Congratulations to the winners in our Spring 2025 Convention Contests. Judges reviewed a record 817 entries to select these winners. Links have been added to winning entries. The list is currently sorted in the same order awards were presented. Use Ctrl-F to locate your name or school. Name corrections can be submitted to fspacontests (at) gmail (dot) com.
Category Place School / Pub Credits
Edit to the Beat Middle School Second Place American Heritage Boca/Delray, Stallion Today Asher Snyder, Noam Goldstone
Edit to the Beat Honorable Mention/Middle School First Place Somerset Oaks Academy, Broadcast Lucas Torres, Meagan Acosta
Edit to the Beat Honorable Mention Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Alejandro Broche, Nicholas Dovales, Angel Medina
Edit to the Beat Third Place Pace High School, WPHS Samari Thompkins, Emily Cogburn, Tristen Solis, Jake Trickey
Edit to the Beat Second Place American Heritage Plantation, Patriots TV Heidi Klink, Alexia Le
Edit to the Beat First Place Somerset Prep Academy Homestead HS, Python TV Patrick Edwards
Lit Mag Team Contest Middle School Second Place Pine View School, The Spark Rebeka Filko, Marina Wissa
Lit Mag Team Contest Honorable Mention Coral Gables Senior High School, Catharsis Lucia Astorga, Ana Betancourt
Lit Mag Team Contest Honorable Mention Cypress Bay High School, The Circuit Sofia Fernandez, Olivia-Ziva Jones-Torres, Manuela Correa
Lit Mag Team Contest Third Place Pine View School, The Luminary Calista Ream, Jenna Backus
Lit Mag Team Contest Second Place South Dade High School, Southernaire Alexa Torrens, Briana Ermeri, MariaLaura Garcia, Brianna Reyes
Lit Mag Team Contest First Place Pine View School, The Spark Shriya Ashok
Opinion Column Honorable Mention Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, The Grotto Alani Avila
Opinion Column Honorable Mention West Broward High School, The Lynx Adrian Baez
Opinion Column Third Place Doral Academy High School, The Nest Jennifer Giraldo
Opinion Column Second Place Immaculata- LaSalle High School, The Royal Courier Katerina Garcia
Opinion Column First Place Cypress Bay High School, The Storm Paulina Vallecillo
Broadcast Commentary Middle School Third Place Gulliver Prep (Middle), Raider Student Network RSN Harper Migdal, Josefina Sanchez-Lago
Broadcast Commentary Middle School Second Place Somerset Academy Bay Mariana Monsalve, Gabriella Fraga, Luca Brutus, Sebastian Walker
Broadcast Commentary Middle School First Place Gulliver Prep (Middle), Raider Student Network RSN Karter Lowry, Hendrix Millstein
Broadcast Commentary Honorable Mention Gulliver Prep (Upper School), RaiderVision Nic Grineberg, Ale Stiglitz
Broadcast Commentary Third Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Thomas Zarut, Gabriel Frage, Dominic Angulo, AJ Legra
Broadcast Commentary Second Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Marcos Montesino, Evin Diaz, Victor Baro, Marc Corteguera
Broadcast Commentary First Place Seminole Ridge High School, WSRH News Reagan Bresnahan, Shayla Stillwaggon, Peyton Teman
Spot News Photo Middle School First Place Park Maitland School, Publications Leeyana Siddiqui
Spot News Photo Honorable Mention Deerfield Beach High School, DBTV Addison Calvet
Spot News Photo Third Place Coral Springs Charter School, Paw Print Chloe Schuhmann
Spot News Photo Second Place Dr. Joaquin Garcia High School, Alpha Amelia Borkacki
Spot News Photo First Place Coral Springs Charter School, Paw Print Autumn Erez
Hand-Drawn Illustration Middle School Third Place Somerset Academy Bay Francisco Celorio
Hand-Drawn Illustration Middle School Second Place Somerset Oaks Academy, Broadcast Damaris Cruz-Perez
Hand-Drawn Illustration Middle School First Place Yulee Middle School, Journalism Juleigh Polke
Hand-Drawn Illustration Honorable Mention American Heritage Boca/Delray, Perspectives Maria Pantaliao
Hand-Drawn Illustration Third Place Coral Springs Charter School, Paw Print Tiffany Castro
Hand-Drawn Illustration Second Place American Heritage Boca/Delray, The Stampede Nayah Sanchez
Hand-Drawn Illustration First Place Coral Gables Senior High School, Catharsis Gabe Betancourt
Short Story Middle School Honorable Mention Yulee Middle School, Journalism Serafina Thum
Short Story Honorable Mention Ransom Everglades School, The Catalyst Dylan Berkowitz
Short Story Honorable Mention Robinson High School, KnightWriters Winter Carbajal
Short Story Third Place Christopher Columbus High School, The Log Alejandro Menendez
Short Story Second Place Oviedo High School, OHS Now Isabella Maciel
Short Story First Place American Heritage Boca/Delray, Perspectives Stephanie Herzog
Podcast Honorable Mention Oviedo High School, OHS Now Caden Martz, Gigi Decesare
Podcast Third Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Staff
Podcast Second Place Robinson High School, KnightWriters Jordan De La Cruz, Ryan Rolle
Podcast First Place Doral Academy High School, The Nest Noelle Navarro, Rachelle Villobos, Kristina Riveira
Review Writing Honorable Mention Robinson High School, KnightWriters Annabelle Bulger
Review Writing Honorable Mention Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Liliana Kirby
Review Writing Third Place Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Lila Goldin
Review Writing Second Place Robinson High School, KnightWriters Grace Shafer
Review Writing First Place Miami Jackson Senior High School, Yearbook Elias Estrada
Motion Graphic Honorable Mention Gulf Breeze High School, The Morning Breeze Frank Da Silva
Motion Graphic Third Place Doral Academy High School, Firebird TV Annarella Polo
Motion Graphic Second Place/Middle School First Place Somerset Academy Prep, SoPrepTV Bowen Martinez
Motion Graphic First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Alejandro Broche
Short Film (Drama) Honorable Mention Doral Academy High School, Firebird TV Valenrina Torres, Angeline Martinez, Natalia Gomez, Juan Jimenez, Pilar Cuenca, Hailey Conteras
Short Film (Drama) Honorable Mention Coral Springs Charter School, CTV2 Blake Weter, Cedrick Carmant, Bryce Walker, Jaide Keen, Gavin Palmer, Cameron Khouri
Short Film (Drama) Third Place West Broward High School, WBTV Addisyn Kostzer, Alina Hairston, Atreyu Scheyd
Short Film (Drama) Second Place NSU University School, USchool Network Emi Optekar, Jackie Shur, Alex Haime, Hannah Kligman, Jayden Slingbaum
Short Film (Drama) First Place Sickles High School, Sickles TV Alina Tewksbury, Tristan Diaz, Nida Erturk, Derek Rettas
Module Design Middle School Honorable Mention Somerset Oaks Academy, Broadcast
Module Design Honorable Mention Dr. Michael Krop High School, Renaissance Sofia Martinez, Angie Llanos
Module Design Honorable Mention Doral Academy Prep, Eye of the Phoenix Jenni Estrada , Gabriela Di Mariana
Module Design Honorable Mention Cypress Bay High School, The Storm Paulina Vallecillo, Gabriela Garcia
Module Design Third Place Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Marquee Ava Fiala, Emmy Mason
Module Design Second Place Coral Gables Senior High School, Cavaleon Isabella Duran, Estella Lluch
Module Design First Place Doral Academy Prep, Eye of the Phoenix Olivia Amoedo, Sofia Cornejo
News Anchor Middle School First Place Gulliver Prep (Middle), Raider Student Network RSN Ava Nullman (Convention contest)
News Anchor Honorable Mention Doral Academy High School, The Nest Noah Rico
News Anchor Third Place Doral Academy High School, Firebird TV Danesha Gonzales
News Anchor Second Place Christopher Columbus High School, Forma Mentis Thomas Zarut
News Anchor First Place Sickles High School, Sickles TV Mia Vanessa Prom (Convention contest)
Yearbook Team Middle School First Place Gulliver Prep (Middle Campus), Yearbook Sofia Caprio, Emilia Meyer, Annabelle Rivas-Vasquez
Yearbook Team Honorable Mention Pace High School, Liberator Elijah Nall, Allyssa Christensen, Meadow Lopez, Gabbie Miller
Yearbook Team Honorable Mention Jupiter High School, Chieftain Bella Venanzi, Joanna Bien-Aime, Emily Wagner, Kaia Barela
Yearbook Team Honorable Mention West Shore Junior/Senior High School, Arcadia Nadine Swartz, Alexandra Buras
Yearbook Team Third Place Robinson High School, Excalibur Monica Cabezas, Alexis Caruthers, Hannah Johnson
Yearbook Team Second Place West Broward High School, The Edge Christopher Villegas, Thea Larragoite, Elizabeth Vargas, Angie Borge
Yearbook Team First Place Coral Springs Charter School, O Tempora Rylie Gentile, Anthony Mannarino, Aiden Newman, Carter Hayden
Collaborative Commercial Third Place Pinecrest North Prep | Christopher Columbus High School | Dr. Joaquin Garcia High School Alexa Mainegra | Andries Vandergraaf | Kevin Giraldo
Collaborative Commercial Second Place Blake High School | Somerset Academy Prep | Pinecrest North Prep | Our Lady of Lourdes Academy Caleb Russi | Andres Perez | Mariano Perez | Alexis Cruzeta
Collaborative Commercial First Place Pinecrest North Prep | Seminole Ridge HS | Gulliver Prep Stephanie Garcia | Kaden Orton | Ethan Barras
Poetry Writing Middle School Third Place Yulee Middle School, Journalism Sofia Basynya
Poetry Writing Middle School Second Place Pine View School, The Spark Shriya Ashok
Poetry Writing Middle School First Place Yulee Middle School, Journalism Kadee Morgan.
Poetry Writing Honorable Mention American Heritage Boca/Delray, Perspectives Ella Goldsmith
Poetry Writing Honorable Mention South Dade High School, The Current Jaylee Denis
Poetry Writing Third Place Dr. Michael Krop High School, The Lightning Strike Marc-Kenne Lamothe
Poetry Writing Second Place Trinity Preparatory School, thetrinityvoice.com Lila Choudry
Poetry Writing First Place Coral Gables Senior High School, CavsConnect Marina Astorga
PTI Sports Debate Middle School First Place Gulliver Prep (Middle), Raider Student Network RSN Hendrix Millstein , Sam Davis
PTI Sports Debate Honorable Mention Gulliver Prep (Upper School), RaiderVision Christian Sanchez, Nicolas Grineberg
PTI Sports Debate Third Place West Shore Junior/Senior High School, WCTZ News Jack Grimison, Drew Newlin
PTI Sports Debate Second Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Andrew Ahrendt, Thomas Zarut
PTI Sports Debate First Place Christopher Columbus High School, The Log Marcos Montesino, Adrian Perez
Photo Story Honorable Mention Pace High School, Liberator Jackson Gray, Eric Zhuo, Kennedy Franz, Madison Parker
Photo Story Honorable Mention Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Trisha Babji Rao, Cici Cox
Photo Story Third Place/First Place Middle School Somerset Academy Bay Valentina Vergara
Photo Story Second Place Doral Academy High, Photography Anitza Sierra, Amelia Martinez
Photo Story First Place Robinson High School, KnightWriters Yesenia Rosario, Allyson Steele
News Package Middle School Third Place Gulliver Prep (Middle), Raider Student Network RSN Arielle Tzur, Ava Nullman
News Package Middle School Second Place Somerset Oaks Academy, Broadcast Kaylani Calderon, Meagan Acosta, Isabella Irizarry
News Package Middle School First Place Somerset Academy Prep, SoPrepTV Staff
News Package Honorable Mention NSU University School, USchool Network Dylan Poliakoff, Ethan Scharf, Dane Capeletti
News Package Third Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Lucas Piles, Armando Hernandez, Gabriel Hernandez, Patricio Zaldivar, Brandon Caram
News Package Second Place American Heritage Plantation, Patriots TV Myles Rothschild, Jake Sheitelman, Adam Saleh, Mayli Tommie
News Package First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Rodolfo Gonzalez, Morgan Lewis, Brandon Rodriguez, Adrian Perez
Adviser Architecture Photo Honorable Mention Miami Jackson Senior High School, Yearbook Carolina Sitterson
Adviser Architecture Photo Honorable Mention West Broward High School, The Edge Brooke Acosta
Adviser Architecture Photo Third Place Gulliver Prep (Upper School), Raider Monica Rodriguez
Adviser Architecture Photo Second Place Evangelical Christian School, ECS Films Todd Stubing
Adviser Architecture Photo First Place Somerset Academy Bay Karina Walker
News Story Honorable Mention H.B. Plant High School, PHSNews.com Stella Griggs
News Story Honorable Mention American Heritage Plantation, iPatriotPost Adiya Mukhitdinov
News Story Third Place Coral Springs Charter School, Paw Print Roger Taveras
News Story Second Place Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Maja Milovanovic
News Story First Place Hagerty High School, BluePrint Josephine Lim
Short Film (Action) Middle School First Place NSU University School Middle, USchool Network Zachary Newman, Brandon Castle, Gabriella Berner, Evan Dell, Alexis Schiffman, Siena Lee
Short Film (Action) Honorable Mention Allen D. Nease High School, Wired Max Gialluca, Kai Hulbert, Mackenzie Bradt, Paxton Beidle, Kris Espada, Cooper Hollis
Short Film (Action) Third Place Pembroke Pines Charter High School, Newspaper Lucas Foreman, Omar Mohsen, Kian Gadishaw, Nicolas Rodriguez , Ty Bell
Short Film (Action) Second Place Seminole Ridge High School, WSRH News Heath Wood, Jeremiah Francoeur, Cole Single, Josh Thawe, Kylie Irons, Nick Ruddick
Short Film (Action) First Place Sickles High School, Sickles TV Vincent Fiorilli, Zach Caughey, Sage Skarshinski-Fred, Jack Hunzeker, Emilie Roosa
Themed Show 2 Honorable Mention Forest High School, WCAT Rainey Lindeman, Brielle Fernandez, Marcus Von Rosenberg, Colin Elfring, Jacob Velasco, Jenni Renaud
Themed Show 2 Third Place Sickles High School, Sickles TV Staff
Themed Show 2 Second Place Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, OLLA TV OLLA TV Crew
Themed Show 2 First Place NSU University School, USchool Network Staff
Newsmagazine Team Honorable Mention Trinity Preparatory School, thetrinityvoice.com Fay Zhao, Ashwin Anand, Sami Haddadin, Allison Williams
Newsmagazine Team Third Place Trinity Preparatory School, thetrinityvoice.com Lucy Chong, Sofia Haddadin, Lila Choudry, Julia Hoskins
Newsmagazine Team Second Place Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Ellie Symons, Priya Gowda, Aiden Velez
Newsmagazine Team First Place Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Kiara Benoit, Sadie Kanter, Sienna Rose Sossi, Graeme Melcher
Vertical Man on the Street Middle School Third Place Gulliver Prep (Middle), Raider Student Network RSN Matthew Thornton, Stefano Stiglitz
Vertical Man on the Street Middle School Second Place American Heritage Boca/Delray, Stallion Today Blake Brumberg, Zuzu Van Der Walde
Vertical Man on the Street Middle School First Place Somerset Academy Bay
Vertical Man on the Street Honorable Mention Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, OLLA TV Valentina Brime, Sophia Vallejo
Vertical Man on the Street Honorable Mention Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, OLLA TV Valeria Rincon, Gianna Valladares
Vertical Man on the Street Third Place Doral Academy High School, Firebird TV Danesha Gonzales, Camila Bullos
Vertical Man on the Street Second Place Doral Academy Prep, The Flare Andres Rodriguez, Daniela Montes
Vertical Man on the Street First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Adriano Boutros, Lucas Batalla
Film Scene (Director’s Challenge) Honorable Mention Doral Academy High School, Firebird TV Sophia Pinto, Isabella Gonzalez, Marco Garcia, Zara Saieh, Asher Ellis, Nicholas Paliz
Film Scene (Director’s Challenge) Third Place / Middle School First Place MAS @ Zelda Glazer-Middle School Edition Radames Heredia, Salome Munoz, Aubrey Balaguer, Carly Hernandez, Luccia Guerra
Film Scene (Director’s Challenge) Second Place South Dade High School, Riptide Devin Smith, Shayne Swank, Dakota Montalvo, Cash Briand
Film Scene (Director’s Challenge) First Place Palm Beach Gardens High School, GNN jonathan Cadore, Jacob Scheurer, Aiden Allen, David Waddell
Sports Writing Middle School First Place Yulee Middle School, Journalism Gabi Insignares
Sports Writing Honorable Mention Ransom Everglades School, The Catalyst Abby Pollak
Sports Writing Honorable Mention Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, The Grotto Emma Moran
Sports Writing Third Place West Shore Junior/Senior High School, The Roar Drew Newlin
Sports Writing Second Place Christopher Columbus High School, The Log Edward Lopez de Uralde
Sports Writing First Place Cypress Bay High School, The Circuit Olivia-Ziva Jones-Torres
Video Short Challenge Middle School Third Place Somerset Academy Bay Emiliano Furones, Alejandro Hoed de Beche, Andres Garganta
Video Short Challenge Middle School Second Place Gulliver Prep (Middle), Raider Student Network RSN Samantha Schwartz
Video Short Challenge Middle School First Place Babcock Neighborhood School, BNS Yearbook Ava Martinez, Allison McNinch, Conner Carter, Gage Hartzog, Bailee Keene
Video Short Challenge Third Place Pace High School, WPHS Ryan Thompson, Luke McBride, Levi McBride
Video Short Challenge Second Place Okeechobee High School, Brahman Edith Ramirez, Vayda Maselli, Dalia Cruz
Video Short Challenge First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Brandon Pineyro, Christopher Gonzalez
Feature Writing Middle School Honorable Mention Yulee Middle School, Journalism Madison Laschansky
Feature Writing Honorable Mention American Heritage Plantation, Patriot Post Daniel Harper
Feature Writing Honorable Mention Coral Gables Senior High School, CavsConnect Gianna Figueroa
Feature Writing Third Place Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Marquee Bailey Arnone
Feature Writing Second Place Hagerty High School, BluePrint Isabella Ross
Feature Writing First Place Coral Gables Senior High School, Highlights Natalia Quick
Steven J. Thor Mixed Company Third Place American Heritage | Cypress Bay HS | Coral Gables Senior HS Dylan Gold | Alia Langshaw | Nicolas Soto
Steven J. Thor Mixed Company Second Place Pine View School | American Heritage Dallan Kasavana | Timothy Nesanelis
Steven J. Thor Mixed Company First Place Gulf Breeze HS | Dreyfoos School of the Arts Ryan Hoffman | Ben Seelig
Themed Show 1 Middle School Second Place Somerset Academy Bay Staff
Themed Show 1 Honorable Mention Gulliver Prep (Upper School), RaiderVision RaiderVision Staff
Themed Show 1 Honorable Mention Doral Academy High School, Firebird TV Staff
Themed Show 1 Honorable Mention Coral Springs Charter School, CTV2 CTV2 Staff
Themed Show 1 Third Place Miami Senior High School, Stingtown News Alvaro Ramirez, Alessandro De Palma, Mohammad Monem, Jose Reyes, Chris Donaires, Gabriela Martinez
Themed Show 1 Second Place/Middle School First Place Somerset Academy Prep, SoPrepTV Staff
Themed Show 1 First Place Christopher Columbus High School, CCNN Live Staff
Architecture Photo Middle School Honorable Mention Somerset Academy Bay Jaiden Barbier
Architecture Photo Middle School Third Place Park Maitland School, Publications Leeyana Siddiqui
Architecture Photo Middle School Second Place Lawton Chiles Middle School, Panther Pride Summer Scott
Architecture Photo Middle School First Place Somerset Academy Prep, SoPrepTV Adrien Delgado
Architecture Photo Honorable Mention Steinbrenner High School, Odyssey Hannah Chen
Architecture Photo Honorable Mention West Shore Junior/Senior High School, Arcadia Thien-Linh Nguyen
Architecture Photo Honorable Mention Dreyfoos School of the Arts, The Muse Aiden Velez
Architecture Photo Third Place Gulf Breeze High School, Blue and Gold Matthew Gustafson
Architecture Photo Second Place Okeechobee High School, Brahman Dalia Cruz
Architecture Photo First Place Pompano Beach High School, PTVI-News Elena Tetzner
