Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: Baylor Entry Title: Baylor Roundup 2022: A New Perspective Entry Credit: Roundup Staff Judge Comment: Bold graphic style goes beyond the usual yearbook, with savvy use of color and fonts, plus innovations such as the chart showing what each colored graduation cap tassel signifies.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: A&M-College Station Entry Title: Aggieland: Our Common Bond Entry Credit: Aggieland Staff Judge Comment: Highly polished, almost corporate, with eye-catching graphic elements, numbered lists, call-out quotes, type super-imposed on top of photos, savvy use of color.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: TCU Horned Frog Yearbook Entry Title: Parallel Entry Credit: Staff Judge Comment: Pleasing format, combining large photos vs stacked smaller photos, as well as a judicious balance of photos vs text, feels comfortable and reliable, and makes the info easy to process. Nice deployment of TCU’s signature purple, but also the retro-modern colors and unifying parallel bars motif.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: UT-Austin Entry Title: Cactus Yearbook Entry Credit: Tara Phipps, Chloe Jaimes, Grace Sajjarotjana Judge Comment: Wonderfully uber-creative often whimsical design elements include illustrations, outlines, headlines that are sometimes deliberately / appealingly ragged, and drop shadows.
