Congrats to August/September monthly contest winners!

Congratulations to the winners of the August/September 2016 KSPA monthly contest.

Blue Valley West High School earned the most awards in August/September. They earned three first places, one second place and three third places. Blue Valley High School, Lawrence High School and Pittsburg High School all tied for second most awards with four awards each.

Deadline for October submissions is October 31.

Sports Writing

1st Place: Jonah Park of Blue Valley West High School http://tinyurl.com/jbsu8tu
2nd Place: Courtney Carpenter of Blue Valley High School http://tinyurl.com/hpogrnn
3rd Place: Kaegan Cowan of Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School http://tinyurl.com/zn6crgl

Features Writing

1st Place: Courtney McClelland of Shawnee Mission East High School http://tinyurl.com/htajy87
2nd Place: Mikaela Schmitt, Rachel Pickett, Jesse Hoffman of Blue Valley West High School http://tinyurl.com/j6mmo7n
3rd Place: Trina Paul of Pittsburg High School http://tinyurl.com/hy9ff8q

News Writing

1st Place: Grace Chisholm of Shawnee Mission East High School http://tinyurl.com/jtrljcs
2nd Place: Alison Booth, Abby Layton of Mill Valley High School http://tinyurl.com/hljuntg
3rd Place: Macy Landes, Lawrence High School http://tinyurl.com/z4cbqso

Opinion Writing

1st Place: Trina Paul of Pittsburg High School http://tinyurl.com/zads4jv
2nd Place: Justin Blythe of Pittsburg High School http://tinyurl.com/hpw84u7
3rd Place: Julie Freijat of Blue Valley High School http://tinyurl.com/gp4h3rv

Academics Photo

1st Place: Nathaniel Thompson of Shawnee Mission Northwest High School

2nd Place: Anna Dutton of Bonner Springs High School

3rd Place: Jack Oxley of Blue Valley Northwest High School

Infographic

1st Place: Alison Booth, Jakob Twigg of Mill Valley High School

2nd Place: Emily Brecht of Maize High School

3rd Place:Cora O’Brien, Abbey Fox of Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School

Photo Illustration

1st Place: Courtney Carpenter of Blue Valley High School

2nd Place: Sabria Zlitni of Bonner Springs High School

3rd Place: Alivia Benedict, Amanda Bourbina of Pittsburg High School

Multimedia News

1st Place: JagWire Staff of Mill Valley High School http://www.mvnews.org/escape-to-rio/
2nd Place: Xiqing Wang of Blue Valley Northwest High School http://tinyurl.com/z9dlopd
3rd Place: Hannah Holladay of Blue Valley West High School http://tinyurl.com/jh4kzuf

Sports Photo

1st Place: Adam Cole of Topeka High School

2nd Place: Bryce Rex of Shawnee Mission Northwest High School

3rd Place: Kaitlin Comstock of Blue Valley West High School

Student Life & News Photo

1st Place: Nathaniel Thompson of Shawnee Missions Northwest

2nd Place: Morgan Taylor of St. Thomas Aquinas High School

3rd Place: Ian Jones of Lawrence High School

Video News

1st Place: Quinlyn LaFon, Celina Wehr of Blue Valley Southwest High School https://vimeo.com/182691750
2nd Place: Griffen Nelson of Lawrence High School http://tinyurl.com/jvbf9t9
3rd Place: Rebecca Lassen, McKenna Patchen, Coley Sullivan of Blue Valley West High School https://vimeo.com/185018582

Portrait/Personality Photo

1st Place: Ryan Barrett of Blue Valley West High School

2nd Place: Cesar Ramos-Ortiz of Junction City High School

3rd Place: Cesar Ramos-Ortiz of Junction City High School

Yearbook Copy

1st Place: Gabrielle Brazzell of Shawnee Mission South High School http://tinyurl.com/z6f7247
2nd Place: Joe Baldwin of Shawnee Mission North High School http://tinyurl.com/zzfat7q
3rd Place: Ally Martin of Blue Valley Southwest High School http://tinyurl.com/zk3ulyu