Best of MS – Literary Magazine Awards

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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

Dion Hines — Murrah High School

Gigi Wells — Oxford High School