The yearbook and newspaper publications were competing for the SDHSAA Annual High School Publications Contest’s top honors in October. The Annual Publications Contest ranks publications as honorable mention, excellent, and superior, which is presented to the high schools that achieve the highest scores in newspaper, yearbook, news writing, and journalistic photography.
The SDHSAA Journalism contests award high school Newspapers, Yearbooks, News Writing and Journalistic Photography that are entered in the Annual Publications competition. High school publications that are entered in the annual competition strive to meet the highest standard of excellence necessary to receive the designation of being named a “Superior” publication which is the highest recognition given to high school publications in South Dakota. All Newspapers, Yearbooks, News Writing and Photography entered in the “Annual Publications” were published during the 2019-2020 school year and are divided into various classification groups based on the enrollment of the school.
Superior designations were earned by high school yearbooks from Aberdeen Roncalli, Hamlin, Sioux Falls Washington, Yankton, and Redfield High Schools. Redfield took top honors with the highest score of all submitted yearbooks.
Superior honors in high school newspaper were given to Aberdeen Roncalli, Sioux Falls Lincoln, and O’Gorman High Schools. Lincoln High School took top honors with the highest score of all submitted newspapers.
The Sweepstakes Award is given to the school with the most points from all submitted contest entries. This year’s Sweepstakes Award winner was Dakota Valley High School.
The full list of Superior Award winners is as follows:
| Superior Newswriting | |
| Mason Hofer | Garretson High School |
| Caleb Hiatt | SF Lincoln High School |
| Sara Croghan | SF Lincoln High School |
| Adyson Sand | SF Lincoln High School |
| Molly Wetson | SF Lincoln High School |
| Shelby Roberts | Sturgis Brown High School |
| Jazlyn White | SF Lincoln High School |
| Kylie Uhl | Garretson High School |
| Chloe Hartje | SF Lincoln High School |
| Charley Lockwood-Powell | SF Lincoln High School |
| Superior Journalistic Photography | |
| Ryleigh Tupper | O'Gorman High School |
| Jalyn Jensen | Dakota Valley High School |
| Ryleigh Tupper | O'Gorman High School |
| Ryleigh Richter | Sturgis Brown High School |
| Shelby Roberts | Sturgis Brown High School |
| Bailey Jolin | Dakota Valley High School |
| Christyn Howard | Dakota Valley High School |
| Shelby Roberts | Sturgis Brown High School |
| Jalyn Jensen | Dakota Valley High School |
| Peyton Hove | Garretson High School |
| Jaden Lugacnato | Dakota Valley High School |
| Sara Croghan | Lincoln High School |
| Christyn Howard | Dakota Valley High School |
| Sam Shellum | Garretson High School |
| Noel Johnson | Garretson High School |
| Alexis Wulf | Sturgis Brown High School |
| Sean Power | Dakota Valley High School |
| Ree Baireddy | Lincoln High School |
| Superior Newspaper |
| O'Gorman High School |
| Aberdeen Roncalli High School |
| Sioux Falls Lincoln High School |
| Superior Yearbook |
| Aberdeen Roncalli High School |
| Hamlin High School |
| Washington High School |
| Yankton High School |
| Redfield High School |