Entourage Yearbooks

NATIONAL YEARBOOK CONTEST

2023-2024 School Year

Entourage Yearbooks is proud to announce our nationwide yearbook contest. We sponsor this contest to recognize students, staffs, and yearbook advisors who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in creating yearbooks for their schools.

Entries entered in the Entourage Yearbook contest are evaluated across four judging categories. You can click on a category below to submit your entries for this years contest!

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YEARBOOK CONTEST JUDGING CATEGORIES

Yearbook

Overall yearbook theme development is judged based on use of written and graphic elements carried throughout the entire yearbooks.

Cover Design

Yearbook cover designs, judged based on overall design quality, relevance to school and current year, use graphic and textual design elements.

Page Design

Page layouts judges are based on the overall layout design, the use of innovative techniques and the use of captions, headlines, graphics elements, etc.

Photography

Photographs will be judged based on creativity and composition across the categories of Sport/Action, School Spirit, and Artistic/Creative.

High School Winners

vanguard yearbook contest

Vanguard Academy

2023 GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Greater Commonwealth Virtual School

2023 COVER DESIGN WINNER
2nd Place: Hampton High School
3rd Place: Westbury Christian School

Westbury Christian School

2023 PAGE LAYOUT DESIGN WINNER
2nd Place: Cornerstone Christian Academy in Texas
3rd Place: Christian Academy of Guatemala

Desert View High School

2023 PHOTOGRAPHY WINNER
2nd Place: Marion C Moore Yearbook
3rd Place: New Brunswick High School

High School Honorable Mentions

YEARBOOK THEME

2nd Place: Veritas Classical School- Alpharetta
3rd Place: Greater Commonwealth Virtual School

The Frankfort Christian Academy
Sunnyside High School
Deweyville ISD
Hampton High School
Mountain View High School
Northeast High School
New Brunswick High School
Cornerstone Christian Academy in Texas
Crooked Oak High School
303 - 2023 Life Academy HS for Film and Music

COVER DESIGN

Blue Ridge Christian School
Fort Stockton High School
Veritas Classical School- Alpharetta
Glen Cove High School
Vanguard Academy
Southern Maryland Christian Academy
Mountain View High School
New Brunswick High School
Cornerstone Christian Academy in Texas
Shortridge High School
William L. Dickinson High School
303 - 2023 Life Academy HS for Film and Music

PAGE DESIGN

Indian Springs High School
Fort Stockton High School
Sunnyside High School
Vanguard Academy
Seneca East High Yearbook

PHOTOGRAPHY

Lincoln High School
The Academy of Classical Christian Studies
Mission High School
303 - 2023 Kensington CAPA
Seneca East High
Christian Academy of Guatemala
Pro Photo Union County High School

Middle School Winners

Vincent J. Gallagher Middle School

2023 GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Ascent Academy Softcover Yearbook

2023 COVER DESIGN WINNER
2nd Place: Most Blessed Sacrament
3rd Place: Vincent J. Gallagher Middle School

Mariposa School of Global Education

2023 PAGE LAYOUT DESIGN WINNER
2nd Place: All Saints Cathedral School
3rd Place: Russell Middle School

Russell Middle School

2023 PHOTOGRAPHY WINNER
2nd Place: Seneca East Middle School
3rd Place: New Brighton Middle School

Middle School Category Winners

YEARBOOK THEME

2nd Place: Hearts for Jesus Christ
3rd Place: All Saints Cathedral School

Most Blessed Sacrament
Youth Leadership Academy
Robeson County Christian Home Educators
Hudson Montessori School
New Brighton Middle School
Imagine School North Manatee
NorthBay Christian Academy
Apollo Middle School
Russell Middle School
Comprehensive Grammar School
Harlem Prep Middle School

COVER DESIGN

Amherst Christian Academy
Flushing Christian School
Hudson Montessori School
Loretto Catholic School
New Brighton Middle School
Imagine School North Manatee
Shoreline Middle School
Russell Middle School
Somerset Sky Pointe MS
All Saints Cathedral School
Connally Jr. High
Hearts for Jesus Christ

PAGE DESIGN

The Ivy School
Fernwaters
Imagine School North Manatee
Yeshivat Noam
New Brighton Middle School
Archers
Vincent J. Gallagher Middle School
Lakecrest Independent School
Hudson Montessori School
Hearts for Jesus Christ

PHOTOGRAPHY

Southern Maryland Christian Academy
NorthBay Christian Academy
All Saints Cathedral School
Lake Stevens Middle
Fernwaters
Odyssey Academy
Hearts for Jesus Christ

Elementary School Winners

P.S. 40

2023 GRAND PRIZE WINNER

Perkiomen Valley-Evergreen Elem H&S

2023 COVER DESIGN WINNER
2nd Place: Hope Academy
3rd Place: Madison County Virtual Academy ES

Fernwaters

2023 PAGE LAYOUT DESIGN WINNER
2nd Place: Hazelwood Elementary School
3rd Place: St. Catherine

Westbury Christian School

2023 PHOTOGRAPHY WINNER
2nd Place: Lemon Ave. Elementary
3rd Place: Hickory Elementary

Elementary Category Winners

YEARBOOK THEME

2nd Place: Elmora School #12
3rd Place: Alamosa Park Educational Foundation

Hazelwood Elementary School
Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary
Lincoln School
Mariposa School of Global Education
Perkiomen Valley-Evergreen Elem H&S
Hartshorn Elementary
New Song Christian Academy
Lemon Ave. Elementary
Jack and Jill Childrens Center
Hope Academy
Elza Tucker Elementary School
Lyndon K-8 School

COVER DESIGN

Mitchell Elementary TX
Castlehill Country Day School
Soaring Heights
Mariposa School of Global Education
Alamosa Park Educational Foundation
PS 9 Sarah Anderson
H and M Potter Elementary School
New Song Christian Academy
Hector A. Cafferata Je Elementary School
Lemon Ave. Elementary
Seneca East Elementary
P.S. 40 Yearbook

PAGE DESIGN

P.S. 40 Yearbook
Freeman Elementary School
PS 1 Elementary
PS 971 School of Math Science and Healthy Living
Westbury Christian School
Estabrook Elementary School
Edgewood Elementary
St Cloud Elementary

PHOTOGRAPHY

Estabrook Elementary School
St. Catherine
Eleanor Roosevelt Elementary
Sunderland
Las Animas
P.S. 40 Yearbook
Summit Lane Elementary
Crawford County Elementary School
Madison County Virtual Academy ES
Joslin Elementary

YEARBOOK CONTEST RULES

Most frequent questions and answers

What type of content can I enter?

All entries must be the work of a school using Entourage Yearbooks as their 2022 yearbook publisher. The content submitted for the contest must have appeared in the 2022 yearbook.

How many times can I enter?

Each school can enter up to four entries for the page layout and photography categories. Naturally, you may only enter once for the overall yearbook contest and the cover design contest.

What must I include with my entries?

All entries must include the title of your entry, as well as a paragraph explaining the inspiration and direction of your design or theme. Entries may appear on the Entourage Yearbooks website, our social media, and/or in future marketing materials.

When does the yearbook contest begin and end?

The yearbook contest officially opens the last week of May and ends on July 1st. No entries will be considered after July 1st.

How are entries judged?

Entries will be judged by a combination of Entourage Yearbooks specialists and guest judges. Our guest judges will each have professional experience in Yearbooks, Journalism, Graphic Design, Photography, or Publishing. The entries will be judged on showing creative graphic style that is appropriate to the content and audience; and creating an original design that does not violate copyright law or plagiarizes outside content.

What are the prizes for the yearbook contest?

Best Yearbook Grand Prize: $200 Cover Upgrade Credit and Plaque Award
Best Cover Design: Free Foil and Plaque Award
Best Photography: Digital Camera and Plaque Award
Best Page Design: Digital Camera and Plaque Award

* All 2nd and 3rd Prize winners in each category will receive a plaque award*

When do schools receive an update?

Winners will be announced online and contacted by email in October.