NSPA announces winners
of spring 2024 Clips & Clicks contest

Aug. 9, 2024

MINNEAPOLIS — Congratulations to the winners of the Clips & Clicks contest for the spring 2024 semester — and to the NSPA-member student media outlets earning Sweepstakes recognition. 

The competition, open to all NSPA members, honors current work among student journalists, and the spring-semester winners feature work produced from Dec. 14, 2023, to May 8, 2024.

There were approximately 896 submissions in the spring competition. Judges were collegiate professors, student media advisers and professional journalists.

“The judges consistently said they were very impressed with the quality of the entries submitted,” associate director Gary Lundgren said. 

In all, 119  entries, approximately 13 percent of those entered, were recognized. The number of winners in each category was determined by the judges based on the quantity and quality of the entries. When calculating Sweepstakes, the following points are assigned —

First Place: 10

Second Place: 9

Third Place: 8

Fourth Place: 7

Fifth Place: 6

Honorable Mention: 5

The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, 
claims 2023-24 Sweepstakes

Congratulations to The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, winner of this year’s Clips & Clicks Sweepstakes trophy. 

Sweepstakes rankings are by NSPA-member student media outlet, not by school. Results of both fall and spring contests generate final standings. 

The Top 10 winners are listed below. In all, 58 student-media outlets scored points in the contest.

First
Zero Waste
Staff
CCNN Live
Christopher Columbus High School
Miami, Florida

First
Chasing The High
Avaleigh Miller, Ellysabeth Edwards, Ryan Jones
The Talon News
Argyle High School
Argyle, Texas

First
Columbus vs Evans Semifinals
Nicholas Dovales, Thomas Zarut, Nicolas Oliva, Jason Fernandez, Rodolfo Gonzalez
CCNN Live
Christopher Columbus High School
Miami, Florida

First
Gender Pay Equality
Chris Sanchez, Dylan Biondo, Luca Oliveira, Alex Hanna
RaiderVision
Gulliver Preparatory School
Pinecrest, Florida

First
Celebrating #1 state success
Lynn-Clara Tun, Olivia Wegmann-Krider
Zephyrus
Edina High School
Edina, Minnesota

First
Up In Smoke
Kiara Benoit
The Muse
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts
West Palm Beach, Florida

Second
A Deadly Year
Lucy Stephens
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Third
Helping hand
Maya Clement
Odyssey
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia

Fourth
Songwriting strikes a chord
Sophie Leung-Lieu, Chloe Lewcock
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Florida

Fifth
Not a wild child
Elaine Jiang
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Honorable mentions

4,000 years of history
Elaine Jiang
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California

Splashing Records
Vincent Hsiao
Panorama, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

First
Girl.
Mia Rodriguez
Literati
Our Lady of Lourdes Academy
Miami, Florida

First
Romantic demise
Olivia Hendershot
Iliad Literary-Art Magazine
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia

First
The Winner Takes it All
Ava Fiala, Kaylyn Ross, Raiqa Rayhan, Ana Valdarrama Lemus
Marquee
Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts
West Palm Beach, Florida

Second
Bright Minds
Gina Copetti
Raider
Gulliver Preparatory School
Miami, Florida

Third
Fashion forward
Sofia Wehner
Hauberk
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Fourth
On the Floor
Alexis Acosta
Raider
Gulliver Preparatory School
Miami, Florida

Fifth
Strike a Pose
Hannah Salz, Sara Hernandez
Lone Star
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas

Honorable mentions

The Bar Was Raised
Laurel Hansen
Brickhouse, Shawnee Mission North High School, Overland Park, Kansas

All Together Now
Maisy James, Kathryn Hagen
Whigrean, Edina High School, Edina, Minnesota

It’s Showtime
Juanpablo Espinosa, Davaughn Russell
Adelante, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida

Spencer & Owen
Ella Yun
Hauberk, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Courage Over Fear
Ivan Guerra, Brian Bech, Davaughn Russell
Adelante, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida

First
Coastal Crisis
Emily Liu
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri

First
Speak Out
Samantha Atkins
Hauberk
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

First
Waving the Flags
Anahi Silva
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission North High School
Overland Park, Kansas

First
Springing Senior
Paige Bean
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Second
A duel at dusk
Julia Copas
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas

Third
Goal Attitude
Gabriella Memmen
Raider
Gulliver Preparatory School
Miami, Florida

Fourth
Freezing the Competition
Elly Brooks
The Rock
Rock Canyon High School
Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Fifth
Dive and Catch
Teryn DeBey
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission North High School
Overland Park, Kansas

Honorable mentions

Coaching Success
Matthew Quesada
CCNN Live, Christopher Columbus High School, Miami, Florida

Best Teammate
Caroline Martucci
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Roles reversed
Julia Copas
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

First
Students stage walk out for Palestine
Nate Williams
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas

Honorable mentions

A Groundbreaking Change
Zachary Kleiman
The Trinity Voice, Trinity Preparatory School, Winter Park, Florida

PAEA teachers, staff rally over impasse with PAUSD at Board of Education meeting
Luca Vostrejs, Meryem Orazova
The Campanile, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California

Biden kicks off 2024 reelection campaign in Montgomery County
Ben Shapiro, Shreya Vaidhyanathan
The Spoke, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

Japanese Americans embrace heritage through Cherry Blossom Festival
Shiori Chen
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California

Embracing diversity: Heritage Fair 2024
Jackson Sneeringer, Rachel Alcazar, Elaine Jiang, Isabella Rice, Kiana Chen
Scot Scoop, Carlmont High School, Belmont, California

First
Life of the Party
Ella Piper Claffy, Dalia Sandberg, Lee Monistere
The Review
St. John’s School
Houston, Texas

Honorable mentions

Writing the wreckage
Ingrid Smith
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

Thinking differently about thinking differently
Lucy Walker, Elizabeth Hu, Annie Jones
The Review, St. John’s School, Houston, Texas

From the ashes
Katie Myckatyn
ID, Ladue Horton Watkins High School, St. Louis, Missouri

Going the extra mile
Chloe Lewcock
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

First
Andre Mills ’24: The Odyssey of a Basketball Prodigy
Evan Michaeli, Tavio Mares-Van Praag
The Gator
Brimmer and May School
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

Honorable mentions

Student athletes forced into tradeoff between school, club sports
Alec Bonnard
The Campanile, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California

Dreyfoos on Ice
Gavin Murray
The Muse, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, Florida

“Play like a girl: Maurillo and Martinez on coed sports teams”
Reese Bassuk
The Urban Legend, Urban School of San Francisco, San Francisco, California

Freezing the Competition
Elly Brooks , Claudia Llado
The Rock, Rock Canyon High School, Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Para-athlete swims for ‘Dawgs
Ben Tillisch
The Dispatch, James Bowie High School, Austin, Texas

First
Editorial: We Support Newton Teachers
Editorial Board
The Gator
Brimmer and May School
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

First
Society pressures introverts to transform their personalities, conform to standards
Cynthia Huang
The Campanile
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California

Honorable mentions

Sephora Kids
Ada Lillie Worthington
The Harbinger, Shawnee Mission East High School, Prairie Village, Kansas

Tell me, Wy (Issue 2)
Wyatt Meyer
Odyssey, Clarke Central High School, Athens, Georgia

Will We Ever Learn?
Isabella Maldonado
The Communicator, Community High School, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Lawmakers, take a biology class
Miya Cao
The Spoke, Conestoga High School, Berwyn, Pennsylvania

California should pursue Vote16, lower voting age for local elections
Alec Bonnard
The Campanile, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, California