PUBLICATION
BEST LITERARY MAGAZINE:
WINNER: Evoke — Oxford High School
Oxford did amazing in every category! The visuals played into the writing perfectly. Each page had an amazing piece .
FINALISTS:
Mindprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Pleiades — Murrah High School
Southern Voices — Mississippi School for Math & Science
The Agathist– Germantown High School
BEST COVER DESIGN:
WINNER: Evoke — Oxford High School
Muted and dynamic in its simplicity; the tangling of community
FINALIST:
Pleiades — Murrah High School
Southern Voices — MS School for Math & Science
Stroke of the Pen — Amory High School
The Agathist — Germantown High School
BEST LAYOUT & DESIGN:
WINNER: Evoke — Oxford High School
Crisp and consistent; the attention to detail makes the small page sizes really pop.
FINALIST:
Mindprints — Jackson Preparatory Middle
Pleiades — Murrah High School
Southern Voices — MS School for Math & Science
The Agathist — Germantown High School
BEST CONTINUITY OF THEME:
WINNER: Mindprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Theme is stated clearly on the front cover and continues deftly through the entirety of the publication. Great!
FINALIST:
Bulldog Expressions — Perry Central
Pleiades — Murrah High School
Southern Voices — MS School for Math & Science
The Agathist — Germantown High School
BEST QUALITY OF WRITING:
WINNER: The Phoenix — Mississippi School of the Arts
Very well-written pieces that pull you into the story
FINALIST:
Evoke — Oxford High School
Pleiades — Murrah High School
Southern Voices — Mississippi School of Math & Science
The Agathist — Germantown High School
BEST QUALITY OF VISUALS:
WINNER: Evoke — Oxford High School
Eyecatching. Each photo, piece of art, and graphic tell a different story that compliments each piece so well
FINALIST:
Mindprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Pleiades — Murrah High School
Southern Voices — Mississippi School of Math & Science
The Agathist — Germantown High School
Individual
ADVISER OF THE YEAR:
WINNER: Thomas Richardson — Mississippi School of Math & Science
FINALIST:
Dalia Chaney — Oxford High School
Kimberly Reedy — Jackson Preparatory School
Sarah Ballard — Murrah High School
BEST POEM:
WINNER: Kelvin Pool — Mississippi School for Math & Science
The content and the language have depth that is well communicated in a short poem.
FINALIST:
Erin Erter — Mississippi School of the Arts
Jane Reeves Carmean — Oxford High School
Miriam Caballero — Jackson Preparatory School
Sarah Williams — Perry Central
BEST FLASH FICTION:
WINNER: Ava Lambert — Mississippi School of the Arts
Tragic story with great use of personification to show the greed of humans.
FINALIST:
Joshua Clark — Mississippi School of the Arts
Lucianna Marquez — Mississippi School of the Arts
Norah Bruce — Oxford High School
Paxton Wall — Amory High School
BEST SHORT FICTION:
WINNER: Erin Erter — Mississippi School of the Arts
The story was very well written and pulled you into the narrator’s world. It left me both wanting more and feeling like the story is perfect as is.
FINALIST:
Ava Grace Noe — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Jayden Cochran — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Jurdan May — Amory High School
River Wall — Germantown High School
BEST NARRATIVE NONFICTION:
WINNER: Chloe Dobbins — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Very well written story. The details really made you feel like you were in the church.
FINALIST:
Ben Tabor — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Jurdan May — Amory High School
Nathan George — Mississippi School for Math & Science
BEST PERSONAL ESSAY:
WINNER: Chloe Reed — Germantown High School
Absolutely heart wrenching story. The emotion was carried throughout the entirety of the writing. It felt like you were right in the room.
FINALIST:
Ava Grace Noe — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Gabby Matthews — Germantown High School
Lucianna Marquez — Mississippi School for the Math & Science
Mary Canard — Germantown High School
BEST DRAMATIC COMPOSITION:
WINNER: Erin Erter — Mississippi School of the Arts
Very engaging story. While the story is set in the 70’s, Erter nods to recent events where this story could be very true for someone in this century. The use of the laugh tracks adds a different dimension to the story that is very ironic.
FINALIST:
Erin Erter — Mississippi School of the Arts
Sarah Lawrence — Mississippi School of the Arts
BEST PHOTO:
WINNER: Gray Hawkins — Jackson Preparatory School
The composition of this photo is beautiful. The colors compliment each other. There is so much you can get from this photo. It almost looks like a painting
FINALIST:
Beau Whittington — Germantown High School
Evelyn Carmean — Oxford High School
Noah Lee — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Simon Riggle — Mississippi School for Math & Science
BEST HAND-DRAWN ART:
WINNER: Alex Krzemenski — Perry Central
This piece conveys a very complex story without looking at anything else but the artwork. The shadow work is amazing. I feel like this could be interpreted in many ways. AMAZING work!
FINALIST:
Juno Fulgham — Germantown High School
Kalyb James — Germantown High School
Mandy Sun — Mississippi School of Math & Science
Nathalie Padilla — Germantown High School
BEST GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION ART:
WINNER: Kalyb James — Germantown High School
Stunning artwork. The use of blur to in the branches and the smaller flowers made the bigger flowers pop. The glow gives it a very whimsical vibe.
FINALIST:
Ivie Kirkland — Mississippi School of Math & Science
Kennedy Buchanan — Jackson Preparatory School
BEST SPREAD DESIGN:
WINNER: Kendrick Rogers — Jackson Preparatory School
The design element of going from light to dark is well carried out through the spread.
FINALIST:
Adrianna Wang — Jackson Preparatory School
Bella Yant — Oxford High School
Evelyn Carmean — Oxford High School
Griffy Chrestman — Oxford High School
