2017 Annual Contest Winners
The 2017 JEANC Annual Contest produced 288 awards given to 39 publications.
| Category | Place | ||
| Nicholas Ferentinos Press Freedom Award | The Roar | Whitney Editorial Board | 1st PLACE |
| El Estoque | Trisha Kholiya, ZaZu Lippert, Priya Reddy | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Anjali Shrivastava | 3rd PLACE | |
| The Oracle | Shannon Yang | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB advertising design | The Highlander | Isabel Mitchell | 1st PLACE |
| Crimson | Kathryn Varian | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Highlander | Estella Lippi | 3rd PLACE | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Anjali Shrivastava | HON. MENTION | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Natalie Hatch | HON. MENTION | |
| Viking Magazine | Sam Guillet | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB centerspread design | The Stagg Line | Estefany Nunez | 1st PLACE |
| Viking Magazine | Max Jung-Goldberg & Peter Snodgrass | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Roundtable | Nicholas Hom | 3rd PLACE | |
| Aragon Outlook | Isabel Chao | HON. MENTION | |
| Crimson | Sadie Mae Mace | HON. MENTION | |
| The Saratoga Falcon | Olivia Liu & Claire Rhee | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB column writing | Verde | Noga Hurwitz | 1st PLACE |
| The Saratoga Falcon | Charin Park | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Coat of Arms | Gillian Bressie | 3rd PLACE | |
| Crimson | Elise Scheiffele | HON. MENTION | |
| El Estoque | Helen Chao | HON. MENTION | |
| The Acalanes Blueprint | Sierra Fang-Horvath | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB editorial cartoon | The Olympian | Hannah Johansson | 1st PLACE |
| El Estoque | Vivian Chiang | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Wildcat Tribune | Brandon Shi | 3rd PLACE | |
| The Broadview | Lizzie Bruce | HON. MENTION | |
| The Olympian | Anastasia Le | HON. MENTION | |
| The Saratoga Falcon | Kitty Huang | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB editorial writing | The Eastside Panther | The Eastside Panther Staff | 1st PLACE |
| The Paly Voice | Dhara Yu and staff | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Anjali Shrivastava | 3rd PLACE | |
| The Epic | Eshani Mehta & Michyla Lin | HON. MENTION | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Stephenie Kang | HON. MENTION | |
| The Saratoga Falcon | Kevin Chow & Ashley Feng | HON. MENTION | |
| The Saratoga Falcon | Spring Ma | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB feature photo | Verde | Laura Sieh & Thomas Chapman | 1st PLACE |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Carissa Lewis | 2nd PLACE | |
| Crimson | Camden Tucker | 3rd PLACE | |
| Crimson | Kathryn Varian & Madison Funke | HON. MENTION | |
| The Highlander | Estella Lippi | HON. MENTION | |
| The Olympian | Nisha Lal | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB general feature story | Verde | Ashley Hitchens, Noga Hurwitz & Tara Madhav | 1st PLACE |
| The Epitaph | Zerin Amiwero | 2nd PLACE | |
| Aragon Outlook | Naomi Vanderlip | 3rd PLACE | |
| El Estoque | Karen Sanchez, Hannan Waliullah & Jessica Xing | 3rd PLACE | |
| The Epic | Patricia Wei | 3rd PLACE | |
| The Oracle | Sohini Ashoke & Joanna Huang | 3rd PLACE | |
| Aragon Outlook | Alyce Thornhill & Victoria Fong | HON. MENTION | |
| Crimson | Esther Cabello | HON. MENTION | |
| The Acalanes Blueprint | Sierra Fang-Horvath & Sam Stack | HON. MENTION | |
| The Crusader | Roman Peregrino | HON. MENTION | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | McKenna Aram | HON. MENTION | |
| The Oracle | Carolyn Kuimelis & Clara Kieschnick-Llamas | HON. MENTION | |
| The Saratoga Falcon | Kevin Chow & Michael Zhang | HON. MENTION | |
| The Wildcat Tribune | Andrew Chuang & Karen Wang | HON. MENTION | |
| Verde | Stephanie Lee & Emma Cockerell | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB infographic design | The Epic | Catherine Huang | 1st PLACE |
| The Wildcat Tribune | Irene Chang, Armaan Rashid & Amanda Su | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Highlander | Isabel Mitchell | 3rd PLACE | |
| The Highlander | Estella Lippi | HON. MENTION | |
| The Paly Voice | Maya Akkaraju & Emma van der Veen | HON. MENTION | |
| The Roar | Enzo Biondi | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB nameplate design | El Estoque | El Estoque Staff | 1st PLACE |
| The Broadview | Editorial Board | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Oracle | The Oracle Staff | 3rd PLACE | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Anjali Shrivastava | HON. MENTION | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Cole Kahmann | HON. MENTION | |
| The Roundtable | Nicholas Hom | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB news photo | The Broadview | Lisabelle Panossian | 1st PLACE |
| The Olympian | Halley Lin-Jones | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Carissa Lewis | 3rd PLACE | |
| The Crusader | Keven Munoz | HON. MENTION | |
| The Olympian | Desiree Broome | HON. MENTION | |
| The Saratoga Falcon | Muthu Palaniappan | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB news story | The Oracle | Evalyn Li & Andrew Zhao | 1st PLACE |
| The Wildcat Tribune | Armaan Rashid & Brandon Shi | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Oracle | Janet Wang | 3rd PLACE | |
| Aragon Outlook | Gabriel Lukaszeciwz | HON. MENTION | |
| Crimson | Mason Seden-Hansen | HON. MENTION | |
| The Catalyst | Sara Eckles | HON. MENTION | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Will Anderson | HON. MENTION | |
| The Saratoga Falcon | Lina Kim, Phoebe Wang & Austin Wang | HON. MENTION | |
| Verde | Tamar Sarig | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB newsmagazine cover design | C Magazine | Jordan Schilling | 1st PLACE |
| El Estoque | Trisha Kholiya & Hannan Waliullah | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Acalanes Blueprint | Christine Mitroff | 3rd PLACE | |
| Crimson | Lauren Wassam | HON. MENTION | |
| El Estoque | Trisha Kholiya | HON. MENTION | |
| The Roar | Rylea Gillis & Danica Tran | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB newsmagazine spread design | The Roar | Rylea Gillis & Rachel Marquardt | 1st PLACE |
| The Roar | Madilyn Sindelar, Emma Thomas & Danica Tran | 2nd PLACE | |
| Crimson | Sadie Mae Mace, Valeria Cisneros & Kathryn Varian | 3rd PLACE | |
| C Magazine | Amanda Hmelar & Katie Look | HON. MENTION | |
| Crimson | Crimson Staff | HON. MENTION | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Katie Cologna | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB newspaper front page design | The Saratoga Falcon | Emily Chen & Amulya Vadlakonda | 1st PLACE |
| The Oracle | Jenna Marvet, Sherry Chen | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Epitaph | Ben Allen | 3rd PLACE | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Anjali Shrivastava | HON. MENTION | |
| The Stagg Line | Matt Danforth | HON. MENTION | |
| The Eastside Panther | Jonathan Guillen, Clarissa Guzman & Andres Perez | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB photo illustration | Crimson | Valeria Cisneros | 1st PLACE |
| The Saratoga Falcon | Charin Park | 2nd PLACE | |
| Verde | Vivian Nguyen | 3rd PLACE | |
| C Magazine | Teddie Stewart | HON. MENTION | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Carissa Lewis | HON. MENTION | |
| The Highlander | Estella Lippi | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB profile feature story | El Estoque | Ilena Peng | 1st PLACE |
| C Magazine | Lhaga Dingpontsawa, Alexis Pisco & Yashvi Tibrewal | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Acalanes Blueprint | Clara Kobashigawa & Bennett Baker | 3rd PLACE | |
| C Magazine | Jasmine Abeyta, Darrow Hornik & Julianna Roth | HON. MENTION | |
| Crimson | Lindsay Darbyshire | HON. MENTION | |
| Crimson | Steven Schouten | HON. MENTION | |
| The Acalanes Blueprint | Sierra Fang-Horvath | HON. MENTION | |
| The Saratoga Falcon | Spring Ma & Ami Nachiappan | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB review writing | The Crusader | Jabriel Andrade | 1st PLACE |
| Aragon Outlook | Anders Zhou | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Saratoga Falcon | Trevor Leung | 3rd PLACE | |
| C Magazine | Atusa Assadi & Lhaga Dingpontsawa | HON. MENTION | |
| The Broadview | Grace Ainslie | HON. MENTION | |
| Verde | Amira Garewal & Rebecca Yao | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB sports photo | The Olympian | Jacob Schoenfeld | 1st PLACE |
| Crimson | Camden Tucker | 2nd PLACE | |
| El Estoque | Om Khandekar | 3rd PLACE | |
| Scot Scoop News | Avery Adams | HON. MENTION | |
| The Eastside Panther | Andrea Barajas | HON. MENTION | |
| The Olympian | Gavin Halloran | HON. MENTION | |
| NEWSPUB sports story | El Estoque | Kalpana Gopalkrishnan | 1st PLACE |
| The Paly Voice | Jackson Doerr & Ethan Kao | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Oracle | Matthew Hamilton & Lena Ye | 3rd PLACE | |
| Crimson | Lindsay Darbyshire | HON. MENTION | |
| El Estoque | Amanda Chan | HON. MENTION | |
| The Acalanes Blueprint | Gareth Kwok | HON. MENTION | |
| The Paly Voice | Benner Mullin | HON. MENTION | |
| The Saratoga Falcon | Victor Liu & Neil Rao | HON. MENTION | |
| ONLINE breaking news story | The Acalanes Blueprint | Sierra Fang-Horvath | 1st PLACE |
| The Paly Voice | Bianca Al-Shamari & Dhara Yu | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Broadview | Broadview Editorial Board | 3rd PLACE | |
| The Epitaph | Rachel Hildebrand & Gabby Mrozowski | HON. MENTION | |
| TJ-TV | Kayla Hsu | HON. MENTION | |
| Whitney Update | Rachel Marquardt | HON. MENTION | |
| ONLINE breaking news stream | Aragon Outlook | Outlook Staff | 1st PLACE |
| The Broadview | Lisabelle Panossian & Claire Kosewic | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Epitaph | Shauli Bar-On | 3rd PLACE | |
| Scot Scoop News | Mona Murhamer, Sarah Tocatlian, Sophie Penn, Megan Tao | HON. MENTION | |
| ONLINE feature package | El Estoque | El Estoque (What it Feels Like) | 1st PLACE |
| El Estoque | El Estoque (whisper of a dream) | 2nd PLACE | |
| The Granite Bay Gazette | Natasha Chanda, Whitney Knorp & Will Anderson | 3rd PLACE | |
| Crimson | Sadie Mae Mace, Valeria Cisneros & Kathryn Varian | HON. MENTION | |
| The Paly Voice | Bianca Al-Shamari & Finn Mennuti (Breaking Down the UC Berkeley Riots) | HON. MENTION | |
| The Paly Voice | Bianca Al-Shamari & Finn Mennuti (The Paly Voice analyzes CDC Epi-Aid report) | HON. MENTION | |
| ONLINE feature video | TJ-TV | Madison Brooks & Jaylin Tillson | 1st PLACE |
| Scot Scoop News | Estella Lippi | 2nd PLACE | |
| El Estoque | Ruth Feng, Om Khandekar & Becca Zheng | 3rd PLACE | |
| TJ-TV | Hannah Vecchione & Faith Provost | HON. MENTION | |
| ONLINE live coverage | Scot Scoop News | Kaylee George, Anya Meredith & Estella Lippi | 1st PLACE |
| The Oracle | Shannon Yang | 2nd PLACE | |
| ONLINE news video | Scot Scoop News | Sophie Penn | 1st PLACE |
| TJ-TV | Cast and Crew of TJ-TV | 2nd PLACE | |
| El Estoque | Becca Zheng | 3rd PLACE | |
| El Estoque | Chetana Ramaiyer | HON. MENTION | |
| TJ-TV | Emily Cho & Kayla Hsu | HON. MENTION | |
| ONLINE news web site design | Crimson | Crimson Staff | 1st PLACE |
| The Paly Voice | The Paly Voice Staff | 2nd PLACE | |
| Scot Scoop News | Megan Tao, Brooke Chang, Hannalei Pham, Celine Yang & Nathan Godwin | 3rd PLACE | |
| The Oracle | The Oracle Staff | HON. MENTION | |
| ONLINE opinion video | M-A Chronicle | Josh Olson & Trevor Thiele-Sardina | 1st PLACE |
| ONLINE photo slideshow | El Estoque | Karen Sanchez & Himani Yalamaddi | 1st PLACE |
| El Estoque | El Estoque | 2nd PLACE | |
| Crimson | Emmaline Voorheis | 3rd PLACE | |
| Scot Scoop News | Ryan Geronimo | HON. MENTION | |
| The Oracle | Richard Yu | HON. MENTION | |
| ONLINE podcast | El Estoque | ZaZu Lippert | 1st PLACE |
| El Estoque | Aanchal Garg, Ilena Peng & Hannan Waliullah | 2nd PLACE | |
| ONLINE sports video | El Estoque | Om Khandekar | 1st PLACE |
| The Acalanes Blueprint | Gareth Kwok | 2nd PLACE | |
| YEARBOOK academic spread | Jamboree | Effie Li & Stephen Wend-Bell | 1st PLACE |
| The Galleon | Khanh Phan, Jannet Nguyen & Elizabeth Arzola-Rodriguez | 2nd PLACE | |
| Ursus | Ethan Roberts, Isaac Noschka & Caitlin Healy | 3rd PLACE | |
| CubTrax | Abby O’Neill & Jackie Khuong | HON. MENTION | |
| Jamboree | Kano Castleberry & Isadora Pham | HON. MENTION | |
| Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School Yearbook | 2016-2017 JLS Yearbook Team | HON. MENTION | |
| Madrono | Nicole Keegan | HON. MENTION | |
| The Galleon | Galleon Staff | HON. MENTION | |
| Ursus | Isabel John | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK advertising spread | Jamboree | Catherine Bloom, Cody Tufts & Teyha Guiden | 1st PLACE |
| Ursus | Lindsay Withrow | 2nd PLACE | |
| Ursus | Ava Lindley | 3rd PLACE | |
| Dictum Est | Julia Brandt | HON. MENTION | |
| Dictum Est | Mattilyn Coker | HON. MENTION | |
| Falcon Nation 2017 | Falcon Nation Staff 2017 | HON. MENTION | |
| Falcon Nation 2017 | Layne Wilson & Sierra Yarns | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK chronological spread | The Galleon | Ben Vo, Daniela Lopez & Tiffany Do | 1st PLACE |
| Lykos | Trinity Kibbee & Kathryn Sobczak | 2nd PLACE | |
| Madrono | Megan Lee, Zoe Silver & Sarah Mitz | 3rd PLACE | |
| Details Yearbook | Rylea Gillis | HON. MENTION | |
| Lykos | Lily Van Putten | HON. MENTION | |
| Madrono | Jordan Wooten | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK clubs/organizations spread | Ursus | Caitlin Healy | 1st PLACE |
| Jamboree | Nicholas Reeves & Joseph Wellington | 2nd PLACE | |
| Jamboree | Annie Hansen & Justin Jones | 3rd PLACE | |
| CubTrax | CubTrax Clubs Team | HON. MENTION | |
| we do it all! (Excelsior Middle School yearbook) | Delanie Kimble, Leah Edmonds & Erika Uribe | HON. MENTION | |
| Madrono | Justin Kramer & James Jeon | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK cover design | Dictum Est | Julia Brandt & Mattilyn Coker | 1st PLACE |
| Lykos | Lykos Staff | 2nd PLACE | |
| Jamboree | Jamboree Staff | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK feature photo | The Galleon | Khanh Phan & Emily Lam | 1st PLACE |
| Jamboree | Samantha Price | 2nd PLACE | |
| Madrono | Chloe Iglehart | 3rd PLACE | |
| CubTrax | Isabella Haitz & Sophia Ling | HON. MENTION | |
| Echoes | Shivansh Baveja | HON. MENTION | |
| Falcon Nation 2017 | Marissa Moreno & Natalie Liang | HON. MENTION | |
| Jamboree | Kulani Temesgen | HON. MENTION | |
| Madrono | Xander Sherer | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK feature story | Details Yearbook | Britney Flint & Danica Tran | 1st PLACE |
| Ursus | Ashley Altmann | 2nd PLACE | |
| Ursus | Isaac Noschka | 3rd PLACE | |
| Details Yearbook | Morgan Hawkins & Macey Hayden | HON. MENTION | |
| Echoes | Alice Hu | HON. MENTION | |
| Falcon Nation 2017 | Claudia Munoz | HON. MENTION | |
| Falcon Nation 2017 | Daisy Bajwa | HON. MENTION | |
| Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School Yearbook | 2016-2017 JLS Yearbook Team | HON. MENTION | |
| Lykos | Cameron Camba | HON. MENTION | |
| Madrono | Xander Sherer & Grace Thayer | HON. MENTION | |
| The Galleon | Cathleen Nguyen, Khanh Phan & Daniela Lopez | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK headline design | The Galleon | Tiffany Chen, Clarizza Aldea & Tiarra Mora | 1st PLACE |
| Madrono | Chloe Iglehart & Nooran Kooner | 2nd PLACE | |
| Ursus | David Goni | 3rd PLACE | |
| CubTrax | Amanda Dang & Sarah Borjigin | HON. MENTION | |
| CubTrax | Kaylee Gallagher & Michaela Fry | HON. MENTION | |
| Details Yearbook | Hanan Begic | HON. MENTION | |
| Falcon Nation 2017 | Falcon Nation Staff 2017 | HON. MENTION | |
| Falcon Nation 2017 | Falcon Nation Staff 2017 | HON. MENTION | |
| Jamboree | Teyha Guiden & Amanda-My Ramos | HON. MENTION | |
| Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School Yearbook | 2016-2017 JLS Yearbook Team | HON. MENTION | |
| Lykos | Kathryn Sobczak, Jocelyne Mosqueda, Oscar Sinista & Paris Gockley | HON. MENTION | |
| Lykos | Olivia Tea, Trinity Kibbee, Iris Player, Karly Montgomery & Cameron Camba | HON. MENTION | |
| Madrono | Alyssa Gee & Emily Hong | HON. MENTION | |
| Ursus | David Goni & Selena De La Torre | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK index spread | Jamboree | Jamboree Staff (Index 2) | 1st PLACE |
| Jamboree | Jamboree Staff (Index 1) | 2nd PLACE | |
| Ursus | Pavlina Clem, Hannah Bociek & Isaac Noschka | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK infographic design | Jamboree | Michelle Escudero & Alena Chanthavong | 1st PLACE |
| Lykos | Olivia Tea, Trinity Kibbee, Iris Player, Karly Montgomery & Cameron Camba | 2nd PLACE | |
| Madrono | Marcus Ama | 3rd PLACE | |
| CubTrax | Whitney Lopez & Shalini Asokkumar | HON. MENTION | |
| Ursus | Isabel John & Selena De La Torre | HON. MENTION | |
| Ursus | Lindsay Withrow | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK mini-mag or specialty/non-traditional spread | Details Yearbook | Britney Flint & Danica Tran | 1st PLACE |
| Madrono | Melissa Cheng | 2nd PLACE | |
| Ursus | Isaac Noschka & Ashley Altmann | 3rd PLACE | |
| Details Yearbook | Rylea Gillis | HON. MENTION | |
| El Valedor | Lucy Xing & Patrick Yeung | HON. MENTION | |
| Madrono | Megan Lee, Zoe Silver & Sarah Mitz | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK people spread | Details Yearbook | Morgan Hawkins | 1st PLACE |
| Echoes | Paige Dong & Alice Ha | 2nd PLACE | |
| Madrono | Megan Lee | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK photo illustration | El Valedor | Tanya Ravichandran, Nicholas Zhang & Patrick Yeung | 1st PLACE |
| Madrono | Charlotte Amsbaugh & Anna Shimoda | 2nd PLACE | |
| Madrono | Sofia Olgado | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK sports photo | Ursus | David Goni | 1st PLACE |
| Jamboree | Tyler Lee | 2nd PLACE | |
| Lykos | Trinity Kibbee | 3rd PLACE | |
| Lykos | Cameron Camba | HON. MENTION | |
| Ursus | Pavlina Clem | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK sports spread | Madrono | Jacky Moore | 1st PLACE |
| Ursus | Reagan Oliver | 2nd PLACE | |
| Ursus | Hannah Bociek | 3rd PLACE | |
| CubTrax | Emily Yau | HON. MENTION | |
| Details Yearbook | Hanan Begic | HON. MENTION | |
| Falcon Nation 2017 | Claudia Munoz | HON. MENTION | |
| Jamboree | Emily Thompson & Lina her | HON. MENTION | |
| Madrono | Zoe Lusk & Susanna Limb | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK student life spread | The Galleon | Katrexina Lomu | 1st PLACE |
| Ursus | David Goni | 2nd PLACE | |
| Jamboree | Teyha Guiden & Samantha Price | 3rd PLACE | |
| CubTrax | Tania Frank & Shalini Asokkumar | HON. MENTION | |
| Falcon Nation 2017 | Sierra Hardy & Ana Oliva Ambriz | HON. MENTION | |
| we do it all! (Excelsior Middle School yearbook) | Sarah Mohareb, Brooke Walser & Kayla Butler | HON. MENTION | |
| YEARBOOK theme/concept development | Details Yearbook | Connor O’Brien & Hanan Begic | 1st PLACE |
| Jamboree | Jamboree Staff | 2nd PLACE | |
| Ursus | Selena De La Torre | 3rd PLACE | |
| CubTrax | Cubtrax staff | HON. MENTION | |
| Echoes | Echoes | HON. MENTION | |
| El Valedor | Ellen Li, Mayumi Tabungar & Lucy Xing | HON. MENTION | |
| Falcon Nation 2017 | Falcon Nation Staff 2017 | HON. MENTION | |
| Lykos | Lykos Staff | HON. MENTION |