The University of Central Arkansas student publications won more than 50 awards during the annual Arkansas College Media Association contest earlier this spring.
Students on all three publications – The Echo, The Scroll and The Vortex, – won first place in several individual categories. The Vortex won first place in General Excellence for literary magazines, The Echo won second in General Excellence for campus newspapers and The Scroll Editor won Editor of the Year.
Twelve institutions participated in the 2010 competition, which included 12 campus newspapers and seven yearbooks.“Although we didn’t do quite as well as we did in 2009 when we swept the three General Excellence categories, I am still pleased with the results,” said Dr. Polly Walter, faculty publication adviser and director of the UCA Student Publications Board. “Advisers at other institutions told me that this year they revised many of their strategies used in the student publications so they might win some of the top spots. I guess it worked. To me, this increased level of competition is a great incentive for the student media in all the statewide institutions.”
The 2010 ACMA Winners are:
General Excellence
Newspaper General Excellence – 2nd University of Central Arkansas — The Echo
Magazine General Excellence – 1st: University of Central Arkansas — Vortex
Yearbook Editor of the Year – Tara Anglin, University of Central Arkansas — Scroll
Newspaper – The Echo
News Writing
2nd place: “Remembering tragedy one year later” by Aprille Hanson, The Echo
3rd place: “Student killed in 1945 remembered” by Taylor Lowery, The Echo
Personality Profiles
1st place: “Alumna wins Miss Arkansas title,” by Abby Hartz, The Echo
Honorable Mention: “Student overcomes visual, hearing impairments to compete in 5K race,” by Abby Hartz, The Echo
In-depth News
1st place: Katie Butler, The Echo, “UCAPD continues investigation into hazing allegations”
Editorial Writing
1st place: “Rough sidewalks match administration’s tactics”; by Aprille Hanson, The Echo
Honorable Mention: “Budget, funding concerns have university talking”; by Katie Butler, The Echo
Honorable Mention: “Athletic department begins reorganization”; Aprille Hanson, The Echo
General Column Writing
1st place: Will Hehemann, The Echo, “Living large in dream era”
2nd place: Miranda Grubbs, The Echo, “Students journalists should …”
3rd place: Taylor Lowery, The Echo, “Facebook policy respects …”
News Photo
3rd place: Ian Caple, The Echo,“Waiting
Feature Photo
Honorable Mention: Aaron Newton, The Echo, “Dr. Seuss”
Sports Photo
3rd place: Aaron Newton, The Echo, “Basketball wide”
Honorable Mention: Aaron Newton, The Echo, “Soccer goalie”
Honorable Mention: Ian Caple, The Echo, “Football catch”
Sports Story Writing
1st place: Aprille Hanson, The Echo, (“University forced to pay $150,000 to SportStar settlement”)
Sports Column Writing
2nd place: Julian Spivey, The Echo, (“Cave City football player shows character over skill”)
3rd place: Julian Spivey, The Echo, (“Home-field advantage is largely mythical idea”
Sports Feature Writing
2nd place: Ben Keller, The Echo, (“Hart keeping journal for fans to track progress”)
Single Advertisement
1st place: Robert Haynes, The Echo, University of Central Arkansas
Honorable Mention: Robert Haynes, The Echo, University of Central Arkansas
Editorial Cartoon
Honorable Mention: Mark Kiefer, The Echo, University of Central Arkansas
Cartoon Strip
2nd place: Lance Coleman – The Echo,
Front Page Layout
Honorable Mention: Preston Tolliver, The Echo, ($1.23 million cut)
Honorable Mention: Preston Tolliver, The Echo, (Student Killed in 1945 ..)
Sports Page Layout
1st place: Julian Spivey, The Echo, (Sept. 9. 2009)
3rd place: Julian Spivey, The Echo, (March 10, 2010)
Editorial Layout
1st place: Katie Butler, The Echo
Honorable Mention: Katie Butler, The Echo
Magazine – The Vortex
Cover Design – Abby Wolf et al, UCA, Vortex
Spread Design – Abby Wolf et al, UCA, Vortex
Contents Page Design – Abby Wolf et al, UCA, Vortex
Poetry
1st place: Sarah Crouch, Vortex, “Ecstasy 2057”
2nd place: Bernard Reed, Vortex, “I Was a Syllable”
3rd place: Abby Wolf, Vortex, “Solvent Elite”
Fiction Writing
1st place: Bernard Reed, Vortex, “A Future in Politics.”
2nd place: Sarah Jane Cogswell, Vortex, “The Cost of a Kiss”
3rd place: Pavel Rubin, Vortex, “The Flame”
Non-fiction Writing
1st place: Jordan Haught, Vortex, Arkie Feet
2nd place: Casey Gambill, Vortex, Coestta
Photography
1st place: Melissa Conley, Vortex, Midnight Glory
2nd place: Kristen Spickard, , Vortex, Carosello
3rd place: Casey Gambill, Vortex, Early Bird
Artwork
1st place: Phillip Huddleston, Vortex, 20 Images
2nd place: Celeste Hooper, Vortex, Language
3rd place: Mark Keifer, Vortex, Whimsy
Typography
1st place: Abby Wolf, Lisa Westbrook, John Andrews;; Vortex Print Edition
2nd place: John Andrews, Jenna Tackett, Megan Riley;, Vortex Web Edition
Yearbook – Scroll
Cover
3rd place: Tara Anglin, Scroll
Endsheets
2nd place: Tara Anglin, Scroll
Academic Layout
1st place: Cindy Dian, Scroll, “Art Department”
Academics Writing
3rd place: Scroll
Organizations Writing
3rd place: Cindy Dian, Scroll
Typographic Presentation
2nd place: Tara Anglin, Scroll
Art/Illustration Photo
1st place: Tara Anglin Scroll
3rd place: Tara Anglin, Scroll
