Spring 2026 Tom Bell Silver Scribe Awards (non-Yearbook)

Writing Categories

Editorial Writing

• 1st Place – Saint Paul’s School – Luca Rodas – “Beyond the screen: How the $97 billion porn industry is poisoning our world”
• 2nd Place – Saint Paul’s School – Luca Rodas – “The Enhanced ACT: Supposedly easier, yet ruining students’ college dreams”

Feature Writing

• 1st Place – Saint Paul’s School – Jude Nunenmacher – “2026 A Peak Year for Anime”
• 2nd Place – Academy of the Sacred Heart – Elle Marshall – “An Unexpected Announcement”
• 3rd Place – Saint Paul’s School – Charles Richard – “Marching Wolves Approach Record Member Count to Begin Promising Season”

Headline Writing

• 1st Place – Saint Paul’s School – Edward Pope – “Gotta buy ’em all: Pokemon’s Shocking Scalping Situation”

News Writing

• 1st Place – John Curtis Christian School – Lily LeCron – “Growing in Faith”
• 2nd Place – Academy of the Sacred Heart – Caroline Boyd – “Not All That Glitters is Gold”

Sports Writing

• 1st Place – Saint Paul’s School – Jonny McGinnis – “UFC Fighters Fighting for Their Life, and Penny-Paychecks”
• 2nd Place – John Curtis Christian School – Addison Duhon – “2025 Varsity Football”

Broadcast Categories

Daily News Show

• 1st Place – Riverdale High School – WRHS Newscast – Nov. 20, 2025
• 2nd Place – Riverdale High School – WRHS Newscast – Oct. 31, 2025

Sports Show

• 1st Place – Riverdale High School – Samer Attamari – Rebel Sports Show
• 2nd Place – St. Augustine High School – Chantze Duckworth, Khlil Lewis, Kingston Jones – Coaches Show – Nov. 26, 2025

Weekly News Show

• 1st Place – Mount Carmel Academy – Kada Mataya, Gabrielle Brown, Julie Cochran, Leila Rodriguez, Natalie Johnson, Angelina Lambert, Ella White, Ava White – WMCA – Feb. 6, 2026
• 2nd Place – St. Augustine High School – Josiah Bunch, Ervin Charles, Chantze Duckworth, Kingston Jones, Deacon Lawson, Husdon Martin, Myron May, Cayden Thipado, and Ashton Whitehead – Purple Knight News – Jan. 19, 2026

Live Broadcast

• 1st Place – Riverdale High School – WRHS News Team – Riverdale Ring Ceremony

PSA Less than :60 Seconds Version

• 1st Place – Mount Carmel Academy – Grace Long, Josie Randol, Christina England, Stella Junius – Safe Schools App PSA
• 2nd Place – St. Augustine High School – Makai Banford, Josiah Bunch, Chantze Duckworth – Safe Schools App PSA

PSA Longer than :60 Seconds Version

• 1st Place – St. Augustine High School – Chantze Duckworth, Paul Morton III, Cayden Thipado – Stay Alive, Don’t Drink and Drive
• 2nd Place – Academy of the Sacred Heart – Caroline McCammon, Emily Guider, Therese Carton, Darby Hayes, Quinn McConville, Ellie Habetz, Caroline Kogos, Sarah Wanek, Avery Alig – Dublin Ireland Trip
  

Broadcast Feature Story

• 1st Place – Saint Paul’s School – WOLF-TV Staff – Making WOLF-TV
• 2nd Place – St. Augustine High School – Chantze Duckworth, Paul Morton III – P.J. Morton Studio Visit

Broadcast News Story

• 1st Place – Mount Carmel Academy – Kada Mataya – “Bobby Moore”
• 2nd Place – Riverdale – WRHS News Team – Language PKG

Broadcast Videography

• 1st Place – Mount Carmel Academy – Elia Borden, Gloria Daroca – “Dear Diary”
• 2nd Place – Saint Paul’s School – Caleb Schouest, Hunter Bentley, David Alvarez, Bennet DuPont, Gus Gascot – “The Great Escape”

Entertainment Video

• 1st Place – Saint Paul’s School – Rogan Martinez, Ben Curran, Aiden McGhee, Harris Strickland, Caleb Schouest, David Alvarez, Hunter Bentley, Bennett DuPont, Gus Gascot – “Rogan the Shogun vs. Detective”
• 2nd Place – Mount Carmel Academy – Elyse Dysart – Football Essentials

Photography Categories

Feature Photograph

• 1st Place – John Curtis Christian School – Rylee Mays, Kadence Mannina – “Spooky Science”
  

News Photograph

• 1st Place – John Curtis Christian School – Lily LeCron – “Growing in Faith”

Sports Photograph

• 1st Place – John Curtis Christian School – Caroline Naccari, Molly Richardson –  “Danceline”
• 2nd Place – John Curtis Christian School – Addison Duhon – “2026 Varsity Football”

Podcast Categories

Entertainment Podcast

• 1st Place – Saint Paul’s School – Jonny McGinnis, Edward Pope, Andrew Dunne, Bobby Hanks – Battle Hymns and Local Losses (Season 2, Episode 3) Wolf Pack Press Podcast
• 2nd Place – Saint Paul’s School – Paul Hadley, Reed Fisher – Grilling the Grammys (Season 2, Episode 6) Wolf Pack Press Podcast

News/Documentary Podcast

• 1st Place – Saint Augustine High School – Josiah Bunch, Chantze Duckworth, Zaire Haney – Purple Podcast – St. Augustine Marching 100 Integrates Mardi Gras
• 2nd Place – Saint Augustine High School – Chantze Duckworth – Chantze Duckworth Interviews Leona Tate

Sports Podcast

• 1st Place – Saint Paul’s School – Jonny McGinnis, Edward Pope, Andrew Dunne, Bobby Hanks – Sports part of “Stranger Scholars & NBA Ballers (Season 2, Episode 6) Wolf Pack Press Podcast
• 2nd Place – Saint Paul’s School – Jonny McGinnis, Edward Pope, Andrew Dunne, Bobby Hanks – Sports part of “Dining Hall Faves and Finale Frenzy (Season 2, Episode 5) Wolf Pack Press Podcast