The Colophon - Balfour Yearbooks Blog

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.

Ridgeview Middle School snagged finalist spots in each category of the National Scholastic Press Association‘s 2021 Junior High/Middle School competition.

Five Balfour schools are finalists in the National Scholastic Press Association’s Design of the Year and COVID-19 Reporting contests. Five schools and more than 10 students were named finalists for

As part of our “The Essentials” series, we present the required elements of yearbook. Today, we’ll focus on dividers.

The dividers, or division pages, provide one of the most integral roles in a

Make it your own. Really. Three Balfour schools took the sticker craze to a whole new level with their 2021 yearbooks.

Congratulations to Bridgeland High School, Maize High School and McCallum High School photographers for snagging finalist spots in the 2021 Photo of the Year competition. The National Scholastic

Photographing varsity sports is a privilege. Establish a coverage hierarchy system by requiring photographers to first learn and train at subvarsity sporting events.

Congratulations to the La Ventana for being named a 2020 Pacemaker Winner by the Associated Collegiate Press. ACP announced the winners during a virtual ceremony, Oct. 14 at the ACP/CMA the Fall

Congratulations to five Balfour schools for winning 14 awards in the Associated Collegiate Press’ 2021 Individual Awards competition.

National Yearbook Week was a wonderful chance to celebrate yearbook staffs and the importance of yearbooks. The week was full of great contest entries and we’re excited to announce the winners. Each