In addition to students from Bryant High School winning top honors in the 2025 National Federation of Press Women’s annual high school communications contest, a dozen other talented Arkansas students won awards in the national contest.
Arkansas high school students competed against nearly 2,000 student entries in this national contest sponsored by the NFPW Education Fund. The awards were announced during an awards ceremony on May 14.
The winning entries include students from Bryant High School, Little Rock Central High School, and Bentonville West High School.
Arkansas’s high school awards include:
- 2025 Julie Hoffman Memorial Best of the Best Award Winner – Hornet Media Staff, Bryant High School, Bryant, Arkansas, Hornet News Now – 2024-2025 Episode 3.
- Best Newscast: Radio or Television, First Place – Hornet Media Staff, Bryant High School, Bryant, Arkansas, Hornet News Now – 2024-2025 Episode 3.
- Opinion, Honorable Mention – Ava Kate White, Little Rock, Arkansas, Reform or Regression.
- Columns or Blogs, Honorable Mention – Lucy Paul, Little Rock Central High School, Litle Rock, Arkansas, The art of lm.
- News or Feature Photo, Second Place – A’lyric Jenkins, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, Lucy threat.
- Sports Photo, Honorable Mention – Julianna Baldwin, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, Back splash.
- Cartooning, Honorable Mention – Ruhee Raheem, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, LEARNS takes.
- Graphic, Honorable Mention – Kyah Kaufmann, Little Rock Central High School, Little Rock, Arkansas, Construction timeline.
- Single Page Layout, Honorable Mention – Sybil Curran, Little Rock Central High School. Little Rock, Arkansas, Do’s & Donuts.
- Video News Story, Second Place – Chelsea Jensen, Bryant High School, Bryant, Arkansas, ROTC Inspection Every Three Years.
- Yearbook Layout, Honorable Mention – Gabriela Hicks, Bentonville West High School, Centerton, Arkansas, Making Headlines: Pivotal Events in 2023-2024.
- Yearbook Copywriting, Honorable Mention – Addison Spriggs, Bentonville West High School, Centerton, Arkansas, Head of the Class: Students Become Teachers in NWACC Intro to Education Class.