American Society of Newspaper Editors and
Quill and Scroll 2008 International
Writing and Photo Contest

GOLD KEYS and the opportunity to apply for $5,000 in college journalism scholarships were awarded to 277 writers and photographers in the American Society of Newspaper Editors and Quill and Scroll 2008 International Writing, Photography Contest.

A total of 3,258 entries were received for the 2008 contest (which includes 25 disqualified entries) in all 12 categories for a total of 236 entries selected as national winners.

Sweepstakes winners (except in the In-Depth Team category where each student will receive a special certificate) and the school will receive a plaque. All individual winners will recieve a Gold Key.

Gold Key winners are eligible as seniors to apply for one of the Edward J. Nell or George and Ophelia Gallup Memorial Scholarships in Journalism.

The professional journalists who served as judges remarked about the high overall quality of the entries.

Available Fall 2008: The 2008 Writing and Photo Contest CD, featuring more than 80 images of winning entries. To order the 2008 CD, or CDs from past years, download an order form, or contact Quill and Scroll for more information.

St. Charles, MO - Francis Howell Central HS - Sports Photo Sweepstakes Winner

Kelly Snider,
Francis Howell Central HS
St. Charles, MO
Sports Photo

Sweepstakes Winners

EDITORIAL

  • KELSEY ZENNA
    Roxbury HS
    Succasunna, NJ
EDITORIAL CARTOON
  • ALEX ROWE
    Salpointe Catholic HS
    Tucson, AZ
NEWS STORY
  • GABRIEL BUMP
    University HS
    Chicago, IL
PHOTO - NEWS/FEATURE
  • DOMINIQUE HAMILTON
    Francis Howell North HS
    St. Charles, MO
PHOTO - SPORTS
  • KELLY SNIDER
    Francis Howell Central HS
    St. Charles, MO
FEATURE STORY
  • MELISSA HERBERT
    West Brook HS
    Beaumont, TX
GENERAL COLUMNS
  • MATT MYERS
    Lakota East HS
    Liberty Township, OH
REVIEW
  • LILY MUNTZING
    Henry W. Grady HS
    Atlanta, GA
IN-DEPTH INDIVIDUAL
  • AMY HOLIDAY
    Granite Bay HS
    Granite Bay, CA
IN-DEPTH TEAM
  • KIM AMEDRO, IAN BOWNMAN-HENDERSON, MAGGIE BROWN,
    KATHERINE COONEY, SARAH MASSEY, KELLY MUENCHEN,
    GRAYLYN ROOSE, LIZ TRENTMAN
    Lakota East HS
    Liberty Township, OH
ADVERTISING
  • KAYDEN HORWITZ
    Grand Junction HS
    Grand Junction, CO
SPORTS STORY
  • TOM HASKIN
    Newton South HS
    Newton, MA

National Winners

[*Sweepstakes Winner, #Double Winner in a category, ^Triple Winner in a category]

ALABAMA

  • Tuscaloosa - Northridge HS - Maggie Bell, Feature Story; Jodi Lee, Editorial Cartoon, General Columns
ARIZONA
  • Sedona - Sedona Red Rock H - Sara Alcazar, News Story; Brenna Garland, Editorial
  • Tucson - Salpointe Catholic HS - Alex Rowe, General Columns; Alex Yang, News/Feature Photo
ARKANSAS
  • Bryant - Bryant HS - Chelsey Brummett, News/Feature Photo; Veronica Heatherly, General Columns; Gareth Patterson, Sports Photo; Courtney Taylor, General Columns; Alyx VanNess, Review
  • Ft. Smith - Southside HS - Carol Baker, Advertising
CALIFORNIA
  • Granite Bay - Granite Bay HS - Amy Holiday, In-Depth Individual; Kealy Jaynes, News Story; Becky Peterson, Editorial; Becca Schmidt, Sports Photo; Tim Uy, Review
  • Garden Grove - Bolsa Grande HS - Alex Le, General Columns; Jenny C. Nguyen, General Columns; Kim Nguyen, Editorial Cartoon;
  • Lafayette - Acalanes HS - Mike Kimble, Sports Story
  • Lafayette - Bentley HS - Katherine Friedman, In-Depth Individual; Nick Sullivan, Sports Photo
  • Lake Forest - El Toro HS - Andrea Kalsow, Review; Jason Kehe, Review, Editorial
  • Los Angeles - Marlborough HS - Lorraine Lee, Editorial
  • Los Angeles - Shalhevet HS - Micah Gottlieb, News Story
  • North Hollywood - Harvard-Westlake HS - Danielle Kolin, Feature Story; Esther Zuckerman, Feature Story
  • Santa Cruz - Georgiana Bruce Kirby Preparatory School - Naomi Barshi, In-Depth Team; Elisabeth Deogracias, In-Depth Team, General Column; Zach Geske, In-Depth Team; Bonnie Horgos, In-Depth Team Alison Maupin, In-Depth Team; Victor Minden, In-Depth Team; Mona Moraru, In-Depth Team; Olivia Murphy, In-Depth Team; Dirk Orser, In-Depth Team; Danielle Staffen, In-Depth Team; Moreah Walker, In-Depth Team
COLORADO
  • Colorado Springs - Widefield HS - Noah Schroeder, General Columns
  • Grand Junction - Grand Junction HS; Shandie Case, In-Depth Individual; Nick Powell, Review
  • Highland Ranch - Rock Canyon HS - Kate Jones, Feature Story; Max Rowe, Sports Photo ; Susie Typher, General Columns
FLORIDA
  • Miami - Dr. Michael Krop HS - Maika Abramoff, In-Depth Individual; Zahra Arbabi-Aski, News Story; Jared Gorfinkel, Feature Story; Nicole Lulinski, Editorial Cartoon; Danielle Rodriguez, Sports Story
  • West Palm Beach - AW Dreyfoos School of the Arts - Natalie Cerabino, Advertising; Zoe Friedland, Review
GEORGIA
  • Atlanta - Henry W. Grady HS - Charlotte Christopher, News/Feature Photo; Chris Collier, News Story; Daniel Mathews, News/Feature Photo; Kayci Schoon, General Columns; Juliana Strack, News/Feature Photo
  • Marietta - Wheeler HS - Kathryne Wood, News Story
IDAHO
    Boise, Borah HS Joy Wilson, In-Depth Individual
ILLINOIS
  • Barrington - Barrington HS - Zahra Walji, Editorial
  • Chicago - University HS - Gabe Bump, General Columns Amanda Pappas, Feature Story; Robin Shapiro, General Columns
  • Deerfield - Deerfield HS - Andy Rosenberg, Sports Story; Nick Solomon, Editorial Cartoon
  • Des Plaines - Maine West HS - Ellen Coogar, Feature Story; Chris Dadabo, Editorial; Sean Hansen, General Columns; Stephanie Nakano, General Columns
  • Huntley - Huntley HS - Alex Albanese, News Story; LaGrange, Lyons Township H; Jack Hostettler, Editorial Cartoon
  • Naperville - Naperville Central HS - JuJu Kim, Feature Story; Hannah Oppenheimer, Editorial, Feature Story
  • Normal - Normal Community HS; Kelsey Olsen, Feature Story
  • Rolling Meadows - Rolling Meadows HS; A.J. Fabianczyk, General Columns
  • Saint Charles - Saint Charles East HS - Charlie Tan Lim, News Story
  • West Chicago - Community HS - Oscar Grajeda, Feature Story
INDIANA
  • Bartlett - Bartlett HS - Bradley Williamson, Editorial Cartoon
  • Carmel - Carmel HS - Corey Bright, Editorial Cartoon; Katelin Carter, Sports Photo; Mary Queisser, Feature Story; Michael Wang, News Story; Sam Watermeier, Review
  • Indianapolis - Lawrence Central HS - Kristen Bailey, In-Depth Team Amanda Bowman, In-Depth Individual, In-Depth Team
  • Munster - Munster HS - Nicole Hong, General Columns, Feature Story
IOWA
  • Boone - Boone HS - Amelia Wilson, Editorial
  • Cedar Rapids - John F. Kennedy HS - Alex Busbee, Sports Story; Tammo Klaassen, Sports Photo; Ariana McLaughlin, News/Feature Photo*
  • Davenport - Davenport Central HS - Zack Bergman, In-Depth Team; Nick DeLaCruz, In-Depth Team; Deanna Deleon, In-Depth Team; Dominique Dickerson, In-Depth Team ; Sam Hayes, In-Depth Team ; Gabe Hearn, In-Depth Team
    • Romaro Houston, In-Depth Team; Courtney Lopez, In-Depth Team; Deric McDowell, In-Depth Team; Ellen Schwartz, In-Depth Team; David Whalen, In-Depth Team; Anna Williams, In-Depth Individual, In-Depth Team; Anthony Willis, Advertising
  • Davenport - Davenport West HS - Emily Kroening, In-Depth Team; Samantha Morrison, In-Depth Team; Baylee Rees, In-Depth Team
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  • strong>Iowa City - City HS - Nick Krob, General Columns
  • Johnston - Johnston HS - Amy Lovejoy, Feature Story; Kari Dockum, News Story; Julia Manning, Feature Story; Veronica Roshek, In-Depth Individual
  • Pleasant Hill - Southeast Polk HS - Ash Bruxvoort, Editorial*; Chris Jessen, General Columns
  • Washington - Washington HS - Katie Martins, News/Feature Photo
KANSAS
  • Goddard - Goddard HS - Sarah Jack, News Story; Joe Kester, Editorial Cartoon; Travis Richardson, Review
  • Holton - Holton HS - Nicole Yonke, News Story
  • Olathe - Olathe Northwest HS - Dylan Walker, Review
  • Overland Park - Shawnee Mission West Jason Ralston, Review
  • Prairie Village - Shawnee Mission East HS - Thomas Braslavsky, General Columns; Landon McDonald, Review; Libby Nachman, News Story; Stephen Nichols, Sports Story; Ren Li, Editorial Cartoon; Tim Shedor, Feature Story
  • Shawnee - Shawnee Mission Northwest HS; Matt Cunard, Sports Story; Sarita Gusman, Feature Story; Jayson Jenks, Sports Story; Carley Shinn, Review
MARYLAND
  • Rockville - Rockville HS - Marcus Lima, Sports Photo
MASSACHUSETTS
  • Newton - Newton South HS - Jemma Benson, In-Depth Team#; Tom Haskin, In-Depth Team#; Katie Sanders, Feature Story; Nathan Yeo, Sports Story
  • Newtonville - Newton North HS - Laura Nichols, News/Feature Photo; Eric Weil, General Columns
  • Northborough - Algonquin Regional HS - Alexis Morin, Editorial
  • West Springfield - West Springfield HS - Angela Costanzi, News Story
  • Woburn - Woburn Memorial HS - Jennifer Clifford, News Story; Sarah Kelley, General Columns
MICHIGAN
  • Beverly Hills - Detroit County Day School - Thomas Varner, Sports Story
  • Grosse Pointe Farms - Grosse Pointe South HS - Daniel Dickson, News Story; Michelle Martinelli, General Columns
  • St. Clair Shores - South Lake HS - Katie Alfonsi, Advertising; Stephen Cavanagh, Editorial Cartoon; Jennifer MacDonald, In-Depth Individual
  • Sterling Heights - Stevenson HS - Cayla VanHulle, Feature Story
MINNESOTA
  • Minneapolis - Minnehaha Academy - Alana Patrick, Sports Story; Lauren Ehlers, Feature Story
MISSOURI
  • Clayton - Clayton HS - Gila Hoffman, Sports Story; Nava Kantor, General Columns
  • Kansas City - Notre Dame de Sion - Chesney Thompson, Review
  • Kansas City - Oak Park HS - Petre Thomas, Sports Photo
  • - Kirkwood HS - Jenna Jackson, News/Feature Photo; Tony Moore, Editorial
  • Maryland Heights - Pattonville HS - Amy Fleig, News Story
  • St. Charles - Francis Howell North HS - Jon Henderson, Editorial Cartoon; Mandy Palmer, Sports Photo; Amy Qualls, Sports Story; Zach Vicars, Editorial, Feature Story
  • Wildwood - Lafayette HS - Nick Elwood, General Columns
MONTANA
  • Boulder - Jefferson HS - Andrew Hooper, In-Depth Team; Jill Jackson, In-Depth Team
NEBRASKA
  • Bellevue - Bellevue West HS - Bri Tarpey, Editorial
  • Omaha - Marian HS - Ehiamen Okoruwa, Feature Story; Alia Conley, Sports Story; Joanna Kroll, Editorial Cartoon; Neil Orians, General Columns; Patrick Ascherl, Sports Story
NEW HAMPSHIRE
  • Concord - Concord HS - Morgan Mitera, Feature Story
NEW JERSEY
  • Succasaunna - Roxbury HS - Lyndsie Moran, In-Depth Individual; Zac Garripoli, News Story; Ted Koutsoubas, Sports Photo
NEW YORK
  • Commack - Commack HS - Chirag Panchal, News/Feature Photo
  • Hewlett - Hewlett HS - Hira Ahmed, In-Depth Team; Sam Dix, In-Depth Team; Brittany Frankel, In-Depth Team; Amanda Villani, In-Depth Team; Wesbury, W. Tresper Clarke HS; Mirzya Syed, General Columns
NORTH CAROLINA
  • Hendersonville - West Henderson HS -Veronica Brown, Editorial; Courtney Holland, News Story
NORTH DAKOTA
  • Bismarck - Century HS - Josh Christman, General Columns; Greg Hilzendeger, Sports Story Kelsy Johnson, Sports Story; Greg Larson, General Columns, Sports Story
OHIO
  • Liberty Township - Lakota East HS - Ian Bowman-Henderson, General Columns; Allison Cargill, Advertising; Katherine Cooney, Feature Story; Kylie Culp, In-Depth Team; Rachel Dinan, In-Depth Team; Allison Hart, Sports; Jessica Huizenga, Sports Story; Amrita Jagpal, In-Depth Team; Morgan Namian, Sports Story, Feature Story; Aimee Peng, News Story; Becky Trentman, In-Depth Team; Kristen Whaley, Sports Story; Heidi Yang, Editorial Cartoon
PENNSYLVANIA
  • Lehighton - Times News - Charles Hansler, General Columns#
RHODE ISLAND
  • Lincoln - Lincoln HS - Max Henault, Editorial
TENNESSEE
  • Bartlett - Bartlett HS - Nora Alhussaini, Editorial; Elizabeth Stell, Review
TEXAS
  • Arlington - Sam Houston HS; Ashley-Crystal Firstley, Editorial
  • Austin - Westlake HS - Chris Hunt, Editorial; Daniel Reese, Sports Photo, News/Feature Photo*; Katy Roden, Sports Story; Rachel Wright, News Story
  • Crandall - Crandall HS - Tori Black, In-Depth Individual Megan Goodson, In-Depth Individual; Chase Wade, General Columns
  • Duncanville - Duncanville HS - Erica Dominguez, In-Depth Team; Ashley Hensley, Sports Photo, News/Feature Photo; Deanna Kelley, Sports Story; Katie Milewski, In-Depth Team, Feature Story; Luke Olson, Sports Photo; Shelly Williams, News Story
  • Houston - Cypress Falls HS - Alex Benito, News/Feature Photo; April Cunningham, News/Feature Photo; Andy Tittle, Sports Photo
  • Houston - Jersey Village HS - Beth Pierce, Editorial
  • San Antonio - San Antonio Christian HS - Allison Fisher, News/Feature Photo
  • Spring - Klein Collins HS - Erin Jentz, In-Depth Individual
  • Texarkana - Pleasant Grove HS - John Bird, Sports Photo
VIRGINIA
  • Alexandria - Thomas Jefferson HS for Science and Technology - Lisa Kong, Sports Photo; Karl Sofinowski, Editorial Cartoon
  • McLean - Langley HS - Meghan Gaffney, Editorial Cartoon
WASHINGTON
  • Everson - Nooksack Valley HS - Nastacia Goodwin, General Columns
  • Gig Harbor - Peninsula HS - Taylor G Buck, News Story; Ian Clark, General Columns
WISCONSIN
  • Stoughton - Stoughton HS - MacKenzie Heinrichs, Editorial Cartoon; Hillary Johnson, Sports Story; Olivia Moe, Editorial; Neil Morris, General Columns; Ada Smith, Sports Story
  • Wauwatosa - Wauwatosa East HS - Ben Grauer, Editorial Cartoon

[*Sweepstakes Winner, #Double Winner in a category, ^Triple Winner in a category]