Place Name: First Place Contestant Name: A&M-Corpus Christi Entry Title: Island Waves March 2023: Women's Herstory Month Edition Entry Credit: Brianna Sandoval, Madeleine Benson, Chloe Tilley Judge Comment: This paper has a sophisticated magazine like layout. It is nice and clean and well designed. Good use of white space.
Place Name: Second Place Contestant Name: Dallas College - Eastfield Entry Title: The Et Cetera, Issue 55-03 Entry Credit: Mattheau Faught, Veronica Trejo, Lucero Guzman Judge Comment: This is a fun and creative paper. I especially like the Latin Horror piece. The designers might want to incorporate some Sans-Serif headlines to provide more type contrast.
Place Name: Third Place Contestant Name: Dallas College - Brookhaven Entry Title: The Brookhaven Courier, Issue 44-06 Entry Credit: Tabitha N. Tudor, The Brookhaven Courier Staff Judge Comment: I like the bold Sans Serif headlines. There are some fun illustrations and photo-illustrations.
Place Name: Honorable Mention Contestant Name: Amarillo College Entry Title: Nov. 16 Issue Entry Credit: Ranger Staff Judge Comment: Nice clean layout and bold Sans Serif headline fonts. The paper has a nice balance of bold headlines and the grid provides a good amount of white space in the gutters and around the photos.
Competition Comment: Great work by all the entrants. It was not an easy competition to judge.