Best News Writer       

1. Rayleigh Deaton – University of Kentucky     
2. Pam Dankins – Mississippi State University   
3. Rachel Rudd – Arkansas State University      
4. Lizzie Tomlin – Mississippi State University   
5. Harper Harwell – Samford University    
6. Tessa Pendleton- Belmont University    
7. Ainsley Platt – University of Alabama           
8. Abby Ann Ramsey – University of Tennessee                                                                                                                                                                                            

Best Feature Writer   

1. Rana Alsoufi    University of Kentucky           
2. Sam Hughes    Mississippi State University   
3. Noelle Neader             Samford University    
4. Laura Myhan   University of Tennessee at Martin    
5. Makayla Maxwell        University of Alabama           
6. Zoe Naylor      Middle Tennessee State University   
7. Samantha Sims           Southeastern Louisiana University    
8. Noel Moore     Union University                                                                                                                                                                                            

Best Arts and Entertainment Writer

1. David Alcazar  Union University        
2. 2nd Megan Gordon    Mississippi State University   
3. 2nd Luke McClinton    University of Alabama
4. Hannah Cron   Lipscomb University  
5. Gray Greenwell           University of Kentucky           
6. Will Spencer    University of Tennessee at Martin    
7. Gus Creter       Tennessee Tech University    
8. Zach Watkins  Belmont University                                                                                                                                                                                        

Best Opinion Editorial Writer

1. Elijah Templeton         Arkansas State
2. Braden Simmons        Belmont         
3. Kennith            SELU   
4. Cameron Jett  Louisiana Monroe      
5. (t5) Rebekah Crozier   Samford         
6. (t5) Emma Weber       Harding          
7. Kendal Manns Alabama State
8. Lucy Hallmark Mississippi State                                                                                                                                                                                            

Best Sports Writer     

1. Caleb Jarreau  Tennessee      
2. Ty Wellenmeyer         Belmont         
3. Cameron Jett  Louisiana Monroe      
4. Nic Fraraccio   Harding          
5. Joey Dwyer      Lipscomb        
6. Beau Benoit    Louisiana Monroe      
7. (t7th) Abby McCreary Alabama        
8. (t7th) Andrew White  Samford                                                                                                                                                                                             

Best Special Event Reporter or Editor

1. (t1st) Caleb Bowman  Mississippi State        
2. (t1st) Hannah Stanley Kentucky         
3. Sarah Maniger Belmont        
4. Jordan Reining MTSU
5. Kylie Kissler     Lipscomb                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Best Photographer     

1. Abbey Cutrer   Kentucky         
2. Ivy Rose Ball   Mississippi State        
3. Riley Brown     Alabama        
4. Jaelyn Stansbury         Alabama State
5. Rachel Rudd    Arkansas State
6. Edward Cruz    Tennessee      
7. Isaac Wetzel   Belmont         
8. Brady Fitch Troy                                                                                                                                                                                         

Best Artist/Illustrator         

1. Bryce Yzaguirre           Mississippi State University   
2. Ronald Martin             Alabama State University      
3. Yumi Domangue         Southeastern Louisiana University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Best Graphic Designer/Data Journalist          

1. Lexi R. Hubbard           Louisiana Christian
2. Joshua Britt     Mississippi State        
3. Mekenzie Coleman     Tennessee-Martin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Best Newspaper Designer     

1. Akhila Nadimpalli       Kentucky         
2. Rebecca Robinson       Arkansas State
3. Kris Harrell      Troy    
4. Sam Hughes    Mississippi State        
5. Kyra Rogers     Alabama State                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Best Magazine Designer        

1. Hunter Grace University of Kentucky           
2. Jill Horner        Mississippi State University   
3. Claire Trammell          Samford University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Best Magazine Writer            

1. Emma Reilly    University of Kentucky           
2. Leah Dunn       Tennessee Tech University    
3. Kay Maxwell    University of Alabama                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

Best TV News Reporter          

1. Emma Ellis      Troy    
2. Simeon Gates Southern Mississippi 
3. (tie 3rd) Brandon Brown         Louisiana Christian     
4. (tie 3rd) Loral Winn    Mississippi     
5. Treniece Cannon         Nicholls State                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

Best Radio News Reporter     

1. Gracie Anderson         Belmont University    
2. (2nd) Amelia Middleton         Mississippi State University   
3. (2nd) Lauryn Davis      University of Tennessee at Martin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Best TV Feature Reporter      

1. Bryce Towle    University of Kentucky           
2. Brandon Bigsby           Lipscomb        
3. Zach Watkins  Belmont         
4. Davis Smith     Union 
5. Celeste Lay      Mississippi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Best Radio Feature Reporter

1. PJ Heath          Troy    
2. Claire Trammell          Samford         
3. Olivia Beck      Mississippi State                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Best Radio Journalist

1. Gracie Anderson         Belmont University    
2. Marissa Lacey Troy University          
3. Jared Davidson            University of Tennessee at Martin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Best TV Journalist      

1. Aubrey Carter Mississippi State        
2. AC Barker        Mississippi     
3. Brandon Bigsby           Lipscomb                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Best Advertising Staff Member         

1. Bree Cox          University of Kentucky           
2. Alex Martin     University of Tennessee at Martin    
3. Annalise Rome            Mississippi State University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Journalist of the Year 

1. Rayleigh Deaton          Kentucky         
2. Harper Harwell           Samford         
3. Sean Smith      Southern Mississippi 
4. Emily Mosier   Troy    
5. Caleb Jarreau  Tennessee                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Best Multimedia Journalist    

1. Grant Grubbs University of Kentucky           
2. Aly Durban      Samford University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Best Public Service Journalism          

1. University of Kentucky                       
2. Mississippi State University               
3. Samford University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            

Best Audio Program   

1. (tie 1st) Mississippi State University              
2. (tie 1st) University of Kentucky                     
3. (tie 2nd) University of Tennessee at Martin              
4. (tie 2nd) Louisiana Christian University (Whitewashed)                   
5. (tie 2nd) Belmont University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

Best Video Newscast

1. Belmont University                
2. Samford University                
3. (3rd) Mississippi State University                  
4. (3rd) Troy University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

Best Magazine           

1. University of Kentucky                       
2. University of Alabama (1956)           
3. (3rd) Samford University                   
4. (3rd) Mississippi State                       
5. (3rd) University of Alabama (Alice)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Best Newspaper         

1. Kentucky Kernel          University of Kentucky           
2. The Daily Beacon        University of Tennessee        
3. The Hawkeye  University of Louisiana Monroe         
4. The Reflector  Mississippi State        
5. The Daily Mississippian Mississippi                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

Best Website  

1. Belmont University                
2. Lipscomb University              
3. University of Kentucky                       
4. Southeastern Louisiana University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Best Radio Station     

1. WUTM (Tennessee-Martin)              
2. WUMS Mississippi     
3. WMSV Mississippi State                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    

Best TV Station          

1. Samford University                
2. University of Mississippi                    
3. Mississippi State University                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Research Category     

1. Devin J. Vaught           AU-Montgomery        
2. Macie Banks, Sam Leamon, Savannah Fort, and Chloe Leggett        Mississippi State