Writing, Photo, and Multimedia Winners

Francis Howell North High School earns top overall award

Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri won the overall Blue & Gold award in the 2026 Quill and Scroll Writing, Visual, and Multimedia contest.

In addition, the the contest awards the top performing staffs in three separate areas: Writing and Photography/Design and Multimedia. Here are those winners:

Writing: 

First Place: Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Second Place: St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Third Place: Shawnee Mission East High School, Prarie Village, Kansas

Photography/Design: 

First Place: Shawnee Mission East High School, Prarie Village, Kansas

Second Place: Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Third Place: Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Multimedia: 

First Place: Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Second Place: St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi

Third Place: Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Here is the full awards list:

Writing

Category 1 — News Writing

First Place: Sydney Ortiz, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Second Place: Mira Schoewe, Lily Donaldson, Lindbergh High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Third Place: Jake Bond, Rockhurst High School, Kansas City, Missouri

Honorable Mentions:

Sam Gross, Annabelle Garland, Aliana Cromer, Lucy Newman, Georgetown Day School, Washington, D.C.

Angela Jia, Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco, California

Arielle Stopak, Georgetown Day School, Washington, D.C.

Audrey Lyons, Early Smith, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Avery Fragale, Georgetown Day School, Washington, D.C.

Avni Bansal, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Beatrix Lozach, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Daniella Lainez, Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco, California

Elizabeth Tuttle, Thomas Chen, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota

Jacob Blane, Aliana Cromer, Georgetown Day School, Washington, D.C.

Kelly Forbes, Lindbergh High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Kiley Huang, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Missouri

Lily Rantanen, Iowa City High School, Iowa City, IowaLucca Fleenor, Cooper Jones, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Megan Snyder, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Missouri

Sophia Cui, Ashley Du, Erin Zhang, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Category 2 — DEI, Social Justice Writing

First Place: Sanvi Gupta, EJ Kim, Navya Saxena, Zoe Theobald, Ainsley Wright, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois

Second Place: Amina Khalil-Zegar, Genevieve Ederle, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Third Place: Ariya Lee, Chantilly High School, Chantilly, Virginia

Honorable Mentions:

Preston Hooker, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Rebecca Lopez, Westridge School, Pasadena, California

Sasha Pankuch, Oswego High School, Oswego, Illinois

Category 3 — Feature Writing

First Place: Sierra Pape, Fairlie Mercer, Farris Duwayri, Connie Erdozain, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Second Place: Mau Sanchez Carmona, Pleasant Valley High School, Bettendorf, Iowa

Third Place: Sarah Zobel, Trinity Preparatory School of Florida, Winter Park, Florida

Honorable Mentions:

Adah Hamman, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Ava Novak, Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas

Beatrix Lozach, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Elizabeth Nation, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Emma Weintraub, Kaneland High School, Maple Park, Illinois

Fay Zhao, Trinity Preparatory School of Florida, Winter Park, Florida

Hayden Hunt, Southwest Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada

Lennon Riedie, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas

Mali Clark, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Mila Ellis, Gwynth Lee, Tselmeg Orgilmunkh, Mika Katznelson, Acalanes High School, Lafayette, California

Nadia Okilee, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Nina Mast, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Rajasi Agarwal, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas

Rebecca Lopez, Westridge School, Pasadena, California

Sheridan Ruyle, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Missouri

Sophie Katz, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California

Veronica Jia, Harikesh Prasad, Amani Raza, Annabella Teng, Adlai E. Stevenson

High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois

Yasmin Khan, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota

Yi Di Mi, Shanghai, Shanghai

Category 4 —Profile Writing

First Place: Cameron Minatrea, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Second Place: Sydney Ortiz, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Third Place: Fay Zhao, Trinity Preparatory School of Florida, Winter Park, Florida

Honorable Mentions:

Aaron Lin, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Ayleen Bran, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California

Charlene Li, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Emlyn McKinney , Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Josie Stout, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Lydia Gerety, Ankeny High School, Ankeny, Iowa

Mariam Darb, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Saher Punshi, The American School in London, London, England

Sydney Ortiz, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Category 5 — Staff Editorial Writing

First Place: Staff, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Second Place: Editorial Board, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Third Place: Editorial Staff, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Honorable Mentions:

Celina Zhou, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Katherine Farmer, Eisenhower High School, Shelby Township, Michigan

Yasmin Khan, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota

Category 6 — Review Writing

First Place: Alex Harden, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Second Place: Ben Haines, Iowa City High School, Iowa City, Iowa

Third Place: Macy Langland, Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas

Honorable Mentions:

Avni Bansal, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Ayra Ansari, The American School in London, London, England

Ishika Desai, Raina Mishra, Pleasant Valley High School, Bettendorf, Iowa

Jasiek Bugaj, Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois

Raphael Shrier, YULA High School, Los Angeles, California

William Jiang, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Zoe Karibian, The American School in London, London, England

Category 7 — Column Writing — Non-Sports

First Place: Alex Pozzi, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Second Place: Alex Duhon, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas

Third Place: Aimee Martinez, Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Honorable Mentions:

Aly Dewey, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Christopher Long, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Emma Benvenuto, Harrison High School, Kennesaw, Georgia

Jeffrey Heng, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Lily Shi, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Macy Langland, Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas

Mahdi Abdallah, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Nav Khaira, Huntley High School, Huntley, Illinois

Peter Atchley, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Phoebe Fan, Westridge School, Pasadena, California

Samara Rowe, Shawnee Mission South High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Category 8 — Sports Column Writing

First Place: Deolu Akingbade, Davidson Day School, Davidson, North Carolina

Second Place: Fletcher Vandegrift, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Third Place: Sydney Ortiz, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Honorable Mentions:

Sammy Lou, Trinity Preparatory School of Florida, Winter Park, Florida

Category 9 — In-Depth Reporting/Individual Writing 

First Place: Bella Dodig, Lee Monistere, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Second Place: Christopher Long, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Third Place: Liza Larson , Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Category 10 — In-Depth Reporting/Team Writing

First Place: Lily Rantanen, Tai Caputo, Iowa City High School, Iowa City, Iowa

Second Place: Marie Wakefield, Sydney Ortiz, Paisley Thomas, Genesis Murillo, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Third Place: Wyatt Meyer, Jane Ripps, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Category 11 — Sports Feature Writing

First Place: Ella Mohr, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Second Place: Clara Tripp, Highlands Current, Cold Spring, New York

Third Place: Danielle Hobbie, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Honorable Mentions:

Aien Du, Sarah Nguyen, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Bella Dodig, Eshna Das, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Caleb Kazeem, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Fajr Abdeldayem, Annie Eubanks, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas

Gabe Cohen, Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Grace Pei, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Kane Manfull, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Liya Taylor, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Madeleine Stastny, Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, Illinois

Rohan Kavuru, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota

Sam Li, Grace Wu, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Wes Euthon, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Category 12 — Sports Game/Event Coverage

First Place: Liya Taylor, Kye Streetman, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Second Place: Jack Grisolano, Rockhurst High School, Kansas City, Missouri

Third Place: Miles Strelitz, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas

Honorable Mentions:

Grace Bui, Ainsley Wright, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, Illinois

Tricia Darcy, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Category 13 — Political Writing

First Place: Isabella Shory, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Second Place: Aien Du, Harry Alig , St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Third Place: Sierra Pape, Connie Erdozain, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Honorable Mentions:

Fiona Treiber, Pleasant Valley High School, Bettendorf, Iowa

Isla Utterback, Munster High School, Munster, Indiana

Kristin Chuang, Westridge School, Pasadena, California

Michael Yi, Shawnee Mission East, Prairie Village, Kansas

Priya Thoppil, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Tvisha Jani, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Zoey Srote, Siya Taneja, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri

Category 14 — Health, Science, and Agriculture Writing

First Place: Marie Wakefield, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Second Place: Lavanya Dixit, Siya Goindi, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Third Place: Shaivi Moparthi, Kinkaid Prep School, Houston, Texas

Honorable Mentions:

Natalia Sanchez, Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco, California

Safa Saedi, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Category 15 — Climate and Environment Writing

First Place: Eshna Das, Bella Dodig, Yutia Li, Dalia Sandberg , St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Second Place: Lily Chen, Vanessa Chen, Ashley Du, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Third Place: Ava Mitchell, Midtown High School, Atlanta, Georgia

Category 16 — News Writer of the Year

First Place: Noah Iverson, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Second Place: Janav Ramprakash, Trinity Preparatory School of Florida, Winter Park, Florida

Third Place: Clark Kerksta, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Honorable Mention:

Marie Wakefield, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Category 17 — Beginning Writer

First Place: Micki Mermelstein, Westridge School, Pasadena, California

Second Place: Payton Tu, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

Third Place: Sarah Aleissa, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Honorable Mentions:

Alex Harden, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Visual

Category 18 – Breaking News Photography

First Place: Will Griffith, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Second Place: Kate Jensen, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Missouri

Third Place: Matteo Ventresca, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Category 19 – Feature Photography

First Place: He Angela, China contest, Overseas, Overseas

Second Place: Tyler Russell, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Third Place: Lixin Peng, Cate School, Carpinteria, California

Honorable Mentions:

Ezra Victor, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Han Jiaxi, Emma Willard School, Troy, New York

Joseph Ji, Lakefield College School, Lakefield, Ontario

Kairui Sun, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Katie Labao, Westridge School, Pasadena, California

Luke Ye, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Category 20 — Sports Action Photography

First Place: Taylor Griffin, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri

Second Place: Vivian Akers , Rockwood Summit High School, Fenton, Missouri

Third Place: Joe Nogalski, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas

Honorable Mentions:

Addie Clark, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Adeline Whisner, Mount Vernon High School, Mount Vernon, Iowa

Audrey Peltier, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota

Ezra Victor, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Grace Murphy, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Jake Strelitz, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas

Jocelynn Ayala, Ozona High School, Ozona , Texas

Mary-Hunter McCaslin, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Sarah Studer, Lindbergh High School, Saint Louis, Missouri

Category 21 — Sports Reaction Photography

First Place: Sims Skaff, Davidson Day School, Davidson, North Carolina

Second Place: Kaylin Mort, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri

Third Place: Caden Deardurff, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota

Honorable Mentions:

Cana Schimelpfenig, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Madelyn Rohwer, Truman High School, Independence, Missouri

Vivian Akers , Rockwood Summit High School, Fenton, Missouri

Category 22 — Photo Illustration

First Place: Isaac Lothrop, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Second Place: Hadley Springer, Kaneland High School, Maple Park, Illinois

Third Place: Lele Hu, Shanghai American School, Shanghai, China

Category 23 — Photo Slideshow

First Place: Beatrix Lozach, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Second Place: Jack Masterson, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Third Place: Sophia Schroll, Kaneland High School, Maple Park, Illinois

Honorable Mention:

Joe Nogalski, Westlake High School, Austin, Texas

Leonardo Peña, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Matthew Ramirez, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Category 24 – Profile or Environmental Portrait

First Place: Cameron Minatrea, Kingwood Park High School, Kingwood, Texas

Second Place: Joseph Ji, Lakefield College School, Lakefield, Ontario

Third Place: Ximing Lin, Appleby College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Category 25 — Beginning Photographer

First Place: Sophia Cicero, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Second Place: Joy Felicano, Lindbergh High School, Saint Louis, Missouri

Third Place: Kinley Lord, Lindbergh High School, Saint Louis, Missouri

Category 26 — Editorial Cartoon

First Place: Cheska Orias, McKinley High School, Honolulu, Hawaii

Second Place: Emery Mao, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Third Place: Carter Hunt, Southwest Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada

Honorable Mentions:

Niki Chen, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Category 27 — Informational Graphic

First Place: Weiqing (Vivian) Zhu, Basis International School Guangzhou, Guanagdong, , China

Second Place: Liyin Liu, Hangzhou No. 4 High School, Hangzhou, Zhejiang

Third Place: Caden Ruan, Claire Tian, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Category 28 — News Magazine Front Page Design

First Place: Sophia Basaldua, Westfield High School, Westfield, New Jersey

Second Place: Noah Abero, Maddie Rowland, Maine West High School, Des Plaines, Illinois

Third Place: Arianna Dunavant, Kiley Huang, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Missouri

Category 29 — Newspaper Front Page Design

First Place: Matthew Ramirez, Strath Haven High School, Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Second Place: Abigail Kim, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California

Third Place: Kyle Hartwig, Iowa City High School, Iowa City, Iowa

Category 30 — Features Page Design, Single Page

First Place: Claire Tian, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Second Place: David Routt, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Third Place: Anna Boens, Ayah Alsheikha, Pleasant Valley High School, Bettendorf, Iowa

Honorable Mentions:

Anna Boens, Pleasant Valley High School, Bettendorf, Iowa

Category 31 — Features Page(s) Design, Two-Page Spread

First Place: Laxumi Chandrakumar, Katelyn Chen, Safiya Ilmudeen, Keira Kress, Ella Lu, Nora Mariano, Ayaan Nadeem, Megan Xia, Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana

Second Place: Abigail Kim, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California

Third Place: Ashley Mo, Jonathan Szeto, The Harker School, San Jose, California

Honorable Mentions:

Charlottie Yip, Archbishop Riordan High School, San Francisco, California

Hali Ponce, Eisenhower High School, Shelby Township, Michigan

Jane Sheffel, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Liza Larson , Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Category 32 — Sports Page(s) Design

First Place: Anna Boens, Pleasant Valley High School, Bettendorf, Iowa

Second Place: Margaret Myckatyn, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Third Place: Ella Hagerty, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Honorable Mentions:

Lily Patrimanis, Ella Sherrick, Ayah Alsheikha, Pleasant Valley High School, Bettendorf, Iowa

Category 33 — Editorial Page(s) Design

First Place: Ya Shu Chang Han, China contest, Hong Kong SAR, Hong Kong SAR

Second Place: Abigail Kim, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California

Third Place: Carly Dyson, Carly Hedrich, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Category 34 — Beginning Designer/Artist

First Place: Jaidyne Means, Blue Valley High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Second Place: Zanna Allen, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Third Place: Evelyn Zhao, DuPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Honorable Mentions:

Carly Hedrich, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Yong Ding, Deerfield Academy, Deerfield, Massachusetts

Multimedia

Category 35 — Video News Package

First Place: Vanessa Ng, Sophia Johnson, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Second Place: Alexis Barker, Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita , Kansas

Third Place: Kaitlyn Evans, St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi

Honorable Mention:

Mason Zhang, Alia Hassan, Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas

Max Kihneman, Fred T. Foard High School, Newton, North Carolina

Category 36 — Video Sports Package

First Place: Vihaan Madhavan, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri

Second Place: Kane Manfull, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Third Place: Hannah McDonagh, Alex Politzer, Lake Braddock High School, Burke, Virginia

Honorable Mention:

Alexis Barker, Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita , Kansas

Category 37 – Video Features Package

First Place: Max Kihneman, Fred T. Foard, Newton, NC

Second Place: Grace Carroll, Davie County High School, Lewisville, NC

Third Place: Jason Buckley, St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi

Category 38 — Video DEI, Social Justice Reporting

First Place: Max Kihneman, Fred T. Foard High School, Newton, North Carolina

Second Place: Vanessa Ng, Kate Vernon, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Third Place: Tyler Jackson, Davi De Oliveira, Thomas Worthington High School, Worthington, Ohio

Category 39 — Documentary Video

First Place: Grace Zhao, The Cambridge School of Weston, Wewston, Massachusetts

Second Place: Shulang Cao, China contest, Beijing, Beijing

Third Place: Max Kihneman, Fred T. Foard High School, Newton, North Carolina

Honorable Mention:

Max Chung, Charlie Brady, Parkway West High School, Ballwin, Missouri

Ximing Lin, Appleby College, Oakville, Ontario, Canada

Category 40 — Audio Podcast: Single Episode

First Place: Maggie Stone, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Second Place: Heather Wright, Fred T. Foard High School, Newton, North Carolina

Third Place: Zikra Haque, Emma Lai, Youan Lee, Katherine Rabe, Iowa City West High School, Iowa City, Iowa

Honorable Mention:

Maddie Lynn, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, Kentucky

Peter Atchley, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Category 41 — Interactive Informational Graphic

First Place: Riva Jain, Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana

Second Place: Devyn Hansen, Ella Lu, Eza Ahmad, Katelyn Chen, Keira Kress, Marianne Guo, Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana

Third Place: Ayah Alsheikha, Madeline O’Malley, Reese Benge , Pleasant Valley High School, Bettendorf, Iowa

Category 42 — News Show

First Place: Bruin News Now Staff, St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi

Second Place: RNN Season 10 Episode 14, Huntley High School, Algonquin , Illinois

Third Place: Dan Nguyen, Payton Simons, Leyna Huynh, Wichita Southeast High School, Wichita , Kansas

Honorable Mention:

The Ax Media Staff, Oakwood High School, Oakwood, Ohio

Category 43 — Multimedia Feature/News Package

First Place: Angelina Tao, Emilyn Sun, Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas

Second Place: Staff, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Third Place: Samantha Perz, Aidan Gallagher, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri

Honorable Mention:

Allison Washburn, Ella Lu, Carmel High School, Carmel, Indiana

Charlotte Wang , Shanghai American School Pudong Campus, Shanghai, Shanghai/China

Zoey Walker, Hannah McKinney, Addison McConkey, Scarlett Mahy, Martin Schmalzbauer, Nixa High School, Nixa, Missouri

Category 44 — Multimedia Sports Package

First Place: Liya Taylor, David Wang, Lea D’Angelo, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Second Place: Kye Streetman, David Wang, Jay Braswell, Merren Hines, Dream Freeman, Lea D’Angelo , Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Third Place: Kane Manfull, Owen Gonzalez, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Category 45 — Multimedia Opinions Package

First Place: Chloe Ren, Abby Auerbach, Claire Ding, Grace Li, Cherry Hill High School East, Cherry Hill, New Jersey

Second Place: Naomi VanDyne, Carly Hedrich, Katie Paul, Jersey Dubis, Haley Beffa, Lennon Sharp, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Third Place: Sage Kelly, Parkway West High School, Ballwin, Missouri

Category 46 — Social Media

First Place: FHNgameday Staff, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Second Place: Sami Sandler, Emme McGuire, Ben Werner, Lucy James, Jackie Chang, Paige Faulkner, Cady Reynolds, Emily Koslowski, Blue Valley High School, Overland Park, Kansas

Third Place: Frances Bell , Westridge School, Pasadena, California

Category 47 — News Content Creator/Influencer

First Place: Jackson Betsworth, Ankeny High School, Ankeny, Iowa

Second Place: Brogan Smith, Ankeny High School, Ankeny, Iowa

Category 48 — Beginning Podcaster

First Place: Drew Foos, Amaya Cruz, Syndey Treon, Lake Braddock High School, Burke, Virginia

Second Place: Sophia Blew, Minnehaha Academy, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Third Place: Charlotte Wang, Shanghai American School Pudong Campus, Shanghai, Shanghai/China

Category 49 — Beginning Social Media Journalist

First Place: Mia Levi, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California

Second Place: Racheal Wang, Los Altos High School, Los Altos, California

Third Place: Emmerson Reimers, Iowa City West High School, Iowa City, Iowa

Category 50 — Beginning Multimedia Journalist

First Place: Miley Salas, Chayse White, Oswego High School, Oswego, Illinois

Second Place: James Dukes, St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi

Third Place: Charlie Smith, St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi

Category 51 — Beginning Videographer

First Place: Sophia Johnson, Francis Howell North High School, Saint Charles, Missouri

Second Place: Cooper Kern, Prosper High School, Prosper, Texas

Third Place: Lauren Oakes, Oakwood High School, Oakwood, Ohio

Category 53 — Middle School Visual

First Place: Teng Long, Chengdu Foreign Languages School, Chengdu, Sichuan

Category 54 — Middle School Multimedia

First Place: Owen Holcomb, St. Joseph Catholic School, Madison, Mississippi