The Lantern received first place in Best College News Writing, Best College Feature Writing, Best College Sports Writing and Best College Opinion Writing at Ohio’s Best Journalism Contest, sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists. They also won second-place awards in Best College Feature Writing and for Best College Newspaper.

 The Contest awarded the Lantern six awards in total.

• 1st Place
  • Best College News Writing: Sarah Szilagy - "As Strauss victims and students supported statutes of limitations bill, Ohio State lobbied against it"
  • Best College Feature Writing: Tess Wells - “'Restricted': How disordered eating is disguised and normalized on college campuses”
  • Best College Sports Writing: Jacob Benge - “Football: What last season’s loss to Michigan means for Ohio State, look to overcome skepticism and be ‘tough’”
  • Best College Opinion Writing: The Lantern Staff - “Letter from The Lantern: Ohio State deserves answers on President Johnson's resignation, here's why”

• 2nd Place:
  • Best College Feature Writing: Jessica Langer, Molly Goheen, Phoebe Helms, Brett Price - “Retracing Dahmer: Understanding Jeffrey Dahmer's life at Ohio State”
  • Best College Newspaper: Marcy Paredes, Gabe Burggraf, Athena Markowski, and Abby Fricke - “Spring Back to School Edition, 3/24/2022, Rivalry Edition.”