The National Scholastic Press Association is pleased to announce the first individual contest finalists in the 2012 NSPA Roll-Out Week. Each day this week, NSPA will announce finalists for one or more of the 2012 Individual Awards and Pacemaker contests.
The Picture of the Year contest is co-sponsored by the National Press Photographers Association and honors student photographers in six categories: News, Feature, Sports Action, Sports Reaction, Environmental Portrait and Jr. High/Middle School. The contest yielded a total of 1,317 entries. Entries were judged based on technical quality, artistic value and journalistic content.
View the list of Picture of the Year finalists
The Design of the Year awards are co-sponsored by Adobe Systems and yielded a total of 628 entries in seven categories: Illustration, Infographic, Newspaper Page One, Newsmagazine Cover, Newspaper Page/Spread, Yearbook Page/Spread and Magazine Page/Spread. The first place winners in each category receive software complimentary of Adobe.
View the list of Design of the Year finalists
Design of the Year judges selected finalists based on the following criteria:
The Cartooning Awards are co-sponsored by Universal Uclick and yielded a total of 189 entries in two categories: Editorial Cartoon and Comic Panel/Strip.
Cartoon entries were judged based on:
View the list of Cartooning finalists
First through fifth places and honorable mentions will be announced at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention on Nov. 17 in San Antonio.
Comments from all judging teams will be published on the NSPA website after the winners have been announced. Please contact Grace Christiansen, NSPA Contest and Critique Coordinator, with questions at contests@studentpress.org.