The Michigan Interscholastic Press Association is proud to recognize the honorees of various contests with online celebrations. Watch recordings of our live awards announcements and view listings of award winners below.
Spartan Awards
MIPA will recognize media programs that achieved a Gold or Spartan rating during a live online presentation at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 16. Please note: Judging is ongoing for some program critiques and those results are not yet available. Advisers of those programs have been notified via email.
Individual Category Contest
- MIPA Contest Divisions
- Get your MIPA Awards Digital Badge
- Contest Report
- Get your awards mailed to you or request PDF certificates instead of paper
List of Winners
After they are announced, results can be downloaded as a sortable comma-separated values file (.csv) that can be opened by your favorite spreadsheet or database program or as a formatted Excel file (.xlsx). This spreadsheet includes 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place and Honorable Mention winners and their schools. Entries also include an entry title, student media outlet and, in some cases, a URL to the entry. (It may take us up to 24 hours after award presentations to update the list.)
- Individual Category Contest List of Winners – Click to view in Google Sheets – choose File>Download as to save your own copy as an Excel file or .csv)
- 2023 Contest Report (includes entry counts, divisions and list of categories) – coming soon
- View Contest Categories & General Rules
Yearbook-Only Categories
Print and Online News
Includes Art & Illustration, News Design, News Photography and News Writing categories.
Video Journalism, Production & Talent Categories
Digital Media & Multimedia
Special Recognition Awards
Aspiring Young Journalist
Read the 2023 Aspiring Young Journalist announcement
- Winner: Mia Lin of Ann Arbor, Clague Middle School
- Runners Up:
- Roshan Desai of Bloomfield Hills, Cranbrook Kingswood Middle School for Boys
- Lakshya Jaiganesh of Ypsilanti, Clague Middle School
- Cole Muran of Traverse City, Traverse City East Middle School
Student Journalist Staff
Read the 2023 Student Journalist Staff announcement
- Grace Cueter, of Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe North High School, News Writing
- Nate Ellis, of Macomb, Frederick V. Pankow Center School, Broadcast
- Sandra Fu, of Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor Huron High School, News Design
- Alexander Gutowski, of Saline, Saline High School, Broadcast, All-MIPA
- Morgan Horgrow, of Ypsilanti, Huron High School, Yearbook Writing
- Ridhima Kodali, of Superior Township, Ann Arbor Huron High School, News Writing, All-MIPA
- Ria Lowenschuss, of Ann Arbor, Community High School, News Writing
- Allison Mi, of Ann Arbor, Huron High School, Digital Media, All-MIPA
- Margot Murphy, of Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe South High School, Photojournalism, All-MIPA
- Adan Quan, of East Lansing, East Lansing High School, News Writing
- Ella Rosewarne, of Ann Arbor, Community High School, News Design, All-MIPA
- Grace Rossman, of Grosse Pointe Woods, Grosse Pointe North High School, News Design
- Natalie Scarlett, of Ypsilanti, Huron High School, Yearbook Design
- Karson Schroeder, of Jackson, Northwest High School, Broadcast
- Anthony Schulte, of Lake Orion, Lake Orion High School, Broadcast
- Tate Schwartz, of East Lansing, East Lansing High School, Yearbook Design, All-MIPA
Golden Pen Award
Cammie Hall, H. H. Dow High School