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DOCUMENT RESUME ED 265 562 CS 209 541 AUTHOR Gibbs, Sandra E., Comp. TITLE Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines, 1985. Ranked Magazines. INSTITUTION National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, PUB DATE Mar 86 NOTE 88p. PUB TYPE Reference Materials - General (130) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC04 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Awards; Creative Writing; Evaluation Criteria; Layout (Publications); Periodicals; Secondary Education; *Student Publications; Writing Evaluation IDENTIFIERS Contests; Excellence in Education; *Literary Magazines; National Council of Teachers of English ABSTRACT In keeping with efforts of the National Council of Teachers of English to promote and recognize excellence in writing in the schools, this booklet presents the rankings of winning entries in the second year of NCTE's Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines in American and Canadian schools, and American schools abroad. Following an introduction detailing the evaluation process and criteria, the magazines are listed by state or country, and subdivided by superior, excellent, or aboveaverage rankings. Those superior magazines which received the program's highest award in a second evaluation are also listed. Each entry includes the school address, student editor(s), faculty advisor, and cost of the magazine. (HTH) ***********************************************w*********************** * Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best thatcan be made * * from the original document. * *********************************************************************** National Council of Teachers of English 1111 Kenyon Road. Urbana. Illinois 61801 Programto Recognize Excellence " in Student LiteraryMagazines UJ 1985 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Vitusdocument has been reproduced as roomed from the person or organization originating it 0 Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction Quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this docu- ment do not necessarily represent official NIE pesitior or policy "PERMISSION TO nEPRODUCE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY NCTE TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC)." Ranked Magazines National Council of Teachers of English President of NCTE Richard Lloyd-Jones Department of English University of Iowa Iowa City, IA 52240 Executive Director John C. Maxwell National Council of Teachers of English 3 Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines 1985 Ranked Magazines March 1986 Sandra E. Gibbs Director of Special Programs National Council of Teachers of English 1111 Kenyon RoadUrbana, Illinois 61801 4 Preface The National Council of Teachers of English continually seeks ways to pro- mote and recognize excellence in writing in the schools. We, therefore, take pleasure in presenting the second annual listing of student literary magazines which have been judged to be of high quality. This booklet cites those maga- zines which have been judged to be "Above Average," "Excellent," and "Superior." A select number of those ranked "Superior" have been further judged and are cited as recipients of the "Highest Award." We salute the hundreds of student writers, chief faculty advisors, and principals for their work in producing these literary magazines. They have shown the value they place on various kinds Jf writing and its ultimate publication. We also pay special tribute to the 54 State Leaders who coordinated the work of collecting and judging tLe magazines, the 299 judges who spent many hours carefully evaluating each magazine, and to Linda Johnson, Chair of the Advisory Committee, and those who assisted her in the careful evaluation and selection of the "Highest Award." The publication of the booklet of all ranked magazines is NCTE's way of showing that excellence in writing in all forms is a worthy and satisfying personal goal. We commend all who took part in the program. Richard Lloyd-Jones, President John C. Maxwell, Executive Director Sandra E. Gibbs, Director of Special Programs The Program to Recognize Excellence is made possible by a grant from Scott, Foresman, and Company. Introduction In 1982, before "excellence" became an educational catchword, the NCTE Executive Committee began exploring the idea of a "program to recognize excellence in student literary magazines." The Executive Committee hoped to provide a program involving no fee to entrants. Moreover, the idea was not only to recognize students, teachers, and schools producing excellent literary magazines, but also to stimulate improvement in such magazines and to encourage initiation of magazines in schools not producing them. The Executive Committee also hoped that the program would promote school- wide participation in development of literary magazines. After a feasibility study, the Executive Committee appointed the Com- mittee to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines, chaired by Julia Gottesman, then an English consultant in the Los Angeles County Schools. Working closely with Executive Committee members Grace Larkin and Linda Johnson and with NCTE staff, the Gottesman committee de- veloped criteria and procedures for the program. This booklet represents the results of the first year of operation. The structure of the Program to Recognize Excellence in Student Lit- erary Magazines resembles in some ways that of the NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing. State Leaders administer the program in cooperation with NCTE headquarters State Leaders assemble judging teams and arrange for every entry to be reviewed and scored by two judges working indepen- dently. The judges are English teachers at the secondary or college level. Entries are welcome from any senior high, junior high, or middle school throughout the United States, Canada, and American schools abroad. Only building-level literary magazines may be enteredi.e., district-wide magazines and other kinds of publications (such as newspapers and yearbooks) are not eligible. Judges examine a variety of aspects of each magazine submitted, using a scoring sheet and pertinent information provided by the entering schools. The point system (total 100 points) for evaluation, described below, gives primary emphasis to liters ry aspectsalthough production values are also considered, as is the extent of student participation in production. Literary quality (50 points) imaginative use of language appropriateness of metaphor, imagery, symbol choice of vivid, clear, precise words variety, rhythm, flow of language Kinds of writing included (15 points) poetry fiction nonfiction (essays, review,;, writings from other disciplines) drama Editing, proofreading (15 points) Design/artistic aspects (15 points) layout illustrations, photography typography, paper stock, press work Front matter and pagination (5 points) title page (title, school, city, district, state, date) table of contents staff credits There are several descriptive categoriesranging from "Above Average"to "Highest Award"for the magazines recognized in this booklet. Any magazine judged at the level of 71 points or more is included in the listings. A brief explanation for all of the categories of excellence is provided below. Above Average (71-80 points) Very sound writing; genres other than poems and short stories included; good editing; evidence of effort to embrace other subject areas; design and layout adequate; students participate in editorial, production, and business aspects. Excellent (81-90 points) Extremely high quality of writing; variety of genre; meticulous editing; some writings from other subject areas; design and graphics attractive, pertinent to -writings; students have strong roles in editorial, production, and business aspects. Superior (91-100 points) Outstanding writing; wide variety of genre; excellent editing; high-quality design and graphics, appropriate to themes of writings; clear evidenceof interdepartmental and interdisciplinary involvement with good writings from other subject areas; students dominate editorial, production, and business aspects. Highest Award This special award, selected from the superior-ranked journals, recognizes magazines thatfulfill extraordinary standards of excellence. In such magazines, students handle virtually all aspects of writing, production, and business with exceptional skill. Tht magaiine is characterized by variety of genre; highly original and technically excellent writing attrac- tive layout, typesetting, and graphics; inclusion of high-quality writings from various disciplines; and other evidence that schoolwide participation has gone into the development of the magazine. In the second year of the program to Recognize Excellence in Student Literary Magazines, a total of 974 schools participated; of those, 13 received the highest award; superior rankings were achieved by 187; excellence, by 410; above average by 276. These numbers strongly suggest that English teachers and their students take seriously the pursuit of excellence in writing for and producing literary magazines. Charles Suhor, Deputy Executive Director ALABAMA SUPERIOR Huntsville High School, 2304 Billie Watkins, Huntsville, AL 35805 Spectrum. Kerne Dare, Student Editor; Janice Starkey, Faculty Advisor. (83.50) EXCELLENT Bradshaw High School, 1201 Bradshaw Drive, Florence, AT35630 Signatures. Amanda Whitfield, Student Editor; Nene Hargett, Faculty Advisor. ($2.50) W.F. Davidson High School, '1900 Pleasant Valley Road, Mobile, AL 36609 Tales and Details. Rick Addy, Bob Addy, Melanie Mortice,

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