Best of MS – Literary Magazine Awards
PUBLICATION
BEST LITERARY MAGAZINE:
WINNER: Pleiades — Murrah High School
FINALISTS:
Mindprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
The Phoenix — Mississippi School of the Arts
Evoke — Oxford High School
North Pasture- St. Andrews Episcopal School
BEST COVER DESIGN:
WINNER: Pleiades — Murrah High School
FINALIST:
The Agathist — Germantown High School
Midprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
The Phoenix — Mississippi School of the Arts
Evoke — Oxford High School
BEST LAYOUT & DESIGN:
WINNER: Evoke — Oxford High School
FINALIST:
The Agathist — Germantown High School
Mindprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Pleiades — Murrah High School
North Pasture — St. Andrews Episcopal School
BEST CONTINUITY OF THEME:
WINNER: Pleiades — Murrah High School
FINALIST:
Mindprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Southern Voices — Mississippi School of Math & Science
Evoke — Oxford High School
North Pasture — St. Andrews Episcopal School
BEST QUALITY OF WRITING:
WINNER: The Phoenix — Mississippi School of the Arts
FINALIST:
Mindprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Southern Voices — Mississippi School of Math & Science
Pleiades — Murrah High School
BEST QUALITY OF VISUALS:
WINNER: Pleiades — Murrah High School
FINALIST:
Mindprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Earthwinds — Jackson Preparatory School
Evoke — Oxford High School
Individual
ADVISER OF THE YEAR:
WINNER: Thomas Richardson — Mississippi School of Math & Science
FINALIST: Sarah Ballard — Murrah High School
BEST POEM:
WINNER: Shelby Tisdale — Mississippi School for Math & Science
FINALIST:
Jaylin Jones — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Shelby Tisdale — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Sydney Knotts — Mississippi School of the Arts
Sydney Knotts — Mississippi School of the Arts
BEST FLASH FICTION:
WINNER: Shayla Drzycimski — Germantown High School
FINALIST:
Lillian Denney — Mississippi School of the Arts
Sara Hebert — Mississippi School of the Arts
Madison White — Mississippi School of the Arts
BEST SHORT FICTION:
WINNER: Emma Spinks — Mississippi School for Math & Science
FINALIST:
Jaylin Jones — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Shelby Tisdale — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Hannah Polk — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Sydney Knots — Mississippi School of the Arts
BEST NARRATIVE NONFICTION:
WINNER: Lily Langstaff — Mississippi School for Math & Science
FINALIST:
Sarah Beth Henson — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Sarah Hebert — Mississippi School of the Arts
Sydney Knotts — Mississippi School of the Arts
Diego Mendez — Mississippi School of the Arts
BEST PERSONAL ESSAY:
WINNER: Leslie Lewis — Mississippi School for Math & Science
FINALIST:
Kimberly Blount — Jackson Preparatory School
Shelby Tisdale — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Stephanie Ressel — Mississippi School for the Math & Science
Ladorian Shelton — Murrah High School
BEST DRAMATIC COMPOSITION:
WINNER: Diego Mendez — Mississippi School of the Arts
FINALIST:
Livvy Robertson — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Lillian Denney — Mississippi School of the Arts
Sydney Knotts — Mississippi School of the Arts
BEST PHOTO:
WINNER: Jane Reeves Carmean — Oxford High School
FINALIST:
Cooper Word — Germantown High School
Georgia Love & Greenlee Doty — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Georgia Love & Greenlee Doty — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Hannah Bengton — Murrah High School
BEST HAND-DRAWN ART:
WINNER: Taylor Herron — Germantown High School
FINALIST:
Elizabeth Clarke — Jackson Preparatory School
Haley Yelverton — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Elena Eaton — Mississippi School of Math & Science
Sarah Demus — Murrah High School
BEST GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION ART:
WINNER: Madie Van Pelt — Jackson Preparatory School
FINALIST:
Brittany Jiang — Jackson Preparatory School
James Harden — Mississippi School of Math & Science
Emily Battle — Murrah High School
Natalie Belenchia — Oxford High School
BEST SPREAD DESIGN:
WINNER: Hannah Polk — Jackson Prep Junior High School
FINALIST:
Ainslee Johnson — Jackson Preparatory School
Caroline Sharpe — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Ladorian Shelton — Murrah High School
Ladorian Shelton — Murrah High School