Sept. 24, 2021

Associated Collegiate Press announces the finalists in its 2021 Design of the Year competition.

Winners in this and all Individual Award categories, as well as the ACP Pacemaker Awards, will be announced virtually at 6 p.m. ET / 5 p.m. CT Thursday, Oct. 14, during the Fall National College Media Convention.

Finalists listed below are alphabetical by state.

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2021 Individual Award finalists
Advertisement • Broadcast • Cartoon • Design
Multimedia • Photo • Reporter • Story
Social Media • COVID-19 Coverage

2021 Pacemaker finalists
Broadcast • Business • Innovation
Magazine • Newspaper • Online • 2020 Yearbook

Past ACP awards

“Athletes Describe Misconduct of Former Coach”
Isabella Teague
Graphic
Pepperdine University
Malibu, California

“Am I not good enough?”
Marci Suela
Spartan Daily
San Jose State University
San Jose, California

“How many others?”
Ella Lee, Lawrence Kreymer
The DePaulia
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

“We don’t know because IU won’t make the data public”
Annie Aguiar
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

“Error 404 Page Not Found”
Elliott DeRose
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

“Election Season”
Julie Freijat
The Collegian
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

“Beyond Expectations”
Lindsay Smith
The Sunflower
Wichita State University
Wichita, Kansas

“Best Optimistic for Future”
Katelyn Oren
Muleskinner
University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, Missouri

“The election of a generation”
Shay Cohen
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas

“Welcome back”
Sierra Wiggers
The Daily Texan
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

“It’s … a Black Superhero?”
Joseph Wirtago
CSUDH Bulletin
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Carson, California

“Protestors march to end anti-Asian crime”
Beatrice Alcala
Los Angeles Collegian
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles, California

“Fresh Faces: First-Years and Transfers Discuss Their Passions and Journeys to Pepperdine”
Nathan Huang
Graphic
Pepperdine University
Malibu, California

“Marijuana & Recovery”
Olivia Madrzyk
The Signal
Georgia State University
Atlanta, Georgia

“Should you adopt a pet?”
Annie Aguiar
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

“IU beats Penn State”
Tristan Jackson
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

“WONDER: 8 Wonders of Kansas provide closer look into diversity of the sunflower state”
Julie Freijat
The Collegian
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

“What am I going to do?”
Sierra Wiggers
The Daily Texan
University of Texas at Austin
Austin, Texas

“Black Songs Matter”
Mattheau Faught
The Et Cetera
Eastfield College
Mesquite, Texas

“Continuing to make music”
Ivan Becerril-Gutierrez
The Clarion
Madison Area Technical College
Madison, Wisconsin

“Melanin Magic”
A’Neshia Turner
Nineteen Fifty-Six
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

“Nostalgia”
Avani Choudhary
Distraction Magazine
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

“May Cover”
Jade Sheng
F Newsmagazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

“Spring 2021”
Staff
EST.
The King’s College
New York, New York

“Onward”
Shannon Smith
SALT: Military Photojournlism 2021
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

“Disquietude”
Vicki Liang, Aaron Sanchez, Jacob Le
DAMchic
Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

“Zoomed Out”
Heather Van Doorn
The Bleed
Lane Community College
Eugene, Oregon

“Rooted in Resilience”
Emily Kenyon, Susannah Turley
Flux Magazine
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

“Retro Reflections”
Zhané Bradley, Emily Schoonover
Garnet & Black
University of South Carolona
Columbia, South Carolina

“Dating during Covid”
Mark Maddaloni, Emily Schoonover
Garnet & Black
University of South Carolina
Columbia, South Carolina

“Report Card: Indoor Plant Care”
Mijin Kim, Gabby Gobaton
Dig Mag
California State University, Long Beach
Long Beach, California

“Reshaping Community: The Pandemic’s Power in Transforming Human Interaction”
Lauren Sawdey, Sofia Eneqvist
Pursuit
California Baptist University
Riverside, California

“In the Mix”
Olivia Ginsberg
Distraction Magazine
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

“More Than A Haircut”
Kamryn Tomlinson
Ball Bearings Magazine
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

“Feeling Blue”
Elliot DeRose
Ball Bearings Magazine
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

“Back to Their Roots”
Kendall Boron
KRNL Lifestyle + Fashion
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

“Rewind To Nostalgia”
Kendall Boron
KRNL Lifestyle + Fashion
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

“Word On Davis Street”
Julia Pham
Flux Magazine
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon

“Surviving the mind”
Trong Mai
Focus Magazine
Baylor University
Waco, Texas

“Nonprofits Survive the Pandemic”
Leslie Chavez
Arches
Mount Mary University
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

“Glomerata Yearbook Cover”
Mary Alex Frishman
Glomerata
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

“The Tower 2021”
Staff
The Tower
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California

“Adapt”
Eunice Hahn, Hannah Siefkes
Angelos
California Baptist University
Riverside, California

“How Has the U Shaped You?”
Giselle Spicer, Karina Sloan
Ibis
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

“Authentic”
Katie Harbert
Royal Purple
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

“The Year in Review”
Cameron Motsinger
Agromeck
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

“Embark”
Kylie Sledge
Aggieland
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas

“Layers”
Phoebe Dang, Amy Zhang
The Campanile
Rice University
Houston, Texas

“In Retrospect”
Camille Rasor
Baylor Roundup
Baylor University
Waco, Texas

“A Nationwide Reckoning on Race”
Cate Donohue, Katie Mattocks, Oddu Mekuria, Ariana Ahmadi
The Tower
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California

“From Where I Drone: Meet the Professor Behind the Camera”
Kia Harlan
Angelos
California Baptist University
Riverside, California

“Fall Ring Theatre”
Karina Sloan, Michael MacHarg II
Ibis
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

“Football: Fight to the Last Second”
Karina Sloan
Ibis
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida

“I Can’t Breathe”
Amanda Wollesen
Royal Purple
Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

“Sisterhood”
Abby Sauls
Agromeck
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

“Sweet Victory”
Aubrey Vogel
Aggieland
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas

“Life’s Not a Drag”
Amity Holubec
Aggieland
Texas A&M University
College Station, Texas

“Colliding cultures”
Andreea Loghin
Baylor Roundup
Baylor University
Waco, Texas

“A season to remember”
Josh McSwain
Baylor Roundup
Baylor University
Waco, Texas

“Waste Water Testing”
Solena Aguilar, Nicole Herhusky
Mustang News
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, California

“College Life: An Oxymoron”
Khushboo Nayak, Devanshi Chitalia, Julie Tran
SCAN Magazine
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

“Policing In the USA”
Lela Johnson
F Newsmagazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

“Pay Day”
Lela Johnson
F Newsmagazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

“Breakdown of DePaul’s 2018-19 Revenue and Expenses”
Ella Lee
The DePaulia
DePaul University
Chicago, Illinois

“Progress & Regression of Women’s Rights”
Summer Bradley, Madison Lammert
The Alestle
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, Illinois

“S for Success”
Vivek Rao, Carson TerBush
Indiana Daily Student
Indiana University
Bloomington, Indiana

“Matching Our Way to a New Culture”
Elliott DeRose
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

“Learn More About Whale Sharks”
Elliott DeRose
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana

“Then to Now”
Natalie Parks
Kentucky Kernel
University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky

“Trapped By My Addiction”
Nova Blanco Rico
CSUDH Bulletin
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Carson, California

“How the Tragic Dances”
Kire Torres
SCAN Magazine
Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia

“Learning with a disability”
Alieha Dryden
The Arbiter
Boise State University
Boise, Idaho

“The Cut: Inside the July Layoffs at SAIC”
Chanina Katz
F Newsmagazine
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois

“Unsettled”
Leslie Douglas
Stephens Life
Stephens College
Columbia, MIssouri

“Stop mass shootings”
Caroline Bunder
Elon News Network
Elon  University
Elon, North Carolina

“Pandemic Journalism: Until We Can Handshake Again”
Preston Randall
The Burr
Kent State University
Kent, Ohio

“Covid causes semester skips”
Shay Cohen
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, Texas

“Sex & COVID”
Ndidi Nwosu
The Rice Thresher
Rice University
Houston, Texas

“Chaos at the Capitol”
Amber Davis
The Collegian
Tarrant County College
Hurst, Texas