The Michigan State University Design Contest for College Students began in 2000 as a way for students to enter work done not only for a campus publication, but also projects done for a class, a job or an internship.There are a number of beginning student designers who have demonstrated incredible talent, but they do so in the classroom or at a part-time job. In much the same way, some of the most talented visual journalists—for a variety of reasons—do not work at their campus newspaper. These students are usually ineligible for other college design competitions, where contest rules often limit entries to work done for a student newspaper or magazine. The MSU Design Contest was established to give those other students a voice in a national competition.
Images of all the winners can be found on the MSUSND website.
Congrats to the winners and thank you to all who entered!
Category 1: Front Page Design
First place: Elliott DeRose, Ball State University
Second place: Maggie Getzin, Ball State University
Third place: Elliott DeRose, Ball State University
Honorable Mention: Maddie Monroe, Michigan State University
Category 2: Sports page design
First place: Shannon Kirkpatrick, Sarah Allam, Syracuse University
Second place: Maggie Getzin, Ball State University
Third place: Katie Getman, Syracuse University
Category 3: Feature Page Design
First place: Stephanie Mayer, University of North Carolina
Second place: Sofia Capettini, University of Alberta
Third place: Nabeeha Anwar, Syracuse University
Honorable Mention: JoJo Yang, University of North Carolina
Category 4: Special sections
First place: Olivia Ginsberg, University of Miami
Second place: Etta Gerrits, Carleton University
Third place: Sofia Alba, Evan Davison, Modupe Fabilola, Gina Flow, Michael Gawlik, Hailey Haymond, Stephanie Mayer, Kendal Orrantia, Katherine Ozturk, Shubha Parekh, Jill Pownall, Kelli Rainer, Alicia Robbins, Anna Roberts, Jadah Smith, University of North Carolina
Honorable Mention: Wesley Harwood, Molly Cummings, Rebecca Fiely. Deborah Gardner, Michael Gawlik, Zoe Hambley, Hailey Haymond, Julia Haynes, Emily Sutton, Claire Willmschen, University of North Carolina
Category 5: Magazine Cover
First place: Wesley Harwood, University of North Carolina
Second place: Emma Hole, University of Alberta
Third place: Meredith Ammons, University of North Carolina
Honorable Mention: Elliott DeRose, Ball State University
Honorable Mention: Halle Garrett, Kendra Frankle, Savannah College of Art and Design
Category 6: Magazine Spread
First place: Kendal Orrantia, University of North Carolina
Second place: Amy Metzinger, JoJo Yang, University of North Carolina
Third place: Elliott DeRose, Ball State University
Honorable Mention: Khushboo Nayak, Katsy Garcia, Savannah College of Art and Design
Honorable Mention: Yingxin Cui, University of North Carolina
Category 7: Alternate Story Form
First place: Mingxuan Shen, University of North Carolina
Second place: Stephanie Mayer, University of North Carolina
Third place: Amanda Weisbrod, Ohio University
Honorable Mention: Leighann Vinesett, University of North Carolina
Category 8: Art & Illustration
First place: Kat Ash, Savannah College of Art and Design
Second place: An Bui, University of Alberta
Third place: Wesley Harwood, University of North Carolina
Honorable Mention: Shubha Parekh, University of North Carolina
Honorable Mention: Nabeeha Anwar, Syracuse University
Honorable Mention: Sara Mizannojehdehi, Carleton University
Honorable Mention: Wesley Harwood, University of North Carolina
Category 9: Digital Storytelling
First place: Ali Harford, Syracuse University
Second place: Kevin Camelo, Syracuse University
Third place: Caroline Almy, Caroline Almy, Alicia Carter, Lucia Castro, Nash Consing, Veronica Correa, Malin Curry, Hope Davison, Dustin Duong, Michael Gawlik, Hadley Green, Haley France, Madison Hoffmann, Molly Horak, Rachel McKinney, Meg McMahon, Will Melfi, Samantha Perry, Lucas Pruitt, Sarah Redmond, Jeremiah Rhodes, Emily Caroline Sartin, Ari Sen, Halynna Snyder, Taylor Tyson, Drew Wayland, Matthew Westmoreland, Hanna Wondmagegn, University of North Carolina
Category 10: Infographics
First place: Gina Flow, University of North Carolina
Second place: Allison Holbrooks, University of North Carolina
Third place: Amanda Weisbrod, Ohio University
Honorable Mention: Sofia Alba, University of North Carolina
Honorable Mention: Kelli Rainer, University of North Carolina
Honorable Mention: Brooke Stanley, Ohio University
Category 11: Promotions & Advertising
First place: Keely Broderick, Michigan State University
Second place: Raney Wilson, University of North Carolina
Third place: Sanchita Singh, Savannah College of Art and Design
Category 12: Standalone Multimedia
First place: Connor Rothschild, Rice University
Second place: Sam Berlin, Amber Morrison, Madison Snyder, Syracuse University
Third place: Madison O’Connor, Michigan State University
Honorable Mention: Michael Gawlik, University of North Carolina
Category 13: Best Designed Magazine
First place: SCAN Magazine, Staff, Savannah College of Art and Design – Atlanta
Second place: Jerk Magazine, Staff, Syracuse University
Third place: Distraction Magazine, Staff, University of Miami
Honorable Mention: Mosaic, Staff, Loyola University Chicago
Category 14: Best Designed Website
First place: The NewsHouse, Staff, Syracuse University
Second place: The Connector, Staff, Savannah College of Art and Design – Atlanta
Third place: District, Staff, Savannah College of Art and Design – Savannah
Category 15: Best Student Newspaper
First place: The Daily Orange, Syracuse University
Category 16: Designer of the Year
First place: Khushboo Nayak, Savannah College of Art and Design
Second place: Sofia Capettini, University of Alberta
Third place: Giselle Spicer, University of Miami
The judges
We want to thank our judges who have agreed to critique our entries. We couldn’t do it without you! They are:
Chris Courtney, Founder, New Pragmatic
Chris is the founder of the online education platform, NewPragmatic.com. With free curriculum and hundreds of video tutorials, the platform makes design education more accessible to more people. Prior to creating New Pragmatic, he led online design programs for Bloc.io and Thinkful.com.Chris’s design career began in media, starting at the Tulsa World and Indianapolis Star before spending 14 years building digital and print products for the Tribune Company.
Julie Elman, Professor + Graduate Director, Ohio University, School of Visual Communication
Brian Gross, Deputy Design Director, The Washington Post
Bjorn Heselius, Principal Designer, Nitor
Stefanie Kienstra, TheWalt Disney Company
Luis Rendon, Senior Designer, New York Post
Luis graduated from the S.I. Newhouse School of Communications at Syracuse University in 2010 where he worked at the student-run newspaper, the Daily Orange. He’s worked on business pages at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, news pages at the Victoria Advocate and sports pages at the San Francisco Chronicle and currently lives in Brooklyn, NYC, working from home on features pages for the New York Post.
Yuri Victor, Senior Editor for Storytelling, The Atlantic
Yuri is Senior Editor of Storytelling at The Atlantic. Previously, he’s worked in the largest U.S. newsrooms at the intersection of design, engineering, and news. He lives in New York City.
Randy Yeip, Deputy Graphics Editor, The Wall Street Journal
Randy is deputy graphics director for The Wall Street Journal, helping to lead a team of data and visual journalists. His work has focused primarily on national politics and elections. Randy started at the Journal in 2005, following a stint at the Patriot-News in Harrisburg, Pa. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in journalism from Michigan State University.
Andrea Zagata, News Designer, The New York Times
Andrea is a news designer at The New York Times. She graduated from Michigan State school of journalism in 2010 and has previously worked at The Cleveland Plain Dealer, The Buffalo News and The Detroit News. She lives in Manhattan with four cats and a puppy.