NEW YORK, NY - The Columbia Scholastic Press Association announces its Crown Award Finalists.
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 805 publications were eligible for judging.
Crown Finalists are actually winners, not nominees. Some will be announced as Gold Crowns; the rest are Silver Crowns. Final results will be announced and presented at the CSPA ceremonies in March.
The judging panel included: Jane Blystone, retired adviser, North East, PA; Judi Coolidge, retired adviser, Avon Lake, OH; Brenda Gorsuch, retired adviser, Mills River NC; Crystal Kazmierski, retired adviser, Monrovia, CA; 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; Linda Puntney, retired adviser, Manhattan, KS; Violet Turner, retired adviser, Chicago, IL; Chris Waugaman, professor, Virginia State University, Petersburg, VA and Kathleen Zwiebel, retired adviser, Pottsville, PA.
For further information, contact the CSPA directly.
Literary Digital Magazine
The Pulse / thepulsejchs.com, Johns Creek High School, Johns Creek, GA;
Xanadu / xanadulitmag.com, Walt Whitman High School, Huntington Station, NY.
General Hybrid Magazine
Anthro / anthromagazine.org, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
On the Record / ontherecordmag.com, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY;
The Communicator / chscommunicator.com, Community High School, Ann Arbor, MI;
The Trinity Voice / thetrinityvoice.com, Trinity Preparatory School, Winter Park, FL;
Viking Magazine / vikingsportsmag.com, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA.
Literary Hybrid Magazine
Scroll + Scrolling / holtonscrolling.com, Holton-Arms School, Bethesda, MD;
Seeds in the Black Earth / dsoaseeds.com, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL;
Spectator Magazine / spectator-magazine.webflow.io, Walter Johnson High School, Bethesda, MD.
General Print Magazine
Emporio, The Hockaday School, Dallas, TX;
Focus, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
Northwest Passage, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee Mission, KS;
Noteworthy, Hunter College High School, New York, NY;
Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, Saint Louis, MO;
[proof], Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
The Crimson Crier, Sparkman High School, Harvest, AL;
The Marquee, Marcus High School, Flower Mound, TX;
The Scientific Marksman, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX.
Literary Print Magazine
Amused, Miami Country Day School, Miami, FL;
Connotations, Fayetteville High School, Fayetteville, AR;
Ellipsis, Catonsville High School, Catonsville, MD;
Gallimaufry, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Bloomfield Hills, MI;
HELM, The Harker School, San Jose, CA;
Iliad Literary-Art Magazine, Clarke Central High School, Athens, GA;
Inkslinger, Darlington School, Rome, GA;
Kalliope, The Frisch School, Paramus, NJ;
Literati, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami, FL;
LitMag, Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco, CA;
Muse, Marymount School of New York, New York, NY;
Rambunctious, Jamesville-DeWitt High School, DeWitt, NY;
Repentino, American School Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico;
Roars & Whispers, Providence Senior High School, Charlotte, NC;
Solstice Art & Literary Magazine, Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, IL;
The Lantern, Albemarle High School, Charlottesville, VA;
The Marque, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
Manual RedEye / manualredeye.com, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY;
Mountain Echo / aahsmountainecho.com, Altoona Area High School, Altoona, PA;
Spartan News Network / lakewoodsnn.com, Lakewood High School, St. Petersburg, FL;
The Gator / bmgator.org, Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill, MA;
The Hawk Eye / hebronhawkeye.com, Hebron High School, Carrollton, TX;
The HUB / bluedevilhub.com, Davis Senior High School, Davis, CA;
The La Salle Falconer / lasallefalconer.com, La Salle Catholic College Preparatory, Milwaukie, OR;
The Oracle / archeroracle.org, The Archer School for Girls, Los Angeles, CA;
The Round Table / shsrountable.com, Stamford High School, Stamford, CT;
The Uproar / nashuproar.org, North Allegheny Senior High School, Wexford, PA;
The Voice / vandegriftvoice.com, Vandegrift High School, Austin, TX;
Hybrid News
High Tide / ruhsmedia.com, Redondo Union High School, Redondo Beach, CA;
HiLite / hilite.org, Carmel High School, Carmel, IN;
Hourglass / hourglassnewspaper.com, The Baldwin School, Philadelphia, PA;
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 Accolade / shhsaccolade.com, Sunny Hills High School, Fullerton, CA;
The BluePrint / hagertyjourn.com, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, FL;
The Campanile/thecampanile.org, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
The Eagle Eye / eagleeye.news, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, FL;
The Epic / lhsepic.com, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, CA;
The Huron Emery / thehuronemery.com, Huron High School, Ann Arbor, MI;
The Lion's Tale / lionstale.org, Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School, Rockville, MD;
The Messenger / nhsmessenger.org, Northview High School, Johns Creek, GA;
The Mirror / vnhsmirror.com, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, CA;
The Octagon / scdsoctagon.com, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, CA;
The Phillipian / phillipian.net, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA;
The Purple Tide / chantillynews.org, Chantilly High School, Chantilly, VA;
The Review / sjsreview.com, St. John's School, Houston, TX;
The Rock / rockmediaonline.org, Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, CO;
The Shield / macshieldonline.com, McCallum High School, Austin, TX;
The Sidekick / coppellstudentmedia.com, Coppell High School, Coppell, TX;
The Southerner / thesoutherneronline.com, Midtown High School, Atlanta, GA;
The Standard / standard.asl.org, The American School in London, London, England;
Tiger Times / tigertimesonline.com, Texas High School, Texarkana, TX;
tjTODAY / tjtoday.org, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA;
Tower / tower.mastersny.org, The Masters School, Dobbs Ferry, NY;
U-High Midway / uhighmidway.com, University of Chicago Laboratory High School, Chicago, IL.
Eagle Edition, Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, TX;
Southwords, Maine South High School, Park Ridge, IL;
The Chronicle, Tom C. Clark High School, San Antonio, TX;
The Crane-Clarion, Cranbrook Schools, Bloomfield Hills, MI;
The Hawk, Hendrickson High School, Pflugerville, TX;
The Piper, Campbell Hall School, North Hollywood, CA;
The ReMarker, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
Winged Post, The Harker School, San Jose, CA.
Pen & Paper, The Unquowa School, Fairfield, CT.
Livewire / aajhslivewire.com, Altoona Area Junior High School, Altoona, PA;
The Neersyde / neersyde.com, The Benjamin Middle School, North Palm Beach, FL;
The Viking Voice / nsmsvikingvoice.com, North Shore Middle School, Glen Head, NY.
The Scroll, The American School in London, London, England.