Staff Awards
| Publication | Category | Ranking |
| The Southerner | Newspaper | Superior Rating
General Excellence Award for Small Schools All-Georgia Award (best newspaper in state) |
| Grady News Now | Broadcast | Superior Rating
General Excellence Award All-Georgia Award (best broadcast program in state) |
| Nexus magazine | Newsmagazine | Excellent Rating |
| Gametime | Broadcast | Excellent Rating |
| The Southerner Online
thesoutherneronline.com |
Website | Excellent Rating |
| Nexus Magazine Online
nexusmagazineonline.com |
Website | Achievement Rating |
| The Unmasking (2011-2012) | Literary Magazine | Superior Rating |
Special Awards
Georgia Champion Journalist: Isabelle Taft, The Southerner
Junior Champion Journalist Third Place: J.D. Capelouto, The Southerner
Individual Awards
| Category | All-Georgia (14) | Superior (29) |
| 2 – Broadcast In-Depth News | Sofia Sifnaios and Chris Carson – Grady News Now | |
| 3 – BroadcastFeature Package | Sophie Maschinot & Laura Sommerville – Best of ATL –Revolution Donuts – Grady News Now | |
| 4 – Broadcast Production | Sophie Maschinot & Laura Sommeriville – Stop the Drop – Grady News Now | |
| 5 – Broadcast Sports Package | Cassidy Sparks – Signing Day – Gametime | |
| 6 – Literary Magazine Poem | Leslie Lang – “Ode to Leaves” – The Unmasking | Rachel Klika – “The Farm” – The Unmasking |
| 7 – Literary Magazine Short Story | Avanti Lemons – “Essay for Stanford” – The Unmasking | |
| 10 – Literary Magazine Photograph | James Moy – “Polarity Issue Back Cover” – Nexus magazine | |
| 11 – Spread Design | Kate Taber – Nexus | |
| 12 – News Story | Archie Kinnane & Axel Olson – “Uproar follows changes at North Atlanta” – The Southerner | Ryan Switzer – “Student accidently shoots herself in thigh” – The Southerner Online |
| 13 – In-depth News Story | Isabelle Taft – “Murder Suspect Arrested” – The Southerner | Isabelle Taft – “Hazed and Confused” –The Southerner Online |
| 14 – Feature Story | Grace Power – “Birds of a feather flock together: City dwellers hatch urban farms” – The Southerner | |
| 15 – Feature Profile | Gracie White – “Tucked away in the woods: Junior Constructs log cabin” – The Southerner | Olivia Veira – “Assistant Principal Props Up School with Enthusiasm” – The Southerner Online
Diana Powers – “Grady Alumnus finds dreams overseas in west Africa” – The Southerner Online |
| 17 – Opposing Viewpoints Column | Aeron Attwooll & Mary Claire Morris – “Government Should not control our pot”; “Legalizing weedtoo high a price to pay” – The Southerner Online | Eli Mansbach & Molly Gray – “Were Israel’s actions against Gaza Justified?” – The Southerner
Rion Turner & Erin Ferris – “Senior looks down upon hazing rituals; freshman thrilled to undergo hazing” –The Southerner Online |
| 18 – House editorials | Editorial Board – Staff Editorial – The Southerner Online | Staff – Staff Editorial – The Southerner |
| 19 – Commentary | Joe Lavine – “13-year-old thief can’t steal a new life;” “Gun incident reveals racial divide” – The Southerner Online
Grace Power – “Traffic woes not a TSPLOST cause” –The Southerner Ryan Switzer – “Which Came First The Chicken or the Hate?”; “Django’s Unchained” – The Southerner |
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| 20 – Critical Review | Carson Shadwell – “Restaurants deceive people with hydroponic lettuce” – The Southerner Online
James Moy – “Trendy tea shop pops up on Ponce” –Nexus Magazine Online |
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| 21 – Sports News Story | Joe Lavine – “Washington Struggles with Dificult A.D. Job” – The Southerner Online
Troy Kleber – “Led by Weeden, Knights Enter Season Conditioned for State Title” – The Southerner Online J.D. Capelouto – “Not All Sports Dues Are Created Equally” – The Southerner |
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| 23 – Sports Feature Story | Ben Searles – “Watkins Dunks His Way Into West Virginia” – The Southerner Online
Ryan Bolton – “Basketball Coach’s Passion Is A Slam Dunk For Players” – The Southerner Online |
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| 24 – Sports Column | Joe Lavine – “Sports Elicit Love, Serve As ‘Microcosm Of Life’”– The Southerner | |
| 25 – Headline writing | Isabelle Taft – “Hazed & Confused” – The Southerner | Olivia Kleinman – “Old fire-drill plan up in flames” –The Southerner
Olivia Viera – “Baton Bob brings mirth to Midtown” –The Southerner |
| 26 – Caption writing | Riley Erickson – “Into the Woods” – The Southerner | |
| 27 – Editorial cartoon | Will Staples – “Packing Heat? Then Stay off my street” –The Southerner | |
| 32 – Information graphic | James Moy – “Present and Future go hand in hand” –Nexus magazine | |
| 34 – Photo illustration | Joe Lavine – “How to do a forward 1 and ½ pike with GriffinKish” – The Southerner | Luke Webster – “What does your car say about you?” –Nexus magazine |
| 35 – Double truck/layout design | Carson Shadwell and Grace White – “Word of Mouth” –The Southerner |
