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!
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 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.