2008 Pacemaker Award Winner
2008 Spring Convention Best of Show: 5th Place

2009 Pacemaker Award Winner
2009 Spring Convention Best of Show: 6th Place
2009 Fall Convention Best of Show: 3th Place

2010 Pacemaker Award Winner
2010 Spring Convention Best of Show: 1st Place

2011 Pacemaker Award Winner
2011 Spring Convention Best of Show: 2nd Place

2012 Spring Convention Best of Show: 1st Place

2013 Pacemaker Award Winner
2013 Spring Convention Best of Show: 2nd Place

2014 Pacemaker Award Winner

2016 Pacemaker Award Finalist

2017 Pacemaker Award Finalist

2018 Pacemaker Award Winner
2018 Spring Convention Best of Show: 6th Place

2019 Spring Convention Best of Show: 4th Place

2020 Pacemaker Award Winner
2020 Spring Convention Best of Show: 1st Place

2021 Pacemaker Award Winner

2022 Pacemaker Award Winner

2023 Pacemaker Award Winner
2023 Spring Convention Best of Show: 2nd Place

2024 Pacemaker Award Winner
2024 Spring Convention Best of Show: 1st Place

WSPN is part of NSPA’s top 100 Pacemaker award winners. To celebrate its centennial year, National Scholastic Press Association announced its top 100 Pacemaker award winners yesterday. The
Pacemaker 100 represents a one-time snapshot of the top 100 publications recognized in the
competition during its history. First presented in 1927 as the Pace-Maker, the Pacemaker awards are now recognized as the top prizes in scholastic journalism. They honor the very best scholastic broadcasts, literary arts magazines, newspapers/newsmagazines, online publications, specialty magazines and yearbooks.

2009 Gold Crown Award Winner

2010 Gold Crown Award Winner

2011 Gold Crown Award Winner

2012 Gold Crown Award Winner

2013 Gold Crown Award Winner

2018 Silver Crown Award Winner

2019 Silver Crown Award Winner

2021 Gold Crown Award Winner

2022 Gold Crown Award Winner

2023 Gold Crown Award Winner

2024 Gold Crown Award Winner

2023 First Amendment Press Freedom Award

The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet. Established in 1996 during the Web’s infancy, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which includes an Executive 750-member body of leading Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities, and Associate Members who are former Webby Award Winners and Nominees and other Internet professionals.

2009 Webby People’s Voice Award – Student Category

2010 Webby Official Honoree – Student Category

2010 Webby Official Honoree – School/University Category

The New England Scholastic Press Association aims to foster excellence in scholastic journalism. This Association encourages high standards in student journalism, supports the interests of students and teachers in the student press in the New England states, and fosters a closer relationship among students and advisers interested and engaged in student journalism. Workshops, conferences, on-site
critiques and contests are among the Association’s efforts to educate student journalists and their advisers.

2010 All New England Award – Online Category

2011 All New England Award – Online Category

2017 – Localizing News Journalism Award: Charlie Moore

2017 All New England

2020 All New England

2020:

Opinion Writing: Caterina Tomassini
Opinion Writing: Taylor McGuire

2024:

Sports Action Photography, 1st Place: Sasha Libenzon

Column Writing–Non Sports, Honorable Mention: Ryan Chase

News Writing, Honorable Mention: Nadya Chase and Talia Macchi

2018 Al Neuharth Free Spirit and Journalism Conference Massachusetts Representative: Nathan Zhao

2019 Massachusetts Journalist of the Year: Nathan Zhao

Suffolk University Journalism & Media Award

NSPA Special Award for COVID-19 Coverage: Lauren Medeiros