The Crown Awards are the highest recognition given by the CSPA to a student print or digital medium for overall excellence. On March 27, 2026, the Columbia Scholastic Press Association announced the College 2026 Gold and Silver Crown awardees for the 2024-2025 academic year.
COLLEGE WINNERS
Gold College Digital News
The Los Angeles Loyolan / laloyolan.com, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Gold 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
Gold College Hybrid News
Humber Et Cetera / humberetc.ca, Humber Polytechnic, Toronto, ON
Indiana Daily Student / idsnews.com, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
The Ithacan / theithacan.org, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY
Gold College Print General Magazine
Distraction, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Gold College Print Literary—Art Magazine
Apricity, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX
Grub Street, Towson University, Towson, MD
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
Gold College Print Yearbook
Baylor Roundup, Baylor University, Waco, TX
Silver 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
Silver College Digital News
Iowa State Daily / iowastatedaily.com, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Silver College Hybrid General Magazine
La Verne Magazine / lavernemagazine.org, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
Measure / measuremagazine.com, Marist University, Poughkeepsie, NY
Silver College Hybrid Literary—Art 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
Silver College Hybrid News
The Daily Toreador / dailytoreador.com, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
The Southwestern College Sun / swcsun.org, Southwestern College, Chula Vista, CA
Silver College Print General Magazine
Countenance, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC
Polished Magazine, Lasell College, Newton, MA
Silver College Print Literary—Art Magazine
Amaranth, Anne Arundel Community College, Arnold, MD
Axis Creative Arts Magazine, Miami Dade College, North Campus, Miami, FL
Collage, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN
Eyrie, Tallahassee State College, Tallahassee, FL
Miambiance, Miami Dade College, Kendall Campus, Miami, FL
Silver College Print News
Campus Times, University of La Verne, La Verne, CA
Los Angeles Collegian, Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
Silver College Print Yearbook
Agromeck, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
Ibis, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL
Ouachitonian, Ouachita Baptist University, Arkadelphia, AR