 Roars and Whispers has been awarded a Gold Crown from CSPA, their highest honor for a publication. The Crown Awards honor top student publications chosen from CSPA’s members. Crowns are selected for overall excellence in a head-to-head comparison. Student publishing in news, magazine, yearbook or digital (online) formats are all-eligible. During Crown consideration, publications are judged on their excellence as shown by their design, photography, concept, coverage and writing. A total of 817 publications were eligible for judging.
Only 20 literary magazines were recognized with this award. Roars and Whispers has won four Gold Crowns and four Silver Crowns.  The following Literary Magazine students have won regional awards in the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Students who received Gold Keys are currently entered in the national competition in New York. Winners will be announced in late March.
Diya Bhatt Silver Key Writing Portfolio, Honorable Mention Flash Fiction Ruby Davis Silver Key Science Fiction & Fantasy, Honorable Mention Journalism, Honorable Mention Poetry Audrey Henderson Gold Key Poetry, Silver Key Poetry Dave Hite Gold Key Poetry, Honorable Mention Science Fiction & Fantasy Marcos Martinez Vidal Honorable Mention Science Fiction & Fantasy Jonathan Obele Silver Key Poetry Elizabeth Park Gold Key Personal Essay & Memoir, Honorable Mention Writing Portfolio, Honorable Mention Poetry, Honorable Mention Poetry Savannah Reifsteck Honorable Mention Poetry Emma Washburn Silver Key Poetry, Honorable Mention Poetry Lisa Zhang Gold Key Writing Portfolio Photo left to right Front row: Savannah Reifsteck, Emma Washburn, Audrey Henderson Middle row: Lisa Zhang, Elizabeth Park Back row: Diya Bhatt, Jonathan Obele, Ruby Davis Roars and Whispers was recently celebrated with two national design awards from the National Scholastic Press Association.
Congratulations to Jonathan Obele (junior, pictured) and Aiden Kaplan (graduate), who won Second Place in Literary Magazine Spread Design. Claire Shi, senior, also won Fifth Place for her Magazine Cover Design. NSPA recognized the winners of its 2021 Design of the Year Competition during the JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention on November 11, 2021.  Congratulations to Ella Rasmussen, senior Literary Magazine editor, for winning a National Gold Medal from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. Ella's poetry was recognized for its creativity, technical merit and personal voice. The award puts Ella in the top 1% of over 230,000 entries.
Gold Medalists are traditionally invited to a ceremony at Carnegie Hall and an exhibition of their work in a NYC gallery. This year the ceremony will take place virtually on June 9. Ella's work will also be published in the online gallery at artandwriting.org.  Congratulations to Roars and Whispers Literary Magazine for winning a Silver Crown from Columbia Scholastic Press Association! The Crown Awards honor top student publications chosen from CSPA’s members. Crowns are selected for overall excellence in a head-to-head comparison. Student publishing in news, magazine, yearbook or digital (online) formats are all-eligible. During Crown consideration, publications are judged on their excellence as shown by their design, photography, concept, coverage and writing. A total of 852 publications were eligible for judging. Roars and Whispers has won eight Crown Awards since 2010.
Roars and Whispers has also been named a Pacemaker Finalist by the National Scholastic Press Association. Only 17 magazines are named finalists in the Pacemaker competition, one of the oldest and most prestigious awards in scholastic journalism. Final awards will be announced April 10th. Roars and Whispers has been a Pacemaker Finalist nine times, winning five. Providence writers took home 27 awards in the Scholastic Regional Writing Awards, including five Gold Keys and an American Voices Nominee.
The 2021 Mid-Carolina Region Scholastic Art and Writing Gold Key Ceremony will be held virtually on Saturday, February 20. The Gold and Silver Key Exhibition will be live at the Mint Museum Uptown from February 27 through April 11. This year the region will exhibit the full text of Gold and Silver Key writing winners instead of excerpt posters as in previous years. This is in keeping with national exhibitions. Gold Key winners are currently being judged at the national level, and awards will be announced March 17th. (Awards continue on page 2 of the document.) Name Award Category Maggie Christopher Gold Key Personal Essay & Memoir HM Poetry Elizabeth Park Gold Key Critical Essay Silver Key Poetry HM Critical Essay Ella Rasmussen Gold Key Poetry American Voices Poetry HM Poetry HM Writing Portfolio Raechel Wu Gold Key Short Story Gold Key Flash Fiction HM Flash Fiction Diya Bhatt Silver Key Poetry HM Flash Fiction Ruby Davis Silver Key Science Fiction & Fantasy HM Science Fiction & Fantasy Emma Washburn Silver Key Novel Writing HM Poetry HM Short Story Lisa Zhang Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir Silver Key Personal Essay & Memoir HM Poetry HM Poetry HM Personal Essay & Memoir Caroline Halso HM Poetry Audrey Henderson HM Poetry Roars and Whispers now accepting applications. If you are interested in being on staff and taking the course in the 2021-2022 school year, fill out an application and sign up for an interview. Applications are due February 12th.
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 Congratulations to all the winners recognized by the NC Scholastic Media Association. These awards were announced in Chapel Hill this summer for the 2020 edition of Roars and Whispers.
Overall Magazine Awards Tar Heel Award -- Sixteenth year in a row All-North Carolina Section Awards for Overall Magazine—State Rankings Poetry 1st place Nonfiction 1st place Cover 1st place Design and Layout 2nd place Fiction 2nd place Art 2nd place Photography 2nd place Theme Development 2nd place Individual Awards for Work in Magazine* (State Winners) Diya Bhatt and Emma Kurtz Nonfiction Layout 1st place Ella Rasmussen and Elizabeth Park Nonfiction Layout 2nd place Aiden Kaplan and Lisa Zhang Nonfiction Layout 3rd place Maggie Christopher and Kira Bhatt Poetry Layout 2nd place Maeve Beck and Julia Sands Poetry Layout 3rd place Ella Rasmussen Poetry Layout Honorable Mention Aiden Kaplan and Lisa Zhang Poetry Layout Honorable Mention Bhavana Veeravalli Fiction Layout 2nd place Charlotte Beck Fiction Layout 3rd place Nneoma Uche Personal Essay 1st place Omotayo Fasan Personal Essay Honorable Mention Ellie Rasmussen Feature 1st place Diya Bhatt Feature 2nd place Abigail Welch Poetry 1st place Celie Waddington Poetry 2nd place Aiden Kaplan Fiction 1st place Charlotte Beck Fiction 3rd place Ella Rasmussen Review 1st place Brandon Bell Individual Art 3rd place Melanie Cabrese Individual Art Honorable Mention Betsy Molina Photography 3rd place Abigail Welch Photography Honorable Mention Ella Rasmussen was elected President of the NC Scholastic Media Student Association. |
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