๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ž ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ง๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—–, ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—นโ€™๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„

TheSPARK stood unbowed as Bicolโ€™s Best as it blazed to a three-peat victory through a series of awards in group events at the recently concluded 22nd Regional Tertiary Schools Press Conference (RTSPC).

Held on February 26-28 in Rakdell Inn, Virac, Catanduanes, the publication has swept the tabloid category with straight first-place finishes and further bagged multiple awards from other printed issues.

The following are the awards secured by TheSPARK:

๐—ง๐—”๐—•๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—œ๐—— ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—š๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ
Overall 1st Place
1st Place – Best News Page
1st Place – Best Editorial Page
1st Place – Best Opinion Page
1st Place – Best Feature Page
1st Place – Best Literary Page
1st Place – Best DevCom Page
1st Place – Best Sports Page
1st Place – Best Page Design

๐— ๐—”๐—š๐—”๐—ญ๐—œ๐—ก๐—˜ ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—š๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ
Overall 2nd Place
1st Place – Best News Page
1st Place – Best Literary Page
2nd Place – Best Feature Page
2nd Place – Best Sports Page
2nd Place – Best Cover Design
3rd Place – Best Page Design
4th Place – Best Editorial Page
4th Place – Best DevCom Page

๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช๐—ฆ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ง๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—š๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ
Overall 2nd Place
1st Place – Best News Page
1st Place – Best Opinion Page
1st Place – Best Page Design
2nd Place – Best Editorial Page
2nd Place – Best Sports Page
3rd Place – Best Feature Page
3rd Place – Best Literary Page
3rd Place – Best DevCom Page
๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ฅ๐—ฌ ๐—™๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—ข ๐—–๐—”๐—ง๐—˜๐—š๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—ฌ
Overall 3rd Place (Hubris)
1st Place – Best Literary Page
1st Place – Best Visual Arts
1st Place – Best Page Design
2nd Place – Best Concept

Meanwhile, The Bicol Universitarian of Bicol University (BU) main campus stood strong as first runner-up, followed by The College Artisans Bulletin of Central Bicol State University of Agriculture Sipocot Campus in second place.
Rounding out the top five were also The BISCAST Collegian of Bicol State College of Applied Sciences and Technology and The Inditers of BU Polangui Campus as third and fourth runners-up, respectively.
TheSPARK has been holding the Bicol’s Best Campus Paper title since the 20th RTSPC held last 2020.
Source: The SPARK FB Page