Six Eagle reporters were honored at the Montana Journalism Education Association’s annual writing contest, earning top honors for stories published in the January and March issues of the Sun Journal.

As part of The University of Montana’s Journalism Day celebration, the Big Sky staff squared off against five other AA publications: Sentinel’s Konah, The Hellgate Lance, Charles M. Russell’s The Stampede, the Bozeman Hawk Tawk, and Glacier’s The Howl, and The Flathead Arrow.

The following awards went to the Sun Journal:

First Place, Newspaper Design: Sun Journal Staff, January Issue (Vol. 36 Issue 1)

First Place, Newswriting: Savannah Hauglum, State Senate Debates HS Bill

First Place, Feature Writing: Wesley Rolle, Through the Looking Glass: Life with Diabetes

First Place, Editorial Cartoon: McKee Muralt, “School Should Be Cancelled”

Second Place, Opinion Writing: McKenzie Worley, Femi*!$t

Second Place, Sports Feature Writing: Andrew Gardanier, Big Sky Three-Sport Athletes Thrive