Student journalists from a dozen different Virginia publication staffs have been named Crown Award finalists by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) for work produced during the 2020-21 academic year.

All 12 of the nominated publications will receive either a Silver or Gold Crown Award during a presentation in March 2022.

Crown Award finalists from Virginia are:

High School Print Literary Magazine:

• Afterwords, James Wood High School, Winchester, VA
• Delphi, Salem High School, Salem, VA
• The Rough Draft, Flint Hill School, Oakton, VA
• The Talon, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, VA
• The Tartan, McLean High School, McLean, VA

High School Hybrid News

• The Highlander / thehighlandernews.com, McLean High School, McLean, VA
• The Royal News / trnwired.org, Prince George High School, Prince George, VA
• tjTODAY / tjtoday.org, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA;

High School Hybrid Yearbook:

• Peerage, Prince George High School, Prince George, VA

High School Print Yearbook:

• Apollo, Colonial Forge High School, Stafford, VA
• Crag, Turner Ashby High School, Bridgewater, VA
• TAJ, Harrisonburg High School, Harrisonburg, VA
• Techniques, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA;