Spring 2022 Convention Contest Winners

Hundreds of students participated in our 2022 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. ( Link to awards video )

Broadcast Commentary

Middle School Honorable Mention American Heritage Boca/Delray, Stallion Today Becca Hornstein, Jayden Nardullo, Mya Wolfberg, Gia Viradia

Middle School Second Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer-Middle School Edition Kassandra Cruz, Emily Prado, Isabella Stone, Yessica Quintana

Middle School First Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer-Middle School Edition Sabrina Nunez, Sophia Alvarado, Isabella Flores, Sophia Rivera

Honorable Mention MAS 6-12 @ Zelda Glazer, The Enchanted Emily Breeding, Tanya Diehs, Amanda Ferrin, S. C. Villa

Third Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Michael Martinez, Anthony Martinez, Andrew Falconi, Alexis Vivanco, Thomas Zarut

Second Place West Broward High School, WBTV Andrea Guzman, Emma Kopp, Joshua Wooten, Jennifer Cuenca

First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Michael Novo, Andrew Ahrendt, Juan Pablo Martinez

Collaborative Commercial

Third Place Emma Luna (West Broward HS), Abigail Delgado (MAS @ Zelda Glazer), Patrick Augustave (Alonzo and Tracy Mourning SHS) 

Second Place Drew Bank (American Heritage Plantation), Fabiandregie Virgile (Archbishop McCarthy HS), Xavier Ibarra (Gaither HS), Jonathan Ramirez (John A Ferguson SHS)

First Place Felicity Change (Pine View School), Trinity Kierstead (Astronaut HS), Chantz Stewart (Sickles HS)

Duo Review Writing

Middle School Second Place Farnell Middle School, Soar Sarah Levy, Paige Foster

Middle School First Place Pine View School, The Spark Ana Easter, Ingrid Cushman

Honorable Mention Hagerty High School, BluePrint Skyler Glenn, Nadia Knoblauch

Honorable Mention Cypress Bay High School, The Circuit Alyssa Greenbaum, Erin Greenbaum

Third Place Coral Gables Senior High School, CavsConnect Maia Berthier, Emmanuelle Desmet

Second Place Steinbrenner High School, The Oracle Olivia Pages, Ava Combs

First Place Cypress Bay High School, The Storm Reed Liebman, Olivia Mazloff

Edit to the Beat

Middle School Honorable Mention Doral Academy Middle School, Firebird TV Middle Mariana Ricardez, Andres Rodriguez, Stephanie Gonzalez 

Middle School Third Place Farnell Middle School, Soar Hana Struga, Charlotte Hauser, Jillian Green

Middle School Second Place Doral Academy Middle School, Firebird TV Middle Luciana Arce, Juliana Story, Janyss Grullon

Middle School First Place Farnell Middle School, Soar Aarna Saklaan, Katelyn Bryant, Violet Nguyen

Honorable Mention Archbishop McCarthy, Mav News Annabelle Genao, Arielle Lopez

Third Place Gulf Breeze High School, The Morning Breeze Alexis Flowers, Sophie Nicholson

Second Place John A. Ferguson Senior High School, FBN Luciano Peschiera

First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Jordan Perez, Lucas Figueroa, Manuel Fraga, Andrew Ordieres

Hand-Drawn Illustration

Middle School Honorable Mention Farnell Middle School, Soar Alexis Buncome

Middle School Honorable Mention Pine View School, The Python Michael Hu 

Honorable Mention Archbishop McCarthy, Mav News Fabiandregie Virgile

Honorable Mention West Broward High School, The Edge Stephanie Owens

Third Place Key West High School, Conch 5 Studio Stephanie Jenkins

Second Place Trinity Preparatory School, Chi Rho Kelsey Wang

First Place Key West High School, Conch 5 Studios Nick Dussias

Instagram Story

Honorable Mention Coral Gables Senior High School, CavsConnect Maria Fernandez

Honorable Mention Coral Gables Senior High School, Catharsis Jeannette Perez

Third Place COHEA, Mass Communications Academy Mike Hidalgo

Second Place Doral Academy Prep, Eye of the Phoenix Gabriella Behar

First Place Oviedo High School, The Oviedian Erin Slogar

Literary Magazine Team

Honorable Mention Gulf Breeze High School, Angle of Reflection Elle Bobb, Emma Hartman Sumrall

Third Place Oviedo High School, The Lion's Tale Kaden Bryant, Veronika Maynard, Elliott Woodmansee

Second Place Coral Gables Senior High School, Catharsis Cheryl Fiffe, Isabella Velazquez

First Place MAS 6-12 @ Zelda Glazer, The Enchanted Ashlee Dalie, Isabella Objio

Module Design

Middle School Honorable Mention Pine View School, The Python Sam Wang

Honorable Mention Robinson High School, RHSToday.com Charlotte Stone

Third Place Doral Academy High, Photography Camila Martinez

Second Place Doral Academy High, Photography Paulina Pollack

First Place Doral Academy Prep, Eye of the Phoenix Gabriella Behar

Motion Graphic Infographic

Honorable Mention MAS 6-12 @ Zelda Glazer, The Enchanted Anna Valladares

Third Place Gaither High School, GTV Tatiana Schmitz

Second Place Cypress Bay High School, The Circuit Skyler Prieto

First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Sebastian Broche

Multimedia Team

First Place Hagerty High School, BluePrint Jaye Herrera, Skyler Glenn, Nadia Knoblauch, Sarah Hinnant

News Anchor

Third Place Gaither High School, GTV Skyler Dallas

Second Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Films Tommy Pozo

First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Manny Naccarato

News Package

Middle School Third Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer-Middle School Edition Valentina Sicher, Cristian Batista, Jacob Fernandez

Middle School Second Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer-Middle School Edition Jaedon Chow, Leandra Santana, Gabriella Custodio, Elanie Castro

Middle School First Place Somerset Oaks Academy, Cash Briand, Mariely Angeles, Miriam Castro, Pablo Perez

Honorable Mention Oviedo High School, WROR-TV Brianna Bibona, Delaney Warner

Honorable Mention Pompano Beach High School Krystal Felix, Samantha Mills

Third Place John A. Ferguson Senior High School, FBN Alexandra Guerrero, Anabella Diaz

Second Place West Shore Junior/Senior High School, WCTZ News Madeleine Coalter, Shane Winsten, Lexi Vorndran

First Place Sickles High School, SicklesTV Megan Sullivan, Anya Mathur, Alexis Tran, Christian Velez

News Story

Honorable Mention Steinbrenner High School, The Oracle Anthony Menold

Third Place Cooper City High School, The Lariat Olivia Gil

Second Place American Heritage Plantation, Patriot Post Anya Pinto

First Place Hagerty High School, BluePrint Janell Lim

Newsmagazine Team

Middle School Honorable Mention Pine View School, The Spark Ava Lenerz, Sofia Giannattasio, Victoria Mochkovsky, Robyn Schoenberg

Honorable Mention Robinson High School, KnightWriters Samuel Elliott, Juno Le, Grace Hilton

Honorable Mention "Gulf Breeze High School, Blue and Gold Derek Scott, Elle Bobb, Kristen Thompson, Jon Rose"

Third Place Cooper City High School, The Lariat Elena Ashburn, Emily Moreno, Nicole Nadler, Kayla Gates

Second Place Hagerty High School, BluePrint Janell Lim, Ava West, Joshua Krob, Sarah Hinnant

First Place Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Alissa Gary, Lexi Critchett, Sophia Roud, Faith Parkinson

On-Camera Interview

Honorable Mention Archbishop McCarthy, Mav News Julia Kim, Jeremy Fonseca 

Third Place American Heritage Plantation, WAHS News Ty Holifield, Sydney Studsville

Second Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Thomas Pozo, Adrian Morgade, Daniel Rossi-Montero, Andrew Falconi

First Place Doral Academy High School, Firebird TV Samantha Gutierrez, Sophia Rosales, Ana Garro

Opinion Column

Honorable Mention Trinity Preparatory School, thetrinityvoice.com Abby Hernan

Honorable Mention Steinbrenner High School, The Oracle Olivia Pages

Third Place St. Cloud High School, The Cloud Savanah Morris

Second Place Coral Gables Senior High School, CavsConnect Maia Berthier

First Place Trinity Preparatory School, thetrinityvoice.com Jack Ververis

Podcast

Middle School First Place Farnell Middle School, Soar Katelyn Bryant, Aarna Saklaan, Violet Nguyen, Venkata Gonuguntla

Honorable Mention MAS @ Zelda Glazer-High School Edition Joseph Medero, Charlie Villa, Gabby Olmo, Sabrina Lopez

Third Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Juan Carlos Chaoui, Alexis Vivanco

Second Place Doral Academy High School, The Nest Sebastian Reggio, Fabio Nardi, Maria Macias, Paula Mendez

First Place St. Cloud High School, The Cloud Noah Jenkins, Emma Tamayo, Brianna Calzadilla

Poetry Writing

Honorable Mention Trinity Preparatory School, thetrinityvoice.com Taylor Riley

Honorable Mention Coral Springs Charter School, Paw Print Valentina Llano

Third Place Robinson High School, KnightWriters Jadyn Grayes

Second Place Coral Gables Senior High School, Catharsis Rodrigo Rosado

First Place Oviedo High School, The Lion's Tale Kaden Bryant

Portrait Photography

Middle School Third Place Pine View School, The Spark Lucas Gallus

Middle School Second Place Farnell Middle School, Soar Aarna Saklaan

Middle School First Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer-Middle School Edition Leandra Santana

Honorable Mention Hillsborough High School, Red & Black Jaden Mancini

Honorable Mention South Dade High School, Southernaire Celine Mili

Third Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer-Middle School EditionLeandra Santana Leandra Santana

Second Place South Dade High School, Riptide Tajaneriann Grace

First Place Coral Springs Charter School, Paw Print Madalen Erez

PTI Sports Debate

Third Place Riviera Preparatory School, WRIV Jorge Recarey, Dianella Novoa

Second Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Manny Naccarato, Thomas Zarut

First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Anthony Martinez, Michael Martinez

Short Film

Middle School Honorable Mention MAS @ Zelda Glazer-Middle School Edition Kassandra Cruz, Emily Prado, Isabella Stone, Yessica Quintana, Cristian Batista, Jacob Fernandez

Middle School Third Place American Heritage Boca/Delray, Stallion Today Benny Feldman, Ian Vanderckhove, Gio Garcia, Ryan Rohit

Middle School First Place Doral Academy Middle School, Firebird TV Nicholas Castillo, Ryan Aleman, Bailey Garcia 

Middle School First Place AP Mays Media MS Isaiah Parisian, Hobety Chatata, David Daza, Jackson Rizo, Elijah Johnson

Honorable Mention MAS @ Zelda Glazer-High School Edition Anna Coiras, Adriana Diaz

Honorable Mention East Ridge High School, WKTN Knight Vision Aiden White, Amani Molina, Kaitlyn Williams, Brynn Gunelius, Lilly Pineda

Third Place Archbishop McCarthy, Mav News Lauren Kim, Jessica Pyke, David Riscigno, Madison McGinn

Second Place West Broward High School, WBTV Ayden Kostzer, Maria Ricardo, Sam Sanchez, Manuel Fernandez, Nathalie Leupold

First Place Doral Academy High School, Firebird TV Veronica Silvosa, Camila Alomia,  Vania Zarak,   Esteban Rodriguez, Leandro Rutigliano, Meagan Ali

Short Story

Honorable Mention Dr. Michael Krop High School, Renaissance Jessie Abanto

Honorable Mention West Broward High School, The Edge Matthew Tobon

Third Place West Broward High School, The Lynx Izabella Perez

Second Place American Heritage Plantation, iPatriotPost Kayra Dayi

First Place Pace High School, Liberator Emerson Wingate

Steven J Thor Mixed Company Page Design

First Place Arianna Hoyos, Coral Gables Senior High School and Laura Gonzalez, Coral Springs Charter High School

Spot News Photography

Middle School Honorable Mention Somerset Oaks Academy, Broadcast Shayne Swank

Middle School Honorable Mention Pine View School, The Python Kinley Thompson

Honorable Mention Bayshore High School, Ursa Major Katia Singh

Honorable Mention Coral Gables Senior High School, highlights Cristel Cantarero

Third Place Coral Gables Senior High School, Cavaleon Sarah Whalen

Second Place Coral Gables Senior High School, CavsConnect Gabriela Blanco

First Place Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Lexi Critchett

Themed Episode

Middle School First Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer-Middle School Edition MAS News Middle

Honorable Mention MAS @ Zelda Glazer High School Edition MAS News Crew

Honorable Mention West Broward High School, WBTV Genesis Ibarra, Andrea Guzman, Ethan Cates

Honorable Mention Gaither High School, GTV Audrey Robbins, David George, Diana Hernandez, Skyler Dallas, Joseph Rodriguez

Third Place Archbishop McCarthy, Mav News Lauren Kim, Julia Kim, Annabelle Genao, David Riscigno, Jessica Pyke, Madison McGinn

Second Place Sickles High School, SicklesTV SicklesTV Staff 

First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live The Voyage Staff 

Tik Tok Challenge

Middle School First Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer-Middle School Edition Valentina Sicher, Gabriela Custodio, Elanie Castro, Leandra Santana, Jaedon Chow

Third Place John A. Ferguson Senior High School, FBN Anabella Diaz, Meadow Manfredini, Alexandra Guerrero

Second Place Doral Academy Prep, FB Digital Gabriel Castillo, Eric Hernandez, Kenza Zemmama

First Place Archbishop McCarthy, Mav News Jessica Pyke, Madison McGinn, Julia Kim

Yearbook Team

Honorable Mention Coral Springs Charter School, O Tempora Kelsey Dunne, Marilynn Ghantous, Kylie Wojcik, Charleey Kaplan

Third Place Bayshore High School, Ursa Major George Burtless, Katia Singh, Amulek Partida

Second Place Hagerty High School, Fusion Sarena Wilkerson, Meghan Shepp, Bela Guise, Shannon Hahn

First Place J.W. Mitchell High School, The Stampede Ava Cornett, Brooke Ealy, Jocelyn Candioloro, Addison Kingsley