NSPA Pacemakers/ All American
- Panorama Newsmagazine won a Pacemaker award, which is the top award a publication can receive. The Pacemaker signifies top quality and innovation.
- The Rambler Yearbook was named a Pacemaker finalist.
- The Melodrama Literary Magazine was named a Pacemaker finalist.
- Panorama and Rambler were named All-American with 4 marks of distinction.
CSPA Crown Awards
- Both the Panorama Newsmagazine and the Rambler Yearbook were named Gold Crown recipients.
Best of Show: Nashville Fall 2026
- ID placed fourth for Specialty Magazine in the fall 2025 JEA/NSPA national convention.
- Panorama placed fourth for Newsmagazine in the fall 2025 JEA/NSPA national convention.
- Rambler placed fourth for Yearbook in the fall 2025 JEA/NSPA national convention.
- Melodrama placed fifth in Best of Show for Literary Magazine in the fall 2025 JEA/NSPA national convention.
- Claire Zhang placed sixth in Feature Story Writing.
- Rylie Dolan placed seventh in Yearbook Spread Design.
- Vincent Hsiao placed ninth in Editorial Leadership.
- Margaret Myckatyn placed 10th in Newsmagazine Spread Design.
Best of Show: Minneapolis
- Announced in the spring 2026
National Scholastic Press Association Individual Awards (presented in Nashville, Fall 2025)
- Fiona Van Allen was named Artist of the Year.
- Celina Zhou earned an honorable mention in the Designer of the Year competition.
- Madeline Fong, Nathan King and Ira Rodrigues placed second in Local Climate Change Reporting with “A Greener World.”
- Vincent Hsiao placed second in Spread Design with “Full Throttle.”
- Josh Devine and Madeline Awad placed third in Infographic Design with “Game, Set, Pickle.”
- Vincent Hsiao earned an honorable mention in Environmental Portrait with “Triple Threat.“
- Maya Mathew earned an honorable mention in Cover Design with “ID.”
National Scholastic Press Association Individual Awards (presented in Minneapolis, spring 2026)
- Announced spring 2026
Best of SNO
- Madeline Fong won a Best of SNO award with Math Club Reflects on Going Viral.
- Sydney Gao won a Best of SNO award with Making a Move.
- Victoria Derdoy won a Best of SNO award with Keys to Excellence.
- Josie Stout won a Best of SNO award with Signed: Nunes.
- Madeline Fong won a Best of SNO award with When Justice Comes Knocking.
- Ira Rodrigues won a Best of SNO award with Twin it to Win it.
- Claire Zhang won a Best of SNO award with Serving Others.
- Josie Stout won a Best of SNO award with Vibrant by Design.
Quill and Scroll National Honor Society (presented in Minniapolis)
Missouri Awards 2026
- Vincent Hsiao was named the Missouri Student Journalist of the Year.
- Annabelle Reagan was named to the Missouri All State Team.
- Emery Mao earned an All Missouri in Cartoon with “Head of Science”
- Celina Zhou earned an All Missouri in Double Truck Design with “When is enough enough?”
- Celina Zhou earned an All Missouri in Editorial with “When is enough enough?”
- Annabelle Reagan earned an All Missouri in Feature Story with “Passion Meets Purpose”
- Josh Devine, Celina Zhou earned an All Missouri in Overall Newsmag.
- Vincent Hsiao earned an All Missouri in Portrait with “Taking Flight”
- Sarmistha Pulagam earned an All Missouri in Portrait with “The Face Behind the Robot”
- Vincent Hsiao earned an All Missouri in Portrait with “Roll with It”
- Vincent Hsiao earned an All Missouri in Sports Action Photo with “Get ‘Em Down”
- Vincent Hsiao earned an All Missouri in Student Life Photo with “On Top of the World”
- Luke Ye earned an All Missouri in Yearbook Non-Traditional Design with “Week 1”
- Kayla Chan, Giselle Stoeva earned an All Missouri in Yearbook Sports Spread Design with “Football”
- Ivana Todorova earned an All Missouri in Yearbook Student Life Spread Design with “Homecoming”
- Margaret Myckatyn, Sophie Cowlen earned a Superior in Double Truck Design with “By the Numbers”
- Vincent Hsiao earned a Superior in News Photo with “Hands Up”
- Rambler earned a Superior in Overall Theme with “What’s it for you?”
- Margaret Myckatyn earned an Excellent in Double Truck Design with “More than a Dance”
- In-Depth staff earned an Excellent in In Depth News Story with “Runaway Train”
- Luke Ye earned an Excellent in Sports Feature/Reaction Photo with “Squad Up”
- Avery Murray, Lucy Dempsey earned a Excellent in Yearbook Sports Spread Design with “Volleyball”
- Vincent Hsiao earned an Honorable Mention in Sports Feature/Reaction Photo with “Flipping Out”
- Elizabeth Birchfield earned an Honorable Mention in Yearbook Non-Traditional Design with “Week 10”
- Emily Rosen earned an Honorable Mention in Yearbook Specialty Design with “Student Life Divider”
JEA National Student Media Contests Fall 2025 in Nashville
- Fiona Van Allen won Superior in Literary Magazine: Illustration
- Rylie Dolan won Superior in Yearbook Copy/Caption: Academics
- Madeline Awad won Superior in Review Writing
- Madeline Fong earned an Excellent in Broadcast Newswriting
- Aiyana Ungacta earned an Excellent in First-Year Photo
- Katie Jansen earned an Excellent in Literary Magazine Poetry
- Laken Hadley earned an Excellent in Yearbook Layout: Inside Pages
- Meagan Zimmerman earned an Excellent in Yearbook Copy/Caption: Student Life
- Josh Devine earned an Excellent in Press Law and Ethics
- Celina Zhou earned an Excellent in Newsmagazine Layout
- Adelaide Flintrop earned an Excellent in Commentary Writing
- Luke Ye earned an Honorable Mention in Photography Portfolio
- Sydney Gao earned an Honorable Mention in Yearbook Cover/Endsheets
- Ivana Todorova earned an Honorable Mention in Yearbook Copy/Caption: Sports
- Tiya Kaul earned an Honorable Mention in Newspaper Layout
- Isaac Zelinske earned an Honorable Mention in News Editing/Headline/Current Events
- Emery Mao earned an Honorable Mention in Editorial Cartooning
- Mason Eastman earned an Honorable Mention in Sports Writing
- Marie Demkovitch earned an Honorable Mention in Newswriting
JEA National Student Media Contests Spring 2026 in Minneapolis
- Announced in April 2026
Clips and Clicks Spring 2025 (awarded in August 2025)
- Panorama placed fifth overall
- Vincent Hsiao placed first in Magazine Design.
- Loukya Gillella, Adela Gingrich, Grace Kweon, Alzhraa Mahmoud and Celina Zhou placed first in Newsmagazine Spread Design.
- Maya Mathew placed first for Magazine Cover.
- Madeline Fong placed first in Literary Magazine Spread Design.
- Josh Devine and Madeline Awad placed fifth in Infographic Design.
- Aaron Lin placed fifth in Features Story.
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