“Across the country, we see the same thing: crowds of marchers fighting for their rights, protesters peacefully assembling and a new fire for equality from the common citizen. As journalists, we carry that passion relentlessly; the passion for fairness, passion for storytelling and our passion for design.Now, more than ever, we face a divided nation. Each passing day more people fall victim to the hateful rhetoric flooding social media streams and word of mouth. But now, it’s time for our voice to be heard.We come together to share our work for the voiceless, and to emphasize the importance of storytelling across mediums. It’s about the countless stories we’ve told, the dedication of deadlines and the importance of ethical journalism.Share your voice and your work.
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.
Congrats to the winners and thank you to all who entered!
Criteria
First Place
This award should be granted for work that defines the best in its category. It should be perfect or near perfect.
Second Place
This award should be granted for work that is outstanding in its category. It should have few, if any, flaws.
Third Place
This award should be granted for work that is impressive in its category. Technical and design skills are evident.
Honorable Mention
This award should be granted for work that is not in the top three in its category but shows innovation and potential.
Our 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, Designer, The Washington Post
Bjorn Heselius, Principal Designer, Nitor
Stefanie Kienstra, Graphic Design Manager, Cast & Guest Experience Strategy, The Walt Disney Company
Luis Rendon, Visual Journalist, New York City
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, Graphics Editor, The Wall Street Journal
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.
Below are the 2020 winners. They are now posted! Congratulations to all the winners! Thank you for your interest in the contest!
FRONT PAGE DESIGN
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- Michigan State University
SPORTS PAGE DESIGN
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- University of North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina
FEATURE PAGE DESIGN
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- University of North Carolina
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- Sarah Allam, Katie Getman
SPECIAL SECTIONS
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- Caroline Norton, Emma Barber, Meredith Ammons, Elizabeth Bryant, Valentina Arismendi, Eleanor Burcham, Annie Rudisill, Niki Suchy, Moss Rahman, Cecilia Sit, Maddie Fetsko, Melissa Fernandez, Julia Haynes, Lucy Rose, Alex Ballard, Will Hausen
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- University of North Carolina
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- Talia Trackim, Sarah Allam
MAGAZINE COVER
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- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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- Caroline Norton
- University of North Carolina
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- Lua Presidio, Alex Vanderput
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- University of British Columbia
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- Cat Cao
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
MAGAZINE SPREAD
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- Isabella Vaccaro
- Miami (Fla.) University
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- School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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- Valentina Arismendi, Elizabeth Bryant
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- University of North Carolina
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- Roberta Nicastro, Krista Knudtsen
- SCAD Atlanta
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- Peter Elima, Yuri Marquez
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ALTERNATIVE STORY FORMAT
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- University of North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina
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- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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- University of North Carolina
ART & ILLUSTRATION
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- Isabella Vaccaro
- Miami (Fla.) University
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- University of North Carolina
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- Emma Barber
- University of North Carolina
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DIGITAL STORYTELLING
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- Diane Adame, Kailyn Akers, Jason Armond, Abby Cantrell, María Alejandra Cardona Aizpurúa, Chris Carmichael, Bryan Cereijo, Nash Consing, Brooklynn Cooper, Landon Cooper, Sally Dillon, Catie Dull, Ashton Eleazer, Brooke Fisher, Haley France, Laura Andrea García Giraldo, Tenley Garrett, Xiaoke Ji, Alex Kormann, Lyric Lin, Patty Matos, Patsy Montesinos, Peggy Mullin, Juan David Ochoa Jiménez, Andrea Orozco Sáenz, Sara Pequeño, Andie Rea, Margarita María RestrepoZayrha Rodriguez, Carlos Salas, Amy Townsend, Laura Trujillo Arango, Martin Villandeda Gomez, Maria Elena Vizcaino
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- University of North Carolina
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- Abby Cantrell, Abe Loven, Adrien Clark, Alli Rowe, Ari Sen, Bryan Cereijo, Charlotte Harris, CriShaun Hardy, Emily Caroline Sartin, Hope Davison, Kirby Caraballo, Lucas Pruitt, Madison Hoffmann, Nash Consing, Noah Long, Zayrha Rodriguez, Haya Al-Qaq, Sara Pequeno, Annabeth Poe, Samantha Perry, Gavry Eshet, Elizabeth Ranatza, Sarah Kreitzer
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- University of North Carolina
INFOGRAPHICS
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- University of North Carolina
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- William Hausen
- University of North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina
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- Mingxuan Shen
- University of North Carolina
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- University of North Carolina
PROMOTIONS & ADVERTISING
STANDALONE MULTIMEDIA
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- Molly Bolan, Kristine Klein
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- Kevin Camelo, Amy Nakamura
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- Annie Aguiar, Jacob deCastro
BEST-DESIGN STUDENT MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
BEST STUDENT NEWS SITE
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- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BEST-DESIGNED STUDENT NEWSPAPER
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- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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- The University of British Columbia
STUDENT DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
Below are the 2019 winners. We will keep these posted due to the interest in past years. Thank you for your interest in the contest!
FRONT PAGE DESIGN
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- Virginia Commonwealth University
SPORTS PAGE DESIGN
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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- Clarissa Duarte, Giovanna Abrantes, Maria Gabriela Neves, Talita Viegas
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro – UFRJ
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- Elson Teixeira, Barbara Frast, Marcela Lobo, Luana Carolina
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de janeiro
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- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
FEATURE PAGE DESIGN
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- Elson Teixeira, Barbara Frast, Marcela Lobo, Luana Carolina
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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- Sarah Rada, Ali Harford, Bridget Slomian
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- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
SPECIAL SECTIONS
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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- Jason Armond, Lauren Wilkinson, Mary Carson Wells, Haley Hodges, Thomas Squire Jr., Tyler Trocinski, Samantha Beltran, Anna Bradsher, Katelyn Mottesheard, Asia Chou, Irene Zhou, Joy Lackey, Sam Collins, Sally Dillon, Zita Voros
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
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- Tyler Judson, Austin Klubenspies
MAGAZINE COVER
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- Gabrielle Arduini, Anya Haber
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
MAGAZINE SPREAD
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- Teddy Willson
- University of Miami
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- Austin Klubenspies, Selina Lemoon, Anya Haber, Mackenzie Lachey
- SCAD Atlanta
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- Jiani Xiao
- Ohio University
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- Austin Klubenspies, Helen Choi
- SCAD Atlanta
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- Teddy Willson
- University of Miami
ALTERNATIVE STORY FORMAT
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- Katelyn Mottesheard
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Rachel Raasch
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ART & ILLUSTRATION
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- Hengguang Li
- SCAD Atlanta
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- Christopher Turner
- Ohio University
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- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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- University of Applied Sciences Augsburg
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- THIRD PLACE
- Christiano Benicio Pinto
- Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Erynn Affeldt
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Jiani Xiao
- Ohio University
Standalone Multimedia
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- Higher School of Journalism, Tomsk State University, Russia, Siberia
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- Peyton Chance, Danielle Chemtob, Matt Couch, Hanna Davison, Alexis Fairbanks, Kaia Findlay, Rob Gourley, Kaitlin Harlow, Jasmin Herrera, Alice Hudson, Connie Hanzhang Jin, Nathan Klima, Alex Kormann, Marissa O’Neil, Gabrielle Palacio, Aubrey Patti, Katie Rice, Elle Sommerville, Maria Elena Vizcaino, Madison Walls, Avery Williams, Darian Woehr, Justin Wynn, Ruijia Zhang
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- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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- Stefanie Urmas, Rosemarie Alejandrino, Isabel Castillo, Margaux Gjurasic, Maggie Suszka, Maya Tellez, Ruifeng Weng
- University of Southern California
MAGAZINE OF THE YEAR
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- “Distraction,” by team of students
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- “Scan,” by a team of students
BEST STUDENT DESIGNED WEBSITE
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- “The Selkups,” by Maxim Vaganov
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- Higher School of Journalism, Tomsk State University, Russia, Siberia)
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- “Indiana Daily Student,” Matt Rasnic
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- “The Connector,” by a team of students
BEST STUDENT NEWSPAPER
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- “Indiana Daily Student,” by a team of students.
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- “The Post,” by a team of students
STUDENT DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
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- Higher School of Journalism, Tomsk State University, Russia, Siberia