The Kansas Scholastic Press Association congratulates Shawnee Mission East senior Riley Atkinson on winning the statewide honor of the 2021 Kansas Student Journalist of the Year. Atkinson is co-editor-in-chief of the Harbinger Online, the school’s news website. The overall winner is chosen among the winners of three different enrollment classifications:…...
Congratulations to the December 2020-January 2021 monthly contest winners!
Blue Valley Northwest High School was the overall winner with eight awards. Mill Valley High School and Pittsburg High School tied for second place earning seven each. Video 1st Place: Megan Ta, Victor Nguyen from Maize Career Academy 2nd Place: Mary Grace Liew-Nguyen, Megan Ta, Emma Taylor from Maize Career…...
Unveiling the 2020 All-Kansas Yearbook winners
Congratulations to the following KSPA-member yearbook staffs who earned All-Kansas yearbook status in the 2020 All-Kansas critiques. As of December 17, our judges have critiqued at total of 45 books and awarded 22 All-Kansas awards. Judges were supplied a critique booklet and a copy of the yearbook in October. The…...
Congratulations to the November monthly contest winners!
Blue Valley Northwest High School was the overall winner with six awards. Lawrence High School, Mill Valley High School and Shawnee Mission East High School tied for second place earning five each. Video 1st Place: Kelli Marshall, Katie Pittman from Blue Valley Southwest High School 2nd Place: Lawder DeSantis from…...
Congratulations to the August-September monthly contest winners!
Blue Valley High School earned the most awards in August-September with eight awards. Shawnee Mission East High School was right behind earning seven awards. Video 1st Place: Sydney Williams from Shawnee Mission East High School 2nd Place: Nityanta Saripalli from Blue Valley Southwest High School 3rd Place: Molly Wenzel from…...
ADVISERS: please respond to our new year
A letter from executive director Eric Thomas During our most recent KSPA board meeting, the board members were joking about the cliches that have come from this pandemic. Events are “unprecedented.” Every organization is “pivoting” and then finding “the new normal.” When events can’t be “socially distanced,” they must be…...
Congratulations to the April monthly contest winners!
Blue Valley Northwest High School earned the most awards in April with ten awards. Mill Valley High School was right behind earning seven awards. Video 1st Place: Lily Torres from Blue Valley Northwest 2nd Place: Ethan Schenkel, Victor Nguyen, Megan Ta from Maize Career Academy 3rd Place: Aaron Avery from…...
Announcing the 2020 All-Kansas publications
Congratulations to the following KSPA-member staffs for earning All-Kansas status for their news publications, news websites and video news publications. This year, our judges critiqued a total of 29 news publications, 12 news websites and four video news publications. 19 of those publications were awarded with All-Kansas distinction. Completed electronic…...