NSPA Awards Week Day 2: Cartooning and Design of the Year

NSPA congratulates the finalists in two more categories of the 2010 Individual Awards.

The NSPA Design of the Year awards are co-sponsored by Adobe Systems, and the 2010 categories included Illustration, Infographic, Newspaper Page One, Newspaper Page/Spread, Yearbook Page/Spread and Magazine Page/Spread. The contest yielded a total of 496 entries, which represents an increase of about 16 percent from 2009. The first place winners in each category receive software complimentary of Adobe Systems.

Judges selected finalists based on the following criteria:

  • Effective use of photos, color, art, graphics and typography
  • Established visual hierarchy
  • News judgment for Newspaper Page One
  • Contemporary appeal
  • Suitability for respective audience

View the list of finalists here:
http://nspa.studentpress.org/winners/design10.html

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The NSPA Cartooning Awards are co-sponsored by Universal Uclick and yielded a total of 177 entries in two categories: Editorial Cartoon and Comic Panel/Strip.

Cartoon entries were judged based on:

  • Reader impact
  • Community importance
  • Artistic quality
  • Originality, clarity of message

View the list of finalists here:
http://nspa.studentpress.org/winners/cartoon10.html

Places (First, Second, Third and Honorable Mentions) will be announced for the first time at the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention on Nov. 13 in Kansas City. Comments from all judging teams will be published on the NSPA website after the winners have been announced.

Please contact Kathy Huting, NSPA Contest and Critique Coordinator, with questions at kathy@studentpress.org.