The overall winner for the best student newspaper entry was Browns River Middle School, a class of 7th graders under the direction of Patty Brushett. Contributing students include: Greg Elgin, Dan Wandeloski, Molly Finn, Casey Munns, David Rosales, Leo Lehrer-Small, Andrew Champlin, Paul Eells, Arianna Belfield, Leah Corbin, Nicholas Cook, Jake LeClair, Madison Gay, Ella Bergin, Jenna McCarthy, Allison Babbitt, Kyle DeCoster, Francesca Frost, Max Varela, Laura MacKenzie, Grace Patton, Jack Leach, Josh Graning, Nate King, Jared Kesler, Jamie Dionne, Kai Gravel-Pucillo, Flannery Abbey, Billy Bruce, Lauren Hagerty, Hannah Dionne, Anna Burke, David Ahlers, Ashley Greene, Jenna Laterreur, Hannah Leavitt, Corey Clark, Raymond Wilson, Shea Fitzgerald and Liam King.

The best 6th Grade paper was Castleton Village School's Team 5 in Rutland County. Led by Annie Vickery, Team 5 was made up of Seth Park, Amber Forrest Sumner, Megan Randall, Reiley Tyler and Liam Tomasi.

The best 7th Grade entry was Troy School in the town of North Troy in Orleans County. Under the direction of Jenn Cohun, student reporters included Mariah Bathalon, Leanne Dewing, Jarrame Rollerson, Emily Rappold, Alainey Craig, Logan Sawyer, Victoria Blais, Katherine Mills, Emma Lepage, Evan Sarault, Alayna Chaffee and Sierra Daigle.

All the 8th Grade Above the Fold entries were incredibly competitive. Michael Bleau's language arts class at Crossett Brook Middle School in Washington County took the best 8th Grade entry. Student reporters were Matthew Ranew, Laura Nealy, Paul Gibson, Sawyer Ladensack, Fiona Smith, Madison D'Amico, Megan Gresham, Becca Russell, Matt Meade and Cody Mara.