Awards
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