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 11, 2024, 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 101st Annual Spring Convention on March 21, 2025, on the Columbia University campus in New York City.
COLLEGE
Digital General Magazine
Sonidos de Colombia / readymag.website/SOJC/sonidosdecolombia, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR
Hybrid General Magazine
CURB / curbonline.com, University of Wisconsin—Madison, Madison, WI;
Distraction / distractionmagazine.com, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL;
La Verne Magazine / lavernemagazine.org, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
Print General Magazine
Collegian Times, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA;
Countenance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC;
Distraction, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL;
Flux Magazine, University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication, Eugene, OR
Print Literary Magazine
Amaranth: AACC Student Journal for the Arts, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD;
Apricity Magazine, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX;
Axis Creative Arts Magazine, Miami Dade College, North Campus, Miami, FL;
Cafe Cultura, Miami Dade College, Hialeah Campus, Hialeah, FL;
Collage, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN;
Grub Street, Towson University, Towson, MD;
Legacy, Reading Area Community College, Reading, PA;
Miambiance, Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus, Miami, FL;
SKALD: Art and Literary Publication, Villa Maria College, Buffalo, NY;
Tarnished Magazine, Lasell University, Auburndale, MA
HIGH SCHOOL
Digital Literary Magazine
The Pulse / thepulsejchs.com, Johns Creek High School, Johns Creek, GA.
Hybrid General Magazine
Anthro Magazine / anthromagazine.org, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
C Magazine / cmagazine.org, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA;
El Estoque / elestoque.org, Monta Vista High School, Cupertino, CA;
Feedback / jisfeedback.org, Jakarta Intercultural School, Cilandak, Indonesia;
Inklings News / inklingsnews.com, Staples High School, Westport, CT;
Spotlight / bdspotlight.com, Ben Davis High School, Indianapolis, IN;
Statesman / lhsstatesman.com, Lincoln High School, Sioux Falls, SD;
The Accolade / shhsaccolade.com, Sunny Hills High School, Fullerton, CA;
The Black & White / theblackandwhite.net, Walt Whitman High School, Bethesda, MD;
The Trinity Voice / thetrinityvoice.com, Trinity Preparatory School, Winter Park, FL;
tjTODAY / tjTODAY.org, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA;
Viking Sports Magazine / vikingsportsmag.com, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA.
Hybrid Literary Magazine
iliad Literary-Art Magazine / iliadlitmag.com, Clarke Central High School, Athens, GA;
Scroll + Scrolling / holtonscrolling2024.myportfolio.com, Holton-Arms School, Bethesda, MD;
Seeds in the Black Earth / dsoaseeds.com, Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, West Palm Beach, FL;
The Dreamcatcher / westwooddreamcatcher.com, Westwood High School, Austin, TX.
Print General Magazine
Focus, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
Geneva Quarterly, Geneva School of Boerne, Boerne, TX;
The Orient Express, Brunswick School, Greenwich, CT;
The Scientific Marksman, St Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
Via Verde, Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA
Print Literary Magazine
Artifex, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Parkland, FL;
Babel, Brunswick School, Greenwich, CT;
Blue Review, Charlotte Latin School, Charlotte, NC;
Blue Review, Mercersburg Academy, Mercersburg, PA;
Blutopia, Gaston Day School, Gatonia, NC;
Catharsis, Coral Gables Senior High School, Miami, FL;
Changing Perspectives, Delaware Valley Regional High School, Frenchtown, NJ;
ESSE, Ursuline Academy of Dallas, Dallas, TX;
Fine Lines, Richard Montgomery High School, Rockville, MD;
Gallimaufry, Cranbrook Kingswood Upper School, Bloomfield Hills, MI;
HELM, The Harker School, San Jose, CA;
Illumine, Christ Presbyterian Academy, Nashville, TN;
Ingenium, McGill—Toolen Catholic High School, Mobile, AL;
INK, 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;
Parallax, Ramaz Upper School, New York, NY
Plaid Literary & Art Magazine, Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, PA;
Repentino, The American School Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico;
Roars & Whispers, Providence High School, Charlotte, NC;
Solstice Art & Literary Magazine, Hinsdale Central High School, Hinsdale, IL;
The Fine Print, East Ridge High School, Woodbury, MN;
The Marque, St. Mark's School of Texas, Dallas, TX;
The Talon, Woodberry Forest School, Woodberry Forest, VA;
The Tartan, McLean High School, McLean, VA;
The Wit, Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire, IL;
Threshold, Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, VA
MIDDLE SCHOOL
Print Literary Magazine
Intermedia, Lewis F. Cole Middle School, Fort Lee, NJ;
Mindprints, Jackson Preparatory Junior High School, Flowood, MS;
Pen & Paper, The Unquowa School, Fairfield, CT;
Salk Literary Magazine, Salk School of Science, New York, NY