Awards

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

2026 CSPA Gold Circles

Third Place Op-Ed or News Analysis Page Design: “Guide to Stationery,” Nethra Pai

Certificate of Merit Editorial writing: “Letters from the Editorial Board”

Second Place Entertainment reviews: “New York Times Games Ranking and Review,” Claire Wang

Certificate of Merit Video Feature package: “CSPA Vlog,” Brooke Gavin

2026 GSPA Spring Awards

Social Justice Reporting All-Georgia: “The Fear of Free Speech,” Sheehan Banka, Ridhi Boggavarapu, & Milo Park

Health/Medical Reporting Superior: “What’s behind the food recalls?” Ridhi Boggavarapu & Alexandra Gray

Feature Writing Superior: “Perspectives on the Spectrum,” Sheehan Banka & Allen Liu

Critical Review Superior: “Ramen Review,” Allen Liu & Ian Sands

News Photograph Superior: “Students Protest ICE,” Ana Michel

Double Truck Layout/Design Superior: “Dia De los Muertos,” Isha Patel, Tanya Shriram, & Arshita Sunnam

Double Truck Layout/Design All-Georgia: “The Fear of Free Speech,” Sheehan Banka, Ridhi Boggavarapu, & Milo Park

Social Media Promotion All-Georgia: “Coming Soon, the 2025-2026 winter digital issue,” Brooke Gavin

General Excellence News Website: The Messenger

2025 NSPA Individual Awards
Fifth Place: Marketer of the Year: Sonya Pandya

2025 GSPA Spring Awards

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

General Excellence News Website: The Messenger

2024 CSPA Gold Circles

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

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

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

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

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

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

Third Place Newsmagazine Cover: “banned,” Sydney Mulford

Third Place Design Portfolio of Work: Sydney Mulford

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

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

Excellent News Website - The Messenger

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

2022 GSPA Spring Awards

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

Excellent News Website - The Messenger

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