ACP News & Notes

The Magazine Pacemaker awards honor general excellence in collegiate magazines and are divided into two categories: Feature and Literary magazines. This year, the Feature magazines were judged by Wired Magazine of San Francisco and the Literary magazines were judged by the American Poetry Journal.

Entries were judged based on the following criteria:

• Content: Was there evidence of diversity in content and approach? Were the works matched and grouped appropriately? Was the content innovative and contemporary?
• Quality of writing and editing: Was there evidence that the authors were well-read, creative, original and aware of the audience? Was the writing almost or completely free of grammatical and spelling errors?
• Photography, art and graphics: Did the photos have strong centers of interest, sharp focus and proper contrast? Was a variety of artwork and graphics represented?
• Layout and design: Did the design accentuate rather than dominate the content? If color was used, did it appropriately enhance the layout? Was overall design unity evident?
• Overall concept or theme: Was the theme clear and carried throughout the publication? Was the concept fresh and engaging?

View the list of finalists here:
http://acp.studentpress.org/winners/mpm09.html

Places will be announced for the first time at the 88th Annual ACP/CMA National College Media Convention in Austin on Saturday, Oct. 31. Comments from all judging teams will be published on the ACP website after winners have been announced.

Please contact Kathy Huting, ACP Contest and Critique Coordinator, with questions at kathy@studentpress.org.

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