All-Colorado History of Awards
A quick recap
The All-Colorado Awards grow from our All-Colorado Critique service, which began in the summer of 2011 (the first website critiques were offered in 2012). Printed materials are mailed to judges across the country, and links are shared for online (including hybrid) and video. The critique cost is included in CSMA membership.
Judges are asked to assign an overall rating to each medium judged, and school size or classification are not considered. The theory is that the standards are the standards, and that any size school can reach those standards.
The top rating is All-Colorado, with the Award of Commendation being given the next tier of entries, and the Award of Merit assigned to the third tier. Every student medium that enters receives an award certificate, with the distribution during the J-Day awards ceremony each fall.
2023 Awards
| Arapahoe High School | Arapahoe Sports Network | Broadcast | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Bell Middle School | Bobcat News | Broadcast | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Castle View High School | CVTV | Broadcast | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Cherokee Trail High School | CTTV | Broadcast | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Coronado High School | KUGR-TV | Broadcast | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Dakota Ridge High School | The Ridge Review | Broadcast | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Frederick High School | Golden Eagle Broadcast Network | Broadcast | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Grandview High School | Grandview TV | Broadcast | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Lewis-Palmer High School | LPTV | Broadcast | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Monarch High School | KYOT | Broadcast | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Overland High School | OTV | Broadcast | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Rampart High School | KRAM | Broadcast | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Regis Jesuit High School | RJTV | Broadcast | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Cherry Creek High School | The Union Street Journal | Hybrid | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Delta High School | The Delta Paw Print | Hybrid | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Arapahoe High School | Warrior Media | Online | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Cherokee Trail High School | cthstoday.org | Online | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Cheyenne Mountain High School | The Mountain News | Online | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Conifer High School | CHSToday.net | Online | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Dakota Ridge High School | The Cord News | Online | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Fairview High School | Online Royal Banner & FHS Publications social media | Online | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Fossil Ridge High School | Etched in Stone | Online | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Frederick High School | Frederick Lantern | Online | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Grand Junction High School | Orange & Black Online | Online | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Grandview High School | The Grandview Chronicle | Online | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Littleton High School | The Lions’ Roar Now | Online | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Manitou Springs High School | The Prospector | Online | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Mead High School | The Mav | Online | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Monarch High School | Mohi Mix | Online | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Rock Canyon High School | The Rock Online | Online | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Thomas B. Doherty High School | TheSpartan.org | Online | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Arapahoe High School | The Arapahoe Herald | Commendation | 2022-2023 | |
| Caprock Academy | The Eagles Quill | Merit | 2022-2023 | |
| Castle View High School | The View | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 | |
| Cheyenne Mountain High School | The Mountain News Senior Issue | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 | |
| Fairview High School | The Royal Banner | Commendation | 2022-2023 | |
| Grand Junction High School | Orange & Black | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 | |
| Monarch High School | The Mix | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 | |
| Mountain Vista High School | Eagle Eye | Merit | 2022-2023 | |
| Regis Jesuit High School | Elevate Magazine | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 | |
| Arapahoe High School | The Calumet | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Arvada High School | Arvadan | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Arvada West High School | The Claw | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Ascent Classical Academy Douglas County | Defensor | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Brighton High School | Reflections | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Castle Rock Middle School | Through the Eyes of a Blue Knight | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Castle View High School | Vieo | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Centaurus High School | Yearbook | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Chaparral High School | Golden Images | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Cherokee Trail High School | The Legend | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Cimarron Middle School | Our Tale | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Colorado Academy | Telesis | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Conifer High School | Canis lupus | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| D’Evelyn Jr/Sr High School | Own It | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Delta High School | Green and Black | Yearbook | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Drake Middle School | Lair | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Eagle Valley High School | Devil’s Diary | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Eaton High School | The Eatonian | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Elizabeth High School | The Relic | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Ellicott Middle School | Ellicott Middle School Yearbook | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Euclid Middle School | Elements | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Fairview High School | The Lance | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Falcon Creek Middle School | Middle School Yearbook | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Frontier Academy High School | Now or Never | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Grand Junction High School | Tiger | Yearbook | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Grandview High School | The View | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Hinkely High School | Contrails | Yearbook | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Janitell Junior High School | Back but Bolder | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Legacy High School | The Legacy | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Legend High School | Epic | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Littleton High School | Cor Lionis 2024 | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Longmont High School | Priam | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Mesa Ridge High School | Join the Digital Conversation | Yearbook | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Monarch High School | Mosaic | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Mountain Vista High School | Aerie | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Odyssey Early College and Career Options | The Flame | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Overland High School | Trail | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Palmer Ridge High School | Epilogue Yearbook | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Pine Creek High School | Talon | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Ponderosa High School | Eques | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Powell Middle School | The Prowl | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Rampart High School | Rampages | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Ranch View Middle School | Paw Prints Yearbook | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Regis Jesuit High School | Concordia | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Rock Canyon High School | Black & Gold | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Standley Lake High School | The Shoreline | Yearbook | All-Colorado | 2022-2023 |
| Stargate High School | Rise | Yearbook | Merit | 2022-2023 |
| Stargate Middle School | Soar | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Thomas B. Doherty High School | Stigma Chronou | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
| Vista Ridge High School | Ridgeline | Yearbook | Commendation | 2022-2023 |
Award History
This All-Colorado History spreadsheet lists all critique ratings through 2023, sorted by medium and school. You will find five tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet, corresponding to each of the five media critiqued: printed news publication, yearbook, video broadcast, online-only, and hybrid.
CSMA Hall of Fame members – through 2023
Media are inducted into the Hall of Fame upon earning an All-Colorado rating in our annual critiques for 6 of 7 consecutive years. The Hall of Fame was established in 2017, and the critiques began in 2011 (websites/online only in 2012, hybrid news in 2019).
Print News Publications
Fort Collins HS, Spilled Ink (2017)
Monarch HS, The Mix (2023)
Mountain Vista HS, The Eagle Eye (2017)
Rocky Mountain HS, The Rocky Mountain Highlighter (2017)
Standley Lake HS, The Lake (2017)
Video Broadcast
Academy School District 20, 20TV (2017)
Rampart High School, KRAM (2021)
Yearbook
Arapahoe HS, Calumet (2017)
Brighton HS, Reflections (2017)
Castle View HS, Vieo (2017)
Chaparral HS, Golden Images (2020)
Legend HS, Epic (2017)
Lewis-Palmer HS, Westwind (2017)
Longmont HS, Priam (2022)
Monarch HS, Mosaic (2023)
Overland HS, Trail (2017)
Ponderosa HS, Eques (2018)
Powell MS, The Prowl (2017)
Rock Canyon HS, The Black & Gold (2017)
Rocky Heights MS, The Nighthawk (2019)
Sierra MS, Eagle Eye View (2017)
Smoky Hill HS, Summit (2017)