Applications are open for 2024 Best & Brightest Awards through October 18th

Attention CNY class of 2025 high school seniors, The Post-Standard and syracuse.com are seeking applicants for the Best & Brightest Awards, presented by Upstate Honda Dealers!

You’ve worked hard throughout your high school years and you deserve to be recognized for your achievements. Do you excel in academics, sports, theater? Are you a community or environmental activist? Have you done something to make Central New York a better place? We want to hear from you.

Best & Brightest recognizes the accomplishments of area high school seniors. While you may be off to college soon, you left your mark on our community and Central New York is undoubtedly better because of you!

Students can nominate themselves with an application, essay, letters of recommendation and details about their academic successes, extracurricular activity and service to their school and community.

Eligible students include seniors with at least a B or 3.0 grade point average attending school in Section 3 (Cayuga, Cortland, Onondaga, Herkimer, Jefferson, Lewis, Madison, Oswego, Oneida, Otsego counties). Students are asked to write a personal narrative about their experiences.

Applications will be accepted August 15th through October 18th and will be reviewed by a panel of community members and syracuse.com and The Post-Standard staff members.

Winners will be announced during an award ceremony in Syracuse and featured in The Post-Standard and on syracuse.com.

This event is sponsored by Upstate Honda Dealers.

To apply, visit https://www.advancemediany.com/best-and-brightest/.