2026

Broadcast Journalist Of the Year

• Rhett Braunecker — Episcopal Collegiate School — Superior, 1st Runner-up (1A-4A)

• Jackson Mitchell — Brookland High School — Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Blake Ford – Conway High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Brayleigh Scarberough – Siloam Springs High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Matthew Anderson – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Broadcast On-Air Talent Of the Year

• Nathan Batara – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Ross May – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Mady Calhoun – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Broadcast Producer Of the Year

• Cayden Robertson — Bryant Junior HIgh School —Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Noah Warmack – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Drew Jesse – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Logan Cowie – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Broadcast Sports Journalist Of the Year

• Cayden Robertson — Bryant Junior HIgh School —Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Tate Barnes – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Ross May – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Caden Key – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Broadcast Video Editor Of the Year

• Ashley Honeywell – Episcopal Collegiate School – Superior,Winner (1A-4A)

• Nora Dromi – Siloam Springs High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Logan Cowie – Fayetteville High School– Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Film Cinematographer of the Year

• Chandler Williams – Greenbrier High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Film Director of the Year

• Chris Charlton – Fayetteville High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Film Editor Of the Year

• Nicholas Werner – Greenbrier High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Caleb Herweck – De Queen High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Film Producer of the Year

• Brooklyn Beights – Greenbrier High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Filmmaker of the Year

• Wyatt Olingers – Fayetteville High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Literary Magazine Designer Of the Year

• Stephen Brown – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Literary Magazine Editor Of the Year

• Savvy Stephenson – Episcopal Collegiate School – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

Literary Magazine Writer Of the Year

• DJ Johnson — Episcopal Collegiate School — Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Piper Sullivan – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Ariana Minkel – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Bryah Jackson – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Digital Newspaper Editor Of the Year

• Sarah Martinez – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Elaina Haney – Southside High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Elizabeth Rigsby, Ava Davenport – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Print Newspaper Editor Of the Year

• Sahara Pullen – Heritage High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Kenady Enyart — Rogers High School — 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Caroline Baker, Ava Kate White – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

• Cayden Robertson, Catalina Schleuse, Mason Reynolds – Bryant Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

Digital Newspaper Designer Of the Year

• Sarah Martinez – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

Digital Newspaper Writer Of the Year

• Sarah Martinez – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Yashika Bhagat — Little Rock Central High School — Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Print Newspaper Designer Of the Year

• Evelyn Crisostomo – Rogers High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Asha Carter – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Print Newspaper Writer Of the Year

• Mason Reynolds – Bryant Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Sahara Pullen — Heritage High School — Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Adelyn Wright – Rogers High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Sloan Austin – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Business Manager Of the Year

• Rowan Ray – Cabot High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Jenna Rawwagah – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Maria Morales Ocampo – Bryant High School– Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

• Kelly Mendez – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• James Hayden Reagor — Woodland Junior High School — Superior, 1st Runner-up (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Ace Bradley – Bryant Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

Yearbook Designer Of the Year

• Hannah Hale – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Canon Spiking – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Hensleigh Duell – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Kelly Mendez – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Hayden Thomsen – Bentonville West High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Erin Wright – Bryant High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Kaylee Anderson – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Yearbook Editor Of the Year

• Canon Spiking — Woodland Junior High School — Superior, 2nd Runner-up (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Hannah Hale – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Jolene Roggasch, Carolina Relford – Bryant Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Olivia Berry – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Olivia Berry – Greenbrier High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Jessie Varnell – Heritage High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Kaylee Anderson, Caroline Sanders – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Yearbook Writer Of the Year

• Emma Madrid – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Maria Morales Ocampo – Bryant High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Kaylee Anderson – Bryant High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Xoe Hawkins – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

• Kelly Mendez — Buffalo Island Central — Superior, 1st Runner-up (1A-4A)

• Davide Webster – Central Arkansas Christian Schools – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

Photojournalist Of the Year

• Diana Tsai – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Hannah Hale – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Canon Spiking – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Kelly Mendez – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (1A-4A)

• Nathan Kerr – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, 1st Runner-up (1A-4A)

• Kate Tuxhorn — Central Arkansas Christian Schools — Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Julianna Baldwin – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Emmeline Fletcher – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Kaylee Anderson – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Artist Of the Year

• Diana Jimenez – Episcopal Collegiate School – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Catalina Schleuse – Bryant Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

2025

Broadcast Journalist Of the Year

• Eleanor Eichmann – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Isaac Maldonado – Siloam Springs High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Chelsea Jensen – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Broadcast On-Air Talent Of the Year

• Penelope Fuller-Freeman – Lakeside High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Eleanor Eichmann – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Riley Forte – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Broadcast Producer Of the Year

• Brayden Johnson – Bryant Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Clark Wild – Episcopal Collegiate School – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Stella Sutton – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Mady Calhoun – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Broadcast Video Editor Of the Year

• Ty Mattingly – Fayetteville High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

• Alice Zawada – Episcopal Collegiate School – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Cayden Robertson – Bryant Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

Broadcast Sports Journalist Of the Year

• Ben Watson – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Matthew Anderson – Bryant High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Jordan Jones – Searcy High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Literary Magazine Designer Of the Year

• Sydney Holliman – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Lila Di Leo – Little Rock Christian Academy – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Abby Swindler – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Literary Magazine Editor Of the Year

• Abby Swindler – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Literary Magazine Writer Of the Year

• Fatimah Yousaf – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Karter Murphy – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Ariana Minkel – Fayetteville High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Digital Newspaper Editor Of the Year

• Hector Ramos – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Sybil Curran, Kyah Kaufmann – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Brooklyn Nelson – Har-Ber High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Print Newspaper Editor Of the Year

• Oliver Perron – Rogers High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Sybil Curran and Kyah Kaufmann – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

• Bella Luper and Brayden Rowe – Bryant Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)
  

Digital Newspaper Designer Of the Year

• Hector Ramos – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

Digital Newspaper Writer Of the Year

• Hector Ramos – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

Print Newspaper Designer Of the Year

• Sophia Burton – Bryant Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Sierra Hernandez – Rogers High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Print Newspaper Writer Of the Year

• Brayden Rowe – Bryant Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Anastasia Phetsomphou – Rogers High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Yashika Bhagat – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Business Manager Of the Year

• Adelyn Wright – Rogers High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Naomi Shaver – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Cooper Oxford – Southside High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

• Kelly Mendez – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Adison Richards – Bryant Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

Yearbook Designer Of the Year

• Carolina Relford – Bryant Junior High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Norah Al-Rikabi – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Parker Sisney – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Sophi McFall – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, 1st Runner-up (1A-4A)

• Halle Browning – Central Arkansas Christian – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• TeAndrea Watson – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Khloe Whitten – Bentonville West High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Kaylee Anderson – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Yearbook Editor Of the Year

• Rylee Solomon – Bryant Junior High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Parker Sisney – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Lilly Boyd – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, 1st Runner-up (1A-4A)

• Ethan Farmer – Central Arkansas Christian – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Emma McAndrew and Layne Joheim – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Alyssa Brendel – Bentonville West High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Kaylee Anderson and Siya Rohant – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

Yearbook Writer Of the Year

• Parker Sisney – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Siya Rohant – Bryant High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Angelica Healey – Bentonville West High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Krisha Patel – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A)

• Lilly Boyd – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

Photojournalist Of the Year

• Canon Spikin – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Jade Holland – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Parker Sisney – Woodland Junior High School – Superior, Winner (Middle/Jr. High/Freshman)

• Kelly Mendez – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, 1st Runner-up (1A-4A)

• Nathan Kerr – Buffalo Island Central – Superior, Winner (1A-4A)

• Layne Johiem – Little Rock Central High School – Superior, 2nd Runner-up (5A-7A)

• LiliAnn Stillings – Fayetteville High School – Superior, 1st Runner-up (5A-7A)

• Kaylee Anderson – Bryant High School – Superior, Winner (5A-7A