2021 Magazine Pacemaker finalists
ACP names top student magazines
Pacemaker competition names 24 finalists
as ‘the best of the best’
Sept. 30, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS — Honoring the nation’s best, the Associated College Press named 24 student-produced collegiate magazines as finalists in its annual prestigious Pacemaker competition.
Pacemaker finalists will be recognized and the Pacemaker winners announced virtually at 6 p.m. ET Thursday, Oct. 14, during the Fall National College Media Convention.
“The Pacemaker is the association’s preeminent award,” executive director Laura Widmer said. “ACP is honored to recognize the best of the best.”
The 24 magazines named as finalists represent 17 states. From the 24 finalists, 12 will earn Pacemakers. Magazines competed in feature and literary arts divisions. Magazines produced at both four-year and two-year institutions competed.
In the feature magazine category, there are 12 finalists — four from two-year and eight from four-year institutions. Of these 12 finalists, six will earn Pacemakers.
In the literary arts magazine category, there are 12 finalists — six from two-year and six from four-year institutions. Of these 12 finalists, six will earn Pacemakers.
Three judges, with extensive magazine-editing experience, studied each entry discussing and analysing its strengths and weaknesses.
Gary Lundgren, ACP associate director and coordinator of the Pacemaker competition, noted that the quality of the winning collegiate magazines rivals those produced by professionals.
“The verbal and visual storytelling in the winning magazines is incredible and robust long-form stories combined with shorter quick-reads to pace the reader through the pages of the feature magazines,” Lundgren said.
“And, the creativity displayed in the literary arts magazines is incredible — the unique formats and creative designs make the magazines themselves a work of art,” he said.
Finalists are alphabetical by state.
2021 Pacemaker finalists
Broadcast • Business • Innovation
Magazine • Newspaper • Online • 2020 Yearbook
2021 Individual Award finalists
Advertisement • Broadcast • Cartoon • Design
Multimedia • Photo • Reporter • Story
Social Media • COVID-19 Coverage
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Feature/general-audience magazines
Four-year schools
Distraction Magazine
University of Miami
Coral Gables, Florida
Editor: Olivia Ginsberg
Adviser: Randy Stano
SCAN Magazine
Savannah College of Art and Design Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Editor: Julie Tran
Adviser: Jessica Clary
Echo
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, Illinois
Editor: Rachael Perry
Advisers: Betsy Edgerton,
Guy Villa Jr.
Ball Bearings
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
Editor: Samantha Nower
Adviser: Lisa Renze-Rhodes
Drake Mag
Drake University
Des Moines, Iowa
Editor: Cheyann Neades
Adviser: Catherine Staub
Envision
Andrews University
Berrien Springs, Michigan
Editor: T. Lynn Caldwell
Advisers: Diane Myers,
Dave Sherwin
SALT: Military Photojournalism 2021
Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
Editor: Staff
Advisers: Nancy Austin,
Rafael Concepcion,
Renee Stevens, Bruce Strong, Claudia Strong, Amy Toensing
Flux Magazine
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Editor: Shannon Daehnke
Advisers: Steven Asbury,
Charlie Butler, Chris Pietsch
Two-year schools
El Sol
Southwestern College
Chula Vista, California
Editor: Pernisha Gaines
Adviser: Max Branscomb
Collegian Times
Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles, California
Editor: Angela Johnson
Adviser: Rhonda Guess
The Bleed
Lane Community College
Eugene, Oregon
Editors: Chelsea Callas,
Deb Hanson
Adviser: Tom Madison
The Current
Amarillo College
Amarillo, Texas
Editors: Lauren Ebben,
Jenna Gibson, Caylee Hanna
Advisers: Maddisun Fowler,
Jill Gibson
Literary arts magazines
Four-year schools
The Auburn Circle
Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama
Editor: Chloe McMahon
Adviser: Billy Ferris
Metrosphere
Metropolitan State University
of Denver
Denver, Colorado
Editor: Julia Nguyen
Advisers: Kathleen Jewby,
Peter Bergman
Port City Review
Savannah College
of Art and Design
Savannah, Georgia
Editors: Perrin Smith,
Kaitlyn Mitchell
Adviser: Jessica Clary
Colonnades
Literary and Art Journal
Elon University
Elon, North Carolina
Editor: Abigail Fuller
Advisers: Drew Perry, Tita Ramirez
Windhover
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
Editor: Xenna Smith
Adviser: Martha Collins
Pwatem Literary and Art Magazine
Virginia Commonwealth University
Richmond, Virginia
Editor: Marlon Mckay
Adviser: Mark Jeffries
Two-year schools
WALL Literary Journal
Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, California
Editor: Gabriella Palazzo
Adviser: Gina Victoria Shaffer
Miambiance
Miami Dade College
Kendall Campus
Miami, Florida
Editor: Izheilin Trinidad
Advisers: Tony Chirinos,
Rita Fernandez-Sterling
AXIS Creative Arts Magazine
Miami Dade College
North Campus
Miami, Florida
Editor: Izamara Zamora
Advisers: Carmen Bucher,
Eric Cornish, Kathleen Noonan
Urbana Literary & Arts
Miami Dade College
Padrón Campus
Miami, Florida
Editors: Daniela Lopez,
Laura Santos
Adviser: Emily Sendin
Phoenix: Voices
Valencia College
Orlando, Florida
Editor: Ema Purmensky
Advisers: Meg Curtiss,
Jackie Zuromski
Impulse
Rockland Community College
Suffern, New York
Editor: Emeline Torrens
Adviser: Eileen MacAvery Kane
