2024 Design of the Year
2024 Design of the Year winners
Newspaper Front Page • Newspaper Page/Spread
Magazine Cover • Magazine Page/Spread
Yearbook Cover • Yearbook Page/Spread
Informational Graphic • Illustration
Nov. 2, 2024
Associated Collegiate Press salutes the winners of its 2024 Design of the Year competition.
ACP’s Individual Awards are among the top prizes in collegiate media, and the awards are a showcase of journalistic excellence.
Winners were announced during the Fall National College Media Convention, on Nov 2 in New Orleans.
Newspaper/Newsmagazine Front Page
First Place
Men’s soccer shuts out SLU, takes Bronze Boot
Chloe Wolfe, Dylan Hembrough
The Alestle
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Second Place
Identity
Thy Vo
The Sunflower
Wichita State University (KS)
Third Place
Winless And Wonderful
Morgan Jacobson, Zeke Watson, Alexa Lima, Yanelli Z. Robles
The Southwestern College Sun
Southwestern College (CA)
Fourth Place
Eclipse of a lifetime
Abbas Ghor
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
Fifth Place
Champ
Mallory Schmitz
Northern Iowan
University of Northern Iowa
Honorable mentions
Inheriting The Mess
Meghan Holt
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University (IN)
“We will not move”
Jamie Kim, Lillian Ali
Daily Northwestern
Northwestern University (IL)
Out of Time
Clay Laucella
Garnet & Black
University of South Carolina
Are your safe? Where are you?
Emmy Martin, Caitlyn Yaede, Carson Elm-Picard
The Daily Tar Heel
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
$90,000 ‘missing’ for charity
Sophia Liu
The Daily Pennsylvanian
University of Pennsylvania
Newspaper/Newsmagazine Page/Spread
First Place
TBT Rewind
Mia Hennen
The Sunflower
Wichita State University (KS)
Second Place
Dark Side of the Moon
Bridget Overby, Rosina Boehm
The Daily Orange
Syracuse University (NY)
Third Place
Digitizing the Past
Natalie Ammari
Daily Sundial
California State University, Northridge
Fourth Place
Boycotting opinion page
Sascha Harvey
The Sunflower
Wichita State University (KS)
Fifth Place
It’s not enough food
Liz Ridley
Mustang News
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Honorable mentions
Ahan: A hidden gem of cozy cuisine
Michelle Meyer
The Clarion
Madison Area Technical College (WI)
Neighborhood under attack
Staff
Foghorn News
Del Mar College (TX)
Black History Month
Abbas Ghor
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
To her baby brother
Kyle Peterson
The Clarion
Bethel University (MN)
A Guide to the 2024 Student Government Elections
Katie Stute
The Miami Hurricane
University of Miami (FL)
Magazine Cover
First Place
The Comeback
Staff
Flux
University of Oregon
Second Place
My American Life
Staff
Midas
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Third Place
Blackology
Ta’Kyla Bates, Tyler Hogan, Sidney Todd, Dani Brown
Ninteen Fifty-Six
University of Alabama
Fourth Place
GEN Zya
Lily Eckenrode
Drake Mag
Drake University (IA)
Fifth Place
Stories of Despair, Devotion & Dignity
Emma Lovell, Abbigail Bates
Textura Bethel University (MN)
Honorable mentions
Out of Office
Marita Gaviota, Valeria Barbaglio, Sal Puma
Distraction
University of Miami (FL)
Peering Back Through the Prism
Gustavo Hernandez, Devin Dean, Ella Lerissa
Xpress
San Francisco State University (CA)
Cultural Clothing
Chaya Barratt, Abigael Craig, Grace Johnson
DAMchic
Oregon State University
Rugar the Great
Madison Kirkland, Abigail Bello, Charissa Graves, Josselyn Guillen
Pursuit
California Baptist University
Volume 58
Cora Jones, Katharine Spanberg
Windhover
North Carolina State University
Magazine Page/Spread
First Place
Pasture to plate
Amelia Curry
Talisman
Western Kentucky University
Second Place
Behind the Badge
Patrick King
Salt
Syracuse University (NY)
Third Place
A Furry Future
Staff
Flux Magazine
University of Oregon
Fourth Place
Heart
Michael Castellanos, Vrinda Das, Zongyi Wang
Haute
University of Southern California
Fifth Place
Trapped
Maddie Selack
Warrior Life
El Camino College (CA)
Honorable mentions
Engaging Technologies Behind Modern Printers
Rida Kauser
Beaver’s Digest
Oregon State University
Unsaintly Persecution
Diego Higuera, Laney Norman
The Southwestern College Sun
Southwestern College (CA)
Savoring Summer
Maddie Kruse
Drake Mag
Drake University (IA)
Far from home
Emma Lovell
Textura
Bethel University (MN)
Overlooked Artists in History
Mireille Blond, Sydnee Hale, Yulia Graham
The Bleed
Lane Community College (OR)
Yearbook Cover
First Place
The Tower 2024
Sophia Sanchez
Tower
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Second Place
Michiganensian 2024
Carly Nicholas, Mishal Charania, Maura Puro
Michiganensian
University of Michigan
Third Place
Ibis 2024
Jake Sperling, Carolina Camus
Ibis
University of Miami (FL)
Fourth Place
Signature
Cassie Ford
Tower
Northwest Missouri State University
Fifth Place
More Than a University
Hannah Bell
The Grassburr
Tarleton State University (TX)
Honorable mentions
We Are Baylor
Josh McSwain
Baylor Roundup
Baylor University (TX)
100 Years 1924-2024
Julianne Baker
Petit Jean
Harding University (AR)
Long Story Short
Cara Hudson, Emily Escobedo
Aggieland
Texas A&M University
Under The Lights
Jermaine Hudson
Agromeck
North Carolina State University
Glory
Kassidy Blount, Evelyn Melgoza
Angelos
California Baptist University
Yearbook Page/Spread
First Place
Humans of the Jesuit Community
Delaney Birkett
Tower
Loyola Marymount University (CA)
Second Place
It’s time to Be Baylor
Cayli Clack
Baylor Roundup
Baylor University (TX)
Third Place
Big BrAIns
Josh McSwain
Baylor Roundup
Baylor University (TX)
Fourth Place
Out of Office-Kraus impeachment
Cara Hudson, Chris Swann, Ishika Samant
Aggieland
Texas A&M University
Fifth Place
A Look Behind the Curtain
Nicole Tan, Jermaine Hudson
Agromeck
North Carolina State University
Honorable mentions
Where Fashion and media meet
Maura Puro
Michiganensian
University of Michigan
Back on the Court
Grace Paliseno
Ibis
University of Miami (FL)
Spurs and Stetsons
Kendra Kemp
Royal Purple
Kansas State University
We’re eating on campus
Carolina Camus
Ibis
University of Miami (FL)
Battle For The Bunyan
Mike Martin
Red Cedar Log
Michigan State University
Informational Graphic
First Place
Party Safety
Meagan Walters
The University Star
Texas State University-San Marcos
Second Place
The Case of FAFSA
Grace Cowger
The Mercury
University of Texas at Dallas
Third Place
The state of AI in 2023
Josh McSwain
Baylor Roundup
Baylor University (TX)
Fourth Place
Elon’s Black History
Erin Martin, Sarah Moore
The Pendulum
Elon University (NC)
Fifth Place
85 Miles of Murals
Jeannie Jedlicka, Ella Rivera
The NewsHouse
Syracuse University (NY)
Honorable mentions
That’s my spot
Forrest Christensen, Linda Laulu
Ke Alaka’i
Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Does Lafayette have a turnover problem?
Trebor Maitin
The Lafayette
Lafayette College (PA)
Coaches Salaries
Marandah Mangra-Dutcher, Jami Martin-Trainor
The Daily Iowan
University of Iowa
Breaking The Bank
Lizzie Kristal
Distraction
University of Miami (FL)
2/3 of Penn trustees are male
Sophia Liu, Emmi Wu, Katrina Itona, Janine Navalta
The Daily Pennsylvanian
University of Pennsylvania
Illustration
First Place
Inheriting The Mess
Meghan Holt
The Ball State Daily News
Ball State University (IN)
Second Place
Humboldt drag artists slay outside the box
Griffin Mancuso
The Lumberjack
California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
Third Place
Yesterday’s news: looking back on society’s ideal body types
Kevin Silva
Daily Sundial
California State University, Northridge
Fourth Place
American dream
Lita Cruz
The Shorthorn
University of Texas at Arlington
Fifth Place
Harvard and the Effort to Bring Back the Wooly Mammoth
Catherine Feng
The Harvard Crimson
Harvard University (MA)
Honorable mentions
Chasing NIL dreams
Jose Mosqueda
The Poly Post
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Raised by dogs
Kim McGill
Warrior Life
El Camino College (CA)
Summer Lovin’
Marita Gavioti
Distraction
University of Miami (FL)
Design Hunt Frenzy
Sydnee Hale, Theron Zlata
The Bleed Lane
Community College (OR)
Mental Health 988
Julianna Lawrence
Northwest Missourian
Northwest Missouri State University