2018-2019

• Lys Goldman ’21 and Claire Redmer ’21 won a Best of SNO award for their article, “See ya, Staples: Why Westport students choose private schools“
• Tallula Taylor ’21 and Eliza Barr ’21 won a Best of SNO award for their broadcast, “Behind the Scenes: Hair, Makeup, and Costume crews for Curtains Musical“
• Lily Kane ’20 won a Best of SNO award for her article, “Varsity girls’ soccer makes history funding female trophy case“
• Inklings received an Excellence in Writing badge from SNO

2017-2018

• Inklings named All-American newspaper
• Gold medal from Colubmia Scholastic Press Association

2016-2017

• Gold Medal from Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• Melanie Lust ’19 was a 2017 NSPA News Story of the Year Finalist
• Channing Smith ’17 won fifth place for “Feature Picture” from the National Scholastic Press Association
• Cooper Boardman ’17 won third place for his “sports news for news publications” from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association

2015-2016

• Gold Medal from Columbia Scholastic Press Association with All-Columbian honors in Visual and Essentials
• Silver Crown from Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• 2016 Scholastic Art & Writing Gold Medal in Journalism, Becky Hoving ’17 with co-writer Fritz Schemel ’17 for “Conversation About Gender Neutral Bathrooms Surges Through Staples”

2014-2015

• Gold Medal from Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• Silver Crown from Columbia Scholastic Press Association for both print and online
• First Place for Feature Writing Team, Youth Journalism 2015 Awards for Excellence
  • Zoe Brown ’15 and Jane Levy ’16 for Parkour: The sport that has no boundaries
• First Place for Editorial, Youth Journalism 2015 Awards for Excellence: Let’s face it

2013-2014

• Gold Medal with All-Colombian honors for Verbal and Visual from Columbia Scholastic Press Association

2012-2013

• Pacemaker Award from National Scholastic Press Association
• Silver Crown (for paper and print) and Gold Circle from Columbia Scholastic Press Association

2011-2012

• All-American Award (with four marks of distinction) by the National Scholastic Press Association for Inklings Online

2009-2010

• Silver Crown  by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association for Inklings News Online
• Silver Crown by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association”Gold Medal” by Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• Certificate of Merit in Computer generated black & white or black & white and one other color art for Newspapers to Timothy Yang by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• Second Place Certificate in Art/illustration: Hand-drawn two or more colors for Newspapers to Connie Zhou by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• Third Place Certificate in Art/illustration: Hand-draw black and white or black and white and one other color for Newspapers to Connie Zhou by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• “Courage in Journalism” to Petey Menz and Alex Nitkin by Connecticut Academic Press Association
• “Student Journalist of the Year” to Alex Nitkin by Connecitcut Academic Press Association
• “2010 Story of the Year Award” Second Place in Diversity to Shannon Moss and Dana Rappaport by National Scholastic Press Association

2008-2009

• Silver Crown Award for Inklings News Online by Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• “All American” by National Scholastic Press Association with Four Marks of Distinction
• “Gold Medal” by Columbia Scholastic Press Association

2007-2008

• “All American” by National Scholastic Press Association with Four Marks of Distinction
• “Gold Medal” by Columbia Scholastic Press Association

2005-2006

• “Gold Medal” from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• First Place with “Special Honors” from the American Scholastic Press Association

2004-2005

• “Certificate of Recognition” from the Westport Board of Education for placing first in
• Hartford Courant 2005 Scholastic Competition.
• “Silver Medal” from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• First Place with Special Honors from the American Scholastic Press Association
• Hartford Courant Newspapers in Education Annual Contest
• First Place in the State overall Category
• Editorial Cartoon “Second Place”/ Dan Lance
• Opinion Writing “Second Place”/ Lindsay Girden
• Feature Writing “Third Place”/ Andrew Kleinman
• Photography “Second Place” / Marshall Fox
• Critical Review “Second Place” / Mack Gelber
• 2004 Staples High School Journalism Award / Carrie Jordan and Felicia Quentzel

2003-2004

• “Gold Medal” from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• First Place with Special Honors from the American Scholastic Press Association
• Hartford Courant Newspapers in Education Annual Contest
• Second Place in the State Overall Category / The Staff
• News Writing “Second Place” / Kira Ganga Kieffer
• Photography “First Place” / Wells Preston
• 2004 Staples High School Journalism Award / Erica Erhlich and Kira Ganga Kieffer

2002-2003

• “Gold Medal” from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• First Place with Special Honors from the American Scholastic Press Association
• Hartford Courant Newspapers in Education Annual Contest
• Second Place in the State Overall Category / The Staff
• Photography “Second Place” / Emily Shornick
• 2003 Staples High School Journalism Award / Caitlin Parton

2001-2002

• “Gold Medal” from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• First Place with Special Honors from the American Scholastic Press Association
• Hartford Courant Newspapers in Education Annual Contest
• News Writing “First Place” / Simon Kliegman
• Editorial Cartoon “Third Place” / Dan Lance
• 2002 Staples High School Journalism Award / Erica Ehrlich

2000-2001

• “Gold Medal” from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association
• Hartford Courant Newspapers in Education Annual Contest
• Critical Review “First Place” / Peter Duchan

1999-2000

• “Silver Medal” from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association