Contact Kate Brickman, NSPA contest and critique coordinator, at contests@studentpress.org
The 2011 Magazine Pacemaker contest, which recognizes high school literary magazines published during the 2010-2011 school year, yielded a total of 56 entries from around the country.
A team of professionals at the Alaska Quarterly Review selected 12 finalists out of the 56 entries. One of the magazines is a first-time NSPA Magazine Pacemaker finalist.
The judging team said the winning entries contained impressive content, were elegant and imaginative, had strong literary content, and displayed exceptional art and photography presented in a clean, uncluttered layout.
The winners will be announced for the first time at the spring JEA/NSPA National High School Journalism Convention in Seattle on Saturday, April 14, 2012.
A full listing of comments from the Magazine Pacemaker judging team will be published after the spring convention.