Awards

2024-2025

Best of SNO / “Tate McRae gets “So Close” to pop perfection” (Nathan Perera)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Newspaper Sweepstakes  (2nd Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Best in Show Print (2nd Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Best in Show Online  (3rd Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs News Writing  (Celine Park / 2nd Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Feature Writing  (Nandita Bussa / 2nd Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Feature Writing  (Haley Nguyen / 3rd Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Editorial Writing  (Rachel Yoon / 5th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Editorial Writing  (Audrey Lee / 8th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Editorial Writing  (Jasmine Nguyen / 9th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Sports Writing  (Mikaela Woo / 1st Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Critical Review  (Nathan Perera / 3rd Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Critical Review  (Sydnee Cho / 5th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Editorial Cartoon  (Chris Phan / 6th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Editorial Cartoon  (Vanessa Marin-Ixlan / 8th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Newspaper Layout  (Eva Kim / 5th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Newspaper Layout  (Isabella Sanchez / 7th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Magazine Cover  (Gia Khang Nguyen / 1st Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Magazine Cover  (Kathleen Vo / 3rd Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs News Photography  (Tyler Nguyen / 2nd Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs News Photography  (Amy Bao / 10th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Novice News  (Natalie Akins / Superior)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Novice News  (Aarya Halankar / Superior)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Novice News  (Kenzie Laing / Superior)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Novice News  (Alaisha Singh / Superior)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Novice News  (Mico Melgar / Excellent)
Best of SNO / “OA alum Sophia Park is the youngest person to pass the California Bar” (Nandita Bussa)
Best of SNO / “OA Voters encourage voter pre-registration” (Nandita Bussa)

2023-2024

Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Newspaper Sweepstakes  (1st Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Feature Writing  (Haley Nguyen / 1st Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Editorial Writing  (Lavanya Shyamsundar / 1st Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Editorial Writing  (Rachel Yoon / 2nd Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Sports Writing  (Mikaela Woo / 5th Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Critical Review  (Nathan Perera / 1st Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Critical Review  (Zoharys Jaen / 7th Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Editorial Cartoon  (Eva Kim / 6th Place)

2022-2023

Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs Newspaper Sweepstakes  (2nd Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs News Writing  (Christine Nguyen / 7th Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs Feature Writing  (Trisha Phan / 6th Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs Editorial Writing  (Lavanya Shyamsundar / 1st Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs Editorial Writing  (Rachel Yoon / 3rd Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs Sports Writing  (Christian Festin / 2nd Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs Critical Review  (Anjali Suva / 3rd Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs Critical Review  (Lavanya Shyamsundar / 10th Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs Editorial Cartoon  (Sam Wild Salubre / 1st Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs Editorial Cartoon  (Vivian Nguyen / 10th Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs Newspaper Layout  (Gia Khang Nguyen / 8th Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs Sports Photography  (Nathan Truong / 4th Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs Novice News  (Nathan Perera / Honorable Mention)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Newspaper Sweepstakes  (4th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Best in Show Print (3rd Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs News Writing  (Christine Nguyen / 5th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Feature Writing  (Trisha Phan / 3rd Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Editorial Writing   (Rachel Yoon / 4th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Sports Writing  (Christian Festin / 4th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Editorial Cartoon  (Sam Wild Salubre / 9th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Newspaper Layout  (Gia Khang Nguyen / 4th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs News Photography (Sarah Li / 8th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Novice News  (Nandita Bussa / Honorable Mention)

2021-2022

Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / News Writing  (Christine Nguyen / 2nd Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Sports Writing  (Theoden Melgar / 6th Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Editorial Cartoon  (Sydnee Cho / 2nd Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Newspaper Layout  (Jake Chang / 2nd Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / News Photography  (Sarah Li / 6th Place)

2020-2021

Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs News Writing  (Jake Chang / 8th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Feature Writing  (Vinutha Sandadi / 9th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Sports Writing  (Anya Nguyenkhoa / 9th Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Editorial Cartoon  (Angela Xia / 1st Place)
Orange County Journalism Education Association (OCJEA) Write-Offs Editorial Cartoon  (Sam Wild Salubre / 9th Place)

2018-2019

Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / News Writing  (Amanda Gao / 9th Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Novice News  (Jake Chang / Excellent)

2014-2015

Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Feature Writing  (Emily Kim / 9th Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Editorial Writing  (Moses Kim / 3rd Place)
Southern California Journalism Education Association (SCJEA) Write-Offs / Sports Writing  (Albert Nguyen / 11th Place)