CSPA 2026 Crown Awards: Announcement of Finalists, Magazine Category
Crown Awards are the highest recognition given by the Columbia Scholastic Press Association to a student print or digital medium for overall excellence. On December 9, 2025, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced Crown Awards finalists in the Magazine category. Finalists will be awarded either a Silver or Gold Crown at the CSPA 102nd Annual Spring Convention on March 20, 2026, on the Columbia University campus in New York City. Registration for the Spring Convention may be found here.
College Digital General Magazine
OR Magazine / ormagazine.net, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR;
SCAN Magazine / scadscan.com, Savannah College of Art and Design, Atlanta, Atlanta, GA
College Hybrid General Magazine
CURB Magazine / curbonline.com, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI;
Distraction / distractionmagazine.com, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL;
Flux / fluxoregon.com, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR;
La Verne Magazine / lavernemagazine.org, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA;
Measure / measuremagazine.com, Marist University, Poughkeepsie, NY
College Hybrid Literary Magazine
Allium, A Journal of Poetry & Prose / allium.colum.edu, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL;
Windhover / orgs.ncsu.edu/windhover, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
College Print General Magazine
Countenance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC;
Distraction, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL;
Polished Magazine, Lasell College, Newton, MA
College Print Literary Magazine
Amaranth, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD;
Apricity, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX;
Axis Creative Arts Magazine, Miami Dade College, North Campus, Miami, FL;
Collage, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN;
Eyrie, Tallahassee State College, Tallahassee, FL;
Grub Street, Towson University, Towson, MD;
Miambiance, Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus, Miami, FL;
Parnassus, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA;
SKALD: Student Art and Literary Publication, Villa Maria College, Buffalo, NY;
The Bridge, Bridgewater State University, Bridgewater, MA;
Voices, McHenry County College, Crystal Lake, IL
High School Hybrid General Magazine
C Magazine / cmagazine.org, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
Earthquake / gfsearthquake.com, Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, PA;
Feedback / jisfeedback.org, Jakarta Intercultural School, Cilandak, Indonesia;
Fieldston Science Bulletin / fieldstonsciencebulletin.com, Ethical Culture Fieldston School, New York, NY;
On The Record / ontherecordmag.com, duPont Manual High School, Louisville, KY;
Teknos / teknos.org, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA;
The Accolade / shhsaccolade.com, Sunny Hills High School, Fullerton, CA;
The Communicator / chscommunicator.com, Community High School, Ann Arbor, MI;
Viking Sports Magazine / vikingsportsmag.com, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
High School Print General Magazine
Focus, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
Geneva Quarterly, Geneva School of Boerne, Boerne, TX;
Grant Magazine, Grant High School, Portland, OR;
Radicals, Hunter College High School, New York, NY
High School Digital Literary Magazine
The Pulse / thepulsejchs.com, Johns Creek High School, Johns Creek, GA
High School Hybrid Literary Magazine
iliad Literary-Art Magazine / iliadlitmag.com, Clarke Central High School, Athens, GA;
Scroll + Scrolling / holtonscrolling2025.myportfolio.com, Holton-Arms School, Bethesda, MD;
The Dreamcatcher / westwooddreamcatcher.com, Westwood High School, Austin, TX
High School Print Literary Magazine
Artifex, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, FL;
Babel, Brunswick School, Greenwich, CT;
Blue Mirror, North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics - Durham, Durham, NC;
Blue Review, Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, NC;
Blue Review, Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA;
Blutopia, Gaston Day School, Gastonia, NC;
Calliope, Dwight-Englewood School, Englewood, NJ;
Connotations, Fayetteville High School, Fayetteville, AR;
Daedalus, Greenwich Academy, Greenwich, CT;
Delphi, Salem High School, Salem, VA;
Fine Lines, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, MD;
Fragments, Long Beach High School, Lido Beach, NY;
Gallimaufry, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Bloomfield Hills, MI;
Graphite, Hagerty High School, Oviedo, FL;
H.E.L.M., The Harker School, San Jose, CA;
INK Magazine, American School of Paris, Saint-Cloud, France;
Iris: Art + Lit, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, Saint Paul, MN;
Itinerary, The Episcopal School of Dallas, Dallas, TX;
Literati, Our Lady of Lourdes Academy, Miami, FL;
LitMag, Lick-Wilmerding High School, San Francisco, CA;
Pegasus, Rancho Solano Preparatory School, Scottsdale, AZ;
Pegasus, The Haverford School, Haverford, PA;
Perspectives, Sacred Heart Greenwich, Greenwich, CT;
Reflections, The Berkeley Carroll School, Brooklyn, NY;
Reflections Literary & Arts Magazine, Gulliver Preparatory School, Miami, FL;
Roars & Whispers, Providence High School, Charlotte, NC;
Sachem Magazine, Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough, MA;
The Marque, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX.
The Rough Draft, Flint Hill School, Oakton, VA;
The Talon, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, VA;
The Tartan, McLean High School, McLean, VA;
VOICE literary + arts journal, Community High School, Ann Arbor, MI
Middle School Print Literary Magazine
Intermedia, Lewis F. Cole Middle School, Fort Lee, NJ;
Mindprints, Jackson Preparatory School, Flowood, MS;
Mini-Marque, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
Pen & Paper, Unquowa School, Fairfield, CT