2024 YEC entry deadline has passed
Thanks to all who entered, results will be announced in December
The 2024 Yearbook Excellence Contest is no longer open for entries. The cost for each entry was $8. High schools were be divided by size — Class A for 1,000 or more students in grades 9-12, and Class B for 999 or fewer students in grades 9-12.
We introduced three new high school categories: Beginning Designer, Beginning Writer, Beginning Photographer.
We also added three middle school categories: Middle School Design, Middle School Writing, Middle School Photography. Middle schools were in one “class” category, so advisers do not need to select a class.
For the seventh consecutive year, YEC was an all-digital contest. Entries (PDFs of pages and/or JPGs of photos) will be stored online, and publications shared the URLs of those spreads, images or folders containing multiple files on the entry form. Because all work must be in published form, we do not accept Google docs.
Below is a complete list of the categories for the 2024 Contest.
Judging
Judges will award first, second and third places in each category for each class, and award honorable mentions so that between 10 and 15 percent of all entries are recognized in every category. All high school students named as award recipients will be eligible to apply for Quill and Scroll student scholarships in May of their senior year.
Quill and Scroll administrators will then tally points (5 for first place, 4 for second, 3 for third and 1 for HM) to determine a Blue and Gold Award winner for each class, as well as three places in each of the subheadings — Design, Writing and Photo. Last year’s overall winners were Wando High School in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina (Class A) and Christ Presbyterian Academy of Nashville, Tennessee (Class B). Quill and Scroll hopes to announce winners by Dec. 1, 2024.
Here’s a complete list of last year’s winners.
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2024 Yearbook Excellence Contest Categories
Here is a complete list of categories and descriptions.
DESIGN CATEGORIES
Note: This is a digital contest. Each entry must have its own unique URL that links to a file or a folder containing only that entry. DO NOT submit a link that has a folder for all of your school’s entries. Make sure your files and folders can be viewed by anyone who has the link, specifically Quill and Scroll staff and contest judges.
Category 1 – Theme Development ($8/entry)
Category 2 – Cover Design ($8/entry)
Category 3 – Student Life Spread ($8/entry)
Category 4 – Academics Spread ($8/entry)
Category 5 – Clubs or Organizations Spread ($8/entry)
Category 6 – Sports Spread ($8/entry)
Category 7 – Performing Arts Spread ($8/entry)
Category 8 – People (panel) Spread ($8/entry)
Category 9 – Profile Spread ($8/entry)
Category 10 – Graphic Design Spread ($8/entry)
Category 11 – News/Current Events Spread ($8/entry)
Category 12 – Beginning Designer ($8/entry)
WRITING CATEGORIES
Category 13 – Headline Writing and Design ($8/entry)
Category 14 – Caption Writing ($8/entry)
Category 15 – Personality Profiles ($8/entry)
Category 16 – Sports Feature Writing ($8/entry)
Category 17 – Academics Writing ($8/entry)
Category 18 – Clubs or Organizations Writing ($8/entry)
Category 19 – Performing Arts Writing ($8/entry)
Category 20 – Student Life Writing ($8/entry)
Category 21 – Alternative Story Form ($8/entry)
Category 22 – News/Current Events Writing ($8/entry)
Category 23 – Theme Copy ($8/entry)
Category 24 – Beginning Writer ($8/entry)
PHOTO CATEGORIES
Category 25 – Sports Action Photo ($8/entry)
Category 26 – Sports Feature Photo ($8/entry)
Category 27 – Feature/Student Life Photo ($8/entry)
Category 28 – Academic Photo ($8/entry)
Category 29 – Clubs or Organizations Photo ($8/entry)
Category 30 – Performing Arts Photo ($8/entry)
Category 31 – Theme Photo ($8/entry)
Category 32 – News/Current Events Photo ($8/entry)
Category 33 – Portrait Photography ($8/entry)
Category 34 – Photo Illustration ($8/entry)
Category 35 – Photo Essay ($8/entry)
Category 36 – Beginning Photographer ($8/entry)
MIDDLE SCHOOL CATEGORIES
Category 37 – Middle School Design ($8/entry)
Category 38 – Middle School Writing ($8/entry)
Category 39 – Middle School Photo ($8/entry)
