Bryant Junior High Media won 69 awards at Arkansas Scholastic Press Association. Among the top awards, The Occurrence, The Blue and White, Swarm Productions, and Dynamic all earned a Superior in General Excellence and went on to be ranked All-Arkansas.
Individually, Isai Perez won Broadcast Producer of the Year, Khloe King won Business Manager of the Year, Ivana Wang won Newspaper Writer of the Year, Katie Wright won runner-up, Wright won Newspaper Editor of the Year and Annabel Odom won runner-up. To win an Of-the-Year award, students must create a comprehensive portfolio of their work.
For mail-in competitions, one piece of work done throughout the year for each category is judged. The following students won for mail-ins:
The broadcast staff, Swarm Productions, won an Excellent for Broadcast Monthly Show
Aubrey Ellis won a Superior for Broadcast Human Interest/Serious Feature
Perez, Katlyn Ridgell and Andrew Schlesier won a Superior in Broadcast Sports Package
Livi Miller and Schlesier won a Superior for Broadcast Show Opening
Donovan Covington won an Excellent for Film Screenplay
Schlesier won an Honorable Mention for Short Narrative Film
Ellis, Miller and Hannah Heston won an Honorable Mention for Narrative Film
Perez won an Excellent for Narrative Film
Covington won an Honorable Mention for Experimental Film
Swarm Productions staff won an Excellent for Commercial
Miller and Bella Simoneaux won an Excellent for Commercial
Elijah Ransdell won an Excellent for Public Service Announcement
Schlesier won an Excellent for Animation and Stop Motion
Simoneaux won a Superior for Animation and Stop Motion
The literary magazine staff, Dynamic, won a Superior for Literary magazine Thematic Development
Wang and Gabrielle Smith won an Excellent for Print Newspaper News Story
Wang and Addison Warford won an Excellent for Print Newspaper Personality Profile
A. Roe won a Superior for Environmental Portrait; this entry was also named Best of ASPA
The newspaper staff, The Occurrence, won an Honorable Mention for Newspaper Front Page Design
Dexter Lowery won an Honorable Mention for Newspaper Opinion Page Design
Karrington Samuel won a Superior in Yearbook Special Coverage
Jenna James won a Superior in Yearbook Academic Layout; this entry was also named Best of ASPA
Xoe Hawkins, Alanna Hill and Rylee McKinney won a Superior in Yearbook Advertising Layout
Kaylee Anderson won an Excellent in Student Life Photograph
Erin Wright won an Excellent in Clubs Photograph
Lexie Metheny won an Honorable Mention in Theme Photograph
Caroline Sanders won an Honorable Mention for Environmental Portrait
Ellis won an Excellent for Longer Poem
Wang and Teagan Willyard won an Excellent in Print Newspaper Feature Story
The Occurrence staff won an Honorable Mention for Editorial
Roe won an Honorable Mention for Print Newspaper Column
Daziyah Fogle won a Superior for Print Newspaper Review
Carlie Purtle won an Honorable Mention for Yearbook Student Life Layout
The yearbook staff, The Blue and White, won an Honorable Mention for People/Portrait Layout
Bri Rasdon won a Superior for Sports Layout
Bethany Meador won an Honorable Mention for Yearbook Academic Photo
Anderson won an Honorable Mention for Yearbook Sports Photo
The Blue and White staff won a Superior for Yearbook Cover Design; this entry was also named Best of ASPA
The yearbook staff won a Superior in Yearbook Theme Development; this entry was also named Best of ASPA
Samuel won a Superior for Yearbook Sports Copy
On-site competitions are timed, prompt-based competitions that are blind judged. The following students placed in on-site competitions:
Jenna James won second place in Literary Magazine Layout Computer-Based
Perez and Covington won third place in Convention Recap
Ellis, Simoneaux, Eriel Carter and Miller won first place in Music Video
Heston, Aislyn Martin, Blessing Colter and Lexie Metheny won first place in Short Film
Odom won first place in Literary Magazine Theme Development Computer-Based
Katie won third place in Editorial Writing
Willyard won a third place in Newspaper Layout Media-Based
Myra Hall won a third place in Student Life Layout Computer-Based
Lowery won first place in Showstopper Media-Based
Bri Rasdon won third place in Yearbook Theme Development Media-Based
The BJHS Media website which includes links to the social media accounts, newspaper, literary magazine, Youtube channel, applications, and yearbook order information is located at https://bjhsjournalism681058946.wordpress.com.