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Kansas Scholastic Press Association

Providing support and leadership in scholastic journalism

Kansas Scholastic Press Association

Providing support and leadership in scholastic journalism

Kansas Scholastic Press Association

September story winners announced

October 12, 2010

Kevin Simpson of Shawnee Mission East was judged first place in feature writing for his story of a senior's battle with cancer in the September KSPA Story of the Month contest. Andrew Goble, also from...

SM East, Blue Valley students win September contest

October 8, 2010

Emma Pennington of Shawnee Mission East was judged first place for newsmagazines and Jordan McEntee of Blue Valley High School was awarded first place in newspapers for the innaugural Design of the Month...

Baseball photo wins April contest for SM Northwest freshman

May 10, 2010

[nggallery id=19] Brittany Bonsignore's baseball photo caught the eye of University of Kansas journalism faculty in April, and the Shawnee Mission Northwest freshman won KSPA's final Photo of the Month...

SM Northwest designer creates winning ‘Warcraft’ page

May 7, 2010

Annie Unruh of the Lair yearbook at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School has won the April Story of the Month contest, which focused on yearbook page design. Unruh's winning work, which will be pages...

SM Northwest student wins March contest with swim photo

April 9, 2010

[nggallery id=18] Hannah Williams of Shawnee Mission Northwest won Best in Show in the March Photo of the Month contest with her shot of a fellow Northwest student practicing the butterfly stroke at a...

‘Amigos’ layout wins design contest for SM East students

April 7, 2010

Katie Kulaga and Gaby Thompson's two-page news magazine spread depicting students' summer volunteerĀ  work in Honduras was judged Best in Show and won the Shawnee Mission East students the next-to-last...

SM North photo of JROTC inspection wins February contest

March 5, 2010

[nggallery id=15] Megan Reilly of Shawnee Mission North won KSPA's February Photo of the Month contest for her beautifully stark and poignant photograph of a Naval Junior ROTC student undergoing inspection....

KSPA adds monthly photo contest

Claire McInerny, KSPA Staff September 3, 2009

Starting September 2009, KSPA begins its Photo of the Month contest, a monthly contest for high school photographers that is similar to the Story of the Month competition. President-Elect and Contest...

Monthly competitions help students hone skills

August 16, 2009

KSPA is expanding its traditional "Story of the Month" competition to include monthly photo contests. The new Photo of the Month contest builds on what was just a single contest to encourage student...

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