Awards
2010 Edition Awards
- NSPA – First Class with marks of distinction for writing
2010 FSPA State Convention Awards
- On the spot Newsfeature Writing: First Place, Ashly Shay
- Tom Pierce Photography Portfolio Contest: Second Place, Kayla Hayes
- Carry in yearbook layout and design: Second Place, Olivia McClamma, Marisa Wallace, Elise Heron
Minotaur wins 6 Gold Circle Awards:
The 2009 edition of the Minotaur received six Gold Circle Awards from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. These awards are given to the top books in the country for specific categories. This is the first time Bloomingdale has received one. Only three other yearbooks in Florida earned a Gold Circle award.
- Second place, Advertisting single ad page design, Maria Machina
- Second place, Division page design color, Resa Horta & Grace Semchuck
- Certificate of Merit, Feature Writing: Student Life, Heather Franks, Christina Haase & Ashly Shay
- Certificate of Merit, People spread with mug shots one spread color, Maria Machina & Natalie Morgan
- Certificate of Merit, Opening and closing spread design color, Resa Horta & Grace Semchuck
- Certificate of Merit, Design essentials: title page, Resa Horta & Grace Semchuck
The full list of winners can be found here: http://cspa.columbia.edu/docs/contests-and-critiques/gold-circle-awards/recipients/2010-scholastic-circles.html#N1002A
2009 FSPA District Contest Awards
- On the Spot Advertising Campaign – First Place, Olivia McClamma
- On the Spot Feature Photo – Third Place, Kacie Kemp
- Carry in Yearbook Sportswriting – Third Place, Taylor Boschee
- Carry in Yearbook Alternative Copy – First Place
- Carry in Yearbook Sports Spread – First Place, Sarah Brand and Kara Buono
- On the Spot Copy/Captions – Second Place, Casey Field; Third Place, Ashly Shay
- On the Spot Editorial Writing – Second Place, Rachel Treece; Third Place, Ally Fogarty
- On the Spot Yearbook Team – Third Place, Sarah Brand, Chantelle Cloutier, Kara Buono and Natalie Neville
Congratulations to NSPA Journalism Honor Roll students:
Sarah Brand, Kara Buono, Olivia Caramico, Heather Franks, Diana Gonzalez, Christina Haase, Brittany Harris, Samantha Holsten, Maria Machina, Olivia McClamma, Noelle Miller, Natalie Morgan, Natalie Neville, Jessica Sawicki, Alli Schneider, Ashly Shay & Ryan VazquezIn 2007 there were only 39 in the state, and in 2008 only 70. We have 17! Congratulations to these staffers for their journalistic and scholastic acheivements!
Sarah Brand, Kara Buono, Olivia Caramico, Heather Franks, Diana Gonzalez, Christina Haase, Brittany Harris, Samantha Holsten, Maria Machina, Olivia McClamma, Noelle Miller, Natalie Morgan, Natalie Neville, Jessica Sawicki, Alli Schneider, Ashly Shay & Ryan VazquezIn 2007 there were only 39 in the state, and in 2008 only 70. We have 17! Congratulations to these staffers for their journalistic and scholastic acheivements!
Minotaur takes seven awards at 2008 FSPA District Contest!
We are proud of our 2008 edition, which won awards in:
We are proud of our 2008 edition, which won awards in:
- 2008 Sports spread carry-in: Swim & Dive – Resa Horta & Heather Franks, 2nd place
- 2008 Student life copy carry-in: Religion – Natalie Neville & Grace Semchuck, 2nd place
- 2008 People section carry-in: Sarah Gold, Natalie Morgan & Raven Miller, 2nd place
Yearbook staffers also won awards for their current photography and on-the-spot contests:
- Carry-in portrait: Brittany Harris & Jessica Freeman, 3rd place
- Digital design on-the-spot: Grace Semchuck, Brittany Harris, Victoria Hazy & Resa Horta, 2nd place
- Yearbook writing, editing & design on-the-spot: Natalie Neville, Kara Buono, Sarah Brand & Taylor Boschee, 2nd place
- On the spot photography – Natalie Schaedler, 3rd place
At the 2008 Spring SIPA Convention, a team of four editors, Sarah Gold, Amy Gold, Erika Firestine and Brittany Harris, won Best Design at the yearbook WED contest.