Students from the Pierce College newspaper and magazine won more than 20 awards over the weekend at the Journalism Association of Community Colleges state conference in Burbank.

The Roundup received an award for newspaper general excellence and online general excellence, and The Bull won for magazine general excellence.

Students from community colleges across the state competed in mail-in and on-the-spot contests. The mail-in contests were open to articles and photographs published in the last year.

This photo by Bleu Briggs won first place for creative photo at the JACC state conference in Burbank on March 24.

This photo by Shae Hammond won second place for sports photo at the JACC state conference in Burbank on March 24.

On-the-spot awards
Randi Love – creative portrait, honorable mention
Bleu Briggs – creative portrait, first place
Bleu Briggs – feature photo, honorable mention
Randi Love – feature writing, fourth place
Joshua Manes – news judgment/layout, third place
Randi Love – news judgment/layout, second place
Randi Love – social media, honorable mention
Vanessa Arredondo – news writing, first place
Shae Hammond – sports photo, second place
Joshua Manes – sports writing, third place

Mail-in awards
The Roundup – newspaper general excellence
The Roundup – online general excellence
Joshua Manes – sports game story, second place
Joshua Manes – sports game story, honorable mention
Shae Hammond – sports action photo, fourth place
Shae Hammond – sports action photo, honorable mention
The Bull – magazine general excellence
The Bull staff – magazine design, third place
Taylor Arthur – magazine photo, third place
Taylor Arthur – online photo essay, honorable mention
Taylor Arthur – magazine photo essay, fourth place
Taylor Arthur – magazine photo essay, honorable mention