WSPN’s managing editor Caterina Tomassini and news editor Taylor McGuire were awarded as national winners of the Quill and Scroll 2020 International Writing, Photo and Multimedia contest.

Currently enrolled high school students were invited to enter the International Writing, Photo and Multimedia Contest hosted by the Quill and Scroll International Honorary Society for High School Journalists. Quill and Scroll is organized by a group of high school advisers who recognize individual student initiatives and achievements in scholastic journalism. International Writing, Photo and Multimedia Sweepstakes winners receive a plaque. Individual winners receive Quill and Scroll’s National Award Gold Key.

Quill and Scroll conducts two major competitions each year: The Writing, Photo and Multimedia Contest and Blogging Competition. WSPN’s 2020 features editor, Caterina Tomassini, was declared as a National Winner in the Quill and Scroll 2020 International Writing, Photo and Multimedia Contest. Her winning entry in the Opinion Writing category was titled, “Chat with Cat: Thank You.” WSPN’s 2020 staff reporter, Taylor McGuire, was also declared a National Winner in the Quill and Scroll 2020 International Writing, Photo and Multimedia Contest. The winning entry in the Opinion Writing category was titled “B-word ban a bad idea.”

Students from five countries submitted 2,439 entries in 30 categories, and judges chose 277 winning entries produced by 319 students, or National Winners. Every winning entry earns a Quill and Scroll Gold Key. They are eligible to apply for one of the Edward J; Nell Memorial or the George and Ophelia Gallup scholarships in journalism.