Syracuse.com & The Post-Standard seek applicants for 2025 Best & Brightest Awards

Attention all CNY high school seniors, syracuse.com |The Post-Standard 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 or art? Are you a community or environmental activist? Have you done something to make Central New York a better place? Have you started a business or supported a nonprofit? 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, and Otsego counties). Students are asked to write a personal narrative about their experiences and highlight their school and community involvement.

Applications will be accepted through Oct. 14. 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/.