The National Scholastic Press Association is pleased to announce Story of the Year finalists. They are as follows:
1. Emma Stiefel
Spark
Lakota East High School
Liberty Township, Ohio
2. Gina Mathew, Kali Poenitske
The Booster Redux
Pittsburg High School
Pittsburg, Kansas
3. Kevin Mobley
Odyssey
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia
4. Brooke Fletcher
Legend
Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
5. Ceili Doyle
Lion
Lyons Township High School
LaGrange, Illinois
6. Cara Maines
The Review
St. John’s School
Houston, Texas
7. Gregory Block, Henry Tantum
Redwood Bark
Redwood High School
Larkspur, California
8. Nathaniel Bolter, David Li
The Lion’s Roar
Newton South High School
Newton, Massachusetts
9. Philip Smart, Will Clark
The ReMarker
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Dallas, Texas
10. Hannah Rubenstein
The Communicator
Community High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan
1. Camille Respess, Ellie Tomasson, Alex Bernard
The Globe
Clayton High School
Clayton, Missouri
2. Amanda Beard
The Messenger
Northview High School
Johns Creek, Georgia
3. Willzie Connelly, Hannah Chorley, James Finn
The Tam News
Tamalpais High School
Mill Valley, California
4. Margo Johnson, Blake Gustafson
The Standard
Blue Valley Southwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas
5. Josephine Dang
The Lowell
Lowell High School
San Francisco, California
6. Anna Nakai, Gabriela Rossner
Verde
Palo Alto Senior High School
Palo Alto, California
7. Jessica Mo
The HiLite
Carmel High School
Carmel, Indiana
8. Malka Himelhoch, Carol Silber
The Lion’s Tale
Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School
Rockville, Maryland
9. Celeste Chadwick, Madeline Deninger
The Little Hawk
Iowa City High School
Iowa City, Iowa
10. Julia Fox
The Tower
Grosse Pointe South High School
Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan
1. Mike Stanford
The Prospector
Prospect High School
Mount Prospect, Illinois
2. Claire Noack, Innes Hicsasmaz
The Little Hawk
Iowa City High School
Iowa City, Iowa
3. Alexis Marvin
Northwest Horizons
Northwest Guilford High School
Greensboro, North Carolina
4. Maggie Brenan
The Messenger
Northview High School
Johns Creek, Georgia
5. Michael Droogan
The Blackfriar Chronicle
Malvern Preparatory School
Malvern, Pennsylvania
6. Hallie Fischer
The Red Ledger
Lovejoy High School
Lucas, Texas
7. John Corvari
The Highlander
McLean High School
McLean, Virginia
8. Casey Aguilar
Panther Prowler
Pflugerville High School
Pflugerville, Texas
9. Madison Castle
Carpe Diem
Decatur High School
Decatur, Georgia
10. Reese Anderson
The Kirkwood Call
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, Missouri
1. Nick Smith
The Red Ledger
Lovejoy High School
Lucas, Texas
2. Sonny Lee
U-High Midway
University High School
Chicago, Illinois
3. Claire Dinshaw
Inklings
Staples High School
Westport, Connecticut
4. Ariel Censor, Rajan Cutting
Tower
The Masters School
Dobbs Ferry, New York
5. Jack Killeen
Echo
Webster Groves High School
Webster Groves, Missouri
6. The Oracle Editorial Board
The Oracle
Glenbrook South High School
Glenview, Illinois
7. Vivian Kolks
Spark
Lakota East High School
Liberty Township, Ohio
8. Sarah Campbell, Aja Diffin
The Precedent
Perry High School
Gilbert, Arizona
9. Gitika Nalwa
The Saratoga Falcon
Saratoga High School
Saratoga, California
10. Anna Gao
The Hub
Davis Senior High School
Davis, California
1. Maddie Davis
The Tiger Print
Blue Valley High School
Overland Park, Kansas
2. Maddie Weikel
Spark
Lakota East High School
Liberty Township, Ohio
3. ReMarker Staff
The ReMarker
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Dallas, Texas
4. Anna James
Image
Lafayette High School
Wildwood, Missouri
5. Heather Rollins, Brandon Lee
Masterpiece Yearbook
Bak Middle School of the Arts
West Palm Beach, Florida
6. Alex White
The Lion’s Tale
Oviedo High School
Oviedo, Florida
7. Lily Bakour
Scot Scoop News
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California
8. Staff
The Lake
Standley Lake High School
Westminster, Colorado
9. Brooke Kushwaha, Cara Maines, Gabe Malek, Megan Shen
The Review
St. John’s School
Houston, Texas
10. Connie Xiao, Nithya Mahakala
The Messenger
Northview High School
Johns Creek, Georgia
Winners will be announced at the Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Indianapolis on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2016.