News Writing (UIL contest)

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News Writing is one of several academic events sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League, and one of four in the Journalism category.

University Interscholastic League organization

The University Interscholastic League (UIL) is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, musical, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the American state of Texas. It is the largest organization of its type in the world.

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News Writing is designed to test students' ability to read critically, to digest and prioritize information quickly, and to write clearly, accurately and succinctly. Emphasis is placed on mechanical and stylistic precision, lead writing, use of direct and indirect quotes, and news judgment.

Eligibility

Students in Grade 9 through Grade 12 are eligible to enter this event.

Each school may send up to four students.

News Writing is an individual contest only; there is no team competition in this event. However, the school with the best performance in the four journalism categories (Editorial Writing, Feature Writing, Headline Writing, and News Writing) is given a special team award.

Rules and scoring

Students have 45 minutes to complete the contest; a time signal is given when 15 minutes remain.

Students are given a prompt and they are to respond with a news story. Students are given the option of either handwriting the story or using a computer (a portable printer is required).

The judging criteria are as follows:

All papers are read and critiqued, with the top six papers ranked. There are no ties.

Determining the Winner

The top three individuals will advance to the next round.

As the top six papers are ranked 1-6, there are no ties.

For district meet academic championship and district meet sweepstakes awards, points are awarded to the school as follows:

List of prior winners

2008

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1st Place: Erin Holland1st Place: Sarah Williams1st Place: Crystal Castro1st Place: Bethany Johnsen1st Place: Michelle Ward
2nd Place: Stormie McClurg2nd Place: Kaitlyn Hale2nd Place: Kristi Barrett2nd Place: Sarah Mills2nd Place: Rheanna English
3rd Place:Allyson Hochstein3rd Place:Kembra Gerner3rd Place:Jessi Taylor3rd Place:Jennifer Reel3rd Place:Karen Evans
4th Place: Ryland Darilek4th Place: Nick Loftis4th Place: Jessika Street4th Place: Alyssa Lopez4th Place: Erin Jentz
5th Place: Kelsea Urich5th Place: Katdie Norton5th Place: Dillon Fisher5th Place: Susan Xie5th Place: Taylor Jackson
6th Place: Hannah Jones6th Place: Brad Strickland6th Place: Lindsay Grossman6th Place: Luis Cordero6th Place: Erin May

2007

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1st Place: Dustin Schulte1st Place: Lauren Stewart1st Place: Matthew Hadley1st Place: Jennifer Reel1st Place: Walter Fick
2nd Place: Christina Soto2nd Place: Paige Cole2nd Place: Dawn Lipscomb2nd Place: Kylie Morrison2nd Place: Katy Turner
3rd Place: Emily Carson3rd Place: Kembra Gerner3rd Place: Britany McCraw3rd Place: Ahmed Mabruk3rd Place: Kristen Ditmore
4th Place: Lindsay Martinez4th Place: Nick Loftis4th Place: Kaycie Smith4th Place: Kelsey Jarzombek4th Place: Roman Flores
5th Place: Whitney Baker5th Place: Alyssa Word5th Place: Ashley Overstreet5th Place: John Dunavant5th Place: Kristen Lawrence
6th Place: Shayli Whitaker6th Place: Ashley Yeaman6th Place: Jennigale Webb6th Place: Claire Klimko6th Place: Lauren Winchester

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