Prep student media won a number of awards at the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association’s annual convention, held Thursday, March 26, on the campus of the University of Mississippi. The winners included:

LITERARY MAGAZINE

Earthwinds – 1^st place, Best Literary Magazine

Earthwinds – 2^nd place, Best Design

Sarah Neal Secrest – 1^st place, Photo

Gracie Hubacek – 1^st place, Poem

Robert Frey – 1^st place, Short Fiction

Mary-Hannah Smith – 1^st Place, Illustration

NEWSPAPER (SMALL)

The Sentry – 1^st place, Best News Site

The Sentry – 1^st place, Social Media Use

David Velazquez – 1^st place, Reviews

John William Creel, 1^st Place, Entertainment Writing

Sam Mosley – 1^st place, Unsigned Editorials

Sarah Kennedy Duncan – 1^st place, Sports Photos

Haynes Horsley – 1^st place, News/Feature Photos

Holt Crews, Leland Meadows, and Julie Payne– 1^st place, Depth Reporting

Holt Crews – 2^nd place, Depth Reporting

Sarah Kennedy Duncan – 3^rd place, Opinion Writing

John William Creel – 3^rd place, Entertainment Writing

Links to many of the winning submissions, from Prep and other schools, can be viewed at the Mississippi Scholastic Press Association website.