 Columbia Scholastic Press Association has named Roars and Whispers a Silver Crown winner!
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. This is the seventh Crown Award for Roars and Whispers.  Congratulations to Elizabeth Park, a sophomore on the literary magazine staff, for winning a National Gold Medal from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. More than 110,000 students submitted nearly 320,000 works of art and writing to the 2020 Scholastic Awards, and Elizabeth's work placed in the top 1% of submissions! Although the award ceremony in New York City has been cancelled, student work will be published in the Scholastic Online Galleries at artandwriting.org in June. Their names will also be listed in the Yearbook 2020, a companion publication to The Best Teen Art and The Best Teen Writing anthologies which feature a selection of work by National Medalists. Pictured: Elizabeth at the regional award ceremony in February.
Providence High School students won a total of 33 regional writing awards from the Scholastic Art and Writing Awards. They were honored at a ceremony at Spirit Square on February 8, 2020. The five Gold Key winners are currently competing in the national competition in New York City. Winners will be announced in March.
Charlotte Beck Senior Silver Key—Journalism Silver Key—Writing Portfolio Maeve Beck Sophomore Silver Key—Personal Essay & Memoir Diya Bhatt Sophomore Honorable Mention—Personal Essay & Memoir Honorable Mention—Poetry Kira Britt Sophomore Honorable Mention—Poetry Maggie Christopher Junior Silver Key—Humor Honorable Mention—Personal Essay & Memoir Ellie Cotton Senior Honorable Mention—Writing Portfolio Aiden Kaplan Junior Honorable Mention—Personal Essay & Memoir Honorable Mention—Flash Fiction Honorable Mention--Poetry Emma Kurtz Senior Silver Key—Personal Essay & Memoir Honorable Mention—Writing Portfolio Elizabeth Park Sophomore GOLD KEY—Critical Essay Silver Key—Personal Essay & Memoir Silver Key—Critical Essay Riya Porwal Sophomore Honorable Mention—Personal Essay & Memoir Leah Powell Freshman Honorable Mention—Short Story Bhavana Veeravalli Senior GOLD KEY--Journalism Silver Key—Writing Portfolio Honorable Mention—Personal Essay & Memoir Celie Waddington Senior Honorable Mention—Writing Portfolio Emma Washburn Sophomore GOLD KEY—Science Fiction & Fantasy Silver Key—Science Fiction & Fantasy Silver Key—Flash Fiction Honorable Mention—Flash Fiction Abigail Welch Senior GOLD KEY—Journalism Silver Key-- Personal Essay & Memoir Silver Key—Flash Fiction Silver Key—Poetry Lisa Zhang Sophomore GOLD KEY—Journalism Honorable Mention—Personal Essay & Memoir    Congratulations to Bhavana Veeravalli, Design Editor for Roars and Whispers. Bhavana won 5th place for her 2019 Design Portfolio submission to the National Scholastic Press Association. She was honored at an awards ceremony at the National Convention in November. Natalie Thulien, a PHS graduate, won an Honorable Mention for her spread design.
 Congratulations to our three winners in the District Optimist Writing Contest.
First Place: Diya Bhatt (junior) Second Place: Julia Sands (junior) Third Place: Ellie Cotton (senior) Diya's essay moves on to regional competition. All three students will be honored at an awards ceremony on February 24th. Left to right: Ellie Cotton, Diya Bhatt, Julia Sands Students with a passion for creativity are encouraged to apply to be members of the staff of the 2020-2021 Roars & Whispers literary-arts Magazine. Roars & Whispers is a student publication at Providence that combines elements of creative writing and design with the creation of a magazine. This year-long, A-day/B-day class provides a creative outlet for students to express their voices and become part of a close-knit group of students.
Applications are due January 10th. Applications and link to interview slots are below.  Literary Magazine State Awards
North Carolina Scholastic Media Association June 2019 Overall Magazine Awards • Tar Heel Award • Fifteenth year in a row • All-North Carolina Section Awards for Overall Magazine—State Rankings • Poetry 1st place • Design and Layout 1st place • Fiction 2nd place • Nonfiction 2nd place • Art 2nd place • Cover 2nd place • Theme Development 3rd place Individual Awards for Work in Magazine* (State Winners) • Abigail Welch Nonfiction Layout 1st place • Natalie Thulien and Cayleigh Brown Nonfiction Layout 3rd place • Ella Rasmussen and Caroline Palermo Nonfiction Layout Honorable Mention • Charlotte Beck and Aiden Kaplan Nonfiction Layout Honorable Mention • Natalie Thulien Poetry Layout 2nd place • Bhavana Veeravalli and Maggie Christopher Poetry Layout Honorable Mention • Abigail Welch Fiction Layout 3rd place • Ellie Rasmussen Feature 1st place • Gayatri Chopra Feature 2nd place • Vasiliki Gkoulgkountina Poetry 1st place • Natalie Thulien Poetry 3rd place • Ella Rasmussen Poetry Honorable Mention • Emma Washburn Fiction 3rd place • Charlotte Beck Review 1st place • Ethan Haight Personal Essay 2nd place • Polina Sladkova Individual Art Honorable Mention • Daniella Ivanova Individual Art Honorable Mention • Betsy Molina Photography Honorable Mention • Lisa Zhang Photography Honorable Mention The following students won awards for work completed June 17-20 in Chapel Hill at the NC Scholastic Media Association Summer Institute. • Maggie Christopher • Celie Waddington • Ella Rasmussen • Bhavana Veeravalli Abigail Welch was elected President of the NC Scholastic Media Student Association.  Time's running out to order your publication package. Right now you can get the PERSONALIZED yearbook and literary magazine for $85. Introductory offer ends September 22nd. After this date, $85 for yearbook only. Go to Jostens.com and search Providence High School.
 Roars and Whispers Literary Magazine has been awarded its fifth Pacemaker Award from the National Scholastic Press Association. Honoring the nation’s best, the National Scholastic Press Association selected only eight winners from the finalists in its prestigious Pacemaker competition.
“The Pacemaker is the association’s preeminent award,” said Laura Widmer, executive director. “NSPA is honored to recognize the best of the best.” Pacemaker winners represent the top 10 percent of the entries. The magazines were published during the 2017-18 school year. Winners were announced at the national convention in Anaheim, CA on April 27, 2019.  Congratulations to the five Literary Magazine students who were selected for the National Scholastic Press Association's 2019 Journalism Honor Roll. The achievement recognizes students for staying focused on their academic career, with a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, as well as balancing the rigors of being active on our media staff for two or more years.
A complete list of inductees will be printed in next year's Best of the High School Press and on the NSPA website. left to right: Charlotte Beck, junior Ellie Cotton, junior Gayatri Chopra, senior Abigail Welch, junior Bhavana Veeravalli, junior (not pictured) |
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