National Scholastic Press Association’s Best of Show awards were presented at the Fall National High School Journalism Convention awards ceremony, Nov. 4, 2023, in Boston.

More than 4,800 high school journalists and advisers attended the convention, with National Scholastic Press Association and Journalism Education Association as hosts. Schools attending were eligible to participate in this on-site competition.

Best of Show honors two main categories —

Individual Recognition

Staff Recognition

First Place
Alice Scott
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
The key equals confidence

First Place
Kaitlyn O’Keeffe
KRAM, Rampart High School, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Coach Nia Cornett Remembered

First Place
Alice Scott
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas

First Place
Jackson Fifer, Kenneth Nunn
North Star, Francis Howell North High School, St. Charles, Missouri
Swim Relay Qualifies for State

First Place
Andrea Malpica
Raider, Gulliver Preparatory School, Pinecrest, Florida
Bring it Home

First Place
Skylar Alatorre Flores
Wingspan, James Enochs High School, Modesto, California
Party in the Dark

First Place
Gabbi Mortellaro
Legend, Wando High School, Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
Served Up

First Place
Francie Wilhelm
The Shield, McCallum High School, Austin, Texas
Mac community takes a stand against hate group agitators

First Place
Raider305
Gulliver Preparatory School
Miami, Florida

Second Place
KCBY
Coppell High School
Coppell, Texas

Third Place
JNN
Joseph Gregori High School
Modesto, California

Fourth Place
MHS1
McKinney High School
McKinney, Texas

Fifth Place
MHSNews
Marquette High School
Chesterfield, Missouri

Sixth Place
Hawk TV
Hebron High School
Carrollton, Texas

Seventh Place
KRAM
Rampart High School
Colorado Springs, Colorado

Eighth Place
Rocket Vision
Irvin High School
El Paso, Texas

Ninth Place
KLHS TV
Liberty High School
Liberty, Missouri

Tenth Place / tie
DPNews
Dos Pueblos High School
Goleta, California

Tenth Place / tie
FHNToday TV
Francis Howell North High School
St. Charles, Missouri

Broadcast News Program

Junior High/Middle School

First Place
Bobcat News
Bell Middle School
Golden, Colorado

Literary Arts Magazine

All

First Place
Iliad
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia

Second Place
The Tartan
McLean High School
McLean, Virginia

Third Place
Voice
Community High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Fourth Place
Reflections
Torrey Pines High School
Torrey Pines, California

Fifth Place
Melodrama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri

Sixth Place
Menagerie
Lyons Township High School
La Grange, Illinois

Seventh Place
Dreamcatcher
Westwood High School
Austin, Texas

Eighth Place
Iris: Art + Lit
St. Paul Academy and Summit School
St. Paul, Minnesota

Ninth Place
One Blue Wall
duPont Manual High School
Louisville, Kentucky

Tenth Place
Reflections Literary & Arts Magazine
Gulliver Preparatory School
Miami, Florida

Specialty Magazine

All

First Place
C Magazine
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California

Second Place
KHQ
Kickapoo High School
Springfield, Missouri

Third Place
The Kirkwood Call
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, Missouri

Fourth Place
Pink
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California

Fifth Place
Verde
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California

Sixth Place
Veritas
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California

Seventh Place
The Harbinger
Zionsville Community High School
Zionsville, Indiana

Eighth Place
Anthro!
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California

Newspaper 

High school / enrollment of fewer than 1,800

First Place
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Second Place
ReMarker
St. Mark’s School of Texas
Dallas, Texas

Third Place
U-High Midway
University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Chicago, Illinois

Fourth Place
The Review
St. John’s School
Houston, Texas

Fifth Place
Crane-Clarion
Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School for Boys
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Sixth Place
The Rubicon
St. Paul Academy and Summit School
St. Paul, Minnesota

Seventh Place
The Standard
The American School in London
London, United Kingdom

Eighth Place
Oracle
Henry M. Gunn High School
Palo Alto, California

Ninth Place
The Corral
Parkway Central High School
Chesterfield, Missouri

Tenth Place
The Panther Press
Strath Haven High School
Wallingford, Pennsylvania

Newspaper

High school / enrollment of 1,800 or more

First Place
The Mirror
Van Nuys High School
Van Nuys, California

Second Place
The Dispatch
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas

Third Place
The Shield
McCallum High School
Austin, Texas

Fourth Place
The Campanile
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California

Fifth Place
The Messenger
Marquette High School
Chesterfield, Missouri

Sixth Place
Central Times
Naperville Central High School
Naperville, Illinois

Seventh Place
Tribal Tribune
Wando High School
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

Eighth Place
A-Blast
Annandale High School
Annandale, Virginia

Ninth Place
The Prospector
Prospect High School
Mount Prospect, Illinois

Tenth Place
The Redwood Bark
Redwood High School
Larkspur, California

Newsmagazine

High school / enrollment of fewer than 1,800

First Place
The Uncut
Legacy High School
Bismarck, North Dakota

Second Place
Le Journal
Notre Dame de Sion
Kansas City, Missouri

Third Place
The Budget
Lawrence High School
Lawrence, Kansas

Fourth Place
The Express
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas

Fifth Place
The Pearl Post
Daniel Pearl Magnet High School
Lake Balboa, California

Sixth Place
North Star
Francis Howell North High School
St. Charles, Missouri

Seventh Place
The Image
Lafayette High School
Wildwood, Missouri

Eighth Place
The Kirkwood Call
Kirkwood High School
Kirkwood, Missouri

Ninth Place
The Northmen’s Log
Oak Park High School
Kansas City, Missouri

Tenth Place
The Communicator
Community High School
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Newsmagazine

High school / enrollment of 1,800 or more

First Place
Panorama
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri

Second Place
Odyssey
Clarke Central High School
Athens, Georgia

Third Place
On the Record
duPont Manual High School
Louisville, Kentucky

Fourth Place
Amplifier
West Linn High School
West Linn, Oregon

Fifth Place
The Highlander
McLean High School
McLean, Virginia

Sixth Place
The Tiger
Little Rock Central High School
Little Rock, Arkansas

Seventh Place
Verde
Palo Alto High School
Palo Alto, California

Eighth Place
Southpaw
Rock Bridge High School
Columbia, Missouri

Ninth Place
The Harbinger
Zionsville Community High School
Zionsville, Indiana

Tenth Place
The Triangle
Columbus North High School
Columbus, Indiana

Newspaper/Newsmagazine

Junior high/middle school

First Place
The Scroll
The American School in London Middle School
London, United Kingdom

Second Place
Crane
Cranbook Kingswood Middle School
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan

Website

High school / enrollment of fewer than 1,800

First Place
The Pearl Post
Daniel Pearl Magnet High School
Lake Balboa, California

Second Place
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Third Place
The Oracle
The Archer School for Girls
Los Angeles, California

Fourth Place
Tower
The Masters School
Dobbs Ferry, New York

Fifth Place
The Harbinger
Algonquin Regional High School
Northborough, Massachusetts

Sixth Place
The Rubicon
St. Paul Academy and Summit School
St. Paul, Minnesota

Seventh Place
The Talisman
R.B. Hayes High School
Delaware, Ohio

Eighth Place
Review Online
St. John’s School
Houston, Texas

Ninth Place
The Charger Account
Dos Pueblos High School
Goleta, California

Tenth Place
Lancer Spirit Online
Londonderry High School
Londonderry, New Hampshire

Website

High school / enrollment of 1,800 or more

First Place
The Rider Online
Legacy High School
Mansfield, Texas

Second Place
Manual Redeye
duPont Manual High School
Louisville, Kentucky

Third Place
Coppell Student Media
Coppell High School
Coppell, Texas

Fourth Place
Scot Scoop
Carlmont High School
Belmont, California

Fifth Place
The Hawk Eye
Hebron High School
Carrollton, Texas

Sixth Place
KP Times
Kingwood Park High School
Kingwood, Texas

Seventh Place
The Redwood Bark
Redwood High School
Larkspur, California

Eighth Place
The Rock
Rock Canyon High School
Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Ninth Place
42Fifty
Oswego High School
Oswego, Illinois

Tenth Place
Prospector Now
Prospect High School
Mount Prospect, Illinois

Website

Junior high/middle school

First Place
The Cougar Star
Clague Middle School
Ann Arbor, Michigan

Yearbook

High school / 108-228 pages

First Place
Priam
Longmont High School
Longmont, Colorado

Second Place
The Bard
Hill Country Christian School
Austin, Texas

Third Place
Spur
Parkway Central High School
Chesterfield, Missouri

Fourth Place
Paragon
Munster High School
Munster, Indiana

Fifth Place
Mirror
Sunnyside High School
Sunnyside, Washington

Sixth Place
The Archer
Antwerp Local School
Antwerp, Ohio

Seventh Place
Lanidrac
Lawson High School
Lawson, Missouri

Eighth Place
Invictus
Ward Melville High School
East Setauket, New York

Ninth Place
Mulberry Tree
Mulberry Senior High School
Mulberry, Florida

Tenth Place
Canis Lupus
Conifer High School
Conifer, Colorado

Yearbook

High school / 232-276 pages

First Place
Reflections
Brighton High School
Brighton, Colorado

Second Place
Red and Black
Lawrence High School
Lawrence, Kansas

Third Place
The Howl
Southwest Career and Technical Academy
Las Vegas, Nevada

Fourth Place
Talon
Liberty High School
Lake St. Louis, Missouri

Fifth Place
Details
Whitney High School
Rocklin, California

Sixth Place
Madisonian
Madison High School
Rexburg, Idaho

Seventh Place
Poverello
Saint Francis High School
Mountain View, California

Eighth Place
Le Flambeau
Notre Dame de Sion
Kansas City, Missouri

Ninth Place
Green & Gold
West Linn High School
West Linn, Oregon

Tenth Place
U-Highlights
University of Chicago Laboratory High School
Chicago, Illinois

Yearbook

High school /  280-316 pages

First Place
Lion’s Roar
Christ Presbyterian Academy
Nashville, Tennessee

Second Place
Pawesehi
Parkway West High School
Ballwin, Missouri

Third Place
Summit
Smoky Hill High School
Aurora, Colorado

Fourth Place
Caledonia
McLean High School
McLean, Virginia

Fifth Place
Odyssey
Chantilly High School
Chantilly, Virginia

Sixth Place
Heritage
Westwood High School
Austin, Texas

Seventh Place
Rambler
Ladue Horton Watkins High School
St. Louis, Missouri

Eighth Place
Crest
Prospect High School
Mount Prospect, Illinois

Ninth Place
Aerie
Zionsville Community High School
Zionsville, Indiana

Tenth Place
Maverick
McNeil High School
Austin, Texas

Yearbook

High school /  320-372 pages

First Place
Lone Star
James Bowie High School
Austin, Texas

Second Place
Tesserae
Corning-Painted Post High School
Corning, New York

Third Place
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission North High School
Overland Park, Kansas

Fourth Place
The Arena
Legacy High School
Masfield, Texas

Fifth Place
Black & Gold
Rock Canyon High School
Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Sixth Place
Legend
Lafayette High School
Wildwood, Missouri

Seventh Place
Heritage
Shawnee Mission South High School
Overland Park, Kansas

Eighth Place
Wingspan
James Enochs High School
Modesto, California

Ninth Place
The Shield
Carlsbad High School
Carlsbad, California

Tenth Place
Spirit
Lindbergh High School
St. Louis, Missouri

Yearbook

High school /  376+ pages

First Place
Hauberk
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Second Place
Pantera
Mead High School
Spokane, Washington

Third Place
Lair
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, Kansas

Fourth Place
Raider
Gulliver Preparatory School
Miami, Florida

Fifth Place
Ayrie
Liberty North High School
Liberty, Missouri

Sixth Place
Dragon
Round Rock High School
Round Rock, Texas

Seventh Place
Horizon
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas

Eighth Place
El Paisano
Westlake High School
Austin, Texas

Ninth Place
Marauder
Marcus High School
Flower Mound, Texas

Tenth Place
The Legend
Flower Mound High School
Flower Mound, Texas

Yearbook

Junior high/middle school

First Place
The Round-Up
Woodland Junior High School
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Second Place
Paw Prints
Ranch View Middle School
Highlands Ranch, Colorado

Third Place
The Spark
Faith Lutheran Middle School
Las Vegas, Nevada

Fourth Place
The Falcon’s Yearbook
Coral Academy of Science Middle School
Reno, Nevada

Fifth Place
Spotlight
The American School in London Middle School
London, United Kingdom