Awards

The Messenger is an award-winning publication. Here is a list of awards from recent years.

2024 CSPA Gold Circles

First Place Breaking News: Milly Miao, Sydney Mulford, and Kevin Xiang, “Fire alarms send students into freezing downpour”

Honorable Mention Sports Commentary: Kevin Xiang, “Exceeding track limits"

First Place News Feature: Sydney Mulford and Nethra Pai, “removed”

Second Place Entertainment reviews: Carter Willis, “Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahani”

Honorable Mention Sidebar Writing: Anya Biswas and Nethra Pai, “Should students choose to have their dual enrollment during first or sixth period?”

Honorable Mention Cartoon: Milly Miao and Kevin Xiang, “Forbidden Fable”

Third Place Newsmagazine Cover: Sydney Mulford, “banned”

Third Place Design Portfolio of Work: Sydney Mulford

2025 GSPA Spring Awards

Excellent News Website - The Messenger

Feature Writing Superior: Dr. Ho climbs his own path, Anya Biswas

House Editorial Superior: Protection or censorship: controlling social media

Commentary Superior: Women in India, Hritvi Ahuja

Caption Writing All-Georgia: Banee Chadha

Feature/Entertainment Photograph Superior: Regal crowning, Sonya Pandya

Double-truck Layout/Design Superior: Financial Literacy 101, Milo Park

Double-truck Layout/Design All-Georgia: Vices: Coping with academic pressure, Sydney Mulford & Sonya Pandya

2024 NSPA Individual Awards

First Place: Newsmagazine cover: banned, Sydney Mulford

2024 Quill and Scroll Writing, Photo, and Multimedia Contest

Third Place News Magazine Front Page Design - banned, Sydney Mulford

2023 GSPA Spring Awards

Excellent News Website - The Messenger

Column Writing All-Georgia - Natalie's Not So Secret Diary, Natalie Damer-Salas

Opposing Viewpoints Superior - Faceoff: Is education too digital?, Everett Baumann and Emilee Leffew

Sports Column All-Georgia - Saudi Arabia, Sports, and Human Rights, Carter Willis

Feature/Entertainment Photograph Superior - Golden notes, Sonya Pandya

Photo Illustration All-Georgia - The lost sports of Northview, Hritvi Ahuja and Kevin Xiang

Social Media Promotion Superior - Application for the 2024 Publication, Staff

Emerging Media Superior - Abbotts Bridge Station Review, Milly Miao

2023 CSPA Gold Circles

Second Place Personal Opinion: Off-Campus Issues- Under the guise of progress, Natalie Damer-Salas

Typography: A Designed or Art Headline CM- Resume Chasers, Sydney Mulford and Megan Serfontein

Third Place Photography: Portfolio of work- Kevin Xiang

Second Place Computer-Generated Art/Illustration- The Hypocrisy of Pro-life, Megan Serfontein

First Place Informational Graphics: Portfolio of work- Sydney Mulford

2023 Quill and Scroll Writing, Photo, and Multimedia Contest

Third Place Political Writing - A path to passage, Disha Kumar, Melissa Liu, Sydney Mulford

2023 GSPA Spring Awards

Excellent News Website - The Messenger

News Story Superior - School Violence Spikes, Anya Biswas and Milly Miao

Features Story Superior - The impact of ChatGPT in schools, Anya Biswas and Nethra Pai

Features Story Superior - The case for balance, Anshi Vajpayee and Kevin Xiang

Commentary Superior - The hypocrisy of pro-life, McKenna Ryan

Commentary All-Georgia - True Crime’s popularity and its damage to society, McKenna Ryan

Headline Writing Superior - Disha Kumar

Illustrations All-Georgia - Varying New Math Classes, Milly Miao

Information Graphic All-Georgia - Going green, Disha Kumar

Emerging Media Superior - Runoff Rundown, Disha Kumar

2022 NSPA Individual Awards

Third Place Newsmagazine Cover of the Year- Cheating, Grace Peng
Fifth Place Information Graphic of the Year - Covid-19 by the numbers, Disha Kumar
Third Place Designer of the Year - Grace Peng
Fourth Place Marketer of the Year - Krystal Wu

2022 CSPA Gold Circles

Newsmagazine Computer Generated Art/Illustration CM - Should Supreme Court Justices Have Term Limits?, Sydney Mulford
First place Digital Media Informational graphics - Vaccine distribution, Melissa Liu
First Place Information graphics: Portfolio of work - Melissa Liu
First Place Portfolio Illustration - Melissa Liu