Wildcat Chronicle editor in chief senior Kyle Paup and lifestyles editor sophomore Catherine Miller were two of the winners of the Quill and Scroll 2016 International Writing, Photo, and Multimedia Contest.

A total of 1,938 entries were submitted in all categories with a total of 225 entries selected as national winners and 279 individual student winners.

Paup was a National winner for two of his stories including “Honored alumnus discusses lasting impression of high school,” and “District among three chosen for e-learning program.”

Paup’s two winners were one of 20 to win awards in the news category out of 176 student entries.

“When I was a sophomore I got a bunch of awards too. One of them was the same exact award, but for a different category, so it feels very rewarding to win it again since this is the biggest award we won during my time on the staff,” Paup said.

Miller won for her feature story “Inventor continues to benefit from game.” Miller was one of 25 National winners out of 234 competitors.

“It feels really good to win this award because this is my first year (writing for the paper). It is cool to see hard work paying off,” Miller said.

The story was about the inventor of the game of Operation.

“I was very excited the story won because I feel like the story was about something unique. The whole process of writing it was really fun. It was one of the first stories I wrote when I wasn’t officially on the paper,” Miller said.

When Miller joined the Chronicle second semester, the story was published.

One of Paup’s stories was about the piloting of the e-learning program.

“I am glad that story got recognized because that was a big deal at our school. It was exciting to be able to be one of the first ones to cover that story and let the students know about it,” Paup said.

Another story Paup submitted was about the alumnus Ray Stevens known as “Ramblin Rey” who is a host for US 99.5 radio.

“That story was really nice going forward since that one was one of the biggest stories I wrote, not just this year, but my sophomore year on the paper included. It was nice that it was recognized and my work paid off,” Paup said.

Paup is glad to see the paper’s awards resume after a year of not publishing.

“It is still nice to be honored this year since the paper did not run last year. I am glad that we are being as successful as we were even with that year-long break and still receiving recognition,” Paup said.