Best of MS – Literary Magazine Awards
PUBLICATION
BEST LITERARY MAGAZINE:
WINNER: Southern Voices — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Southern Voices’ black-and-white theme is conveyed beautifully. The magazine has interesting and well-written writing. Great job!
FINALISTS:
Earthwinds — Jackson Preparatory School
Pleiades– Murrah High School
Evoke — Oxford High School
Mindprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
BEST COVER DESIGN:
WINNER: Mindprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Mindprints’ cover design is creative, on-theme, and good quality.
FINALIST:
Pleiades– Murrah High School
Earthwinds — Jackson Preparatory School
Southern Voices — Mississippi School for Math & Science
The Agathist Issue 10 — Germantown High School
BEST LAYOUT & DESIGN:
WINNER: Pleiades — Murrah High School
Pleiades has a beautiful layout that meshes writing and art!
FINALIST:
Southern Voices — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Evoke — Oxford High School
Earthwinds — Jackson Preparatory School
Mindprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
BEST CONTINUITY OF THEME:
WINNER: Southern Voices — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Southern Voices has a deep theme that is played out well throughout the magazine!
FINALIST:
The Wave Effect — Tupelo High School
Pleiades- Murrah High School
Evoke — Oxford High School
The Agathist Issue 9 — Germantown High School
BEST QUALITY OF WRITING:
WINNER: Southern Voices — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Southern Voices is really well-written pieces that have few grammatical errors!
FINALIST:
Pleiades — Murrah High School
The Agathist Issue 10 — Germantown High School
Evoke — Oxford High School
Mindprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
BEST QUALITY OF VISUALS:
WINNER: Earthwinds — Jackson Preparatory School
Earthwinds’ visuals are creative, eye-catching, and not blurry visuals.
FINALIST:
Pleiades — Murrah High School
Mindprints — Jackson Prep Junior High School
Southern Voices — Mississippi School for Math & Science
The Wave Effect- Tupelo High School
Individual
ADVISER OF THE YEAR:
WINNER: Glenda Hartfield — Perry Central High School
FINALIST:
Jamie Dickson — Germantown High School
Sarah Ballard — Murrah High School
Diala Chaney — Oxford High School
Clinnesha Sibley — Mississippi School of the Arts
BEST POEM:
WINNER: Zoe Thorton — Germantown High School
Well written poem with deeper meaning, good use of structure and vocabulary.
FINALIST:
Lydia Tidwell — Jackson Preparatory School
Elliot Nix — Mississippi School of the Arts
Jordan Isbell — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Hayden Walker — Oxford High School
BEST FLASH FICTION:
WINNER: Jane Hurst — Jackson Preparatory School
A unique topic turned into a creative piece. This was written well and easy to follow while still having that has a great ending.
FINALIST:
Guy Rayner — Germantown High School
Jacob Hosford — Germantown High School
Maya McFadden — Murrah High School
Marlee Parkinson — Washington School
BEST SHORT FICTION:
WINNER: Morgan Douglas — Mississippi School of the Arts
Well developed story and perfected dialouge.
FINALIST:
Parker Ford — Amory High School
William Gardner — Germantown High School
Trinity Scalia — Jackson Preparatory School
Jay Snodgrasss — Mississippi School for Math & Science
BEST NARRATIVE NONFICTION:
WINNER: Emma Spinks — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Good quality of writing!
FINALIST:
Annemarie Coatney — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Hailee Sexton — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Ethan Belcher — Tupelo High School
Anuha Thakare — Washington School
BEST PERSONAL ESSAY:
WINNER: Jordan Isbell — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Powerful writing and well-written.
FINALIST:
Layken Meaders — Amory High School
Anonymous — Germantown High School
Ben Tabor — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Vidhi Patel — Mississippi School for Math & Science
BEST DRAMATIC COMPOSITION:
WINNER: Worth Novinski — Mississippi School of the Arts
Very unique!
FINALIST:
Elliot Nix — Mississippi School of the Arts
Emma Stapp — Mississippi School of the Arts
BEST PHOTO:
WINNER: Hayden Gilliland — Oxford High School
Photo is well-shot and beautiful!
FINALIST:
Ada Colburn — Amory High School
Alex Wallace — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Audrey Robinson — Mississippi School for Math & Science
Quentin McCaleb — Murrah High School
BEST HAND-DRAWN ART:
WINNER: Michelle Martinez — Tupelo High School
Art is detailed and well-drawn!
FINALIST:
Callie Beasley — Amory High School
Megan Tang — Jackson Preparatory School
Taylor Wypyski — Mississippi School of Math & Science
Dion Hines — Murrah High School
BEST GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION ART:
WINNER: Kiersten Hartwell — Murrah High School
Design and quality are good!
FINALIST:
Mary Robinson Coco — Jackson Preparatory School
Snow Pang — Jackson Preparatory School
Myah Mcgee — Murrah High School
Catherine Bianco — Oxford High School
BEST SPREAD DESIGN:
WINNER: Trey Welch — Jackson Preparatory School
Very unique spread design!
FINALIST:
Georgia Love & Greenlee Doty — Jackson Preparatory School
Dion Hines — Murrah High School