Congratulations to the amazing students who represented Kansas student journalism at the 2023 Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Boston! Below is a list of Kansas students and schools who took home hardware in Boston. We’re proud that Kansas continues to lead the way in showcasing some of the best student journalism in the nation. 

Below you can scroll through Kansas winners in the NSPA Individual Awards, Best of Show contest and Fall 2023 Pacemaker winners. 

Individual Awards

Portfolio of the Year

Photojournalist of the Year

Fourth Place
Macy Crosser
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Writer of the Year

First Place
Katie Murphy
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Photo of the Year

News Photo

Second Place
Maggie Wells
Hauberk
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
If Not Now When

Feature Photo

Third Place
Kylie Chaplin
Hauberk
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Touch Ups

Sports Game/Action Photo

Honorable mention
Hiba Issawi
Horizon
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Victory 

Sports Feature Photo

First Place
Macy Crosser
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Loud From the Lane Lines

Second Place
Eva Berkley
Hauberk
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Unfair

Fourth Place
Maggie Wells
Hauberk
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Having Fun

Honorable Mention 
Teryn DeBey
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission North High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Caught Baseball

Environmental Portrait

Fifth Place
Carson Marquardt
Reflections
Blue Valley High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Roar

Story of the Year

Feature Story

First Place
Grace Logan
The Northwest Passage
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, Kansas
No Excuses

Fifth Place
Katie Murphy
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
American Dreaming

Honorable mention
Alex Cowdrey, Saraphina Wambi
The Express
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Unnoticed. Unaddressed. Uncovered.

Honorable mention
Lily Coash-Johnson
The Epic
Shawnee Mission West High School
Overland Park, Kansas
One in six

Editorial

Fourth Place
Katie Murphy
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Teachers With Tacticals?

Opinion

Fifth Place
Gage Chapman
The Mission
Shawnee Mission North High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Running With It

Broadcast Story of the Year

Broadcast Sports Story

Honorable Mention
Haley Barnard, Sydney Lampkin, Stahley Sears
OneMaize Media
Maize Career Academy
Maize, Kansas
Beyond takedowns and pins

Design of the Year

Newspaper Front Page

Fifth Place
Peyton Moore
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
The Heroes Among Us

Newspaper Page/Spread

Second Place
Francesca Stamati
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
What’s At Stake?

Newsmagazine Page/Spread

Third Place
Maya Copaken, Noel Mohamed
The Patriot
Shawnee Mission South High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Washed Out

Honorable Mention
Ren Park
The Patriot
Shawnee Mission South High School
Overland Park, Kansas
The Calorie Conundrum

Literary/Specialty Magazine Cover

Honorable Mention
Koen Myers
Red & Black
Lawrence High School
Lawrence, Kansas
Graffiti NOW

Literary/Specialty Magazine Page/Spread

Second Place
Koen Myers
Red & Black
Lawrence High School
Lawrence, Kansas
Seventeen

Fourth Place
Koen Myers
Red & Black
Lawrence High School
Lawrence, Kansas
Lost in Thought

Yearbook Spread

Third Place
Francie Garrison, Ella Yun
Hauberk
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
After the Disco

Honorable Mention
Payton Cook, Laurel Hansen
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission North High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Meet Your Pep Exec

Yearbook Theme Package

First Place
Marissa Buffon, Katie Burke, Brody Carlson, Danie Eaves, Sydney Jackson
Lair
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, Kansas
Sounds Like Us

Second Place
Maison Flory, Maeslyn Hamlin, Emily Hurd, Maya Smith
Red & Black
Lawrence High School
Lawrence, Kansas
Now.

Honorable Mention
Laurel Hansen, Rylie Peterson
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission North High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Understood

Informational Graphic

Honorable Mention
Laurel Hansen
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission North High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Bringing it Mahomes

Digital Story of the Year

Multimedia News Story

First Place
Katie Murphy
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
A New Extreme

Interactive Graphic

First Place
Aanya Bansal, Maggie Kissick
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Colorful Futures

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Reporting

Fifth Place
Alex Young
Lair
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, Kansas
Dear Little Me

Honorable Mention
Greyson Imm
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Discipline or Disrespect?

Local Climate Change Reporting

Fourth Place
Nafsiya Hafiz
The Express
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Fighting for Climate Justice

Best Use of Social Media

Social Media Reporting

Fourth Place
Staff
The Express
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas

Honorable Mention
Mia Vogel, Paige Zadoo
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Honorable Mention
Isabelle Blasdel, Kyler Sevart, Nathan Wituk, Lakin Zamorano
OneMaize Media
Maize Career Academy
Wichita, Kansas

Social Media Promotion 

Fifth Place
Mia Vogel, Paige Zadoo
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Honorable Mention
Isabelle Blasdel, Leah Brown, Avery Liedl, Nathan Wituk, Lakin Zamorano
OneMaize Media
Maize Career Academy
Wichita, Kansas

Editorial Cartoon of the Year

Fifth Place
Caroline Daniels
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Hazards of Tanning

Best of Show Awards

Newspaper/Newsmagazine Design

Eighth Place
Prajwal Adhikari
The Express
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Rocking the Rhythms

Yearbook Design

Tenth Place
Marin Adams
Horizon
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Climb to College

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Reporting

Tenth Place
Rishitha Bonthu, Saraphina Wambi
BVNWnews
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas
Challenging Stereotypes

Website (enrollment of fewer than 1,800)

Second Place
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Newspaper (enrollment of fewer than 1,800)

First Place
The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Yearbook (232-276 pages)

Second Place
Red and Black
Lawrence High School
Lawrence, Kansas

Newsmagazine (enrollment of fewer than 1,800)

Third Place
The Budget
Lawrence High School
Lawrence, Kansas

Fourth Place
The Express
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas

Yearbook (320-372 pages)

Third Place
Brickhouse
Shawnee Mission North High School
Overland Park, Kansas

Seventh Place
Heritage
Shawnee Mission South High School
Overland Park, Kansas

Yearbook (376+ pages)

First Place
Hauberk
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas

Third Place
Lair
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, Kansas

Seventh Place
Horizon
Blue Valley Northwest High School
Overland Park, Kansas

Fall Pacemakers

Newspaper/Newsmagazine Pacemakers

The Harbinger
Shawnee Mission East High School
Prairie Village, Kansas
Editors-in-chief: Peyton Moore, Francesca Stamati
Adviser: Dow Tate

Northwest Passage
Shawnee Mission Northwest High School
Shawnee, Kansas
Editors-in-chief: Grace Logan, Veronica Meiss
Adviser: Susan Massy