Quill and Scroll is pleased to announce the finalists in the 2025 Writing, Visual, Multimedia competition. More than 120 schools submitted entries to this year’s contest, for a total of more than 2,200 entries.
The finalists listed below are divided by category and listed in alphabetical order. The winners will be announced April 26 at the JEA/NSPA Spring National High School Journalism Convention in Seattle.
Category 1 — News Writing
Alice Scott, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Audrey Lyons, Fairlie Mercer, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Ayaan Shah, Carina McCallum, Emmaus High School, Emmaus, Pennsylvania
Boiling Point Staff, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California
Delmis Vaquerano, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California
Emma Stanton, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Fairlie Mercer, Audrey Lyons, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Hannah Rakolta, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Hayden Pinto, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Isabella Westrich, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
Jeffery Zhang, Wayland High School, Wayland, Massachusetts
Kristie Min, Lennon Riedie, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas
Lily Shi, Chelsea Xie, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Mzee Pavlic, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
Nate Williams, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Sofia Saucedo, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Wyatt Meyer, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
Category 2 — DEI-Social Justice Writing
Glennis Woosley, Nixa High School, Nixa, Missouri
Jasper Winterton, Webster Groves High School, Webster Groves, Missouri
Libby Marsh, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Lillian Gray, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Maddux Horn, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas
Sophia Hsu, Inez Stephenson, The American School in London, London, England
Category 3 — Feature Writing
Addie Aadland, Sri Trikona, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Alyssa Gagnon, Inaya Zaman, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Amina Khalil-Zegar, Genevieve Ederle, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Arieh Elad, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California
Bella Shipek, Marissa Soll, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Ben Brown, The Bishop’s School, La Jolla, California
Danielle Croom, Julia Curotto, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Emlyn McKinney, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
Gianna Weaver, Foran High School, Milford, Connecticut
Jake Radcliffe, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas
Jane Ripps, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
Jasper Winterton, Webster Groves High School, Webster Groves, Missouri
Mariam Darb, Audrey Lyons, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Michael Yi, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Molly Kirschenbaum, Brewster Academy, Wolfeboro, New Hampshire
Sonia Kharbanda, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota
Sydney Barnett, Reagan Wald, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Vanessa Chen, Nishta Subramanian, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Category 4 — Profile Writing
Adrianna Bean, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California
Arti Jain, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Chloe Lewcock, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Connie Erdozain, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Emmerson Winfrey, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Hayden Pinto, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Hima Thota, Kairui Sun, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Ingrid Smith, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Nathan King, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Sasha Libenzon, Wayland High School, Wayland, Massachusetts
Sloan Austin, Sybil Curran, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas
Tiffany Zhu, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Category 5 — Staff Editorial Writing
Ada Lillie Worthington, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Editorial Board, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Ishanvi Mishra, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois
Paige Faulkner, Blue Valley High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Staff, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Category 6 — Review Writing
Amelia Bowman, Brimmer and May School, Newton, Massachusetts
Ayra Ansari, Rania Raj, The American School in London, London, England
Dino Russo, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Gabe Sachse, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Gia Willis, Parkway South High School, Manchester, Missouri
Hayden Pinto, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, SC
Jane Yermakov, Cedar Park High School, Cedar Park, Texas
Nolan McNulty, Ankeny High School, Ankeny, Iowa
Ruby Rogers, The American School in London, London, England
Sophia Bateman, The American School in London, London, England
Category 7 — Column Writing — Non Sports
Adi Jaiswal, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois
Alexa Franco, Rialto High School, Rialto, California
Andrew Flint, Brimmer and May School, Newton, Massachusetts
Asra June, Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Claire Bradford, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas
Jessica Brown, Emmaus High School, Emmaus, Pennsylvania
Katerina Matta, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Leo Powell, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Mia Morneault, Cedar Park High School, Cedar Park, Texas
Pauli Zavarska, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Reagan Wald, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Serena Li, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas
Staff, San Marin High School, Novato, California
Category 8 — Sports Column Writing
Marie Wakefield, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas
Olivia Graeser, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Sydney Ortiz, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas
Category 9 — In-Depth Reporting/Individual Writing
Carina McCallum, Emmaus High School, Emmaus, Pennsylvania
Emma Stanton, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Wyatt Meyer, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
Category 10 — In-Depth Reporting/Individual Writing
Ben Brown, Summer Hu, The Bishop’s School, La Jolla, California
Caleb Monzyk, David Moss, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri
Noah Abero, Odom Mom, Eric Pabian, Maddie Rowland, Caiden Claussen, Max Suichta, Kayla Garcia, Taryn McGannon, Joey Bruno, Kara Lindenmuth, Yarden Amir, Emily Wojnicki, Joseph Murphy, Maine West High School, Des Plaines, Illinois
Category 11 — Sports Feature Writing
Ada Lillie Worthington, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Claire Salera, Lavanya Dixit, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania
Danielle Hobbie, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Gabby Roper, Chantilly High School, Chantilly, Virginia
Kacey Miller, Cedar Park High School, Cedar Park, Texas
Kairui Sun, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Katherine Farmer, Eisenhower High School, Shelby Township, Michigan
Nathan Kim, Kate Johnson, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Veronica Jia, Leila Markicic, Himang Sharma, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois
Wyatt Meyer, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
Category 12 — Sports Game/Event Writing
Ansh Aggarwal, Oliver Arora, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois
Farris Duwayri, Sam Silcock, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Hannah Rakolta, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Katerina Matta, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Sofia Saucedo, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Category 13 — Political Writing
Anthony Pho, Ryan Sharp, Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana
Elias Kang, Gina Park, Landon Schuster, Isabelle Berger, Athira Kasthuri, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Miya Cao, Lily Chen, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Priya Thoppil, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Reagan Wald, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Shawn Feng, Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana
Sierra Pape, Henry Moye, Connie Erdozain, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Category 14 — Health, Science and Agriculture Writing
Blen Belachew, Danielle Croom, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Clark Kerkstra, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Hu, Annie Jones, Lucy Walker, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Eshna Das, Lee Monistere, Dalia Sandberg, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Madison Thacker, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California
Category 15 — Climate and Environment Writing
Arti Jain, Will Kodner, Vincent Hsiao, Alzhraa Mahmoud, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Ashley Mo, Jonathan Szeto, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Bella Dodig, Aila Jiang, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Brennan Fritts, Zelda Lerner, Henry Moye, Julia Barton, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Catherine Xue, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas
Lindsay Maresh, Reagan Wald, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Category 16 — News Writer of the Year
Clark Kerkstra, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania
Fallon Head, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas
Glennis Woosley, Nixa High School, Nixa, Missouri
Kristie Min, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas
Category 17 — Beginning Writer
Grace Pei, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Joseph Murphy, Maine West High School, Des Plaines, Illinois
Leo Powell, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Nathan King, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Ruby Halverson, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Category 18 — Breaking News Photography
Chang Haochan, Beijing No. 66 Middle School, Beijing, Beijing
Lily Chen, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Matthew Ramirez, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania
Sofia Celio, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Category 19 — Feature Photography
Jalyn Bautista, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California
Kaya Steele, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Laine Edwards, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Lila Vancrum, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Lillian Gray, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Madison Shelton, Chuckey-Doak High School, Afton, Tennessee
Oliver Barrera, Lindbergh High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Sydney Ortiz, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas
Category 20 — Sports Action Photography
Anastasia Flower, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Brianna Dunham, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Callen Romell, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Ezra Victor, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Jacob Dinh, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas
Jake Strelitz, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas
Kiley Benskin-Wallace, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Mallory Barker, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Presely Maurer, Lindbergh High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Sasha Libenzon, Wayland High School, Wayland, Massachusetts
Sasha Libenzon, Wayland High School, Wayland, Massachusetts
Taylor Griffin, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Category 21 — Sports Reaction Photography
Alexis Bailey, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Emma McAtee, Blue Valley High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Joshua Gunter, Rocklin High School, Rocklin, California
Julia Barton, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Julia Copas, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Category 22 — Photo Illustration
Katerina Matta, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Mia Caliva, Citrus Valley High School, Redlands, California
Sarah Slattery, Kaneland High School, Maple Park, Illinois
Category 23 — Photo Slideshow
Danielle Hobbie, Olivia Pederson, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Farris Duwayri, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia
Mary-Hunter McCaslin, Paige Danish, Noah Iverson, Alexis Bailey, Kaya Steele, Jane Pitcher, Emily Pastva, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Sarah Slattery, Kaneland High School, Maple Park, Illinois
Zachary Ford, Rocco Huerta, Tricia Darcy, Jacob Dinh, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas
Category 24 — Profile or Environmental Portrait
Katie Czelusta, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Mackenzie Moore, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Penelope Walker, Foundation Academy, Winter Garden, Florida
Vincent Hsiao, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Vincent Hsiao, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Wang Peichong, Lake Forest Academy, Beijing, Beijing
Zhang Yutian, Shanghai United International School Gubei Campus, Shanghai, Shanghai
Category 25 — Beginning Photographer
Kaya Steele, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Paige Danish, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Wren Vanderford, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Category 26 — Editorial Cartoon
Ava Nightingale, Eisenhower High School, Shelby Township, Michigan
Brianne Tolentino, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California
Francesca Lorusso, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Shelby Townsend, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas
Sophie Leung-Lieu, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Category 27 — Informational Graphic
Ananya Addepalle, Laxumi Chandrakumar, Katelyn Chen, Keira Kress, Abigail Lee, Ella Lu, Megan Xia, Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana
Emily Liu, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Marianne Guo, Ella Guo, Anoushka Jena, Keira Kress, Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana
Sophia Brockmeier, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Zhang Yuchen, WLSA Shanghai Academy, Shanghai, Shanghai
Category 28 — News Magazine Front Page Design
Bri Raak, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Missouri
Fiona Jin, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois
Kelly Zhang, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Mira Patel, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Category 29 — Newspaper Front Page Design
Abigail Kim, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California
Anvi Talyan, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri
Katerina Matta, Young Min, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Yu Ge, Shanghai Pinghe School, Shanghai, Shanghai
Category 30 — Features Page Design, Single Page
Bella Broce, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Brianna Alvarado, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California
Teaghan Hardy, Kaneland High School, Maple Park, Illinois
Category 31 — Features Page(s) Design, Two-Page Spread
Amanda Brantley, Serina Yan, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Amanda Brantley, Serina Yan, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Hayden Pinto, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Jessi Hahn, Emmaus High School, Emmaus, Pennsylvania
Katerina Matta, Young Min, Jessica Wang, The Harker School, San Jose, California
Naomi Vandyne, Michaela Manfull, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Nina Ye, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Category 32 — Sports Page(s) Design
Josephine Zangrilli, Evelyn Koncalovic, Munster High School, Munster, Indiana
Kai McPhail, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Vincent Hsiao, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Category 33 — Editorial Page(s) Design
Bella Shipek, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Lillian Gray, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Violet Newton, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Category 34 — Beginning Designer/Artist
Lennon Sharp, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Lucy Swope, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Meg Myckatyn, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Category 35 — Video News Package
Alexis Barker, Payton Simons, Lillian Saykham, Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita, Kansas
Bradston Swick, Madi Koepp, Cali Swick, Dylan Mize, Colton Boston, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas
Christina Krasnova, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas
Max Kihneman, Fred T. Foard, Newton, North Carolina
Category 36 — Video Sports Package
Camp Hlavac, St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi
Celina Calix, Ben Haberberger, Andrew Truong, Lindbergh High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Colton Boston, Bradston Swick, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas
Luke Conrad, Matt Huseman, Jacob Tracy, Noblesville High School, Noblesville, Indiana
Category 37 — Video Features Package
Colin Boehler, Koen Wiebel, Luke Rushford, Seth Rushford, Tommy Rhomberg, Owen Wheat, Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, Iowa
Griffin Greear, Oakwood High School, Oakwood, Ohio
Jazmine Snyder, Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita, Kansas
Kristy Duong, Lillian Saykham, Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita, Kansas
Toby Hamel, Raleigh Slack, Thomas Worthington High School, Worthington, Ohio
Toby Hamel, Raleigh Slack, Thomas Worthington High School, Worthington, Ohio
Category 38 — Video DEI, Social Justice Reporting
Christina Krasnova, Ryleigh McDermott, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas
Riddima Pandey, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Vanessa Ng, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Category 39 — Documentary Video
Cade Johnson, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas
Ella Evans, Emily Vaughan, Alex Lin, Macy Langland, Bellaire High School, Houston, Texas
Trip Breslin, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas
Category 40 — Audio Podcast: Single Episode
Jordan Hutchinson, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas
Julia Copas, Callen Romell, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Max Kihneman, Fred T. Foard High School, Newton, North Carolina
Category 41 — Interactive Informational Graphic
Chloe Lewcock, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Lillian Gray, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Rohan Anne, Ashley Du, Aren Framil, Howard Kim, Rajan Saha, Mary Wolters, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania
Category 42 — News Show
Ava Doyle, Hailey Blurton, Lance Schafer, Cole Brogden, Katelyn Coffey, Colton Forrest, Maize Career Academy, Maize, Kansas
Bruin News Now Staff, St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi
ENN Staff, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas
Category 43 — Multimedia Feature/News Package
Shayla Allen, Gaby Esquivel, Lillian Gray, Carlo Hinsdale, Delaney Lavelle, Beatrix Lozach, Josie Mullan, Chloe Seckar-Martinez, Francie Wilhelm, Chloe Lewcock, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Sophia Bateman, Oskar Doepke, The American School in London, London, England
Sydney Ortiz, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas
Category 44 — Multimedia Sports Package
Blake Eidson, Nixa High School, Nixa, Missouri
Julia Skoufalos, Claire Ding, Alexis Rovner, Michelle Bookbinder, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Stephan Bosnjak, Zoey Srote, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri
Category 45 — Multimedia Opinions Package
Elias Kang, Daniel Ovadia, Claire Ding, Gabrielle Levine, Barbara Armstrong, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Evan Michaeli, Andrea Tang, Brimmer and May School, Newton, Massachusetts
Lillian Gray, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Category 46 — Social Media: Individual
Lev Rubinstein, Rocklin High School, Rocklin, California
Lillian Gray, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Matthew Ramirez, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania
Category 47 — Social Media: Team
Owen Gonzalez, Braeden Kettinger, Austin Griffin, Kane Manfull, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Social Media Team, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Missouri
Sports Coverage Team, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Category 48 — Beginning Podcaster
Georgia Pulliam, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Jagger Heath, Quinn Chiochios, Los Altos High School, Los Altos, California
Nolan McNulty, Blake Eichmeier, Ankeny High School, Ankeny, Iowa
Category 49 — Beginning Social Media Journalist
Eason Dong, Los Altos High School, Los Altos, California
Elizabeth Nation, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Jessie Atlas, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jerse
Category 50 — Beginning Multimedia Journalist
Ian Reyes, Maize Career Academy, Maize, Kansas
Ryleigh Jochens, Southwest Christian School , Fort Worth, Texas
Scarlett Young, Southwest Christian School , Fort Worth, Texas
Category 51 — Beginning Videographer
Angel DiSalvo, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri
Konrad Fischer, Anderson High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
Reghan Grassi, Padua Academy, Wilmington, Delaware
Category 54 — Middle School Multimedia
Mamie Heitzmann, St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi
