Literary Magazine Wins CSPA Gold Medal

design in the magazine. There were nearly 10,000 entries from colleges, universities and high schools across the nation.

“The reason we submit our magazine is to show the standards of writing that we have and to see what changes need to be made for the next year,” said club moderator Mrs. Karen Thompson.

The magazine earned a high ranking in verbal content, as the judges marked every aspect of prose nonfiction and narrative as “outstanding.”

The judge extolled recent grads Regina Alejo ‘10 and Amy Trivers ‘10 for their prose fiction. Alejo’s work was considered “a fun read” while Trivers’ essay aptly channeled famed satirist Jonathan Swift’s “keen wit” and “overwhelming rage.” Bonnie Ong ‘10’s Reality was “admired” for its texture.

The judge also noted “the prose nonfiction is this magazine’s greatest strength.” This judge applauded Kiva  Dykstra ‘10 and Mallory Howe ‘10 on their vivid reflections.

Senior Laura Allen was commended for her “syntax, diction and tone” in a nonfictional narrative while junior  Camille O’Connor’s work perfectly summarized “the ideas of giants like Wallace Stevens.”

Despite the magazine’s “poetry being somewhat uneven,” according the judge, senior Charlotte Hook’s Wind pleased the judge, who compared her to Emily Dickinson for Hook’s use of personification, alliteration and tone.

Junior Aleenna Escobedo was also praised for her deeply felt poetry piece.

The judge also suggested a more lively layout should be incorporated on some pages. -Laura Allen and Alexandra Scarborough