Congrats to our 2023 Student Competition 1st-Place Winner in Design!

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We're excited to wrap up our announcement of the 2023 Student Competition winners today with our 1st-place winner in Design, Aspen Gengenbacher. Congrats Aspen!

You can find links to all of this year’s winners here. Congrats to all our winners! Thanks to everyone who entered and made our judges' decision a tough one...we loved looking at your work and commend you all on your great pieces.

First Place - Design
Aspen Gengenbacher

School: Missouri School of Journalism
Level: Senior
Instructor: Tom White
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle

 
 

Special thanks to Rebellion Design Co. for sponsoring the
2023 SPD-U Scholarship for our Design winner!

 
 

Congrats to our 2023 Student Competition 1st-Place Winner in Illustration!

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We're sharing our 2023 Student Competition winners this week and we're happy to share our 1st-place winner in Illustration, Isabel Foley. Congrats to Isabel!

First Place - Illustration
Isabel Foley

School: University of Delaware
Level: Senior
Instructor: David Brinley
Category: Editorial

 
 

Special thanks to Heart for sponsoring the 2023 SPD-U Scholarship
for our Illustration winner!

 
 

Congrats to our 2023 Student Competition 1st-Place Winner in Photography!

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We're sharing our 2023 Student Competition winners this week and we're happy to share our 1st-place winner in Photography, Natalie Schmidt. Congrats Natalie!

First Place - Photography
Natalie Schmidt

School: University of Delaware
Level: Junior
Instructor: David Brinley
Category: Portrait

 
 

Congrats to our 2023 Student Competition 2nd-Place Winner in Design!

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We're sharing our 2023 Student Competition winners this week and we're happy to share our 2nd-place winner in Design, Kylie Mena. Congrats Kylie!

Second Place - Design
Kylie Mena

School: Kean University
Level: Senior
Instructors: Nancy Cambell and Trevett McCandliss
Category: How-To

 
 

Congrats to our 2023 Student Competition 2nd-Place Winner in Photography!

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We're sharing our 2023 Student Competition winners this week and we're happy to share our 2nd-place winner in Photography, Katie Park. Congrats to Katie!

Second Place - Photography
Katie Park

School: Cooper Union
Level: Senior
Instructor: Mackenzie Stroh
Category: Conceptual

 
 

Congrats to our 2023 Student Competition 3rd-Place Winner in Design!

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We're sharing our 2023 Student Competition winners this week and we're happy to share our 3rd-place winner in Design, Emma Stoecklein. Congrats Emma!

Third Place - Design
Emma Stoecklein

School: Ringling College of Art + Design
Level: Junior
Instructor: Polly Johnson
Category: How-To

 
 

Congrats to our 2023 Student Competition Noteworthy Entries!

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We had so many amazing submissions in the 2023 Student Competition that we’re excited to share a few noteworthy entries from the Design and Illustration categories. Check them out below!

In alphabetical order…

DESIGN

 
 

Megan Greenacre

School: Norwich University of the Arts
Level: Senior
Instructor: Glen Robinson
Category: Sport/Adventure

 

ILLUSTRATION

 
 

Cara McDonald

School: University of Delaware
Level: Junior
Instructor: David Brinley
Category: Conceptual

 
 

Announcing our 2023 Student Competition Winners!

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After our virtual judging, we’ve picked the top winners in our 2023 SPD-U Student Competition! We’ll be announcing them over the next week and updating the list here. Special thanks to our judges Steven Banks, Heather Jones, Tim Leong, Alice Morgan, and Robert Perino for taking the time to review all of this year’s submissions and to our Student Competition Committee Chairs David Cooper and Josue Evilla for organizing.

This competition marked the 25th year of hosting our annual SPD-U Student Competition. After multiple rounds of virtual judging and Zoom meetings, our panel of judges carefully chose their picks from all the great student work submitted. They selected first, second, and third-place winners as well as some noteworthy entries. Click their names below to see the winning work.

Special thanks to Rebellion Design Co. for sponsoring the 2023 SPD-U Scholarship for our Design winner and Heart for sponsoring the 2023 SPD-U Scholarship for our Illustration winner!

Congratulations to all of our winners and to all the wonderful entries we received!