N.M. High School Communication Contest Winners

New Mexico had one national winner, Skylar Peterson of Sandia Prep, who won an honorable mention for columns.

State winners included:

Editorial
• First Place – J. Alex Luce, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Sandian, Grade 11
• Second Place – Skylar Peterson & Michael Binkley, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Both Grade 12
• Third Place – Lily Jamison-Cash, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, The Advocate, Grade 11
• Honorable Mention – Ben Scuderi, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, The Advocate, Grade 12

Reviews
• First Place – Michael Binkley, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
• Second Place – Joshua Davis, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Sandian, Grade 12
• Third Place – Lena Kephart, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Record, Grade 11
• Honorable Mention – Benny Torres, Highland High School, Albuquerque, NM, Highland Highlight, Grade 11
• Honorable Mention – Kim Jennings, Los Lunas High School, Los Lunas, NM, Tiger Times, Grade 12
• Honorable Mention – Shade Hannum, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Record, Grade10

Sports Story
• First Place – Adam Eisenberg, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 10
• Second Place – Adam Eisenberg, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 10
• Second Place – Steven Sanchez, Highland High School, Albuquerque, NM, Highland Highlight, Grade 12
• Third Place – Hunter Groff, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 10

Feature Story
• First Place – Clare Batty, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, The Advocate, Grade 12
Second Place – Kate Joiner, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
Second Place – Celine Gordon, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, The Advocate, Grade 11
• Third Place – Irene Pallardy, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Record, Grade 12
• Third Place – Skylar Peterson, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12

Graphics
• First Place – Miriam Diddy, Highland High School, Albuquerque, NM, Highland Highlight, Grade 12
• Second Place — Kate Joiner, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12

Sports Photo
• First Place — Atisha Morrison, Los Lunas High School, Los Lunas, NM, Tiger Times, Grade 12
• Second Place– Rebecca Hamptom, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
• Third Place – Alyssa Gammon, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandian, Grade 11

Single Page Layout
• First Place — Ben Scuderi, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, The Advocacy, Grade 12

Opinion
• First Place – Jack Hermann, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Sandian, Grade 11
• Second Place – Jordana Caruso, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 11
• Second Place – Jordana Caruso, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
• Third Place – Miles Parnegg, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 10
• Third Place – Marsha Gomez, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12

Double Truck
• First Place – Rebecca Hampton, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
• Second Place – Maddie Wickstrom, Sandia High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Sandian, Grade 12
• Third Place – Evan Moulson, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Record, Grade 12

News Story
• First Place –Brynna Banwarth-Kuhn, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Record, Grade 11
• Second Place – Kate Joiner, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
• Second Place – Sharla Biefeld, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 11
• Second Place – Marisa Sisneros, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 10
• Second Place – Skylar Peterson, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12
• Second Place – Caitlin Stuart, Highland High School, Albuquerque, NM, Highland Highlight, Grade 12
• Third Place – Atisha Morison, Los Lunas High School, Los Lunas, NM, Tiger Times, Grade 11
• Third Place – Dinee Dorame, Albuquerque High School, Albuquerque, NM, The Record, Grade 11
• Honorable Mention – Miriam Diddy, Highlight High School, Albuquerque, NM, Highland Highlight, Grade 12

Columns
• First Place – Skylar Peterson, Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, NM, Sandia Prep Times, Grade 12

Environment
• First Place — Ella Wood, Albuquerque Academy, Albuquerque, NM, The Advocate, Grade 11
• Second Place – Ian Erickson-Kery & Martin Hussey, Albuquerque Academy, The Advocate, Both Grade 12

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