After our virtual judging, we’ve picked the top winners in our 2024 SPD-U Student Competition! We’ll be announcing them over the next week and updating the list here. Special thanks to our judges Rachel Gogel, Emil Lendof, Alexandra Mooney, Nick Mrozowski, and Lily Qian for taking the time to review all of this year’s submissions and to our Student Competition Committee Chairs David Cooper and Josue Evilla for organizing.

This competition marked the 26th year of hosting our annual SPD-U Student Competition. After multiple rounds of virtual judging and Zoom meetings, our panel of judges carefully chose their picks from all the great student work submitted. They selected first, second, and third-place winners as well as some noteworthy entries. Click their names below to see the winning work.

Congratulations to all of our winners and to all the wonderful entries we received!

First Place - Design

Lucy Roberts

School: Norwich University of the Arts
Level: Third Year
Instructor: Andrew Johnson & Glen Robinson
Category: City/Regional

First Place - Illustration

Josi Svendsen

School: North Metropolitan TAFE
Instructor: Amie Mason
Category: Conceptual

First Place - Photography

Katy Alldridge

School: Norwich University of Arts
Level: Third Year
Instructor: Andrew Johnson & Glen Robinson
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle

Second Place - Design

Eden Harris

School: Norwich University of the Arts
Level: Third Year
Instructor: Andrew Johnson & Glen Robinson
Category: Sports/Adventure

Second Place - Illustration

Allison Hoyos

School: University of Hartford
Level: Junior
Instructor: Brian Lutz
Category: Conceptual

Second Place - Photography

Sarah Croibier

School: Miami Ad School
Instructor: Sarah Wood
Category: Portrait

Third Place - Design

Cat Slaymaker

School: Norwich University of the Arts
Year: Third Year
Instructor: Andrew Johnson & Glen Robinson
Category: Sports/Adventure

Third Place - Illustration

Kevin Weaver

School: University of Hartford
Instructor: Brian Lutz
Category: Editorial

Third Place - Photography

Katy Alldridge

School: Norwich University of Arts
Level: Third Year
Instructor: Andrew Johnson & Glen Robinson
Category: Fashion/Beauty

Noteworthy - Design

Quinn Bonney

School: State University of New York, New Paltz
Instructor: Etsuko Rosenblum
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle

Quoc Doan

School: Kutztown University
Instructor: Denise Bosler
Category: How-To

Charlie Dornbach

School: Kean University
Level: Senior
Instructor: Nancy Campbell
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle

Ruby J. Garcia

School: Kutztown University
Instructor: Denise Bosler
Category: City/Regional

Quinevere Gehman

School: Moore College of Art and Design
Instructor: Gigi McGee
Category: News

William Gordon

School: Kutztown University
Instructor: Sean Bacon
Category: Fashion/Lifestyle

Madeline Mast

School: Kutztown University
Instructor: Holly Tienken
Category: How-To

Noteworthy - Illustration

Kerly Aavik

School: North Metropolitan TAFE
Instructor: Amie Mason
Category: Conceptual

Cara McDonald

School: University of Delaware
Instructor: David Brinley
Category: Editorial

Avery Slezak

School: Pratt Institute
Level: Senior
Instructor: David Cooper
Category: Politics

Kelly Wang

School: University of Delaware
Instructor: David Brinley
Category: GIFs

Wang Xi

School: Maryland Institute of College of Art
Instructor: Andrew Haener
Category: Conceptual

Siyi Zhao

School: School of Visual Arts
Level: Senior
Instructor: Jensine Eckwall
Category: Portrait