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Colonnades Literary and Art Journal, Elon News Network and Phi Psi Cli yearbook won Best of Show awards on Feb. 28 from the North Carolina College Media Association. Nearly two dozen students were honored in the individual categories, as well.

The awards were presented at the association’s virtual conference for college media students and advisers hosted by William Peace University.

The awards contest included hundreds of entries from more than 20 college media outlets from across the state. Below is a list of only the Elon winners. (The number next to the names indicates where students finished in a particular category.)

Newspaper—Small School

Best of Show – Newspaper

Best of Show – Online

Digital Storytelling

1: Maria Ramirez Uribe, Alexandra Roat, Marielle Wanner, Jack Norcross –

3: Anton Delgado –

Feature Writing

3: Christian Galvano –

News Writing

2: Kyra O’Connor –

Opinion Writing

1: Kennedy Boston –

3: Trinity Dixon –

Photography

1: Grace Terry – “C�����������Ǵdz�”

3: Clare Grant –

Single- or Two-Page Design

2: Ted Thomas – “T��ԲԾ���”

Illustration/Graphic

2: Caroline Bunder –

3: Ted Thomas – “Voter Turnout Surges in Alamance County”

Sports Writing

3: Colby Cook –

Yearbook

Best of Show

Student Life Copy

2: Emery Eisner – “Trial Run”

Sports Copy

3: Dana Weiner – “Got Game”

Photography

2: Connor Willis – “Tony > Curt”

3: Thomas Denome – “Bench Celebration”

Inside Spread Design

3: Kathryn Williams – “Loving Elon”

Literary Magazine

Best of Show

Poetry

1: Arianne Payne – “Origin Story”

Fiction

1: Olivia Bennett –

3: Patrick Wei –

Nonfiction

2: Molly Cruse –

Photography/Art

2: Abraham Diakite – “Finger Painting”

3: Aravind Vinayakan – ���Dz�”

In total, five �þ��� students attended the virtual conference, which featured workshops and keynote discussions. The students in attendance were Kyra O’Connor ’23, Ted Thomas ’21, Caitlin Rundle ’21, Kathryn Williams ’22 and Ashley D’Andrea ’23.