2022 Design of the Year finalists

Oct. 19, 2022

National Scholastic Press Association announces the finalists in its 2022 Photo of the Year competition.

Individual Award winners will be announced at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention, at the 3:30 p.m. awards ceremony on Nov. 12. 

A gallery of winners will be posted after the Nov. 12 announcement.

Finalists below are listed by state.

Register for the convention.
Enter the convention’s Best of Show contest.

Pacemaker finalists
These Pacemaker finalists will be honored and winners announced at the Nov. 12 awards ceremony.

BroadcastNewspaper/NewsmagazineSpecialty Magazine

Pacemakers in Innovation, Literary Arts Magazine, Online and Yearbook will be presented in spring 2023.

Pacemaker 100
To celebrate our 100th birthday, we’ll honor our top Pacemaker winners and recognize the Top 10 at the fall convention.


Newspaper Front Page

Jacqueline Chang
The Accolade, Sunny Hills High School, Fullerton, California
Addressing the Code

Margot Blanco, Cayden Gu
The Campanile, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California
Egg Wars A1

Sharlene Chen, Bennie Chang
The Epic, Lynbrook High School, San Jose, California
Issue 6

Ani Tutunjyan, Antony Nepeyvoda, Beverly Regino
The Mirror, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California
Young. Black. American.

Ani Tutunjyan, Antony Nepeyvoda, Angela Proca
The Mirror, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California
Modern Gender

Eden Wening
Southwords, Maine South High School, Park Ridge, Illinois
Just for Kicks

Sydney Newton
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Brace For Impact

Francesca Stamati
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Spot The Difference

Emily Lichty, Gina Montagna,
Elliot Lovitt, Easterly Yeaman
Eagle Edition, Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
The Reality of Dreams

Gina Montagna, Emily Lichty, Elisabeth Siegel
Eagle Edition, Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, Texas
Strands of Identity


Newspaper Page/Spread

Staff
The Epitaph, Homestead High School, Cupertino, California
Spread Issue 6

Amber Birrell, Mae Richardson, Ritaja Subrahmanya
The Epitaph, Homestead High School, Cupertino, California
Spread Issue 7

Rachel Feinstein, Ken Ogata, Cole Sturino
The Campanile, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California
The Delinquency Dilemma

Gianna Brogley, Braden Leung
The Campanile, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California
The Hidden Killer

Makayla Wu, Juliette Bonacum,
Alli Wang, Audrey Nguyen
Bear Witness, Branham High School, San Jose, California
Group Think

Ani Tutunjyan, Antony Nepeyvoda
The Mirror, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California
Modern Gender

Peyton Moore
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Oh Honey

Georgia Ross, P.J. Bohjanen
The Rubicon, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, St. Paul, Minnesota
Spring Sports

Annabelle Miller
Messenger, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri
Conflict in Ukraine

Srihari Yechangunja
The Sidekick, Coppell High School, Coppell, Texas
No. 3 centerspread


Newsmagazine Cover

Angelyna Rodriguez, Gina Bernstein
The Muse, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
Issue 2

Grace Peng
The Messenger, Northview High School, Johns Creek, Georgia
Cheating

Roqaya Elemenshawy, Kylie Skibitzki
Drops of Ink, Libertyville High School, Libertyville, Illinois
Progress

Rosangel Flores-Rubio, Aala Basheir
The Little Hawk, Iowa City High School, Iowa City, Iowa
The New Laws of Teaching Race in Iowa

Asher Wolfe
Red & Black, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Kansas
Construction completed

Makayla Archambeault
The Lancer Feed, Lafayette High School, Wildwood, Missouri
The List Edition

Riley Higgins
Spark, Lakota East High School, Liberty Township, Ohio
Issue 1

Isabella del Nido
The Dispatch, James Bowie High School, Austin, Texas
1800-FASHI, Spring 2022

Grace Nugent
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
How masked is Mac?

Sadie Moore, Anna Guan, Sarah Hale
The Edge, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, Texas
Holidays


Newsmagazine Page/Spread

Alexis Madlang
Fusion, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, Florida
Burn Out

Alissa Gary, Allison Robbert
The Muse, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
Spring Pops

Will Cheng
West Side Story, Iowa City West High School, Iowa City, Iowa
Silenced speech

Brandon Parnell, Anna Anderson
Red & Black, Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Kansas
Normalizing slurs proves damaging

Julie Wang, Ahona Dam, Julian Phillips
The Lion’s Roar, Newton South High School, Newton, Massachusetts
Gaining LIFE Experience

Mia Goldstein, Ella Rosewarne, Grace Wang
Voice, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Bloom

Derek Katzer
The Bell, Liberty High School, Liberty, Missouri
The American Epidemic: A new focus on student safety

Michaela Manfull
North Star, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Entertainment Page

Morgan Chairs
North Star, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
New Construction Update

Lanie Sepehri
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
It’s time to write off annotation


Literary/Specialty Magazine Cover

Indigo Mudbhary, Odin Marin
LitMag, Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco, California
2022 cover

Reese Lansman
Artifex, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida
Fruit Salad

Eva Orbock
Iliad Literary-Art Magazine, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
Astraeus

Tiffany Ngai
Verbatim, Westfield High School, Westfield, Indiana
Edition 3

Ryan Thomas-Palmer, Felicity Rosa-Davies
Voice, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Voice

Cecilia Urbanski
Burn, Marian High School, Omaha, Nebraska
Spring 2022

Elizabeth Foreman, Kate Hoppe, Scarlett Wharton
Burn, Marian High School, Omaha, Nebraska
Fall

Jennifer Banh
The Marquee, Marcus High School, Flower Mound, Texas
Cacophony

Alexia Bodet, Minjae Hur
The Tartan, McLean High School, McLean, Virginia
The Tartan

Pen Oldham, Weston Wharton
The Talon, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, Virginia
The Talon


Literary/Specialty Magazine Page/Spread

Reese Lansman
Artifex, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida
Pome Divider

Reese Lansman
Artifex, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida
Regret

Eva Orbock, Amira Adkins, Temprince Battle
Iliad Literary-Art Magazine, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia
A Young Black Girl and A Not So Social Butterfly

Lisa Mimi Zhou
Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Postcards for a Distant Relative

Olivia Hu
Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
The Girl with the Chestnut Hair

Dixie Johnson, Aniyah Daniels, Karrington Howard
Psyche, Richland Northeast High School, Columbia, South Carolina
The Social Clock

Lucia Santaolalla, Nashitha Azeez, Amira Boutros
Dreamcatcher, Westwood High School, Austin, Texas
Spring Remains/Serenity

Minjae Hur, Jackie Stoll
The Tartan, McLean High School, McLean, Virginia
Springtime Funeral

Pen Oldham, Isaac James, Aiden Moon
The Talon, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, Virginia
The Composer’s Shadow Design

Conwell Morris
The Talon, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, Virginia
Gone the Mask Design


Yearbook Spread

Francheska Pontillas, Nikhita Tandon
Details, Whitney High School, Rocklin, California
Make your mark

Allison Huang
Traditions, Del Norte High School, San Diego, California
It’s a reason to fight for peace

Zoey Stanley
Reflections, Brighton High School, Brighton, Colorado
BHS Rivalry

Olivia Gray, Haley Black
Panther, H.B. Plant High School, Tampa, Florida
Cookie Spread

Sarena Wilkerson, Alexis Izaguirre, Eva Oberosler
Fusion, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, Florida
Pro Nouns

Gina Bernstein, Julia Smerling
The Marquee, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida
Freak Out!

Laurel Hansen
Brickhouse, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas
The Overall Experience

Bridget Epstein
Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas
Pep Assemblies

Jack Cohen
The ReMarker, St. Marks School of Texas, Dallas, Texas
First pep rally

Catherine Biggers, Emma Lopez,
America Venegas Lopez
The Lair, Leander High School, Leander, Texas
Head Above Water


Yearbook Theme Package

Allison Huang
Traditions, Del Norte High School, San Diego, California
It’s just a year; Until It Isn’t

Elise Aho, Jenaya Ripko, Ellie Rolfs,
Zoey Stanley, Rose Weidemann
Reflections, Brighton High School, Brighton, Colorado
We’re not trying to convince everyone JUST YOU

Sarena Wilkerson, Alexis Izaguirre
Fusion, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, Florida
Let’s try this again

Carlos Mata
Brickhouse, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas
So Much Has Changed

Ella Hedin, Kinlee Roberts, Ashlyn Van Horn
Horizon, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
how ‘bout NOW

Louis Dell’Orco, Ben Peter, Lucy Hockerman, Margaret Mallow, Eilish Frissell
Pioneer, Kirkwood High School, Kirkwood, Missouri
piONEer

Fiona Ferguson, Emerson Linden, Dylan Melnick
Rambler, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
More is Now

Faith Emmitte, Ava Bathurst
Ledoian, Aledo High School, Aledo, Texas
Listen Up

Camden Reeves, Thomas Philip
Marksmen, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, Texas
You never really leave

Vivian Dai, Ava Jiang, Bruce Le, Joyce Weng
Carillon, Bellaire High School, Bellaire, Texas
(RE)


Informational Graphic

Samantha Michaels
The Redwood Bark, Redwood High School, Larkspur, California
2022 College Football Playoff National Championship

Disha Kumar
The Messenger, Northview High School, Johns Creek, Georgia
COVID-19 by the Numbers

Laurel Hansen
Brickhouse, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Media

Caroline Shen, Karen Wang, Raina Yang
The Phillipian, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
Drugs and Alcohol

Caroline Shen, Karen Wang, Raina Yang
The Phillipian, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts
Politics and Worldview

Mac Huffman
Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Nationwide numbers

Marissa Mathieson
Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Coffee at a glance

Sophia Liu, Emma Kunitz, Julia Tullman
Rambler, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri
Athletes All Around

Andie Madding, Mary Barone
Spark, Lakota East High School, Liberty Township, Ohio
Spider-Man The Men Behind the Masks

Tristan Hernandez
Tracks, Cedar Park High School, Cedar Park, Texas
New & Noteworthy


Illustration

Angela Proca, Beverly Regino
The Mirror, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California
Living at the intersection of two races

Beverly Regino
The Mirror, Van Nuys High School, Van Nuys, California
Hell on wheels

Sarena Wilkerson
Fusion, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, Florida
Pro Nouns

Julia Landy, Mariajose Vera
The Eagle Eye, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, Florida
Going Viral

Kaila Babyar
The Stampede, Metea Valley High School, Aurora, Illinois
School Discipline

Caroline Mascardo
West Side Story, Iowa City West High School, Iowa City, Iowa
Find WSS

Maddy Graff, Danie Eaves, Katie Burke
The Lair, Shawnee Mission Northwest High School, Shawnee, Kansas
Substances

Andie Madding
Spark, Lakota East High School, Liberty Township, Ohio
Liar Liar

Natalie Ng
The Tartan, McLean High School, McLean, Virginia
Candy

Angela Yang
The Tartan, McLean High School, McLean, Virginia
Faceted