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Check out the winners of the KSPA monthly contest below. Seventeen different schools collected on 46 awards from yearbook copy to video news.

The biggest winners? Staff members from Blue Valley Southwest and Shawnee Mission East each earned four awards. And from Shawnee Mission North and Pittsburg High School, there were 6 award winners.

Congrats to all of the staffs, advisers and students represented below!

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Academics Photo

• 1st Place         Blue Valley Southwest High School Madison Leighty

• 2nd Place       Shawnee Mission West         Rachel Harvey

• 3rd Place        Shawnee Mission South       Katie Imes

Feature Story

• 1st Place        Blue Valley High School        Ifrah Sayyada, Maddie Davis, Gennifer Geer, Riley Miller, Megan Hegarty and Courtney Carpenter
• 2nd Place       Pittsburg High School           Alli Baden and Joshua Lee
• 3rd Place        Lawrence Free State Kyra Haas and Ryan Liston

Infographic Design

• 1st Place         Shawnee Mission Northwest           Paden Chesney

• 2nd Place       Blue Valley High School        Alli Williams

• 3rd Place        Shawnee Mission East          Tyler Keys

News Publication Design

• 1st Place         Blue Valley Southwest          Kate Bowling

• 2nd Place       Pittsburg High School           Reagan Rink

• 3rd Place        Shawnee Mission East          Ellie Cook

News Story

• 1st Place         Shawnee Mission East          Tommy Sherk
• 2nd Place       Lawrence Free State Maddie Birchfield and Ryan Liston
• 3rd Place        Blue Valley Southwest          Margo Johnson

Online-Only Story

• 1st Place         Shawnee Mission Northwest           Staff
• 2nd Place       Blue Valley Northwest          Zac Johnson
• 3rd Place        Lawrence Free State Ryan Liston

Opinion Writing

• 1st Place         Pittsburg High School           Joseph Mathew
• 2nd Place       Blue Valley West       Rebecca Abraham
• 3rd Place        Shawnee Mission East          Daisy Bolin

Photo Illustration

• 1st Place         Blue Valley Southwest          Londyn Bogseth

• 2nd Place       Pittsburg High School           Abby Harris

• 3rd Place        Shawnee Mission South       Katie Imes

Profile/Portrait Photo

• 1st Place         Pittsburg High School           Miranda Moore

• 2nd Place       Blue Valley West       Alisha Forsythe

• 3rd Place        Blue Valley High School        Sophia Ragomo

Sports Photo

• 1st Place         Holton High School    Brian Nelson

• 2nd Place       Shawnee Mission North       Daisy Bobbit

• 3rd Place        Lawrence Free State High School    Caitlin Dodd

Sports Story

• 1st Place         Pittsburg High School           Joshua Lee and Miranda Moore
• 2nd Place      Blue Valley West       Ethan Paine
• 3rd Place        Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School   Monica Davied

Student Life Photo

• 1st Place         Blue Valley Northwest          Jenny Lu

• 2nd Place       Shawnee Mission North       Kayla Dailey

• 3rd Place        Shawnee Mission North       Paige Miller

Video News

• 1st Place         Blue Valley Southwest          Justin Hicklin and Zach Keeling
• 2nd Place       Mill Valley High School         Savannah Rudicel
• 3rd Place        Mill Valley High School         Brady Rolig

Yearbook Copy

• 1st Place         Shawnee Mission Northwest           Camryn McDonald, Mallory Baker, Alyssa Gamba & Delaney Mirocke
• 2nd Place       Shawnee Mission South       Emily Wollard
• 3rd Place        Shawnee Mission North       Katelyn Joseph

Yearbook Spread Design

• 1st Place         Shawnee Mission North       Joe Roubinek

•  2nd Place       Shawnee Mission North       Bridget Wray

• 3rd Place        Free State High School          Ella Spillman and Samantha Travis

• 3rd Place        Free State High School          Samantha Travis and Mckenzie Goodack