First
Nathan Yuan
Central Times
Naperville Central High School
Naperville, Illinois
The hidden homeless

Second
Clementine Cunningham, Sienna Reinders, Lucille Sanders
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
The chaos after the storm

Third
Caroline Steidley
Call
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, Missouri
Former KHS student set to be executed

Fourth
Arti Jain, Rory Lustberg
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri
Under Fire

Fifth
Arianna Zhu
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
Ozempic shortage unearths American obesity issue

Honorable mentions

Celine Chen, Katie Doran
M-A Chronicle, Menlo-Atherton High School, Atherton, California
Breaking News: Student Pinned Down by Police Officers, Community Confused and Angry

Benjamin Gamson
The Boiling Point, Shalhevet High School, Los Angeles, California
CIF semifinal game marred by ethnic taunts from both Shalhevet’s and visitor’s fans

Eesha Dhawan, Samhita Kumar
The Octagon, Sacramento Country Day School, Sacramento, California
A.I allows for intellectual exploration, academic dishonesty

Bridget Baker, Jessica Sehgal, Milo Slevin, Kupu Sumi, Marin Ubersox
The Evanstonian, Evanston Township High School, Evanston, Illinois
A historical tug of war

Jordan Millar
The Polygon, Poly Prep Country Day School, Brooklyn, New York
So You Want to Talk About Racial Literacy?

First
Grace Logan
The Northwest Passage
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, Kansas
No Excuses

Second
Tina Luo
The Legend
Flower Mound High School
Flower Mound, Texas
Finding Home: A student’s Hurricane Maria survival story

Third
Eleanor Yarbrough
Tribal Tribune
Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Breaking out of the domestic abuse cycle

Fourth
Allen You
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri
Torn from Home

Fifth
Katie Murphy
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
American Dreaming

Honorable mentions

Alex Cowdrey, Saraphina Wambi
The Express, Blue Valley Northwest High School, Overland Park, Kansas
Unnoticed. Unaddressed. Uncovered.

Lily Coash-Johnson
The Epic, Shawnee Mission West High School, Overland Park, Kansas
One in six

Staff
The Communicator, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Pantone Postcards

Linyang Lee, Dawson Yao
The ReMarker, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, Texas
A toast to Hollywood

Annie Jones
The Review, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
The only thing I could control’

First
Jordan DeMario
Tribal Tribune
Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Unhindered performance

Second
Kurt Hausman
The Communicator
Community High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Title IX: History of Fighting and Hopes for the Future

Third
Shay Bowman, Aran Sonnad-Joshi, Archer Streelman
The Southerner
Midtown High School
Atlanta, Georgia
Sports provides greater opportunities

Fourth
Jilian Denlow
The Evanstonian
Evanston Township High School
Evanston, Illinois
‘More than just a basketball league’

Fifth
Ajin Jeong, Asha Kulkarni
Verde
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California
Trailblazer

Honorable mentions

Melody Cui, Kathryn Foo
El Estoque, Monta Vista High School. Cupertino, California
The virtual glass ceiling

Willem Hummel, Jacob Robinson
Messenger, Marquette High School, Chesterfield, Missouri
Benched By the Brain

Sonya Sud
The Lancer Feed, Lafayette High School, Wildwood, Missouri
Kicking the Competition

Olivia Craine
Legend, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Living His Legacy

Hyunsung Na
The Marquee, Marcus High School, Flower Mound, Texas
Senior recounts journey as kicker

First
Staff
The Lancer Feed
Lafayette High School
Wildwood, Missouri
Board members need consequences, too

Second
Caroline Owen, Alice Scott
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas
Outdated Mac should be included in bond proposals

Third
Andrew Mikhail, Anna Shesol, Ethan Wolin
The Augur Bit
Georgetown Day School
Washington, District of Columbia
An Action Plan, an Audit and Still Scant Public Data

Fourth
Katie Murphy
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Teachers With Tacticals?

Fifth
Clare O’Connor
U-High Midway
University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Chicago, Illinois
Administrators: Denounce and address hateful actions

Honorable mentions

Staff
The Campanile, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California
PAUSD should adapt to ChatGPT

Nina Ivancevic
Lion, Lyons Township High School. La Grange, Illinois
Importance of inclusion

Southwest Shadow Editorial Board
Southwest Shadow, Southwest Career and Technical Academy, Las Vegas, Nevada
Bus drivers need to be treated like people too

Shreyan Daulat
The ReMarker, St. Mark’s School of Texas, Dallas, Texas
LEED-ing to ensure a better tomorrow

Wingspan Staff
Wingspan. Liberty High School, Frisco, Texas
Taking focus off educational needs

First
Larkin Brundige
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Beyond Pink

Second
Katie Murphy
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Typical Asian

Third
Amy Ren
U-High Midway
University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Chicago, Illinois
U-High must shine a light on Asian American struggles

Fourth
Sofia Ball
The Northwest Passage
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, Kansas
No Matter What

Fifth
Gage Chapman
The Mission
Shawnee Mission North High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Running With It

Honorable mentions

April Wang
El Estoque. Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, California
White supremacy is pitting minorities against each other

Gabriel Hawkins
The Nueva Current, The Nueva School, San Mateo, California
Traumazine is Megan Thee Stallion’s renaissance

Raksha Jayakumar
The Marquee. Marcus High School, Flower Mound, Texas
Happy daughter’s day

Lily Feather
The Review. St. John’s School, Houston, Texas
Instead of encouraging learning, Reading Logs turn a passion into a chore

Grace Hamilton
The Standard, The American School in London, London, United Kingdom
Wage gap epitomizes stagnation in gender equality efforts