Spring 2023 Convention Contest Winners
Hundreds of students participated in our 2023 convention contests, showcasing skills in writing, design, photography, filmmaking, broadcast storytelling and more. Congratulations to our winners! There are hyperlinks to first-place entries. Send name corrections to fspacontests (at) gmail (dot) com.
Broadcast Commentary
Honorable Mention Middle School MAS @ Zelda Glazer-Middle School Edition Sofia Boza, Izabella Gras, Alycia Pardo-Pagan
Third Place Middle School Somerset Academy Bay Lucas Piles, Aquiles Legra, Dominic Munecas, Brandon Rodriguez
Second Place Middle School Somerset Oaks Academy, Broadcast Rachel Rodriguez, Chloe Schrofronick, Scarleth Rodriguez, Arnulfo Nunez, Patrick Edwards
First Place Middle School Somerset Academy Prep, SoPrepTV Madison Martinez, Patricio Zaldivar, Brianna Larrosa, Andrew Hernandez
Honorable Mention Sickles High School, Sickles TV Orion Boone, Mia Vanessa Prom, James Bullock
Third Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer-High School Edition Mara Bourdon, Tanya Diehs, Katherine Prada, Emily Breeding
Second Place West Broward High School, WB Films Emma Luna, Manuel Fernandez, Alyssa Lorenzo, Sophie Reyes
First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Gabriel Fraga, Juan Pablo Martinez , Tommy Zarut, Rodolfo Gonzalez
Collaborative Commerical
Second Place Matthew Tobon (West Broward High School), Kelly Lopez (John A Ferguson High School), Adrian Hermoso (COHEA)
First Place Zach Stubing (Evangelical Christian School), Orlando Miguez (Christopher Columbus High School), Fabiandregie Virgile (Archbishop McCarthy High School)
Edit to the Beat
Second Place Middle School "Somerset Oaks Academy, Broadcast, Patrick Edwards
First Place Middle School Gulliver Prep (Middle), Raider Student Network RSN "Dylan Biondo , Nirav Budhrani , Ethan Barras , Vikram Sebastian
Honorable Mention Blake High School, WBUZ Jaizarlyn Suarez, Mya Acevedo, Jordan Salters
Honorable Mention Pace High School, WPHS Jack Dolihite, Caden Solis, Sarah Cummings, Bailey Thayer
Third Place Doral Academy Prep, The Spark Eric Hernandez, Isabella Gonzalez, Paula Castillo, Sofi Arevalo
Second Place Key West High School, Conch 5 Studios Ella Hall, Monika Jaroszewicz, Bella Oliverio , Joseph "Tate" Garr
First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Lucas Figueroa, Jordan Perez, Sebastian Broche, Tyler Rusk, Manny Fraga
Hand-Drawn Illustration
First Place Middle School Somerset Academy Bay Arianna Frances
Honorable Mention Robinson High School, Excalibur JJ Santiago
Honorable Mention West Florida High School of Advanced Tech, The Lair Andrew Enkey
Third Place "Cypress Bay High School, The Storm Emma Gunther
Second Place Christopher Columbus High School, The Log Nicholas Roiz
First Place Doral Academy Prep, FB Digital "Daniel Delgado
Instagram Story
Second Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer, The Enchanted Jelina Lagos
First Place Doral Academy High School, The Nest Corina Bullos
Literary Magazine Team
Honorable Mention Gulf Breeze High School, Blue and Gold Jon Rose, Evelyn Henry
Third Place Doral Academy Prep, FB Digital Lauren Cordero, Isabella Bello
Second Place Pine View School, The Spark Sora Fancher, Jakob Roche, Santiago Preciado
First Place Coral Gables Senior High School, Catharsis Caitlin Savage, Cheryl Fiffe
Steven J. Thor Mixed Company
Third Place Greta Carrasco (Hagerty High School), Haivenne Pagan (Steinbrenner High School), Samira Martinez (Coral Gables Senior High School) Nithisha Makesh (American Heritage Plantation)
Second Place Kiera Decesare (Gulf Breeze High School) Aleksi Holder (West Broward High School), Esra Cattelane (Dreyfoos School of the Arts), Kayra Dayi (American Heritage Plantation, iPatriot Post)
First Place Heather Johnson (American Heritage Plantation), August Cartwright (American Heritage Boca/Delray), Felix Ratner (Pine View School)
Module Design
Honorable Mention Doral Academy High, Photography Andrea Garcia
Third Place / First Place Middle School Gulliver Prep (Middle Campus), Yearbook Sadie Scheiner
Second Place Doral Academy Prep, Eye of the Phoenix Melany Brandt
First Place American Heritage Plantation, iPatriotPost Heather Johnson
Motion Graphic Infographic
Third Place Doral Academy High School, Firebird TV Brandon Martin\
Second Place Oviedo High School, WROR-TV Lillian Wray
First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Sebastian Broche, Alejandro Broche
Multimedia Team
Honorable Mention Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Alex Pham, Yelaine Aguilar, Dieunise Pacius
Third Place Coral Gables Senior High School, CavsConnect Sofia Cruz, Angelina Morffi, Olivia Russo, Sophia Sol
Second Place Christopher Columbus High School, The Log Dominic Gatto, Tyler Rusk, Nicholas Diaz, Charles Arencibia
First Place Coral Gables Senior High School, CavsConnect Maria Fernandez , Arianna Hoyos , Laura Ridoux , Lauren Kaler
News Anchor
Honorable Mention "Pompano Beach High School, PTVI-News Krystal Felix
Honorable Mention Gulliver Prep (Upper School), RaiderVision Camila Figueroa
Third Place Gulliver Prep (Upper School), RaiderVision Desmond Howard
Second Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Anthony Martinez
First Place Sickles High School, Sickles TV Jocelyn Pritchard
News Package
Second Place Middle School Somerset Oaks Academy, Broadcast Sariah Johnson, Kevin Urquia, Scarleth Rodriguez, Gabriella Avila, Elissa Rodriguez
First Place Middle School Somerset Academy Prep, SoPrepTV Natalie Marchand, Zara Saieh, Daniel Dominguez, Armando Hernandez
Honorable Mention American Heritage Boca/Delray, 909live Ryan Baiano, Eli Barnstein, Zach Simon, Spencer Day
Third Place Doral Academy High School, Firebird TV Mia Mut, Daniella Pineda, Sophia Pinto, Alessia Blaschitz
Second Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer-High School Edition Keith Guerrero, Diego Chavez, Jacob Plante, Miguel Rojas
First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Carlos Soto-Angulo, Matthew Quesada, Nicholas Dovales, Daniel Medina
News Story
Honorable Mention Cypress Bay High School, The Circuit Erin Greenbaum
Honorable Mention Coral Springs Charter School, Paw Print Madalen Erez
Third Place Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Jeremiah Alondra
Second Place West Shore Junior/Senior High School, The Roar Ella Dorfman
First Place Hagerty High School, BluePrint Janell Lim
Newsmagazine Team
Honorable Mention Hagerty High School, BluePrint Janell Lim, Grace Hilton, Greta Carrasco, Josephine Lim
Honorable Mention Trinity Preparatory School, thetrinityvoice.com Reese Taylor, Ava Savino, Laziza Talipova, Iris Lei
Third Place Robinson High School, KnightWriters Juno Le, Cecilia Cheng, Yesenia Rosario, Ingalls Witte
Second Place Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Bridget Frawley, Lexi Critchett, Olivia Metzler
First Place Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Mariana Colom, Sofia Hennessey-Correa, Makena Senzon, Yemaya Gaspard
On-Camera Interview
Honorable Mention Blake High School, WBUZ Carmen Thomas, Adriana Clarke, Jordan Salters
Honorable Mention Archbishop McCarthy, Mav News Isabella Ruiz , Jeremy Fonseca
Second Place Doral Academy High School, Firebird TV Eva Garcia, Luka De La Hoz, Sofia Arévalo
First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Anthony Martinez, Michael Martinez, Adrian Morgade
Opinion Column
Honorable Mention Coral Gables Senior High School, Highlights Carolina Castro
Third Place American Heritage Plantation, Patriot Post Ellaheh Gohari
Second Place Robinson High School, KnightWriters Ingalls Witte
First Place West Shore Junior/Senior High School, WCTZ News Aytek Abdulla
Podcast
Honorable Mention Middle School Somerset Academy Bay Gabriel Hernandez, Carolina Zarut
Honorable Mention Doral Academy High School, Firebird TV Francisco Vera, Marco Garciak
Third Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Juan Carlos Chaoui, Alexis Vivanco
Second Place Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Ellie Symons, Yemaya Gaspard
First Place Pompano Beach High School, Pompanotvi.com Jonah Bennett
Poetry Writing
Honorable Mention West Shore Junior/Senior High School, WCTZ News Izzy Pearson
Third Place Doral Academy Prep, FB Digital Isabella Bello
Second Place Coral Gables Senior High School, Catharsis Alejandra Torruellas
First Place Oviedo High School, The Oviedian Maddy Baczek
Portrait Photography
Honorable Mention Hillsborough High School, Hilsborean Jaden Mancini
Honorable Mention West Broward High School, The Lynx Valentina Padula
Third Place Escambia High School, The Escambian Teanna Woodard
Second Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer-High School Edition Sabier Benedico
First Place Doral Academy High, Photography Ashley Berestycki
PTI Sports Debate
Honorable Mention NSU University School Dylan Polinkoff, Ben Chitoff
Honorable Mention Christopher Columbus High School, Formentus Thomas Zarvi, Juan Martinez
Third Place Christopher Columbus High School, The Log Alexis Vivanco, Emilio Boutros
Second Place Archbishop McCarthy High School, Mav News Isabella Ruiz, Bella Kenhan
First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Anthony Martinez, Michael Martinez
Review Writing
Honorable Mention Cypress Bay High School, The Circuit Sarah Jackson
Honorable Mention Hagerty High School, BluePrint Grace Hilton
Third Place Steinbrenner High School, Odyssey Laura Pinto Alton
Second Place Coral Gables Senior High School, Highlights Rafael Sans
First Place Robinson High School, KnightWriters Ashlyn Miller
Short Film
Second Place Middle School MAS @ Zelda Glazer-Middle School Edition Julien Menendez, Anthony Ortiz, Evin Diaz
First Place Middle School Park Maitland School, Publications Neve Judelson, Alena Patel
Honorable Mention Key West High School, Conch 5 Studios Christopher "Andre" Otto, John Searcy, Stephanie Jenkins, Joseph "Tate" Garr, Jacob Sheldon
Honorable Mention Key West High School, Conch 5 Studios William Forster, Angelo Gutierrez, Valeria Juarez, Daniel Roy, Lindsey Smith
Third Place Doral Academy Prep, The Spark Grace Wong, Vania Zarak, Alec Blanco, Gaby Nassiff, Natalia Miguel
Second Place "West Broward High School, WBTV Isa Gonzalez, Giancarlo Zarich, Dani Russo, Kathryn Garner, Kaitlyn Tharp
First Place American Heritage Boca/Delray, 909live Sabrina Dubner , Joao DaSilva, Laila Thatcher Sucher
Short Story
Second Place Middle School Somerset Academy Bay Arianna Frances
First Place Middle School Somerset Academy Bay Matthew Chacon
Honorable Mention Coral Gables Senior High School, Cavaleon Cesar Ramirez
Honorable Mention Coral Gables Senior High School, CavsConnect Beatrice Stampino-Strain
Third Place Archbishop McCarthy, Mav News Liana Estenoz
Second Place West Shore Junior/Senior High School, WCTZ News Izzy Pearson
First Place Trinity Preparatory School, thetrinityvoice.com Karthik Stead
Spot News Photography
Honorable Mention Trinity Preparatory School, thetrinityvoice.com Olivia Prince
Honorable Mention Robinson High School, KnightWriters Chelsea Rodriguez
Third Place MAS 6-12 @ Zelda Glazer, The Enchanted Lukas Villa
Second Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer-High School Edition Victoria Lara
First Place Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Sofia Hennessey-Correa
Themed Show A
Second Place Doral Academy High School, Firebird TV The Rise
First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live The Voyage
Themed Show B
Honorable Mention MAS @ Zelda Glazer-High School Edition MAS Media Crew
Honorable Mention West Shore Junior/Senior High School, WCTZ News Staff
Third Place Gulliver Prep (Upper School), RaiderVision RaiderVision Staff
Second Place Somerset Academy Prep, SoPrepTV Staff
First Place Somerset Oaks Academy, Broadcast Staff
Video Short Challenge
Honorable Mention Gulf Breeze High School, Cetacea Tyler Garcia, Lainey Carter, Kylie Masters, Malia Sathre Baillie
Honorable Mention COHEA, Mass Communications Academy Mike Hidalgo, Aden Sabalsa, Kevin Jimenez, Abner Delgado, Abraham Alvarez
Third Place Coral Gables Senior High School, CavsConnect Gabriella Roa
Second Place Archbishop McCarthy, Mav News Madison McGinn, Maya Menendez, Jessica Pyke , Julia Kim
First Place American Heritage Plantation, Patriot Post Ellaheh Gohari, Nicholas Kwok, Hannah Letzelter
Yearbook Team
Honorable Mention Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Marquee Aiden Velez, Brighton Moffitt, Faith Parkinson
Honorable Mention Steinbrenner High School, Odyssey Hannah Chen, Tammy Budiman, Alice Wright, Kelsey Brink
Third Place Hagerty High School, Fusion Shannon Hahn, Meghan Shepp, Alexis Butler, Brooke Bohan
Second Place West Broward High School, The Edge Cayla Quintero, Sophia Truong, Samuel Correia
First Place Hagerty High School, Fusion Alexis Izaguirre, Sarena Wilkerson, Sarah Hinnant