2023 Design of the Year

Aug. 28, 2023

Associated Collegiate Press announces the finalists in its 2022 Design of the Year competition.

Individual Award winners will be announced at the Fall National College Media Convention at 4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30, at the Atlanta Hyatt Regency.

A gallery of winners will be posted after the Oct. 30 announcement.

Finalists below are listed in alphabetical order by school.

Convention websiteRegister

Atlanta awards ceremonies

4:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 30

Winners announced —
Individual Awards

Pacemaker finalists honored and winners announced —
Broadcast • Innovation • Magazine
Multiplatform • Online
Newspaper/Newsmagazine

Best of Show awards
after the 11 a.m. keynote speaker on Wednesday, Nov. 1.

Enter ACP Best of Show. Categories, rules and entry deadlines will be on the convention site.

Spring Pacemakers
2023 Business and Yearbook Pacemakers and 2024 Online Pacemakers, as well as Individual Awards in Business & Advertising, will be presented at the ACP Spring National College Media Conference, March 7-9, 2024, La Jolla, California.


Newspaper Front Page

Meghan Holt
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University (IN)
One Drop at a Time

Tabitha Tudor
The Brookhaven Courier, Dallas College Brookhaven Campus (TX)
Brookhaven names Student of the Year

Matt Faught
The Et Cetera, Dallas College Eastfield Campus (TX)
Did a Human Make This?

Jake Cox
The DePaulia, DePaul University (IL)
Costly Consequences

Erin Martin
The Pendulum, Elon University (NC)
Elon’s Revolving Door

Cailin O’Malley
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
Cheatbot?

Kate Bustamante
el Don, Santa Ana College (CA)
Women Stay Inked

Liliana Anguiano, Camila Gonzalez,
Nicolette Monique Luna
The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College (CA)
Manager Admits to ATM Theft

Marandah Mangra-Dutcher
The Daily Iowan, University of Iowa
Loaded Debate

Thy Vo
The Sunflower, Wichita State University (KS)
Cut the Baloney

Newspaper Page/Spread

Alex Bracken
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University (IN)
A Change In Direction

Tatum Mitchell
The Baylor Lariat, Baylor University (TX)
Baylor sports year in review

Emily McGinn
The Banner, California Baptist University
Coping with Inflation

Aidan Dillon, Jackie Espitia, Noel Lopez, Owen Roberts
Mustang News, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Shabang

Matt Faught
The Et Cetera, Dallas College Eastfield Campus (TX)
The Best Burger Joints In Dallas

Valenzia Cina
The Clarion, Madison Area Technical College (WI)
Memoir tells a child actress’ experiences

Robert Heeter
The Rice Thresher, Rice University (TX)
Abortion through the ages

Kate Bustamante
el Don, Santa Ana College (CA)
Why Do Women’s Stories Matter?

Claudia Humphrey
The Shorthorn, The University of Texas at Arlington
House Majority

Lys Goldman
The Michigan Daily, University of Michigan
Cool Hand Luke

Magazine Cover

Alex Bracken
Ball Bearings, Ball State University (IN)
Missing, Missing, Missing

Alex Bracken
Ball Bearings, Ball State University (IN)
The Senses

Mariana Ramos, Jett Shim, Ian Winstanley
Inside Fullerton, Fullerton College (CA)
The Trials of Critical Race Theory

Michael Hu, Sophia Salamanca, Sophia Scott
Fifteen Minutes (The Harvard Crimson), Harvard University (MA)
Dropping Out and Cashing In: The Rise of DAOHQ

Teresa Aguilera
Prism, Oregon State University
Bodies: Prism 2023

Megan Fu, Christine Kao
Prime (Daily Bruin), University of California, Los Angeles
Fall 2022

Rachel Farinas
Distraction, University of Miami (FL)
Grown Up Cover

Christa Wickman
Midas, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Nostaligia

Hyunji da Silva, Syd Lewin, Rachel Polter-Martinez,
Viv Rathfon, Madison Tran
Amendment, Virginia Commonwealth University
Amendment 2022

Gabi Broekema, Amelia Curry
Talisman, Western Kentucky University
Surreal

Magazine Page/Spread

Joseph Boyle, Cayleigh Brown,
Kara Hunkele, Peter McKinney
The Peel Literature & Arts Review, Appalachian State University (NC)
A Foreign Affair/Dirt

Leo Medrano
Pursuit, California Baptist University
Where Does the Trash Go?

Fern Barber,  Aden Hurdstrom, Alan Nguyen
DAMchic, Oregon State University
The Beauty in Being Alone

Abigael Craig, Grace  Johnson, Alan Nguyen
DAMchic, Oregon State University
Mirror in the Mirror

Jason May, Alan Nguyen
Beaver’s Digest, Oregon State University
Grocery Shopping 101

Lucian Himes, Haley Hoidal, Whitney Powell
Currents, Pepperdine University (CA)
Animated

Nicolette Monique Luna
El Sol, Southwestern College (CA)
We Must Never Forget

Tiana Cohen, Micah Jordan, April Montgomery
Midas, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Cyclical 

Micah Jordan, April Montgomery, Abbas Omotosho
Midas, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Celestial

Melissa Borgerding
Garnet & Black, University of South Carolina
The Rise of Online Anonymity

Yearbook Cover

Morgan Dowler, Andreea Loghin
Baylor Roundup, Baylor University (TX)
A New Perspective

Kassidy Blount, Madison Kirkland
Angelos, California Baptist University
Iridescent

Macey Franko
Royal Purple, Kansas State University
Watch What Happens

Michaela Chen
Tower, Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Tower

Jermaine Hudson
Agromeck, North Carolina State University
Agromeck

Jack Weaver
Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
Year in Photos

Carolina Camus, Camila Romero
Ibis, University of Miami (FL)
Ibis

Dyanna Bateman, Carly Nicholas
Michiganensian, University of Michigan
Michiganensian 127

Audrey Mulholland, Jenna Pardieck
The Old Miss, University of Mississippi
The Ole Miss

Yearbook Page/Spread

Andreea Loghin
Baylor Roundup, Baylor University (TX)
Saving lives with Kayleigh Mann

Hannah Daily
Angelos, California Baptist University
Lunar New Year

Reece Bachta
Royal Purple, Kansas State University
Where in the Hale

Kira Sakai
Tower, Loyola Marymount University (CA)
On Call

Jermaine Hudson
Agromeck, North Carolina State University
The next generation of FINER women

Megan Williams
Aggieland, Texas A&M University
Meet at Midnight

Jack Weaver
Kentucky Kernel, University of Kentucky
Sports

Carolina Camus
Ibis, University of Miami (FL)
What ‘Canes Say

Libby Owen
Michiganensian, University of Michigan
Helping Ann Arbor Stay Fresh

Informational Graphic

Amber Pietz
The Ball State Daily News, Ball State University (IN)
16 Years of Eras (Taylor’s Version)

Andreea Loghin
Baylor Roundup, Baylor University (TX)
Your true colors

Jake Cox
The DePaulia, DePaul University (IL)
What we know so far: DePaul’s budget gap recap

Erin Martin
The Pendulum, Elon University (NC)
Elon’s revolving door

Jake Fischer, Alan Nguyen
Beaver’s Digest, Oregon State University
Best spots to nap on campus

Alan Nguyen
Beaver’s Digest, Oregon State University
Possession laws in Oregon

Haley Hoidal
The Graphic, Pepperdine University (CA)
Find Your Local Record Store

Victor Pedraza Lopez
Xpress, San Francisco State University (CA)
3 Years of Covid-19

Razylin Avendano
The Southwestern College Sun, Southwestern College (CA)
Accidental Drug Medication Deaths

Thy Vo
The Sunflower, Wichita State University (KS)
Kansas’ Decision

Illustration

Jasmine Lee
Daily Forty-Niner, California State University, Long Beach
Multicultural

Matt Faught
The Et Cetera, Dallas College Eastfield Campus (TX)
Latin Horror

Jett Shim, Ian Winstanley
Inside Fullerton, Fullerton College (CA)
The Juco Struggle Illustration

Jack Donnelly
Indiana Daily Student, Indiana University
Little 500 2023

Dorottya Faa
The Standard, Missouri State University
How to live with a randomly assigned roommate

Hai-Van Hoang
The Rice Thresher, Rice University (TX)
Proofpoint digest implementation brings mixed reactions

Claudia Humphrey
The Shorthorn, The University of Texas at Arlington
Asian cinema

Melanie Chen
Daily Bruin, University of California, Los Angeles
Labor unions prevent violations, preserve democracy in workplace

Ian Lucic
Michiganensian, University of Michigan
The Ann Arbor High

Iyana Graham
Amendment, Virginia Commonwealth University
Red