicle, Classical Academy High School, Escondido, CA;
The Citadel, Claudia Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson High School, San Antonio, TX;
The Clipper, Kearney High School, Kearney, MO;
The Galleon, Peterson Middle School, Sunnyvale, CA;
The Knight, McCallum High School, Austin, TX;
The Lair, Leander High School, Leander, TX;
The Minuteman, Lexington High School, Lexington, NE;
The Pilot, Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, CA;
The Round-Up, Woodland Junior High School, Fayetteville, AR;
The Scrapbook, Westfield Middle School, Westfield, IN;
Tiger, Texas High School, Texarkana, TX;
Tiger Tracks, Katy Junior High School, Katy, TX;
Westwind, West Henderson High School, Hendersonville, NC.
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