Best of Colorado 2020
Special COVID-19 Individual Contests – Contest Window #3 (April 28-May 11)

So much great work continues in Colorado student media, and we know are only seeing a fraction… but it’s still impressive stuff. There is one more chance to share and compete in our special spring pandemic edition awards, with a deadline of May 25. Our tradition Best of Colorado individual awards are open through July 15, and entries in our special spring contests ARE eligible to be entered in those contests.

Front Porch Family Portrait

Class III –1,700+ students
1^st – Liam Watters, Regis Jesuit HS (see both entries here)
2^nd – Sam K. Saliba, Monarch HS

6 Shots, 6 Words

Class II – 1,000-1700 students
1^st – Makenna Buckskin, Erie HS

Class III – 1700+ students
1^st – Teagan Wedige, Cherokee Trail HS
2^nd – Rylie Barden, Cherokee Trail HS
3^rd – Cole Munro, Regis Jesuit HS
HM – Ben McCorrison, Monarch HS

Print Design

Class I – up to 1,000 students
1^st – Vanessa Wood & Kos Maddie, Drake MS
2^nd – Kayla Grenwis & Dakota St. Clair, Drake MS
3^rd – Jessie Beck & Hadley Coughenour, Jefferson Academy

Class II –1,000-1700 students
1^st – Sara Schulz, Grayson Blalock, Nisha Shrestha, Raegyn Patzer & Peyton Michaelson, Erie HS

Class III – 1,700+ students
1^st – Sophia Bradac, Megan Frontz, Sabrina Vizurraga, Sophia Marcinek & Serena Nguyen, Regis Jesuit HS (check out entire issue on ISSUU)

General Coverage – Multimedia

Class I – up to 1,000 students
1^st – Adriana Gallegos Helguera, Thomas Langston James, Nathan Molloy, Sam Elliott & Jordan Neifert, Eagle Valley HS – Video 1 / Video 2
2^nd – Aidan O’Reilly, Emily Markle, Taylor Craig, Holly Simons & Mae West, Castle Rock MS

Class III – 1,700 + students
1^st – Lincoln Roch, Madison Sain, Kathrin Houston, Celia McNulty & Cameron Parker, Monarch HS – Video 1 / Video 2 / Video 3 / Video 4
2^nd – Armando Maldonado, Regis Jesuit HS
3^rd – Benjamin Parris, Cherry Creek HS – Video 1 / Video 2
HM – Jessica McMillian, Eaglecrest HS

General Coverage – Print/Website

Class I – up to 1,000 students
1^st – Reagan McAdams, Eagle Valley HS
2^nd – Katherine Bucaro, Drake MS
3^rd – Kayla Grenwis & Dakota St. Clair, Drake MS

Class II – 1,000-1,700  students
1^st – Grayson Blalock, Emma Sanders & Nevaeh Stanessa, Erie HS – Link 1 / Link 2 / Link 3

Class III – 1,700 + students
1^st – Kate Muldoon, Maya Matus, Logan Lair, Sam K. Saliba & Alex Neumann, Monarch HS – Link 1 / Link 2 / Link 3 / Link 4 / Link 5
2^nd – Noelle Harff, Taylor Means, Delaney Atchison, Maddie Browning & Nathan Kuhta, Highlands Ranch HS
3^rd – Anna Henning, Fossil Ridge HS
HM – Ryan Tierney, Regis Jesuit HS