One hundred student journalists participated in on-site contests in 11 categories at the 2015 NorCal Media Conference on Sept. 26. Of those, 38 received individual awards. Here are the winners in each category, which are also archived online.
All certificates and judges’ feedback will be sent to advisers at their school address. Congratulations to all who participated in this exciting learning experience.
| News Writing | |||
| Joseph | Hughes | Santa Clara High School | Superior |
| Hannah | Shin | Santa Clara High School | Excellent |
| Sierra | Young | Whitney High School | Excellent |
| Cleo | Chow | Santa Clara High School | Honorable Mention |
| Elinor | Aspegren | Gunn High School | Honorable Mention |
| Feature Writing | |||
| Tara | Madhav | Palo Alto High School | Superior |
| Rylea | Gillis | Whitney High School | Excellent |
| Bonnie | Liu | Santa Clara High School | Excellent |
| Sarah | Casco | Hayward High School | Honorable Mention |
| Sadia | Hasan | Santa Clara High School | Honorable Mention |
| Iris | Herrera | North Salinas High School | Honorable Mention |
| Sports Writing | |||
| Arjun | Sahdev | Gunn High School | Superior |
| Tomas | Mier | Santa Clara High School | Superior |
| Teo | Ethan | Palo Alto High School | Excellent |
| Aditya | Krishnan | Monta Vista High School | Excellent |
| Emily | Grossman | Santa Clara High School | Excellent |
| Jonathan | Tran | Santa Clara High School | Honrable Mention |
| Olivia | Brady | Santa Clara High School | Honorable Mention |
| Editorial Writing | |||
| Peter | Maroulis | Palo Alto High School | Superior |
| Sydney | Fonderie | Santa Clara High School | Excellent |
| Dhara | Yu | Palo Alto High School | Excellent |
| Kathleen | Xue | Gunn High School | Honorable Mention |
| Review Writing | |||
| Katie | Morgan | Rocklin High School | Superior |
| Janet | Wang | Gunn High School | Excellent |
| Alexandra | Zenner | Woodcreek High School | Excellent |
| Mary | McNamara | Palo Alto High School | Excellent |
| Rachel | Marquardt | Whitney High School | Honorable Mention |
| Athena | Ghilarducci | Santa Clara High School | Honorable Mention |
| Editorial Cartoon | |||
| Esteban | Enriquez | Hayward High School | Superior |
| Aidan | Byrd | El Camino High School | Excellent |
| Marleene | Pheav | Stagg High School | Honorable Mention |
| Photo | |||
| Justin | Kim | Monta Vista High School | Superior |
| Emily | Romero | Woodcreek High School | Superior |
| Phoebe | Alcala | Rocklin High School | Excellent |
| Kathryn | Sobczak | Woodcreek High School | Honorable Mention |
| Newspaper Design | |||
| Alice | Zhao | Palo Alto High School | Superior |
| Jamie | Har | Palo Alto High School | Excellent |
| Online News Package | |||
| Shannon | Yang | Gunn High School | Superior |
| Grace | Ding | Gunn High School | Superior |
| Shawna | Chen | Gunn High School | Superior |
