The Colophon - Balfour Yearbooks Blog

Sometimes we need to make it a little easier for our yearbook staffers. Visual aids can be the perfect reminders to guide them.

The Journalism Education Agency named advisers Annie Green and Laura Negri Special Recognition Yearbook Advisers Monday, Dec. 6.

Meet the winners of the Fall 2021 edition of Balfour’s Great Shot Photo Contest! Yearbook photographers were clearly back out in force this fall, as your more than 1,000 submissions challenged our

’Tis the season to focus on yearbook orders. Grab your cocoa, turn up the Christmas music and let’s ring in new sales.

Turkey, sweet potatoes and pumpkin pie cook up more than a delicious Thanksgiving Day. Turn all the T-Day fixings into a delish yearbook spread.

Congratulations to Bowie’s Ryan Kinney for being named the 2021 Designer of the Year. The National Scholastic Press Association announced their Portfolio of the Year winners and other Individual

Congratulations to Bridgeland’s Madie Gunn for winning Photo of the Year: Environmental Portrait. Gunn’s photograph of an orchestra student took the top prize in the category.

The Lone Star’s Grace Conlan and Ryan Kinney took home first place in the Design of the Year Yearbook Theme Package category. Members of the Bowie yearbook staff heard the news in person as they

Ridgeview Middle School took home three awards Saturday from the National Scholastic Press Association’s 2021 Junior High/Middle School competition.Ridgeview’s Kamryn Quitugua’s snow coverage

We’re back with our fall edition of the Great Shot Photo Contest. We have two brand new assignments for you—Sports: Action-Packed and Macro (Close-ups). Let’s get snapping!

We know the drill: Put the theme on the cover, endsheets, opening & closing, dividers and the index. But the latest innovative trend is an expansion of the theme: specific pages devoted to the

Two Austin journalists from the Bowie and McCallum yearbook staffs were named finalists in NSPA’s Portfolio of the Year competitions.